{"id":1623,"date":"2016-03-07T12:37:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2016-03-07T12:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T12:37:24","slug":"dev-blog-16-stormy-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lofigames.com\/ja\/dev-blog-16-stormy-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Dev Blog #16: Stormy Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, this is another super short post this week, as we&#8217;ve mostly been working on not-so-newsworthy stuff like fixes and minor tweaks for the GUI, water shaders, terrain seams\u00a0and&#8230; you get the idea.<\/p>\n<h4>Dust Storms<\/h4>\n<p>We&#8217;ve made good progress on particle and weather effects\u00a0&#8211; here are our\u00a0new dust storms:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/dev-blog-16-stormy-weather\/dust_storms1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1624\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1624 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS1.jpg\" alt=\"DUST_STORMS1\" width=\"699\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS1-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS1-538x294.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/dev-blog-16-stormy-weather\/dust_storms2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1625\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1625 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS2.jpg\" alt=\"DUST_STORMS2\" width=\"700\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS2.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS2-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DUST_STORMS2-538x294.jpg 538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventually weather effects will affect gameplay, particularly industry function and wind generators etc. Dust storms and other weather effects won&#8217;t be released in game for quite a while yet though, ETA way after Beta.<\/p>\n<h4>Player Controlled Animals<\/h4>\n<p>Some of you might remember that we had a poll a few months back about AI and player controlled animals. Although AI control came out as the most popular vote from players, in the end, we&#8217;ve decided to make them player controlled. AI control would have been considerably more complicated and time consuming to implement in the long run, at least not an amount of time we\u00a0have\u00a0to spend on a non-core feature. Either way, animal squad mates are now complete and all ready to go for the Beta update!<\/p>\n<h4>Stealth Icon<\/h4>\n<p>In our last blog we mentioned finishing a number of animations. Well, sneaking is also one of those new animations too, plus last week we&#8217;ve added a new player name tag with stealth and light amount icons. Here you can see an example of the new &#8216;stealth meter&#8217; in action&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/dev-blog-16-stormy-weather\/sneak\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1627 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sneak.jpg\" alt=\"sneak\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sneak.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sneak-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lofigames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sneak-1024x539.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>*** The above content has <b>not<\/b> been released yet. This will be added in the next update, Beta 0.90, ETA end of March.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><a class=\"bb_link\" href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/233860\/discussions\/5\/490125103620599432\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> for details\u00a0on the current playable version of Kenshi, available on Steam experimental opt-in ***<\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, this is another super short post this week, as we&#8217;ve mostly been working on not-so-newsworthy stuff like fixes and minor tweaks for the GUI, water shaders, terrain seams\u00a0and&#8230; you get the idea. Dust Storms We&#8217;ve made good progress on particle and weather effects\u00a0&#8211; here are our\u00a0new dust storms: Eventually weather effects will affect gameplay, particularly industry function and wind generators etc. Dust storms and other weather effects won&#8217;t be released in game for quite a while yet though, ETA way after Beta. Player Controlled Animals Some of you might remember that we had a poll a few months back about AI and player controlled animals. 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