Cosmoteer Release Candidate 0.15.14 RC1 - Bug Fixes

Walt

Cosmoteer "unstable" release candidate 0.15.14 RC1 is now available for testing! This update is primarily bug fixes and a handful of small U.I. and modding improvements.

Download Cosmoteer 0.15.14_rc1 or auto-update via the "unstable" branch.

Changelog:

User Interface:
- Various translation updates from the Cosmoteer Translation Project.
- Shift-clicking on a part icon with multiple types of parts selected will now deselect all parts of that type instead of selecting only those parts.
- The percentage indicator on the FTL jump U.I. now always rounds down to the next lowest whole percentage number. (i.e., 99.9% will display as 99% instead of 100%)
- Activating a ship command while the repair panel is open will now automatically close the repair panel.
- Changing most multiplayer game settings will no longer un-ready observers.
Bug Fixes:
- "GameSetupScreen.Dispose() not called" crash when getting kicked or disconnected from a game immediately upon joining it.
- Tractor Beams were using much less power than intended, especially at close range.
- Tractor Beam range could be extended up to 400 meters by first targeting an object within 200 meters and then retargeting a desired object up to 400 meters away.
- It was possible to target a Tractor Beam on its own ship by selecting it along with another weapon and manually targeting its own ship.
- Tractor Beam audio was much louder than intended.
- Clicking on the + ship button during Arena or Domination games immediately after a ship was already selected for that slot would replace the ship in that slot instead of adding to the next slot.
- Ion Beams would automatically fire at all prisms on other ships, regardless of the allegiance of those ships, as long as the prism itself wanted to fire.
- Weapons set to A.I.-controlled in Direct Control Mode would auto-fire on any "junk" ships near the mouse cursor.
- Loading a saved game while an FTL Drive is charged and then canceling the FTL jump would prevent the FTL Drive from depowering.
- Pressing F while plotting an FTL course would then cause the map to be focused on the wrong sector when opening the map back up after completing the jump.
- Selecting a weapon without selecting its ship first wouldn't display its target(s).
- It wasn't possible to click near the flight direction chooser in build mode.
- Right-clicking on an enemy ship to target weapons would still play a sound even if the commanded ship didn't have an operational control room.
Modding:
- Added a "Part Debugger" that is available in Developer Mode. This tool will display a lot of information about the selected part and its components and should be very helpful in debugging part component logic. To access it, launch Cosmoteer in developer mode, press Ctrl+Tilde, open the 'Sim' menu, select "Part Debugger", and select a part on a ship to view its debug info.
- Added 'DebugTrigger', 'DebugToggle', 'DebugValue', and 'DebugMode' part components that can be triggered and modified via the new Part Debugger. These components are only intended for debug/testing purposes and should not be used in final code.
- BulletEmitter now supports an optional 'EvenSpread' parameter that, if true, will cause all bullets in the same burst to be spread out evenly across the 'Spread' instead of randomly.
- Fixed crash when an emitter uses 'UseAmmoPerShotInBurst = true' and has no BurstDelay.
- An emitter that becomes non-operational during a burst could then be unable to fire once it becomes operational again.
- A part with a FireDamageFactor of 0 will now take exactly one point of damage from fire, if it is not already damaged. This makes it so that the part can be repaired, which will put out the fire.
- Fixed bug where part Timer components wouldn't stop when their StopTrigger triggers.
- Build mode toggle buttons will now respect the AvailableChoices listed in UIToggle components.
- If there are any errors parsing a mod.txt file, Cosmoteer will now immediately "crash" with the standard error dialog instead of only showing an error after the game is loaded.

Ultranova

Walt Added a "Part Debugger" that is available in Developer Mode. This tool will display a lot of information about the selected part and its components and should be very helpful in debugging part component logic. To access it, launch Cosmoteer in developer mode, press Ctrl+Tilde, open the 'Sim' menu, select "Part Debugger", and select a part on a ship to view its debug info.

can't wait to use this :oooooooo

Walt

Ultranova It's super handy, I should have added it years ago. Planning to make a proper post dedicated to it, though mostly I think it should be pretty intuitive for someone used to modding Cosmoteer.

Ultranova

Walt I thought it was only coming in the retail version so it's a good surprise either way

Walt

Ultranova Nah, no good reason to hold that for retail.

CaptainRedstone What are you talking about, TB are and have always been absolutely perfect.

CaptainRedstone

So basically tractor beams were bugged in like 7 different ways

Danwood

TB fixes are most welcome.

oh, right, they were perfect :3