📋Changelog for play test number 2
Changelog
Here is the changelog for the version to be tested tonight (as a reminder, it's at 8:30 PM):
- Moved player management to the server side
- File reorganization
- Fixed the player camera
- Fixed the player rotation
- Added 50cm and 4m boxes (spawn with the E and R keys)
- Added a global chat, using MQTT. Display with F12 and ALT+T to type in it
- Added a ship
- Added object persistence in the dgraph database
- Added game localization (translation)
- Added error messages (currently only used when disconnecting from the server)
- Reworked the dynamic meshing server, switching from HTTP to MQTT protocol
- Added inter-server replication of boxes and ships (only when spawning and only on already active servers)
- Changed the player UI:
- Displayed coordinates of the area managed by the server
- Added a label above the player with the name of the server the player is on
- Fixed labels (number of servers, number of players, etc.)
- Changed the scene, two 5km planets (one gray and one orange) + two stations
- Integrated FMOD audio server, but disabled for the moment (several issues identified)
Play test number 2
Here is what that will need to be tested.
Report issues
Make a video or write a text about the problem encountered, and if possible, how to reproduce it.
Server meshing dynamic
We'll let you test it, switch from one server to another, what problems you encountered, what works.
WARNING: The following issues are already known:
- Black screen lasting less than a second when switching servers
- Problems when switching servers too slowly (visual glitches for a few seconds and then getting stuck on one server)
- When a server splits in two, the second server doesn't retrieve crates and ships from the first server (code not yet stable).
Global Chat
There is a global chat, accessible via F12. You can write, emojis work. Write as many messages as you can and see how it reacts. To write, press ALT+T.
Crate Spawn (Cross-Server View)
You can spawn small crates (50cm) with the R key, large crates (4m) with the E key. Test them on planets, in space, and between servers. It seems there's a limit of around 2,000 crates spawned, with latency per server... we'd love some feedback on that 😉
Persistence
We have crate and ship persistence.
We tried restarting the servers last night and loading the thousands of crates into the database, but it took a very long time and consumed resources. We'll see what happens after this test.
Other
If you see anything else that's not great or doesn't work, please report it too 😉
Thanks everyone, and see you later at 8:30 PM!