CIU version 141

[kAPET]

Someone actually suggested adding custom death animations, but iA said that the engine doesn’t support that, that was long time ago… so i hope the engine can add that now. :v

[horizon-emmiter]

this was also my idea

[VerMishelb]

Back to the Unicode support in steam proton. Emojis sure are not a problem, but this absolutely for sure is:

Persian, Arabian, Thai, Urdu and Kurdish refuse to show anything, and I was not able to find any way to solve this with proton fixes or modifications.

[Taubsi]

Got a silly suggestion:

Change the Slob Chicken death sound to a bass drop sound effect

[kokokokos]

@kAPET

improving the seasonal content & adding more waves

I feel like there’s enough waves for now. Also if by seasonal content you mean holiday skins - easter, christmas etc. then that’s not exactly a good idea.

@Francis

I hope the CI6 development starts on spring

I don’t really see it happening anytime soon. IA has to maintain CIU servers 24/7 and it needs to be successful enough to at least cover the costs. Making another stand-alone would be stupid. Exclusive episode 6 DLC for CIU would be perhaps the best purchase among other microtransactions in CIU.

@Sammarald

(planetary missions, police chase, multiplayer enemy/boss spawning mode)

I guess multiplayer enemy will be the focus given how CIU is supposed to be MMO. Police chase could be fun, but planetery missions would make exploring the Universe better.

@VerMishelb

Unicode support in steam proton. Emojis sure are not a problem, but this absolutely for sure is

Maybe it would be a good idea to report it to Valve’s Proton GitHub repo. Though they don’t respond to many of reports.

[InterAction_studios]

@KnockoffFeline

Yes, I usually do my translations there. I haven’t seen this bug occurring after translating it via LibreOffice Calc. And I’m talking about phrases I already translated a long time ago.

It could be a bug in the Excel library I’m using to import/export. It’s very old and creaky.

@Starbrockle

It can also be seen when configurating:

And when playing any mission:

Ok, so it’s most likely a corruption in the texture file (maybe from bad modding tools, or possibly faulty hardware). Re-install the game and see if it goes away.

@DePeeper

to have the seasonal content option on mobile devices be sticked?

It’s a very low-level setting that is needed even before the rest of the configuration data is loaded, that’s why it’s hard to upgrade.

@KnockoffFeline

It’s 2šN Titan Cameraman®.

Awarded (I think – you’ve changed it again? ).

@ultrastar240

where in the Normal Game the CI3 Mother hen Ship has it’s Health mechanics in the CI3 Campaign applied Outside of it

This change has been applied to all of CIU.

@Knightcap

I suggested this because the chickens in CI1U and CI2U is same together.

CI2 resources are kept in a separate file, and it’s not easy to apply them to missions outside CI2 itself.

@Knightcap

This is about 2 other CI2 music, which i thought that they could be added to CIU mission to play those music randomly, beside the current CI2 Theme (just like CI5 Victory music in the past)

AFAIK all 3 tracks of CI2 music are now in the Galactic Store.

@DePeeper

spawned coins from all Asteroid encounters (from XX4, XX8 and the Asteroid Belt levels) have the darker copper color, whereas the chickens have the bronze colored coins

These are not the same coins in terms of points, so I thought it would be confusing if they looked exactly the same.

@horizon-emmiter

50 % chicken is dead
but chicken is not fully dead.

You probably (un)intentionally damaged both Infinichicks. One Infinichick will die at exactly 50% only if it’s the only one you have damaged.

@horizon-emmiter

but the chicken which is 0% damaged , was dead at 99.99%.

Your screenshot shows it’s still alive at 99.99%, which is expected.

@Tin

I thought it was a red asteroid from CI2U in Christmas Edition

Only in the actual CI2 mission.

@ScarletCuboids

The CI2 Victory Theme of Christmas is more silent than other tracks

Fixed in v.142 Bug

@ScarletCuboids

The CI2 Minor Win is more compressed than in the beta, the audio is unbearable (for me, at least)

Changed in v.142 Bug

This is not a sustainable change, though (i.e., it can’t be applied to all music without significantly increasing download size)

@Bandicoot

But in meantime main contacts for this state details of the player is disappeared when it notified

@2sN

in multiplayer is leaving the room at first wave in contacts disappeared state details update because suggested at you been fixed?

Yes, I think that is the reason. Your contact probably joined a multiplayer game (after the last notification you saw) and then immediately quit it.

@thai2910

The game automatically ended after i defeating the yolk star without showing results when i tab the game (was in multiplayer), then i re-login back and it loads i’m still in that mission

That means that the game did not properly ‘end’ the first time around – it was most likely a disconnection instead.

@Piotrek1113

could the Sweater Chicken have underwear (or/and other inner clothing) matching the current holiday

This seems like a lot of work, but – on the list.

@Sammarald

CI2U is using the spiral CIU fade instead of its own

Yes, I had to revert that change due to lack of time – it’s back in v.142.

@KnockoffFeline

should the Christmas edition be extended to the day of Epiphany (the 6th of January)?

