Streets of Rogue 96B на Русском

This will be the last update that I’ll be dedicating to Downtown for the time being. At some point, I’ll circle back around to it, much like I plan on doing for the other levels. For the next update, I’ll be switching gears to focus on bug fixes and balance. Not particularly glamorous, but it’s been awhile since I did any real housekeeping, and I’ve amassed a rather enormous pile of bugs to fix thanks in large part to reports from you fine folks.

For those that enjoyed last week’s Zombie disaster: Yes, the Zombie disaster will still appear in-game randomly. Also, check out the new “Zombies Ate My Game Balance” mutator, which adds zombies to every level.

This week’s Fortnight Discussion: Clerks. They’re a new character in the game. How should they function?

Alpha 37

New Stuff
Levels
Game is now playable through 4-3

Music
New Track “Floor 4-3 Heavy Wheezing on the Dancefloor”, also added to soundtrack owners’ libraries

Mutators
Zombies Ate My Game Balance

Non-Playable Characters
Musician
Clerk

Environments
Holes may appear in place of Canals sometimes
Arcade
Ice Rink

Objects
Jukebox
Power Box
Turntables functionality

Achievements
Downtown Diva achievement can be earned

Everything Else
Localization
Updated Simplified Chinese translations
Added a Fan Translation fix for languages that use special characters such as Japanese to prevent characters from appearing too small in certain spots on the interface. To implement the fix, see the updated “How To Make Translations.txt” file.

Characters
Upper-Crusters may travel with their own personal Slaves
It is now possible to offer Slaves to Mobsters when they mug you
Fix for Slaves blowing up after falling down a hole
Fix for “Sign Up to Fight” button sometimes appearing multiple times on multiplayer client

Graphics
Fix for Arrested people having the wrong head sprite
Fixed cases where NPCs might not animate properly if they were on the screen when the game was started
NPCs point their guns directly at their opponent rather than simply pointing in the direction they’re facing
Changed graphics for Train slightly
Fix for instances where a person could remain highlighted white after being attacked and flashing
Fix for cases where Bridges across canals appeared to be facing the wrong direction on multiplayer client
City Park transition tiles (i.e. parks within Downtown) have been modified to be more organic

Playfield Objects
Potential fix for objects sometimes becoming non-interactable on multiplayer client
Fix for Manholes spawning too close to the level entrance
Lamps can be affected by EMP Grenades
Fix for not being able to use Alarm Buttons when you have other people in your party
Fix for Alarm Button dialogue not appearing on multiplayer client
Metal Detector turns off when Arena battle starts
Fix for Alarm Button not causing Supercop to spawn when destroyed by fire
Fix for Saw Blade continuing to make noise after being shut down
Fix for objects taking a second to be destroyed on multiplayer client when shot by shotgun

Items
Fix for EMP Grenade making certain objects non-functional when they were not classified as being electronic
Jock NPCs no longer carry nonexistent “Baseball” item
Fix for “Remove w/Slave Helmet Remover” button appearing twice if player has more than one
Fix for thrown items being capable of hitting people hidden in Bushes or Manholes

Mutators
Rogue Vision is now included in the pool of potential Daily Run mutators
Fix for player being able to choose “Create A Mutator” button

Level Generation
Office Drone has been replaced with Clerk in a bunch of spots
Buildings can potentially have two Bouncers now
Power Boxes may appear in random spots on levels, typically guarded by police
Jukeboxes have been added to certain buildings

Artificial Intelligence
Added Ice Skating behavior
Fix for police getting angry if player attacks Zombies
Zombies no longer wait outside of doors when their opponent is on the other side like other NPCs do, because they are stupid zombies
All store owners and Guards in Mall get annoyed with Suspicious or Malodorous characters
People at the Arena cheer during fights, and when a fight is over
Fix for Supercops not investigating the player’s location upon spawning if they were too far away from the player
NPCs are less likely to walk directly on Train and Mine Cart Tracks, particularly when they are not in combat
Cops and Supercops are now Loyal to Upper-Crusters
Mobsters will not bug the player for money if they are fighting other people
Mobsters will not bug the player for money if they use the Alarm Button to call a Supercop
NPCs no longer stop for a split second if the player interacts with them but the NPC does not have context buttons
If the player interacts with someone traveling in a gang (i.e. Mobsters), the other gang members will stop and wait for the interaction to finish
If a Slave has one owner and that owner begins to flee, the Slave will follow to avoid having their helmet blow up due to the distance
Fix for NPCs not being more careful about accidentally shooting their allies in the back
Fix for NPCs not getting angry if the player used the Shotgun on owned objects

Other
Created new Free version of the game for itch.io and GameJolt

Internal
Did a bunch of work on a “Chinese Government Approved” Chinese version of the game

