0.2.46.4 - Improved Turret Rings (Experimental)

Hi all,

Final patch for the experimental branch to wrap up the 0.2 beta. A separate post on that to follow.

This patch removes the placeholder models for turret rings and traverse drives. Traverse drives are now a concern when designing, as they'll need to be fit in like everything else.

Changes

• Replaced the turret ring placeholder model with a finished model.

• Added an electric turret drive motor part, which scales with its output torque.

• Added a turret drive gearbox, which scales inversely with its drive ratio.

• Added a turret drive hand crank, which has constant size and doesn't consume space.

• Turret drives can now be damaged and stop working in battle.

• Added a frame rate limit display option.

• Shortened the steering wheel.

• The steering wheel can now be scaled.

• The turret traverse drive distance limit is now linked to the model, ignoring ring armour thickness.

• Cannon breeches can now be damaged. Destroyed breeches prevent the cannon from firing. Cannon health is now visible in the battle overlay.

• Turret ring armour is now structural steel instead of RHA.

• Turret ring thickness is no-longer editable and matches the visual model. Ring armour is now expected to be added through additional plates in freeform.

Fixes

• Fixed duplicated cannons using the same shells in-game as their original cannon, even after their calibre was changed. This fix only applies to newly duplicated cannons.

• Fixed FPS counter toggle not working.

• Fixed some settings not applying on startup.

• Fixed 'Hide context controls' toggle not working.

• Removed non-functional 'Hit indicator' general settings toggle.

• Removed non-functional 'Autofocus' camera settings toggle.

• Fixed noticeably glitched textures on crewmen at far distances.

• Fixed the unsmoothed crosshair 'Static crosshair' option (decouples aiming from camera smoothing).

• Removed non-functional vehicles from the Built-in section of custom battles.

• Fixed turret ring armour thickness not updating correctly on changes.

• Fixed linked cannons not synchronizing fire correctly.

• Updated starter blueprints to 0.2.

• Fixed applique armour plates not appearing in the damage model.

• Fixed cannon load indicators not syncing when exiting the editor.

• Fixed game instability caused by firing linked cannons without a delay.

• Raised the new design traverse drive initial torque values to above their minimum value.

• Lowered the return roller diameter slider minimum from 0.3m to 0.15m

• Raised the hard slider limit for roller array 'Forward' from 1m to 10m. The soft limit remains at 1m.

• Fixed incorrect turret ring mass calculation.

• The photomode controls are now displayed in the photomode overlay again.

• Hamish