It ends on 15th January to account for “Old Calendarists” (e.g., Russia)

@KnockoffFeline

The wave titles shown before flying a dare do not match the titles shown in the actual mission.

Fixed in v.142 Bug

@Knightcap

i only see all meteors but only 2 directions.

Intended. I thought completely random directions would be overwhelming.

@kokokokos

What will be the focus of 2024 when it comes to CIU? 2023 was undeniably the year of remasters/remakes - every episode got refreshed. What’s next?

Remastering still has significant work to go. I now need to package each episode as stand-alone app (certainly on Android, possibly on other platforms).

Beyond that, there are three main potential directions:

• New “police chase” mission type
• New procedural “planetary” mission type
• Mission editor (I don’t think formation editing will be possible, so perhaps “mission mixer” would be more accurate)
• Bonus: There’s also a half-baked idea about multiplayer games where the host doesn’t directly fly the mission, but instead chooses which enemies to spawn and when (the mission difficulty would determine the number and breeds of enemies at their disposal).

They are all major undertakings, and I still haven’t decided which one I’ll be tackling first.

@kokokokos

What are you using to manage payment in nonPlatform CIU

Payments are done externally via PayPal. As long as there’s a functioning web browser (i.e., one which PayPal supports), payments will continue to work.

@PlasmaX

has a different player death animation

“Death animation”? You mean kind of explosion effect used?

@PlasmaX

the tracks below should have custom names

Custom names are only for 2dB tracks.

[PlasmaX]

@InterAction_studios

“Death animation”? You mean kind of explosion effect used?

yes

[OrvilleTheOrca]

Continuing the discussion from CIU version 137 BETA:

@moon2004

Should you reskin them to have egg costume in Easter Edition like normal Chick?

If Pirate Chick and Ninja Chicken wire eggshell costumes, it would be difficult to distinguish. I think Ninja Chick should try combine with purple black bunny mask, bunny ears must short.

[Knightcap]

@InterAction_studios

AFAIK all 3 tracks of CI2 music are now in the Galactic Store.

My mean actually is: Playing randomly all 3 CI2 music tracks in CIU mission (before: CI2 theme music track is only played in CIU mission) . I’m not talking about 3 CI2 music tracks in Galactic Store.

[Amiko]

@InterAction_studios

New “police chase” mission type

@InterAction_studios

New procedural “planetary” mission type

@InterAction_studios

Mission editor (I don’t think formation editing will be possible, so perhaps “mission mixer” would be more accurate)

@InterAction_studios

Bonus: There’s also a half-baked idea about multiplayer games where the host doesn’t directly fly the mission, but instead chooses which enemies to spawn and when (the mission difficulty would determine the number and breeds of enemies at their disposal).

I wish I saw these after I came back. Wow.

[Bandicoot]

Me too I dreamed of this new features.

[2sN]

So i used to default slot in wave music but there’s is no CI2 Music 1 actually getting unused in CIU Mission.

[Amiko]

@InterAction_studios is it allowed to fly a mission without buying required items to dock into some planets?

More details: I told one of my friend to try a retro mission in squadron assignment, turned out she can fly that mission without buying horizon stabilizer and gravity nullifier.

[KnockoffFeline]

Yes. It’d be lame if you have to have them, right?
Moreover, this is known:

@InterAction_studios

• If you are docked to a planet with docking restrictions (hot, electric, etc), then you can sell the equipment that allowed you to dock without consequences.

[InterAction_studios]

@Knightcap

Playing randomly all 3 CI2 music tracks in CIU mission

Changed in v.142 Idea

@Amiko

I told one of my friend to try a retro mission in squadron assignment, turned out she can fly that mission without buying horizon stabilizer and gravity nullifier.

Yes, assignments work like that.

[ans1382]

@InterAction_studios Are we looking at old ideas for 2024? Is it possible to add new parts to the game?

[kokokokos]

@ans1382

Are we looking at old ideas for 2024?

I mean, I’d call those 4 ideas old. Some of them are even in my ideas collection topic.

@InterAction_studios

there are three main potential directions:

• New “police chase” mission type
• New procedural “planetary” mission type
• Mission editor (I don’t think formation editing will be possible, so perhaps “mission mixer” would be more accurate)
• Bonus: There’s also a half-baked idea about multiplayer games where the host doesn’t directly fly the mission, but instead chooses which enemies to spawn and when (the mission difficulty would determine the number and breeds of enemies at their disposal).

@ans1382

Is it possible to add new parts to the game?

Why wouldn’t it be?

[4-FX]

Is there Nintendo Switch Pro controller support in the game? When I use mine it doesn’t detect the attack, special and satellites buttons, only the joystick works… Nevermind, Steam detects it as an Xbox controller (what the hell?)

[Sammarald]

for some reason you can find players with callsigns that were reset (at least that’s what the “(deleted)” seems to be)

[Paimon]

@InterAction_studios

Bonus: There’s also a half-baked idea about multiplayer games where the host doesn’t directly fly the mission, but instead chooses which enemies to spawn and when (the mission difficulty would determine the number and breeds of enemies at their disposal).

Is it the one in the galactic party? (the one where you spawn the bosses)