- Item count has always scaled up with player count. Items
spawn every N tics. Previously, these items were evenly
distributed across all item spots. Now, only one monitor
is spawned at a time and the number of items inside scales
up.
- Emeralds spawn inside of monitors instead of loosely.
- Sphere boxes should spawn in the same way as before.
- Once a monitor has been spawned at an item spot, no more
monitors can be spawned there until that one is destroyed.
There's an additional delay of one spawn interval before
a monitor can be spawned in that location again. This is
so a monitor cannot ever instantly spawn back if one is
destroyed at just the right time.
* The existing structs are now exclusively for handling extra data.
* `specialStage` has been renamed to `specialstageinfo`, to reflect that it is not the sole arbiter.
* `specialstageinfo.valid` and `bossinfo.valid` are what must be checked before grabbing data from either struct.
* These are turned on when the gametype extra data is successfully initialised, not on map start.
* `K_InitBossHealthBar(...)` for `bossinfo.valid`
* `K_InitSpecialStage(void)` for `specialstageinfo.valid`
* `K_CanChangeRules(...)` no longer checks these
* No longer uses duplicate encore information.
* The map command (and -warp) now guesses gametype using a general `G_GuessGametypeByTOL(UINT32)` function
* Grabs the first gametype with an overlap between the requested TOL and the gametype's TOL.
* The cool Versus-specific intro is now checked via `K_CheckBossIntro()`.
New:
- GTR_POWERSTONES
- Handles spawning in Battle Emeralds (currently only works stacked with GTR_PAPERITEMS)
- GTR_ENCORE
- Codifies that Race can use Encore and Battle can't.
- GTR_CLOSERPLAYERS
- A gametype where players are encouraged/expected to be closer together. (All of the following was GT_BATTLE specific)
- Drafting/tether has increased strength/effective distance
- Spindashing is stronger
- Invincibility chaining has less effect
- Grow has a lower total duration
- Flame shield is more uncontrollable
Extra functionality
- GTR_CAPSULES
- Prevents usage of lives in Grand Prix (so Race, and the upcoming Special and Boss gametypes, can have 'em)
- GTR_CIRCUIT
- When not present, Flame Shield has perma-full meter
- When not present, overrides gamespeed with KARTSPEED_EASY
- Presence of Best Lap sticker in Time Attack menu
- Seperation between Time Attack and Break The Capsules modeattacking roulettes
- GTR_POINTLIMIT
- Handles the switch between a gametype recording/displaying Times and Scores in a few places
- Handles displaying "WANTED" players on the minimap
Missing simple substitutions
- A whole bunch of cases where player->bumpers was checked with gametype == GT_BATTLE rather than GTR_BUMPER
- GTR_OVERTIME handles the overtime special icon on the minimap
- GTR_BATTLESTARTS is honoured in K_DoIngamerespawn
- The Replay hut is closer to supporting custom gametypes
Removals
- GTR_LIVES
- GTR_SPECIALBOTS
- Given that grand prix persists between modes, these are special game-controlled features and not gametype-specific.
- GTR_WANTED
- WANTED as it existed is functionally dead
It's been used interchangably as "this is a singleplayer gameplay context" and "This is a no cvar changing context". This addition repairs some behaviour which might have been inconsistent between netgame and netreplay.
Also reduces some of the dead time before Break The Capsules begins by cutting out the majority of POSITION!! and hiding the one measly bulb that would otherwise appear
- Implementation details:
- grandprixinfo.eventmode is the reference point
- All bots have spectator applied and removed at map start depending on eventmode, and I've done my best to guard against side effects of not removing them entirely
- You shouldn't turn off grandprixinfo.gp when turning on things like specialStage.active or bossinfo.boss when pursuing eventmode behaviour
- Probably needs to be integrated into XD_MAP for any future netplay support, is currently disabled.
- You technically don't have to assign a Capsules map to be the bonus and a Special Stage to be the special. A Capsules map can be assigned to a Special Stage too, and a Boss can be assigned to either of them.
- Special Stages are still just as incomplete as they were before.
- Break the Capsules has special behaviour.
- Timelimit starts at 20 seconds.
- Earn 10 seconds (plus a little extra cheaty time) every capsule you destroy.
- WIN + extra life if you bust all the capsules, COOL if you get some but run out of time, LOSE if you lose your bumper or run out of time without breaking a single capsule.
- Supposed to also give you rings, but ran into a LOT of difficulty with this and didn't want to commit half-baked stuff, so it'll be a later project.
