CIU version 148 BETA

[InterAction_studios]

@Gacrux

could you please take a look at this

I did, but it doesn’t seem worth it.

[InterAction_studios]

v.148.2 is now available.

Please test the new paint filters extensively, because I’ll need to finalize this version by Wednesday.

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Download the BETA from: https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/CIU_BETA_v148_2_0.zip

[PlasmaX]

lol

these shouldn’t be present whenever you select a category

buttons don’t glow purple whenever i’m in a new account

whenever i was making guest accounts for testing purposes, i kept spawning on the same star system

the tutorial mission should play different soundtracks instead of just ciu music 3 (it should only play ciu-exclusive soundtracks)

even if you don’t die, use specials and/or satellites, you don’t get their respective medals (sounds familiar)

chickenaut bodies should be green in halloween edition

[VerMishelb]

Allowed?

[Knightcap]

@PlasmaX

instead of just ciu music 3

I think “CIU theme” (intense) could be better than playing any other CIU music tracks (1-4)

@PlasmaX

chickenaut bodies should be green in halloween edition

They already were green.

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@InterAction_studios

I’ll need to finalize this version by Wednesday

So our plan is releasing Version 148 at next weekend. And then version 149 for both releasing Episodes as the independent game applications and CIxU mission, right? I wonder when will the Anniversary mission be removed exactly.

[ScarletCuboids]

left side of muller got a bit of those aliasing.

right side does too but lesser and not that noticeable.

edit: not limited to muller it seems.

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the base paint is overflowing through the texture (notice the red outline)

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certain paint jobs are “spazzing out” when turned

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can the player/multiplayer color be randomized when signing up too? (or use the same color as the inner exhaust)

[DePeeper]

Would it be too late to look into this? If so, it can come next update.

CIU version 147

So, some people on the community Discord have voiced their dissatisfaction with this change (no disrespect to @Knightcap), since it changes up how the spawns on both bosses operate. If you’re too close to a enemy before it pops, there’s a significant chance you’ll get rammed due to the uncertainty of the trajectory and lose a life, impacting the end score. This can matter in League and KO rounds, so I am hosting a poll on whether this change should be reversed or not. Vote below. poll

[CuretheToony]

@InterAction_studios

None of the spacecraft in the Galactic Store should be randomized. Do you see some randomized?

(since you did not answered him at this time, i am going to try address this) Nah, while when i did purchased m408 and turns out they are not randomized for some reason. (shown right here)

it happens with galactic and heroware stores especially if you try to preview one of the spacecrafts family to purchase and see it’s randomized.

but it will be really nice if you purchase one of the spacecrafts then the paintjob should’ve randomized flawlessly after purchased it the spacecraft you asked for similar way with new accounts had that.

[2sN]

nah iA no response at me quite too long an new update some replies. this way too expensive

[InterAction_studios]

@PlasmaX

lol

Fixed in v.148.3 Bug

@PlasmaX

these shouldn’t be present whenever you select a category

Ehh… I think they might be. They’re at the bottom anyway, they’re not in the way.

@PlasmaX

buttons don’t glow purple whenever i’m in a new account

Buttons glow with the same color as for “HUD glow” in your Color Theme. But now I realize this is more of a bug than a feature, so… fixed in v.148.3 Bug

@PlasmaX

i kept spawning on the same star system

The game spawns you at the most sparsely populated system, so this is expected (until it no longer is the most sparse)

@PlasmaX

the tutorial mission should play different soundtracks instead of just ciu music 3

No

@PlasmaX

even if you don’t die, use specials and/or satellites, you don’t get their respective medals (sounds familiar)

Those medals are disabled for the tutorial.

@VerMishelb

Allowed?

Unavoidable. It happens everywhere where there is a button right next to a scrollable list.

@PlasmaX

chickenaut bodies should be green in halloween edition

Fixed in v.148.3 Bug

@ScarletCuboids

left side of muller got a bit of those aliasing

Changed in v.148.3 Idea

@ScarletCuboids

not limited to muller it seems

I didn’t notice anything wrong with other spacecraft models.

@ScarletCuboids

the base paint is overflowing through the texture (notice the red outline)

Unavoidable due to how paintjobs are implemented by stacking multiple textures on top of each other.

