Sol-Ark (2D Space RTS/SandBox/Rogue-like) New devlog - 26/05/2015 CheckPoint news

Screenshot compilation:

List of performed works during last week

• These bugs are fixed:
• With incorrect positions for buttons and text fields in the crew menu on high definition monitors;
• With pathfinding through map areas which have a lack of oxygen for NPCs without space suits;
• With text selecting in some text fields on the screen;
• With critical error in the crew menu while selecting an NPC with a nonexistent task;
• With update for 3D production list after pressing the button “cancel selected production”;
• With meteoroids appearing beyond the periphery of asteroid belt;
• With incorrect calculations of a sprite’s vertices for the warp funnel;
• With indication of completion percent for dynamic objects;
• With parameters resetting for sprite’s curvature after completing the curvature effect;
• Other bugs;
• Glow for small stars in the warp space was added;
• New parameter “task completion percentage” was added into the dynamic objects class; its indication was added for the micromanagement map level;
• Health indication for NPCs was added on the micromanagement map level;
• Indication was added for destination point while moving technics when the option “to show routes” is on;
• Indication was added for operating radius of power transmitter when it’s selected on the micromanagement map level;
• Indication was added for Sol-Ark’s speed on the local space map level;
• Indication was added for resource type, which is in an asteroid’s tile, while selecting by mouse cursor;
• Indication was added for connecting direction with a location when connecting bay is extended;
• Algorithm for color spectrum changing was added for graphic layers which are drawn by the GPU;
• Visualization algorithm was modified for the warp funnel;
• Visualization algorithm was modified for the curvature effect of objects, which are drawn by the GPU;
• Ability to create space suits was added into the 3D production menu;
• From now on each new NPC has a priority for space suits which are related with their specialization;
• Calculation of sprites curvature effect on the local space map level was optimized;
• Algorithm for distribution of an asteroid with resources was optimized;
• The pathfinding algorithm was optimized for NPCs;
• The algorithm of exhaust creation on the local space map level was optimized;
• Visualization algorithm for locations on the local space map level was optimized;
• Lists of available tasks are sorted by type in the crew menu;
• Speed system was modified for dynamic objects on the micromanagement map level;
• Speed parameters were modified for NPCs in space suits and without them;
• Algorithm of resource distribution was modified for asteroids;
• Algorithm for asteroids distribution on the space background was modified;
• Work continues on the first official teaser video for the game;
• New music tracks were created; work continues on voice, sound and music coverage for the teaser video;
• Work continues on polishing balance, fixing small errors and creating content for the first demo-version of the game to be released to a broad audience;
• Work continues on filling and polishing the GDD;