Also:
- Fix a long standing bug where totalring was reset between maps, preventing the sum from adding up across GP rounds and depriving you of extra lives you were owed.
- Fix an issue where Break the Capsules record attack was KARTSPEED_HARD.
- Send timelimitintics in savegames, since it's handled seperately now.
- exitcountdown is now used for both No Contest and regular exits
- Set in P_DoPlayerExit
- Handles sending XD_EXITLEVEL in P_Ticker
- player->exiting is now 0 or 1 (we can make it a bool or a new timer later)
- Fixes a longstanding bug where failing a GP round could restart multiple times
Also:
- Fix a possible waiting-in-the-wings issue where mapchanges would occour client-side in K_CheckBumpers
- Add `gptest` cheat - sets numlaps to 1 lap on mapload for quick but legitimate(ish) progression
- mapvisited and recorddata_t (previously mainrecords)
- Changed how gamedata is saved and loaded
- Change the versioncheck (funny hex provided by chengi) AND call it `developringdata.dat` in develop builds
- Fix a bunch of off-by-ones in condition and emblem data
ALSO, for Time Attack:
- Fix menu not showing off your times
- Now save times even when gamedata modified, since the menu didn't care (come back to it?)
- Don't save times or do intermission screen if the Capsule Attack ended because you lost all your bumpers
- Fix a crash adding ghosts in Capsule Attack
* Fix majority of Battle resyncs.
* Change how Paperitem spawners work. Instead of rerolling the RNG if a map spot is already used, maintain a list of available spots...
* Correct over-the-network type of player->spheredigestion.
* Remove the condition that prevented the spheres' spawnpoints from being sent over the network, which meant they were only respawning on the host's end...
* Fix itemroulette on Battle playerarrow. (Rarely seen these days but still possible to observe as spectator for Break the Targets)
* Change draw order of Position Faces and Tab Rankings to allow for players' numbers to draw on top of the big out-of-bumpers X.
HUD:
* Miniaturised Spheres and Emeralds HUD for 3P/4P.
* Repair 3P minimap.
* Move accessibility icons in 3P/4P to next to the lap/bumper sticker (currently only kickstartaccel exists)
* Change language on menu retry to be more generalised.
* Adjust HUD code structuring a bit.
MECHANICAL:
* Now correctly set number of bumpers in Break the Capsules to 1 (from 3).
* The above required reworking K_SpawnBattleCapsules into K_BattleInit, which is a good staging ground to handle more battle-specific setup in future.
* Do not spawn Emeralds or Sphereboxes in Break the Capsules.
* If everyone is WANTED... nobody is.
* Try to handle exceptions to timelimits a little more thoroughly (still not perfect).
* Disable pointlimits in bosses.
Specifically, they turn invisible on tic 0, then make a decision about whether to replace themselves with MT_PAPERITEMSPOT or simply become visible (with an explosion puff, same as how they respawn) when starttime is reached.
This delay also applies to Race, which I think is a good thing, considering Item Capsules already are not collectable during POSITION, but I can change it if others disagree.
They look like random item boxes (the ones in Race) but
have a blue sphere inside of them. One box is worth 10
blue spheres. More boxes spawn during Overtime.
New sprite: SBOX
All my work thus far on solving the drawflag/renderflag/additive/subtractive conundrum.
Outstandng problems:
* Bad additive/subtractive tables means that they appear opaque except under certain conditions.
* No support for FOFs, Polyobjects, or linedefs in OpenGL yet.
* All OpenGL support mostly done blind, may or may not function in practice.
If nothing else, the hard engineering problems are solved and it's just bug hammering...
- Fixed the bugs with them in our last netgame
- Karma bombs are no longer slippery or have stat changes
- Karma bombs cannot pick up spheres. Their remaining spheres before they died are removed 1 per tic.
- Karma bombs are out of the game permanently when touching the overtime barrier
- When successfully hurting another player, instead of getting 0.5 bumpers, they steal ALL of the opponent's bumpers, effectively swapping places with them. One bumper is lost in the process, meaning bumpers are slowly flitered out the more people need to come back.
- Removed karma items/eggboxes... hopefully this is temporary and we can bring them back later, but currently we don't have a design for how they should work under the new rules :x. They are still in the code behind the `OTHERKARMAMODES` define
- Bumpers & comeback timer are now player_t variables instead of kartstuff shit
- eliminated boolean on player_t for checking when a player touched the barrier