Fix for Turrets not shooting in the correct direction
Fix for NPCs not getting angry when you chloroform their friends
NPCs are slightly more reactive to the player hitting their friends
Thieves who pop out of Manholes are considered Guilty
Fix for people standing next to chairs as their default goal instead of sitting in them if you kill the Comedian they were listening to
Fix for not always having to chloroform people from behind when they are sitting in chairs
Fixed some AI pathing issues in the Arena
Thief no longer steals heavy weapons from players, since they tended to use them on the player immediately, which felt kind of cheap
Real fix for Mobsters mugging people with Can’t Speak English
Fix for players not being able to teleport after killing the mobster trying to mug them and remaining in their vicinity
No longer possible for NPCs to close automatic Arena doors
Guards no longer investigate noises heard in the Arena
Adjustments to which weapons the Metal Detector will detect

New Stuff
Levels
Game is now playable through 4-1

Art
Lots of new wall and floor art for Downtown levels

Music
New Track “Floor 4-1 Hit Me With Your Best Rock”. The mp3 has been added to soundtrack owners’ libraries. More tracks will be coming when 4-2 and 4-3 are added.

Achievements
Unlock Elevator Access - Downtown
Downtown Diva (you can’t actually achieve this yet, since it requires you to complete Level 4-3 which does not currently exist)

Non-Playable Characters
Supercop
Upper-Cruster
Mobster

Environments
Canals
Dance Club
Church
Hotel
City Park

Objects
Police Box
Alarm Button
Train
Speaker
Turntables
Altar
Manhole
Metal Detector

Everything Else
Performance
Bunch of improvements (yep, I’m still at it)

Graphics
Fix for weapons not appearing in the player’s hands when a saved game is loaded (only fixed for games saved in Alpha 35)
Potential fix for pink sprite appearing in place of crushers
Fix for Taser bullets sometimes appearing the wrong color
Yet another attempted fix for generators not always disappearing after exploding
Attempted fix for people sometimes appearing weird on multiplayer client
Fix for frozen people (from Freeze Ray) playing walk animation sometimes

UI / Controls
Fix for local coop players’ UI sometimes appearing at the wrong zoom level
Fix for people not always being tracked properly on the minimap on multiplayer client

Playfield Objects
Fix for multiplayer clients not causing Fire Hydrants to spray on the first hit

Items
Fix for Haterator not working properly
Fix for Ammo Stealer not removing a person’s ammo when used from the multiplayer client

Sound
Sounds from a level can no longer play after the level has ended and the screen has faded out

Gameplay
People should fly through walls without breaking them less often

Mutators
Fix for people and objects not being visible in Rogue Vision after accepting a mission

Other
Updated Rewired plugin from 1.1.5.3 to 1.1.7.5

Performance
Loads and loads of performance tweaks
Load times are slightly faster

Graphics
Fix for players clipping through walls and objects vertically after teleporting while in the water

UI / Controls
Fix for Traits on Load Character screen not being separated by line
Fix for players 2, 3 and 4 not having the correct character selected when entering Character Select screen after death while playing as a custom character
Fix for error if player plays as a custom character, dies, clears the custom character slot, then closes and re-opens the menu

Items
Fix for Shopkeeper appearing to be equipped with weapons on multiplayer client when he is actually empty-handed

Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities
Fix for Bloodlust, Zombify, Camera Shy, Crepe Crusher, Blahd Basher and potentially others not triggering properly sometimes for multiplayer clients past the level where they joined the game
Unstoppable-Ish cancels out Tank-Like and Skinny Nerdlinger during Character Creation

Sound
Fix for “jump out of water” sound effect playing if the player teleports while in the water

Tutorial
Fix for explosions from first laser not hitting the player if he stood in the exact right spot
Player can now eat the Banana to advance the “quick-use health” part of the tutorial
Internal
Prep work for Downtown levels
Prep work for console versions
Created new Free version of the game
Created new Show version of the game for PAX

Alpha 32b
Fix for custom characters sometimes not appearing properly
Fix for chests and shops sometimes having incorrect items

Alpha 32c
Fix for Pits not appearing
Fix for Crusher poles not appearing
Fix for shadows not appearing
Fix for player identifiers not appearing in multiplayer modes
Fix for people not turning blue when frozen

Alpha 32d (reverted to 32c for now due to new bugs introduced, will fix tomorrow)
Fixed a small bug that I added shortly before deploying Alpha 32, which ironically might have made performance WORSE than before.

