Early Access version 59.3

[InterAction_studios]

MAIN CHANGES

If you use v59.1 you’ll be kicked out and the end of each mission. v59.2 has problems with music restarting on each wave. Use v.59.3 instead.

Another short update because too many technical changes stacked up behind the scenes.

Bug/Idea medals will be awarded later in the day. Your medal cannot be awarded if your in-game callsign doesn’t match your forum name (send it to me in a private message).

COMPATIBILITY

You will lose:

• any in-mission progress
• all graphics options, which includes your window/borderless/fullscreen setting.
• if any options have been removed or added to a new version, then all menu options (not just graphics) will be lost.

CHANGELOG

New features – Tweaks – Bug fixes – Internal changes

• Deleted users that haven’t logged in in the past 4 weeks and have less than an hour of playtime.
• FPS cap is now 150 (was 125) (@BoggY Idea)
• Callsign comparisons are now fuzzy / more lenient (prevents “too-similar-looking” callsigns).
• makeLower() and makeUpper() now support all Unicode characters (were previously English-only).
• Reworked wave-to-wave music handling (corrects: music abruptly switching from wave to boss, incorrect music playing momentarily when continuing a mission) (@Sammarald Bug)
• Keyboard shortcut keys no longer work during initial introductory zoom (@trueuser Bug)
• “It’s Party Time!”/“Brothers Reunited” waves: added mirrored variations (@trueuser Idea)
• “Tangled Mess” wave: Added protective bubble (@OneWingLunarian Idea)
• “Brothers Reunited” wave: Brothers now become enraged when their sibling dies (@Ace @ismet @OneWingLunarian Idea)
• Compiled with VS2019 v16.7.7
• Fixed uninitialized “capsule collision” variable which may have lead to some fast bullets colliding as capsules instead of full rectangles.
• destroyDevice(): Added DX context ClearState()/Flush(). Possibly fixes E_ACCESSDENIED during CreateSwapChain().
• “Bossa Nova” boss now drops coins when destroyed (@Pidgey Idea)
• Profile screen: Constrained width of “Score” and “Next tier goal” to avoid overlap with score (@ans1382 Bug)
• (incomplete fix from v.43) “Bubble Rings” wave: Prevented Assassins from spawning (@SA-GoldenBoss128 Bug)
• “Twice Infinity” wave: Twins now become enraged when their sibling dies (@Francis Idea)
• “Blast From the Past” and “A mysterious ship approaches…” bosses now drop coins when destroyed (@Akemisora Idea)
• Strengthened anti-cheat mechanisms.
• Game window now becomes immediately visible upon creation at default size (320x240) (temporary debugging measure)
• Added support for system announcement messages.
• Stricter e-mail validation.
• Challenge rewards are now 3x as much (@OneWingLunarian @SA-GoldenBoss128 Idea)
• Weapons Training: Iron Chef no longer makes dropping-gift sound without actually dropping a gift (@VerMishelb Bug)
• “Fenced In” wave: Each group now randomly rotates CW or CCW (@SA-GoldenBoss128 Idea)
• Save folder now includes /ia/ (“channel”)
• “Multiplicity/Exponentiality” wave: Brothers/twins now also become enraged when their sibling dies (@Francis @SA-GoldenBoss128 Idea)
• Added support for banning.
• Main menu: Added “Terms of Service” and “Privacy Policy” buttons.

v59.3 patch:

• Fixed bug: Music restarts on each wave (@Francis @Randomkodude Bug)

BACKUPS

You are reminded that during Early Access you are responsible for backing up your own progress. Make a copy of everything under C:\ProgramData\InterAction studios\CIU (including all sub-folders). Never rename files or move them from one version folder to another. Simply make a copy and then later put it back exactly where you found it.

[Sammarald]

I noticed that the starfield scrolling speed is now somewhat inconsistent in the menu. On the logo and certain option submenus, it scrolls faster, while in other cases like logging in, it slows down.

For example, you can have it go faster on the logo, slower on the options menu and faster again on the gameplay options.

Also, I noticed that the enraged twin on Chicken Multiplicity isn’t that much faster.

[Francis]

Also, in retro missions music restarts after each wave
And pausing the game became more unconfortable

[Randomkodude]

so, the music resets now after every wave?

[InterAction_studios]

@Sammarald

I noticed that the starfield scrolling speed is now somewhat inconsistent in the menu

I can’t think of anything that would cause that. Will investigate.

@Francis

pausing the game became more unconfortable

Uncomfortable? What do you mean?

@Randomkodude

so, the music resets now after every wave?

This is a bug. Looking into it.

[Francis]

@InterAction_studios

Uncomfortable? What do you mean?

It’s like this: if you’re on borderless mode and you just started a mission, it doesn’t let you pause at the beginning, unless you press Start or alt-tab, after that the pause menu automatically pops up and afterwards it goes back to normal

[Star_Light]

@InterAction_studios

If you use v59.1 you’ll be kicked out and the end of each mission. Use v.59.2 instead.

What happened ? Why ?

[Star_Light]

Hmm… give a screenshot

[Francis]

I don’t think it’s necessary, even because a single screenshot wouldn’t help in this situation

[BalloraJoined]

Found the solution to the last message I edited / deleted.

[Star_Light]

I am downloading V 59.2 but my windows untivirus sent a message
I didn’t read that
I was chatting in my phone
The game have a virus or not?

[BalloraJoined]

Yeah.Me too said that.

[Francis]

@InterAction_studios

• Challenge rewards are now 3x as much (@OneWingLunarian @GoldenBoss128 Idea)

The rewards for Daily Hard weren’t multiplied x3, only the 1st place’s one was, and the other ones are only the one below them -1, they should be 30, 27, 24, etc.
Also, Weekly’s and Space Race’s were completely unchanged

[InterAction_studios]

@Francis

Also, in retro missions music restarts after each wave

@Randomkodude

so, the music resets now after every wave?

Fixed in v.59.3 Bug

@Francis

it doesn’t let you pause at the beginning

Can’t replicate. Did this happen more than once? Did you try pressing ESC, P, or the Pause Key?

[Star_Light]

So many bugs in new version : |

[Francis]

@InterAction_studios

Did this happen more than once?

Well, yes

@InterAction_studios

Did you try pressing ESC, P, or the Pause Key?

I tried all of them, and it didn’t work until I alt-tabbed

[BalloraJoined]

Its the early access, what can IA do if there are many bugs.

[Star_Light]

@InterAction_studios

v.59.3

First time I see 3 edition of one version

[InterAction_studios]

@Francis

The rewards for Daily Hard weren’t multiplied x3

How can you know that? It’s only at the end of the day that the rankings are calculated. Everything currently shown in the game was calculated using the old rules.

[Francis]

Oh, sorry I’ll wait for tomorrow I guess