@ScarletCuboids

certain paint jobs are “spazzing out” when turned

Fixed in v.148.3 Bug

@ScarletCuboids

can the player/multiplayer color be randomized when signing up too

Changed in v.148.3 Idea

@DePeeper

Would it be too late to look into this?

I don’t think this is worthy of reverting. The rules are now different, simply adjust your strategy accordingly.

@CuretheToony

when i did purchased m408 and turns out they are not randomized for some reason

This is the intended behaviour. ONLY your starting spacecraft is randomized. Spacecraft bought afterwards always come with their stock paintjob.

[InterAction_studios]

v.148.3 is now available.

Please test the new paint filters extensively, because I’ll need to finalize this version by Wednesday.

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Download the BETA from: https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/CIU_BETA_v148_3_0.zip

[CuretheToony]

@InterAction_studios

This is the intended behaviour. ONLY your starting spacecraft is randomized. Spacecraft bought afterwards always come with their stock paintjob.

So, the only way is to randomize the paintjob manually after you purchased an spacecraft, right?

also, can the hardpoints (e.g ghost trail, laser scope, strobe lights, spawn shields) and color themes should have an ability to randomize colors like randomize colors for spacecrafts did?

[ScarletCuboids]

@InterAction_studios

Paint screen: Filter button now disappears when screenshot button is pressed (@PlasmaX Bug)

looks like you’ve missed something

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Detail idea: selecting a customization for a texture should make that texture to flash white for a bit

[Lunatico]

Applying filter should not display the last 2 buttons (or is it there for convenience?)

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I know everyone reported this before, but hey…

The game itself consumes 1.5GB ram when logged in. Loading textures or wut?

[Knightcap]

@Knightcap

• Spaceship’s name
• Exhaust size/Wingstreak length
• All paint density
• Shininess Hue/Strenght
• Multiplayer color

Update: Multiplayer color and Shininess Strenght can now be randomized. But uh… why wasn’t Shininess Hue randomized like Shininess Strenght? Although these are the same painting for spaceship’s shininess.

[InterAction_studios]

@CuretheToony

the only way is to randomize the paintjob manually after you purchased an spacecraft, right

Yes

@CuretheToony

can the hardpoints (e.g ghost trail, laser scope, strobe lights, spawn shields) and color themes should have an ability to randomize colors

There are only a few things you can customize in those cases, so it’s not worth it.

@ScarletCuboids

looks like you’ve missed something

@ScarletCuboids

selecting a customization for a texture should make that texture to flash white for a bit

Not worth it.

@Lunatico

or is it there for convenience

This.

@Lunatico

The game itself consumes 1.5GB ram when logged in. Loading textures or wut?

Textures+sounds are about 1GB, the rest is galaxy & other player data.

If you have problems running out of memory, you can reduce this amount by using loadMode=2 in your CIU.cfg

@Knightcap

Shininess Hue randomized

Because, as a rule, non-white doesn’t look aesthetically pleasing.

[InterAction_studios]

v.148 Advance Preview

The official release is very close now, and to (hopefully) catch any last-minute problems, I am providing advance preview builds of the stand-alone and Android versions of the game.

Before you install them, however, read through the following notes:

• These are the final builds (exactly the same as will eventually become public), however until the new version is officially released, they will still connect to the BETA server. This means that any progress you make using these versions will eventually be lost.

• They will overwrite any existing previous version installation you have.

• If you install them but then wish to go back to playing ‘officially’, you must re-install the previous version on top.

Please let me know if you encounter any issues.

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Stand-alone: https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/ChickenInvadersUniverseInstaller148_4_0.exe

Android (32-bit): https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/CIU.ia.armv7.1480400.apk

[BluBugattiRacer]

I know this is late but I got one last bug to fix , if you switch information overlay while your ship is traveling , it will make the ship invisible till you arrive to the destination

[RainbowBoyVN]

Known

@InterAction_studios

Travelling very fast might make your spacecraft become invisible (see Changing map filter mid-travel makes the ship invisible? )

[kevind-a100]

@InterAction_studios, I went to test out the v148 Advanced Preview and for some reason, I got this error message.