Some sad news first. The main development computer, XP64-Vipre (I name all my computers after age of the sail ships base on core count and arch/manufacturer) begun to founder Friday. Sadly the north bridge on the motherboard is starting to fail. Heavy use of PCI-E lanes causes system instability. Normally this would be an easy fix, buy a new motherboard. But at 10 years old, I think it best to scuttle her.
So what all the hubub over a computer? Well Vipre is GearCity. I built this computer in 2008 and started working on Beardgine (the game engine) shortly there after. I started GearCity in 2010 on that machine. Since 2011, It did nothing else except work on GearCity. 95% of the code, 90% of the 2d artwork, 80% of the writing all done on that computer.
*Shed a tear*
Luckily since it was just a hardware failure when the machine is under stress, I was able to clone the hard drive (for safety sake) and virtualize the machine. So now both Linux and Windows development is being done in Virtual Box. When it rains it pours. I'm down to one dev-capable machine (I don't count OSX as use-able let alone working in it, but worse comes to worse, it's still working).
This is not all bad. I planned on doing this anyway for Long Term Support of GearCity after release. It's just a bit premature since the game isn't finished yet and thus not in LTS...
Oh well, Eulogy and Rant done. On to what you really care about.
Luckily, working in a VM doesn't slow me down too much (yet). Here's what's gotten done since the last HF.
-Bugfix: Fixed bugs with material costs in reports and manufacturing costs in branch distribution window after you won a contract with Auto Production enabled.
-Bugfix: Fixed Limited Branches exploit when using Build Branches in District.
-Gameplay: Many older established AI no longer immediately go bankrupt.
-Gameplay: Reduced population effect on branch monthly costs when Dynamic Branch Costs is enabled.
-Gameplay: Created a setting for Auto-GUI Position Save and Disable Window Centering. For players who like to adjust the sizes and positions of their windows and does not want the game to automatically remember the locations and never automatically center the windows.
-GUI: User selected units and measurements.
-GUI: Only show user selected unit types for various specs. No more displaying SAE and SI units for the same thing. You pick what you want to see.
There one or two other things that I failed to document. Mostly really tiny bug fixes.
So what all the hubub over a computer? Well Vipre is GearCity. I built this computer in 2008 and started working on Beardgine (the game engine) shortly there after. I started GearCity in 2010 on that machine. Since 2011, It did nothing else except work on GearCity. 95% of the code, 90% of the 2d artwork, 80% of the writing all done on that computer.
*Shed a tear*
Luckily since it was just a hardware failure when the machine is under stress, I was able to clone the hard drive (for safety sake) and virtualize the machine. So now both Linux and Windows development is being done in Virtual Box. When it rains it pours. I'm down to one dev-capable machine (I don't count OSX as use-able let alone working in it, but worse comes to worse, it's still working).
This is not all bad. I planned on doing this anyway for Long Term Support of GearCity after release. It's just a bit premature since the game isn't finished yet and thus not in LTS...
Oh well, Eulogy and Rant done. On to what you really care about.
Luckily, working in a VM doesn't slow me down too much (yet). Here's what's gotten done since the last HF.
-Bugfix: Fixed bugs with material costs in reports and manufacturing costs in branch distribution window after you won a contract with Auto Production enabled.
-Bugfix: Fixed Limited Branches exploit when using Build Branches in District.
-Gameplay: Many older established AI no longer immediately go bankrupt.
-Gameplay: Reduced population effect on branch monthly costs when Dynamic Branch Costs is enabled.
-Gameplay: Created a setting for Auto-GUI Position Save and Disable Window Centering. For players who like to adjust the sizes and positions of their windows and does not want the game to automatically remember the locations and never automatically center the windows.
-GUI: User selected units and measurements.
-GUI: Only show user selected unit types for various specs. No more displaying SAE and SI units for the same thing. You pick what you want to see.
There one or two other things that I failed to document. Mostly really tiny bug fixes.
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good human beings save the world, so that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead it means I made it." ― Charles Bukowski
good human beings save the world, so that bastards like me can keep creating art, become immortal.
if you read this after I am dead it means I made it." ― Charles Bukowski