Update 0.5.2 better destruction, soft body physics, and bugfixes galore


Hey All,
I'm excited to bring you another update for the destruction project! I have taken the time to hear your feedback and have tried to address as many of the issues as possible. I have a couple of you that have provided significant feedback and I appreciate it more than you know.
My audio failed to record during this video, I want to make sure I get it all posted before Monday so we are going with text and music today, apologies. Go blow some stuff up and let me know what to do better!

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What's New:

  • Fog reduced drastically - Thanks to some changes with destruction efficiency, we can now see further.
  • Debris clean up system modified heavily - Objects under a certain weight will now be removed once on the ground and inactive, objects far from the player will be kinematic, and will destroy if of a moderate weight.
  • Fractures have been reworked - Fractures will now break in slower succession. Instead of the building being fractured upon impact, a focus on chunks breaking off has been implemented. This will result in improved performance.
  • Farm fence fixed - Farm fences will no longer kill momentum of vehicles and will now shatter easier.
  • Debris Cleanup button added - This button can be used in the case of lower end systems bogging down (i.e. the dev's laptop). It will remove many smaller chunks of debris.
  • Airport fence colliders have been modified for stability.
  • Car spawn locations fixed.
  • Scud launcher semi-fixed - Rocket explosions are now much more explosive and consistent. I started spawning high speed colliding particles to allow for proper impact simulations. So far it has had a minor impact on performance and will need further improvement.
  • ALMOST ALL VEHICLES NOW HAVE SOFT BODY COLLISIONS - This nearly drove me crazy to make it happen, but all regular vehicles can now be crunched and squished to your heart's content. I haven't quite figured out wheels or limitation of the deformation yet so please expect this to be buggy. (it's so fun though)
  • Cars will now retain momentum and damage when entering and exiting.
  • Helicopter blades no longer reproduce upon exit, helicopter blades now also stay attached to helicopter where they belong.
  • All special vehicles except for the forklift have been converted to my general car system - You can expect increased stability at the cost of realism. I am currently faking tracked vehicles with wheels as I work on a proper tracked vehicle controller. I have also added exhaust effects to most vehicles.
  • Vehicle reset should now work on all vehicles except the forklift.
  • Gun Car camera fixed.
  • TAB will now enable/disable mouse and bring you to an overview camera. For whatever reason, getting this to work was a huge pain in the arse. For any other unity devs, if you are having mouse visibility control issues, try using fixedupdate instead of update.
  • TAB camera is now a free cam with physics paused. movement with WASDQE, look by holding right mouse down and moving cursor. It's a little dirty and a more immersive solution will be added later.

Files

Win 0.5.2.zip 80 MB
Nov 02, 2020

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