Alpha 32e (August 25)
Fixed issue from 32d where people would not attack you
Added new lighting setting “Medium”. With this setting, walls do not cast shadows, which can greatly improve performance while still keeping the aesthetics mostly intact.
Fix for Killer Plants remaining permanently white after being hit
For for people briefly looking incorrect after being Depossessed by Shapeshifter
More performance tweaks

Alpha 32f
Fix for glitch introduced in 32e where AI would often not attack each other when they are hostile

New Features and Content
New playable character: Zombie
Trait “Zombify” added
Trait “Fair Game” added
Trait “Class Solidarity” added (also added to Trait Unlocks)
Special Ability “Zombie Phlegm” added
Status Effect “DNA Connection” added

Achievements
Zombie

Graphics
Fix for sleep Z’s not disappearing when NPCs were afflicted with various status effects while sleeping
Fix for dizzy stars appearing if a knocked-out person falls into a hole

UI / Controls
Fix for players being returned to “Enter Password” menu if they pressed Esc after being invited to a game through Steam
Fix for AlienFX setting going from Off to On at certain times without user consent
Fix for camera sometimes not following the player when they canceled out of various “operating” bars
Fix for the camera not focusing on player when Arresting/Enslaving as multiplayer client
Game can no longer go into slow motion when players are on the Character Select screen due to background activity like explosions
If the player is holding Extra Info and someone dies, their info will disappear
When determining what interactable objects should be highlighted, the game will de-prioritize certain less important objects like Bushes
Fix for players having difficulty interacting with certain objects (particularly doors) when other players were standing right next to them
If the player is standing near an object with a full inventory, and an item is on the ground, they will interact with the object instead of the item

Playfield Objects
Fix for players not receiving credit and Destruction bonus for destroying Generators
Bullets no longer hit wall-based Pipes
Fix for throwable objects being able to pass through certain Park-based objects where this was not intended
Explosions set oil spills on fire
Read Email context button on Computers has been moved to the bottom of the list
Noise indicator appears over objects hacked with Laptop to further indicate the noise created
Fire does not cause as much knockback, to prevent situations where a player would bounce into a nearby wall and back into the fire
Context buttons for using Wrench on Generator now indicates that durability will be lost
Fix for objects like Red Barrels not exploding on multiplayer client when client threw items at them
Fix for thrown items on multiplayer client not triggering Fire Hydrant spray

Items
Fix for multiplayer bug where a client’s equipped weapons and armor would not appear properly to other players when a new level was first entered
Certain items, such as the rock and shuriken, will be thrown a bit of extra distance to avoid situations where the player clicks on an enemy and it is thrown to their feet
Doctor can use Taser, it’s now flagged as non-violent
Fix for audio and music notes appearing multiple times for Boombox if the multiplayer client went far away and came back
Fix for weapons purchased out of people’s hands by Shopkeeper not being unequipped by the weapon-holder, creating a duplicate weapon in your inventory
Chainsaw can no longer be found in the game (it’s not ready yet, it shouldn’t be appearing)
Fix for Slavemaster being able to attain multiple undroppable Tasers
Fix for Slavemaster not being able to combine weapon add-ons with Taser
Pouring oil causes a small noise
People will get angry if they see you spilling oil on the ground or lighting it on fire
Fix for Slavemaster not receiving Taser when No Guns mutator is active
Slave Helmet blows up properly when Slave has Resurrection status effect
Slave Helmet causes correct-sized explosion when Slaves venture too far away from their Slavemaster
Fix for Slavemaster being able to give Taser to party members
If Doctor misses with their Chloroform Hankie, cooldown will not trigger
Fix for multiplayer client not always receiving credit for killing someone with a Banana Peel

Status Effects / Traits / Special Abilities
Fix for player continuing to Arrest/Enslave people after they have been killed
Fix for player continuing to interact with nonexistent objects and people if they were destroying quickly while the player was “operating” them
G-P-Yesssss is no longer available on multiplayer client. I will make it available again once I find a fix for issue where it was not working properly
Potential fix for Jock sometimes getting stuck in a Charge animation when next to Steel and Border walls
Fix for Comedian not being able to add people to his party with Joke if they were already Loyal
Fix for Cannibalize icon appearing while the player was a Ghost
Fix for “No In-Fighting” not always working properly in all cases with NPCs
Fix for “No In-Fighting” working between players in multiplayer but displaying faked hits
Fix for player being super-fast if they were resurrected when they had the trait “I’m Outtie”
Fix for Wrestler sometimes not being able to pick up certain mission-related objects
Vampires in multiplayer games get proper credit for killing other players with Bite
When Resurrecting through use of Resurrection Shampoo, people receive a minimum of 25 health
Certain traits will no longer appear as level-up choices under certain circumstances.
Bloody Mess does not appear for Cannibal
Medical Professional does not appear for Vampire
Studious no longer appears for Slum Dweller
Durabilitacious no longer appears with “No Melee” mutator
Hard to Shoot and Big Bullets no longer appear with “No Guns” mutator
Butterfinger-er no longer appears with “No Melee” and “No Guns” mutators both activated
Friend of the Common Folk no longer appears with “Everyone Hates You” mutator
Let me know if you can think of any others like this!

