Overgrowth a207 video changelog

August 13th, 2014

Here is the new Overgrowth alpha video!

Don't forget that you can help support us, try out our alphas (such as the one in the video), and chat with other preorderers in the Secret Preorder Forum by preordering Overgrowth. If you'd like to see real-time news about Overgrowth, you can follow me on Twitter at @wolfire.

Be sure to watch it in HD!

The features highlighted in the above video are as follows (as well as some that didn't make it into the video):

AI characters can be set to follow other characters
AI investigates dead bodies
New wolf variant with tintable colors
Changed scale of different characters (rats are small, dogs are big)
Player can attack unconscious characters
Hotspots have update function, testing particle emitter volumes
AI makes a sound when alerted or hostile
AI transitions more slowly to 'investigate' state
AI takes longer to notice visible enemies
Characters keep track of what items they know about
Automatically swap weapons to dominant hand
More natural combat crouch stance movement
Combat AI targets closest enemy
AI does not roll to standing between arena rounds
Reasonable maximum arena difficulty (no more black blobs)
Non-rabbits cannot jump very high
AI only runs for help from allies that they know about
Fixed blood streaks stretching too far
Fixed performance bottleneck when there are many weapons
Updated vertex weights for all characters
New weapon animations for attacking low
More robust ledge grab/detection system
Characters drop large weapons when grabbing edges
More controlled AI sound detection
Fixed "#version 130" shader compatibility issue
Prompt if user wants to save changes to levels on quit
Fixed "GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod" shader compatibility issue
testing dithered cascade shadow filtering
fixed partial rendering of graphics setting screen
fixed problems with blood decal lighting and tinting
better control of AI character rotation