Incognito Episodes 1.99 Changelog---------------------------------March - May 2010 THE CLONE WARS
- 3/23/2010
- Refactored Technology class(s) from GameEntities and Game into new library Technetronic.dll.
- Refactored FPS,TPS,RTS,PlanetView element display systems into Quests.dll.
- Added all game music directory calls to Episode Codex.
- Removed 'real' path references from all code @"Data\Blah" now "Data\\Blah".
- Refactored all custom/repeated sounds to GeneralSoundConstants.cs.
- Refactored FPS,TPS,RTS game tutorial screens to use GameTutorialScreen class, removes redundant code.
- Refactored WorldLoadSaveWindow as base class for WorldSaveWindow, WorldLoadOnDeath, DesktopWorldLoadWindow.
- 3/24/2010
- Refactored MultipleChoiceConversationWindow, ConversationWindow common functions into GameInterfaceWindow.
- Refactored VideoLogItem, AudioLogItem, TextLogItem into LogItem with enum for what type.
- Refactored VideoLogWindow, AudioLogWindow, TextLogWindow into ItemLogWindow.
- Refactored FPSGameWindow to check only for LogItem instead of 3 different types, removes redundant code.
- Renamed all log related GUI files to use common naming scheme 'frmAudio', 'videoBox' for example become 'frmLog', 'mediaControl'.
- Fixed all log related MAP and TYPE references to VideoLogItem, AudioLogItem, TextLogItem to refactored LogItem.
- 3/27/2010
- Included updated WaterPlane class and HLSL shader that supports updating reflections on timer rather than every tick, massive FPS improvements here.
- Refactored all custom map logic for FPS,TPS,RTS,PlanetView into seperate interface IGlobalMapLogic and GlobalMapLogicManager.
- All code for Episode 1 and 2 and all future episodes are named specifically as: GlobalMapLogic_EPx.dll
- 4/3/2010
- Switched default sound engine to OpenAL from DirectSound to prevent "stuttering" bug when moving between maps or skipping cutscenes.
- 4/4/2010
- Fixed a bug that could happen with main menu on game start if desktop clock tried to update after control detach.
- Updated episode guide to show all planned 5 episodes and respective icons.
- 4/5/2010
- Removed some galaxies that are not used in Sector42, variants of already named galaxies (ex. Poveja A-B-C Star).
- Removed GameMusicManager from Galaxy maps and made music in each galaxy random each time this gametype is loaded.
- Added try{}catch{} to Technetronic SQLite calls for Element information, this is useful if Technology upgrade only requires 1 element and not all 5.
- Refactored RTSUnit and RTSBuilding GetControlPanelTasks() to GlobalMapLogic for customization.
- Added StartingGalaxy to Episode Codex.
- 4/10/2010
- Corrected some namespace errors in GameCommon classes like GameMusic, GameControlsManager to actually use that namespace instead of GameEntities.
- Combined both GameMusic and GameMusicManager classes into single class.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent proper music tracks from playing in TPS mode.
- Updated Sector42 Hyperspace to have for ambient stars in-between each galaxy for nice sense of covering alot of ground as stars fly by the player.
- Removed WayPointSystem.dll and refactored all code for this system into GameCommon for better performance rather than loading assembely at runtime via code.
- TPS Planet Find Buddy now lists galaxies/planetoids you search for alphabetically, in ascending order (A - Z).
- 4/11/2010
- Fixed a bug that resulted in Hyperspace Planet Finder Buddy never working, now you can search for planetoids from hyperspace.
- 4/14/2010
- Fixed a bug with multiple choice conversaion system, it was mis-detecting the end of video files played for people you spoke with while in-game.
- 4/15/2010
- Updated multiple choice conversaion system, it now pauses music, staticsounds, and detaches current weapon because you cannot talk to people with gun in their face!
- 4/25/2010
- Added confirmation dialog box when exiting to main menu or desktop to prevent accidental clicks.
-4/26/2010
- When in demo fullscreen the nagger activation check did not pop-up above game window.
- Updated base NeoAxis Engine to 0.851
-4/28/2010
- Updated Internet checking to be more effective at detecting when there is indeed, no Internet.
- Changed Fingerprint Nagger checker to only check CPU, DISK and BIOS ID's. Checking MAC isn't good in newer operating systems like Win7 that switch to next MAC.
- Changed update check at game start to only work if Internet is detected.
-5/1/2010
- Updated Fingerprint Nagger to check for which Episode it has activated.
- Updated web server to support purchase of multiple episodes.
- Updated Configurator to ask which Episode to "configure" from a activation/saved game funtionality.
- auth.dll is no longer stored in games root directory, now stored in each episode directory under Data directory.
