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I have started implementing a complex new system of random events. The system will currently only affect the players capital ship. It is designed to random create fires, power failures, radiation leaks, and various complex types of failures in many of the different systems used in the game. These failures will have effects on the […]

I have been experimenting with various texture techniques, and I have created a simple art piece to demonstrate how to apply one texture to multiple objects. The clock that I have made is actually several unique objects, the each of the hands, body, etc, are all different. That is how I was able to connect […]

In addition to some more debugging, the AI system is now basically done. The AI is spawned using a server command, and then created on the client. I have also fixed some other minor issues, including rotation issues with particle effects, etc. The next goals are to create the art for the AI controlled ships, […]

I have added support for a variety of weapons and defensive systems for both AI and players. In addition to guided missiles, I have manually and automatically controlled gun turrets and “CIWS” guns, which are capable of shooting down missiles, etc. The combat is very rudimentary at the moment, but it seems to work quite […]

I have spent quite a bit of time on adding combat mechanics to the new AI ships in the game. The AI ships and the player can target each other and fire missiles at each other, and can sustain and inflict damage which disables and destroyed various systems on both ships.

The core mechanics of the AI system is basically done. There are some issues with it, which will need to be fixed before I can move on, but it works ok in concept. The next goal, after refactoring the code, is to add randomly appearing enemies into the world, and add combat, damage, and other […]

I have had a few additional issues with the AI ships. The issues were related to the AI not being able to decelerate in time when approaching the players position. I think I have managed to fix these issues by allowing the AI ships to know what the players velocity is, so that they can […]

I have implemented a system that allows other ships and moveable objects in the game to move at speeds relative to the player. This means that I am not using the actual velocity of the ship, I am instead subtracting the players velocity from both ships, and using the relative velocity instead. This should prevent […]

Adding other ships and objects that can travel at high speeds it proving to be tricky. I need to create a “floating velocity” system to keep the velocity close to 0 even as the objects accelerate. This is similiar (in fact, basically identicaly) to how the “floating origin” system works, except it works with velocity […]

I have improved the lighting and visual effects quality of the project. I think the volumetric lights, etc, look better now. I have also added some minor new features and tested some more of the mechanics. The next major goal is to add other large, capital ships to the game that can travel at very […]