v0.4.4 Open Beta

Additions

• Added new weather system:

  • Clear

  • Overcast

  • Foggy

  • Light rain

  • Heavy rain

  • Lightning

• Added umbrella (usable only by NPCs at the moment).

• Added a purchasable flashlight to the hardware stores.

• Added more police sentry locations.

• Added 'setweather' command.

• Added 'setweatherspeed' command.

• Added 'triggerlightning' command.

• Added 'triggerdistantthunder' command.

• Added weather-specific NPC greetings.

• Added new UI framework in preparation for controller support (not yet enabled).

• Added weather volume setting.

• Added 'rainy bonus' for deals completed during rain.

Tweaks/Improvements

• Rebuilt the day-night cycle system.

• Changed the layout and appearance of the settings menu.

• Police will now alternate between two locations during their sentry behaviour.

• Increased warehouse worker limit from 10 -> 12.

• Tweaked shadow settings for improved coverage and quality.

• Started moving core systems into a separate assembly (ScheduleOne.Core)

• Refactored audio code.

• Rebuilt the equipping system to support left-hand equippables (umbrella).

• Added more lights to various props and buildings.

• Tweaked some overly aggressive LODs.

• Replaced various static props with physics ones.

• Police will no longer tase you if you're within arrest distance.

• Marked more geometry as static for improved culling.

• Converted several transparent materials to opaque + alpha cutoff.

• Reduced the radius of the pathfinding obstacle of the pots, allowing employees to walk in between adjacent pots.

• Tweaked blood splatter particles.

• Changed vehicle drift particles.

Bug fixes

• Fixed NPC animation resetting when switching to/from 2D impostors.

• Fixed NPC ragdoll forces not working in some cases.

• Fixed NPC head distortion during attack animations.

• Fixed boot mesh clipping with feet.

• Fixed fog being applied twice on certain objects.

• Fixed avatar shape keys not applying to higher LOD meshes.

• The player will no longer respawn inside the destroyed RV.

• Fixed jukebox volume control not working.

• Fixed missing trees in prologue.

• Refactored some employee code to reduce stuttering.

• Ultra settings no longer has a 2x render scale multiplier (whoops).

• Fixed notification sound playing twice if two notifications are received in quick succession.

• Fixed colliders blocking the knock prompt for several buildings.

• Fixed wanted level getting reduced to 'investigating' when NPCs call the police.

• Fixed vehicle impacts not dealing damage to NPCs.

• Fixed a rare load ordering issue where grow lights would try to load in before suspension racks.

• Fixed frame spike when the first vehicle pathfinding calculation occurs.