Underrail [PRE-RELEASE THREAD, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[cherry blossom]

So Styg, any development on those sort buttons?

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

first game in a long LONG while ive played that mercantile actually means something more than 10% trade discount

this is definitely my game of the year no question; mind you i dont play many so take that proclamation any way you like

 

[Styg]

So Styg, any development on those sort buttons?

No, I'm not planning to work on those as of now. So much other stuff that needs attention.

A couple of random impressions:

• The game froze on me a few times recently. Found a thread on the Steam forums where Styg says freezes might have something to do with changing focus in windowed mode but I played in fullscreen mode when it happened. Still, I had alt-tabbed out of the game every time (several) minutes before it occured, so that might have been it, I guess. Most of the time it froze when using a special ability like psi or aimed shot, only one time it happened after clicking on a scene transition. I always play the game windowed now (with quite a bit of switching windows) and hasn't happened again since.
• It would be convenient if the "sort" button would also combine stackable items
• The one thing I can't get quite warm with is the combination of having both a skill cap based on level and no way of saving up some of the skill points on level-up. Wouldn't the former be enough to prevent characters from becoming too strong too soon (assuming that's what it's supposed to prevent)? Would be nice to have a little more freedom in building a character especially as that's a very fun part of Underrail for me (must have played the starting area about two dozen times by now, just trying stuff out).

• I'm not sure. People usually reported it freezing when they alt-tabbed or left the game running while alt-tabbed or something. I suspected it had something to do with windows overlapping each other and messing up rendering stuff, but I never got to the bottom of this.
• I guess
• The reason for this is primarily that I don't want people saving up feat points to purchase high level feats and skip the low end ones. There are more ways than one to address this issue and one can even argue that it's not an issue, but it's the design I chose for this game and it worked well enough so far.

 

[Ulminati]

So are we still looking at a 2014 release date? I've got myself a craving for underrail, but I promised myself I'd hold off playing my copy until release.

 

[polo]

So are we still looking at a 2014 release date? I've got myself a craving for underrail, but I promised myself I'd hold off playing my copy until release.

Same here, i really want to play it. But i can wait, specially since best RPG ever aka Dragon Age Inquisition is coming in a week.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Goddammit I really want to play the latest version Styg, but I don't want to spoil myself.

What the fuck do I do?

 

[SuicideBunny]

just do it, man.

 

[Styg]

After the next update, I'll talk a bit about what's left to be done before release. I'm pretty sure we won't be done in 2014, though.

For those of you thinking of starting a playthrough I'd suggest holding off at least until the next update since the new factions aren't fully (or at all) compatible with the existing saves.

 

[mariog]

Any ETA on the next update?

 

[railway]

The reason for this is primarily that I don't want people saving up feat points to purchase high level feats and skip the low end ones. There are more ways than one to address this issue and one can even argue that it's not an issue, but it's the design I chose for this game and it worked well enough so far.

Fair enough. It wouldn't really be an issue in my opinion but I'm not the developer, so tough luck for me.
That said, I want to emphasise again that I'm nitpicking here and I'm enjoying your game a lot nonetheless (despite the "issue" the tight design plays a big role in this). Like apparently many others here I was planning to withhold playing Underrail until its full release when some day I decided to "just try it out for an hour to see what it's like" and now I'm in the three-digit number of playtime according to Steam.

 

[Styg]

Any ETA on the next update?

We're looking to release it by the end of the month.

 

[curry]

Any ETA on the next update?

We're looking to release it by the end of the month.

Who's "we"? Did you hire a bunch of hard-working niggers to help you?

 

[polo]

After the next update, I'll talk a bit about what's left to be done before release. I'm pretty sure we won't be done in 2014, though.

For those of you thinking of starting a playthrough I'd suggest holding off at least until the next update since the new factions aren't fully (or at all) compatible with the existing saves.

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

Who's "we"? Did you hire a bunch of hard-working niggers to help you?

What? What are you stupid?

 

[Nael]

Any ETA on the next update?

We're looking to release it by the end of the month.

Who's "we"? Did you hire a bunch of hard-working niggers to help you?

He's talking about the next update. Not the game, you dumb inbred honkey.

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

shamelessly reposted from the goty thread

Spoiler

 

[Shadowfang]

Chill out people.
Its We because Styg is no longer working alone. Mac Orion is part of the team aswell now.
I think there is another guy, but i am not sure.

 

[Styg]

Chill out people.
Its We because Styg is no longer working alone. Mac Orion is part of the team aswell now.
I think there is another guy, but i am not sure.

There's three of us working full time and three freelancers (models, portraits, music).

 

[Immortal]

(continuing from here)
Unlike the tileset graphics, these are modeled in 3D and then prerendered as spritesheets. While they may not blend perfectly with the surrounding graphics, this is the best way for providing all the armor-weapon variations graphics while keeping the art budget in check.

This is quite common and can work really well for isometric games that have 8 rotational perspectives instead of 4.. (well technically 8 is 4 with image flipping)

A great example of a game that did this exact thing would be Nox from Westwood.. not biased or anything.. *cough*

 

[pakoito]

shamelessly reposted from the goty thread

Spoiler

Link to GOTY thread pls.

 

[Abelian]

Link to GOTY thread pls.

It's not a GOTY thread, but a "GOTY?" thread in the feedback forum that discusses the possibility of creating an actual GOTY with polls. Still, that didn't prevent people from chiming in with suggestions.

 

[I'm Big Into Anal]

yeah what he said

gotta get in early!

 

[epeli]

I've been curious about something for a while. Which XP system players generally prefer, classic or oddity?

http://strawpoll.me/2982385

 

[Shadowfang]

I've been curious about something for a while. Which XP system players generally prefer, classic or oddity?

http://strawpoll.me/2982385

Oddity is the only way to go!

 

[Junmarko]

I'm pretty sure we won't be done in 2014, though.