Combat
Players will auto-aim at objects again, but only if they are meant to be destroyed for a mission
Fix for some cases where Giantized players were able to hit and destroy walls from behind Steel walls
Fix for Shrunk players being able to shoot bullets through north/south-facing walls

Sound
Sound effect plays upon pressing “Complete” button on Missions screen

General Gameplay
Fix for player not being able to teleport in Graveyards and other outdoor buildings

Stats / Unlocks
Fix for Comedian unlock not always triggering for multiplayer clients

Missions
Fix for “Break Out” not always appearing over prisoners’ heads during Prison Break missions
After breaking people out of prison for missions, their character-specific minimap indicators (like Drug Dealer or Shopkeeper) will appear properly
Fix for certain objects being marked as targets on “Destroy All” missions when it was not actually necessary for the player to destroy them
Fix for Rescue missions immediately failing if a player entered a multiplayer game with a character that the prisoner hates
Fix for Rescue missions immediately failing if the player Possessed someone with the Shapeshifter who was Hostile toward the Prisoner

Level Generation
Fix for Bars/Fences/Barbed Wire still occasionally not facing the correct direction on multiplayer client

Artificial Intelligence
Fix for NPCs getting stuck when pathing past Fire Spewers
Fix for rescued people sometimes not joining player’s party if they had no room for more people
Fix for people sometimes not being scared of Werewolf and Killer Robot when they should have been
Fix for Slaves technically remaining in the player’s party when Slavemaster is Depossessed by Shapeshifter
When Slavemaster is Depossessed, Slaves will follow him rather than running back to their home immediately and likely blowing up
Slaves do not become Annoyed when Slavemaster is Possessed
If Shapeshifter Possesses a Slavemaster and dies as the Slavemaster, Slaves will not become angry at the Shapeshifter
Fix for Slaves becoming Hostile toward the player, and Slavemaster becoming Hostile toward Slaves following Depossession
When Shapeshifter Depossesses, nearby people who see the Depossession will return to their initial relationship with the Depossessed person
Ghosts are excluded from Ideological Clash
Fix for NPCs continuing to dance or sleep while being bitten by Vampire
Fix for questgivers not having their normal context menu actions available after the player completes a Rescue mission for them
Fix for followers saying “I can’t exactly get there” at inappropriate times
Fix for rescued NPCs returning to their prison cells after the mission is complete
When a Slavemaster captures multiple Slaves, those Slaves will become Loyal to one another
Fix for NPCs who are Loyal or Aligned with the player becoming Hostile toward the player’s newly enslaved party members
If the player Neutralizes a Slavemaster, his former Slaves will become Loyal to the player
Fix for NPCs who join a player’s party sometimes having the wrong alignment toward other followers and party members
Fix for NPCs continuing to talk after being Electrocuted
No longer possible to make followers attack broken windows, which would cause them to attack forever since the windows can’t be broken a second time
Fix for non-owners of buildings not running away from fires in their building
Fix for follower NPCs not following the player or properly taking orders after dying and resurrecting
NPCs no longer yell things at inanimate objects when attempting to destroy them
Fix for NPCs being stopped in their tracks by stationary Saw Blades
NPCs who are Loyal to the player will offer Keys, Safe Combinations and Mission Objective items
In Radiation levels, people always run back to their original position (as opposed to walking) if they finish their current activity and they are outside
Potential fix for NPCs sometimes trying to look at Shelves through walls
If the player gets a Slavemaster to join their party through some means, his Slaves will follow him instead of standing in their original locations
If a party member has to leave due to being injured, the player can still give them items for healing purposes so they can re-hire if they wish
If a player is a Cop or has the status effect “Above the Law”, rescuing a Prisoner for a mission will not result in other Cops attacking that Prisoner
NPCs take “No In-Fighting” into account when deciding to attack when it would normally hit the player
Party members of Player A will not be scared by Player B if Player B is a Werewolf/Zombie

Text
Quitting the game from the title screen no longer states that your progress will be saved
“Resume Game” replaced with “Resume Save” on title screen
Scientist says something different when you ask him to identify a Syringe

Tutorial
Fix for Windows occasionally being missing

Engine
Experimented with Unity 5.6.2f1, reverted back to 5.6.1f1 due to crashes and Linux instability. Will be looking into Unity 2017.1.0 for a near-future update.

Soundtrack
All tracks updated to 320 kbps versions (these were previously 192 kbps)

Other
Updated NAT Traversal plugin to 1.54