Robot Rumble 2 - Dev Diary: Prisma!

Roboteers, stand by!

Hey all! Prisma here writing this month's dev diary! In this post I plan on talking about my contributions to the last update as well as what it means for future updates!

Sparks fly as Flag? and a rebuilt Cheesus recoil from a weapon-to weapon hit in the NYD 5 arena. Both robots built by Prisma and the NYD 5 arena made by fellow developer Liam.

Mac Bugfixes

So it all started when someone in Discord asked where the game folder was on Mac. I was confused because I had implemented the "Open Game Folder" button on the main menu. However, it turns out the way I implemented it doesn't work on Macs! I realized it'd be easier to fix if I had my own Mac since none of the other devs had Macs. $300 later, and I bought this silly guy.

A late 2013 Mac Pro with an RR2 Sticker covering the Apple logo.

With this Mac, I was able to fix the Open Game Folder buttons across the game to work for Macs finally! I can now test bugs and code changes, and I can also make game builds without us having to pay for Cloud Builds! This will be very helpful moving forward for any Mac-specific bugs that might pop up in the future! Speaking of the future...

*Erosion (Leopard-II) gets OOTAED by Generic Goober (Werdition) in the new and updated US Arena *

What next?

One of the most common questions we get is, "When will we get a Linux version of RR2?" At the moment RR2 uses two builds: Windows and Intel Mac OS. Linux uses Steam's Proton compatibility layer to run the Windows version, and Apple Silicon Macs use Apple's Rosetta compatibility layer to run the Intel Mac version. The reason we don't make native builds for Silicon Macs and Linux can be found in the Botlab. At the moment RR2 uses an addon to generate colliders for robot chassis and custom shapes. However, the addon is a bit dated and only supports Windows and Intel Macs. The good news is that we are planning on rewriting how colliders are created. This will allow RR2 to be built natively for any platform. Heck we could even theoretically build for iOS and Android (no promises :3).

Wrapping things up

As stated in our previous posts, Weightfix is currently in our Unstable beta branch and will hopefully move to the stable main branch next month! If you haven't already, you can read more about all of the changes in the post below! [dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/884180/view/517489783702816586"][/dynamiclink]We have a lot more exciting things in store that we can't wait to show you! As always, thank you to everyone for supporting us, and we can't wait to see you in the arena!

Prisma

The Robot Rumble 2 Team

https://discord.gg/RobotRumble2