The main focus of all work done on Lode Runner Online: The Mad Monks' Revenge Rewrite was on completing tasks from my TODO list - most of these involved fixing little inconsistencies in gameplay behaviour VS the Original game.
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A name in parenthesis and in bold is the finder of the bug/quirk. Thanks to all, I really do appreciate your time and support. Cheers!
Editor
- performance gains when transitioning from editor to game (play-testing)
- painting players;
- fixed bug in undo that did not restore runners that were painted over other runners
- fixed bug that did not remove runners from the puzzle
- fixed bug that did not always paint buried items correctly
- updated tooltips for puzzle viewer;
- less text
- fixed bug that showed incorrect values
- moved text to the external language file
Updated puzzle viewer tooltips
Game
- fixed bug when a runner uses a pick-axe on a ladder (Artyom)
- updated collision detection
- monk AI changes (matches the Original);
- monks no longer chase runners entering a puzzle
- monks no longer eat runners entering a puzzle
- monks no longer eat runners when climbing out a blasted hole if they aren't close enough - now matches the Original
- fixed bug that allowed monks to climb out of a blasted hole when a runner is standing on his head
- fixed bug that allowed Wes Reckless to still move when monks are being controlled via Monk Mode (YOG)
- support for the previous save game formats dropped;
- this does not affect games saved after July 31st
- jackhammer sequence updated;
- no longer overplays by a frame - matches the Original
- runner animation will start facing the same way he was last running;
- this does not match the Original but it does make the animation much smoother
- utilizes unused frames in the jackhammering animation
- runners now start falling from phase and blastable blocks the same as the Original
- fall-through block fixes;
- players can no longer start above a fall-through and land
- runners will stand on monks inside a fall-through - this matches the Original
- fix players reporting incorrect positions (thus, sending them into walls)
LAN
- the lobby no longer exits when host aborts the game when a puzzle transfer is in progress
- YOG mode;
- YOG needs to be enabled as per usual on the host AND cheats must be enabled for the game
- supported cheats are 'Monk Control Mode CTRL+3', 'Collect All Gold CTRL+5' and 'Complete PUZZLE CTRL+8'
- revert toggle added to the lobby when hosting
Revert toggle to speedily reset all game options without quitting and starting again
General
- completed major overhaul of core puzzle reading/writing;
- this affected nearly every aspect of the editor and gameplay
- changes to puzzle preview;
- regenerating or lit bombs no longer show
- buried gold no longer shows
- removed dead code from project
- return of the game credits when at the main menu (not the end of game credits);
- suggested by Jeffrey
- press CTRL/CMD+A at the main menu
Bugs being worked on
- runners not entering exit doors (Howie)
- some Windows machines not be able to detect LAN games (Steve)
- machines with a different Windows on host/client are affected
- items being painted into puzzles that are not the active tile
What I'll probably do next week
- play LAN games to track down crash