Month: July 2018

Fighting is Magic: Aurora 0.4.0.0 & 0.4.0.1

Fighting is Magic: Aurora 0.4.0.0 & 0.4.0.1

This is an improvement over the last public beta release 0.3.1.2. The changes in these updates are as follows;

 

Version 0.4.0.0

Launcher:
1. Redesigned main launcher window.
2. Redesigned settings window.
3. Added ability to set game settings.
4. Added ability to set game window settings.
5. Added ability to reset game settings.
6. Internal browser now runs on the Gecko engine.

Game:
1. Tweaked Twilight Sparkle’s CPU commands.
2. Removed light and medium launchers from all characters.
3. Rainbow Dash’s “Rainbow Barrage” is now a level 2 super.
4. Added new command lists which look better and easier to read than the old ones.
5. Adjusted hit box on Applejack’s Lasso-rama 3.
6. All characters can now be played in Story mode.
7. Made new graphics and animations for “You Win” and “You Lose”.
8. Removed “Unbreakable Elbow” and “Country Focus” commands from Applejack.
9. Redesigned main menu.
10. Added transition between the title screen and main menu.

Version 0.4.0.1

Launcher:
1. Fixed a bug that would not save game settings from the launcher.
2. Fixed a bug where the ‘Feedback’ window would show a .NET exception.

Game:
1. Fixed a bug on Rarity where her player 1 cursor would disappear when selected.
2. Fixed placement of Rarity’s victory animation.
3. Updated Mane6 logo to modern style at start-up.

You can download this update here.

60 FPS Content & Symphony 2.0

60 FPS Content & Symphony 2.0

Symphony 2.0

Symphony has been my network infrastructure since mid-2017 with the soul aim to get the maximum amount of data to and from computers on the network. When I first built Symphony with NETGEAR FS526T Ethernet switch boxes which had 24 ports of 100 Mbps connectors and only two gigabit connectors which meant only one computer could connect to gigabit. This was a big problem when transferring data from Atom to Behemoth or even data from Ultra to Atom. Symphony 2.0 is now better and more compact. What do we mean by compact? We mean the switch boxes are smaller but there are enough ports (8 ports) for all of the computers and servers on the network. The 8-port gigabit switch boxes we chose were the NETGEAR GS108 which are fan-less and cool running. This also means I don’t have to cope with a racket coming from the old switch boxes which did have fans. The main point is that I now get gigabit to all of our computers on the network and have the maximum speed to the Internet.

60 FPS Content

For a long time I’ve been stuck with 30 FPS content since my computer wasn’t powerful enough for rendering that level of frames. Now that I’ve updated the network to gigabit and my computers are a lot better than when I first started, I will be producing all new content in 60 FPS from now on. The main benefit of 60 FPS is smooth, buttery video which is very pleasing to your face eyes.

That’s all for this update, thanks for reading.