Anarchy Zone!
The Anarchy Zone is Angeldust's first open-build, PvP area. You'll find it in your telecharger, or type '/az' in the chat to go there. It features a beautiful central castle as your starting point, although it doesn't look like it today:
Hide and Seek
Angeldust now features a 'hide and seek' mechanic everywhere. Start hiding using the Quick Messages menu (F and then Space Bar) or by typing '/hs' in chat. After a few seconds you'll go into hiding mode with a dreamlike overlay:
You can move around slowly while hidden. Non-hiding players can find you, after which you'll stand up and see a chat message. While hidden your tamed and ridden creatures will hide, too. It's great fun to hide in parts of wonders, so gather your friends and start playing!
A small note: wild creatures in the game world are still able to sniff you out when hiding so it's not a way to evade combat.
Limited Issue
The block picker will now show the height of trees and objects:
Upon picking an object or tree Angeldust now remembers its height and applies it to newly placed ones. Using this I very rapidly placed a ton of cacti that are 'two tall' (har har):
Gameplay Improvements
In Angeldust v3.36 you can (finally!) place builder devices closer together if they are different types. It also means that scouts can finally place web traps even if builders are around. It's much more fun to play together with multiple builders and scouts now:
More builder improvements: the hammer now affects ALL devices in range. Upgrading devices is now deterministic so you don't have to swing for ages anymore. The bomb does more damage.
And for the scout and sorceress: projectile hit boxes and collisions have been much improved. You can now actually hit things. So improve. Much wow!
Another Dimension
The Options Menu's 'Advanced' section now has a switch for 2D or 3D entity details. 2D is what you knew. 3D brings player names, health bars and more into 3D space for a cleaner look:
Very Effective
Angeldust v3.36 tweaks some sprite effects: hero damage is now consistently colored orange everywhere, creature healing is now blue. Damage particles (like fur, feathers and scales) now initially glow in red. Hit sparks now have a bit of movement to increase liveliness and visibility.
Performance Art
Angeldust v3.36 has major performance improvements, especially at higher view distances. It also fixes engine freezes when loading in new game areas, this was noticeable in Rye Games' excellent video covering Angeldust, starting at the 10-minute mark:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ6Vd0fnleI
World of Wonder
Speaking of loading performance improvements, the Angeldust website now hosts an 'Angeldust Wonder Chunks' file that contains full game world data for all wonders. Get it from the 'About' page:
https://angeldu.st/en/about
Additional changes
- removed flickering and added animation to 2D user interface sprites that are still loading
- added above-ground smoke puffs for weedlers moving underground
- unified the Android build with 3D everywhere and 16 KiB page support
- improved warnings for land claim slices that overflow text sign and tailored panel limits
- added FPS counter to options menu 'ADVANCED' header
- fixed weather particles falling through roofs in 'free flight' cinematic mode
- fixed flat blocks influencing other blocks using an incorrect material
- fixed flat blocks and block decorations reflecting with an incorrect material
- removed reflection dithering
- prevent reflections from going through water
- fixed the game sometimes forgetting chunk claimed states
- prevent barriers from hiding transparent block faces
- fixed text sign and tailored panel contents missing for specific girder decals (thanks @Loki The Witful)
- prevent local creatures from going out of world bounds
- disabled shop in cinematic mode to prevent it from spinning indefinitely
Much Love
This update was by far the most difficult to finish and release, but I did it! Thanks to everyone in the community for keeping Angeldust alive, better than ever. I really hope you enjoy this new, solid baseline for what Angeldust is!
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