Devblog 120

✦AI summary1d

Weapon balancing focusing on projectile damage and throwables, alongside graphics improvements and a new server-side combat log.

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Semi Auto Rifle
- Increased the effective distance of the Semi Auto Rifle, allowing it to remain viable at longer ranges.

Increased projectile velocity, making it easier to hit moving targets at distance.→Increased

Increased overall damage of the Semi Auto Rifle.→Increased

Reduced the maximum damage falloff over distance, meaning projectiles retain more damage at long range.→Reduced
Increased the distance before damage falloff begins to occur.→Increased

Grenades now stack up to 5, improving inventory management.→5
Added the ability to drop grenades using right-click for faster deployment.→Right Click

ThrowablesThrown items no longer randomly break and disappear.Yes→No

GeneralGeneral improvements to graphics performance and skinned mesh collider performance.→Improved

GrenadesAttach:Attached grenades no longer deal splash damage to the construction they are stuck to.→None

ProjectilesFixed a rare bug where projectiles would break or stick despite having a zero probability of doing so.0→Fixed
Twig BuildingTwig building tier now correctly takes damage from arrows again.Immune/Bugged→Enabled
General
- Fixed a dark screen bug related to TSSAA on OSX/GL.Dark screen→Fixed
- Fixed an exploit allowing players to build bridges using picture frames.Picture frames→Fixed

Grenades
- Attach:Grenades can now be attached to constructions by right-clicking while looking at them.→Added
- Updated animations for the Vm grenade.→Updated
Throwables
- Throwables now use their own specific damage multipliers instead of shared bullet damage types.→Unique
- Removed the bullet damage type from all throwable items.Bullet→Removed
- Thrown items now lose condition upon impact and break when condition reaches zero.→On Impact
SpearsThrown:Thrown spears now use the arrow damage type.→Arrow
General
- Added a server-side combat log accessible via the 'combatlog' console command.→Added
- Benchmark scenes now force deterministic RNG results for consistent testing.→Deterministic