The Realm Zero alpha patch v0.0.0.4 is now live today. Please download and check out the latest additions and overhauls to the game.
Misc
Pressing escape no longer closes the game, instead type /quit within the chat box.
Caelum Sky System
This system allows for natural transitions between night & day with added cloud effects.
- You have the ability to set the hour & minute.
- The system allows for the adjustment of humidity levels and wind speed which directly affect the cloud density.
- You have the option to enable / disable the sun & moon light effects.
Loading ScreenThe loading screen replaces the black screen upon launching the game.
- Original Realm Zero artwork will be supplied as the background screens.
- The progress bar indicates the current status of the resources being loaded.
Shaders & Graphic Enhancements
The first implementation of shaders has been added to the game. This area still needs more work and will probably be outsourced to another developer.
- Implemented basic HLSL & CG shaders to allow for NORMAL maps.
- Added CSM (shadows) to the game to help give a more realistic look and feel. (Due to dramatic performance impact these have been temporarily removed.)
- The world scale has been increased and the result is much higher detail on objects and terrain.
- Grass & plants have made their first introduction.
Item PlacementThis is the first introduction to dynamic item placement within the environment. Currently items placed will only exist for your current game session.
- Item placement is accessed by pressing the insert key.
- You can close or cancel the item placement dialog at any time by pressing the escape key.
- Moving the mouse wheel up or down will rotate the currently selected object.[*]You can edit the placement of an object by entering [edit] mode and selecting the desired object.
Note: If you would like to provide your own 3D models for placement within your environment simply place them in the following directory.
Model Directory: "C:\Users\[PROFILE]\AppData\Roaming\Realm Zero\data\models"You can find tutorials on creating models compatible with Realm Zero with the link below: Realmzero.com
Debug Console
Here you have a wide range of control over different environmental and physical aspects of the game.
- The debug console is accessed by pressing the `(tilde) key.
- You have the ability to change clipping distances & fog levels.
- You have the ability to adjust shadow distances and clipping parameters.
- You have the ability to change the rendering mode to (wireframe, point, textured).[*]You have the ability to toggle the (physics) line visibility.[*]You have the ability to adjust the paging and imposter distances.[*]A new debug camera has been added that allows for unrestricted free-form movement.[*]An additional debug information panel was added to display scene statistics.
Bug Fixes
- Collision Bug @ Cement This bug would cause players to become stuck in objects and require the player to turn another direction to escape.
- Tree Animation@ Cement This bug would cause tree foliage to become a blocking component within the 3d environment.
Known Issues
- We are currently working on improving the current camera system. In this release you will notice the camera acts jittery and will randomly snap towards a direction. This is a result of the increase strain on rendering the scene and will be resolved when the new camera controllers are implemented.
- You will notice the grass & flowers draw above spell effects.[*]If you try and (unequip) a weapon, you will crash.[*]Shadowing and Shaders have been disabled for the moment as the performance was too low, given the current camera controllers.
