LazerGrrl News & Patch Notes

added default maps from the community + removed some bad ones

* Added new block: invincible barrier. * Added new block: semi-super barrier. * Added grid for helping players learn on arena. (show with ctrl shift G) * Made it so similar colors are treated as identical. * When picking character color right click goes back. * In map editor lazers can be set to be silent. In which case they wont make any SFX * Menu option in options that opens maps folder. * Also changed how replay folder is opened, to maybe fix an issue with that. * Replays are named yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss now.

can place blocks on top of pipes
Show energy nodes underneath blocks
fixed bug where one full base on a team would stop others from filling
desynced blocks will now blow up on your machine if they reach -1 health
Added timout detection on client and server, timeout out players will be treated as disconnected
fixed graphical bug with tutorial text and player nametags
return to lobby after quitting from single player with escape
also can return to make maker after testing a map and quitting with escape
return to bot menu after quitting bot match with escape

* probably fixed the crazy ghost block bug * made 4 the default max lazer size * removed the max lazer startup time (cus it is probably causing some crazy stuff)

added the new Unity security patch
added a fullscreen toggle option in graphics options

* made lazers have a 2 second maximum activate time * big lazers use the age of their oldest part for their priority * ghost lobbies on server should be less of an issue * better fullcreen / windowed / multi-monitor support hopefully * fixed a bug with the new decay zones where they affect things they shouldnt

added a new element to map-maker that should help with blocking cheese: decay zones
fixed exclusion and decay zones graphics when they are 1 wide or tall
fixed decay zones not dissapearing (and moving) when they reach 0 size
fixed a bug in replays
Server disconnect only kicks you out of online lobbies and matches now (as opposed to everything, mapmaker, replays & whatnot)

* trying decay zones * also made bigger lazers waaay cheaper to run * improved socket code. it should actually reconnect now after the server dumps it * You can manually set server address now, so the game never has to die again!

You can play online as normal again. It's all free. Also to celebrate (and stress test the new server) we are planning to have a big play session in one week (check discord)

4 new characters in the game

Hardrock
Lazygirl
Oldman
Nebu

removed debug code that quit match when u press P key

* I made the client logs much better, they were being spammed before and hard to read * I seperated game errors from my code from actual connection errors * Made it when u do actually lose socket connection u quit out of the match (In future it might be better if this was a bit more lenient, but for now will help me isolate the root cause of problems) So, yeah, the plan is to play more until something goes wrong, then look at logs

Ok ive done a few things> * fix that controls loading thing * fix the bug where u can join matches that are in-play * Made the socket reconnect code a bit better * added more logs on the server * (5. I noticed the big explosion sounds always plays no matter what ure sound settings are, that is probably fixed now) I do still think there is a general problem of crap connectivity and communication with the free server being unreliable. I will update the server and client and play some more and troubleshoot some more. If I can determine what is failing maybe I can write code to let it fail gracefully. I'll do a few passes of this, then try a paid server and see if that makes a big difference

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Well I hope so anyway. I replaced the old Gamesparks stuff with my own server. Hopefully this free server will work ok enough. Note that the server will sleep after 15 mins of inactivity and can take over 1 min to wake up again.

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