Development updates - Unity version

bracer · 01-20-23, 04:34 PM

Thanks mate!
It makes me very happy to hear that others are interested in this project!

I've been working on the airplane AI and doing torpedo attacks. This is after all one of the real battleship killers of the wwii. But the AI ships can also fight back now!
Here you can follow a few Swordfish planes doing their thing, and doing it well.
As you can see the Swordfish/torpedo models are still unfinished or placeholders...
Cheers!

bracer · 01-26-23, 06:34 PM

Hey!

I've taken a break from coding AI and instead been giving the terrain generator some love.
First I've switched to a mercator projection, which do make the sizes of the contries in the north bigger than those near the equator.
But the landmasses look less stretched than in my previous terrain data setup. After some tuning of the heights I think the scale looks fairly good.
The resolution of the land can be increase further with my interpolation system, but that will wait until I'll start modifying points of interest by hand and adding structures.
Roughly the playable terrain covers from Svalbard in the north to the canaries in the south. From Greenland to Murmansk, west to east.

Teneriffa

Kaafjord whit Tirpitz in the photo.

Gibraltal, looking south.

A certain volcano in Italy.

Nida, Lithuania.

bracer · 03-17-23, 07:53 AM

Hey!
Look! I finally took the time to record some gameplay.
Enjoy!

Onkel Neal · 03-17-23, 08:21 AM

Excellent, front page stuff.

bracer · 03-17-23, 08:24 AM

Thanks alot, Neal! Much appreciated!

Oubaas · 03-17-23, 11:50 AM

Excellent video. It's looking great! This one is definite for me when it's released!

Kipparikalle · 03-17-23, 12:29 PM

This looks really good

And you picked the german ship as well, few things beat a good old fashioned "underdog" setting.

agathosdaimon · 09-11-23, 02:25 AM

its all looking good! i need to get back on to supportign the patreon when i doing a bit better financially

agathosdaimon · 09-16-23, 02:53 AM

i just saw the controversy with unity - that they want to start charging developers per every install of games with unity engine - seems ridiculous as an idea and would make indie game dev with unity impossible - you might want to keep you old engine there as a back up if unity actually goes down this path

bracer · 09-16-23, 03:53 PM

Hey Mitch!
I hope all is well!
Yeah, this new Unity pricing plan looks crazy.
Luckily so far it won't affect me, since i would have to sell atleast 200.000 copies the first year. Which I guess is rather optimistic for such a niche game.
And when I would reach 200.000 installs, I would have to still be earning $200.000 the last 12 months for it to take affect.
So, I am not worried, but I do feel that it's a brutal change for those that it does affect...

01-20-23, 04:34 PM	#1
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 776 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Thanks mate! It makes me very happy to hear that others are interested in this project! I've been working on the airplane AI and doing torpedo attacks. This is after all one of the real battleship killers of the wwii. But the AI ships can also fight back now! Here you can follow a few Swordfish planes doing their thing, and doing it well. As you can see the Swordfish/torpedo models are still unfinished or placeholders... Cheers! __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator on Subsim: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Discord channel for Battleship Command: https://discord.gg/8HzdGeDcpM

01-26-23, 06:34 PM	#2
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 776 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hey! I've taken a break from coding AI and instead been giving the terrain generator some love. First I've switched to a mercator projection, which do make the sizes of the contries in the north bigger than those near the equator. But the landmasses look less stretched than in my previous terrain data setup. After some tuning of the heights I think the scale looks fairly good. The resolution of the land can be increase further with my interpolation system, but that will wait until I'll start modifying points of interest by hand and adding structures. Roughly the playable terrain covers from Svalbard in the north to the canaries in the south. From Greenland to Murmansk, west to east. Teneriffa Kaafjord whit Tirpitz in the photo. Gibraltal, looking south. A certain volcano in Italy. Nida, Lithuania. __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator on Subsim: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Discord channel for Battleship Command: https://discord.gg/8HzdGeDcpM

03-17-23, 07:53 AM	#3
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 776 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hey! Look! I finally took the time to record some gameplay. Enjoy! __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator on Subsim: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Discord channel for Battleship Command: https://discord.gg/8HzdGeDcpM

03-17-23, 08:21 AM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Excellent, front page stuff. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

03-17-23, 08:24 AM	#5
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 776 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Thanks alot, Neal! Much appreciated! __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator on Subsim: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Discord channel for Battleship Command: https://discord.gg/8HzdGeDcpM

03-17-23, 11:50 AM	#6
Oubaas Sonar Guy Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Arkansas, USA Posts: 376 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 0	Excellent video. It's looking great! This one is definite for me when it's released!

03-17-23, 12:29 PM	#7
Kipparikalle Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Finland Posts: 580 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	This looks really good And you picked the german ship as well, few things beat a good old fashioned "underdog" setting.

09-11-23, 02:25 AM	#8
agathosdaimon Planesman Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 188 Downloads: 142 Uploads: 0	its all looking good! i need to get back on to supportign the patreon when i doing a bit better financially

09-16-23, 02:53 AM	#9
agathosdaimon Planesman Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 188 Downloads: 142 Uploads: 0	i just saw the controversy with unity - that they want to start charging developers per every install of games with unity engine - seems ridiculous as an idea and would make indie game dev with unity impossible - you might want to keep you old engine there as a back up if unity actually goes down this path

09-16-23, 03:53 PM	#10
bracer Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 776 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hey Mitch! I hope all is well! Yeah, this new Unity pricing plan looks crazy. Luckily so far it won't affect me, since i would have to sell atleast 200.000 copies the first year. Which I guess is rather optimistic for such a niche game. And when I would reach 200.000 installs, I would have to still be earning $200.000 the last 12 months for it to take affect. So, I am not worried, but I do feel that it's a brutal change for those that it does affect... __________________ My WIP Battleship simulator on Subsim: Battleship Command: Scharnhorst Discord channel for Battleship Command: https://discord.gg/8HzdGeDcpM