Update 0.8.3


Hi Everyone!

I just uploaded a new update with a lot of fixes and performance improvements based on your invaluable feedback: 

FIXES:
   [*] Fixed Legionary Helmets being indestructible. 
   [*] Fixed Left handed option not restoring the pointer to the left hand after loading a new level. 
   [*] Fixed Hammer ID being mixed up with trident ID. This only applies to new purchases, if you had the trident already it will stay the same.
   [*] Fixed Weapons being duplicated on respawn.
   [*] Fixed blocking volumes in the arenas so enemies can't fly out of them. This also solves the issue of the arena stopping to spawn enemies sometimes.
   [*] Fixed shadow blob showing up sometimes on dead enemies. 
   [*] Fixed when returning to the cell from a Team Fight the cell would be still configured in team fight mode and spawn an ally on the table.
   [*] Fixed armory shops not showing up using teleport.
   [*] Fixed swoosh sound would keep playing indefinitely sometimes when the weapon was thrown away sometimes.
   [*] Fixed commentator not playing rounds 10 to 20. 
   [*] Fixed blood decals not aligned with the floor when the player received a hit while jumping. 
   [*] Fixed being able to introduce an empty user name.
   [*] Fixed new fame and new record notifications overlapping if they activated at the same time.
   [*] Fixed sword master and legionaries growing hair after being beheaded.
   [*] Fixed being able to spam jump.

STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS
   [*] Decal manager now removes blood from the floor much more efficiently. Blood stains on the floor disappear after 15s in order of appearance.
   [*] Archer, Player and Minotaur now use the blood decal manager. This ensures all decals are removed from the arena, making later rounds more stable.
   [*] Added controls to spamming slowmo blood. This would create crashes sometimes.
   [*] Limited blood effects spawn rate. 
   [*] Removed duplicated blood effects on enemy deaths.
   [*] Disabled extra blood on slashes by default. This improves stability, if your game is stable you can turn it back on in the combat menu. 
   [*] Fixed: Potion crashed the game sometimes due to the effect being too complex for the Quest.
   [*] Added new setting that reduces blood particles on hits if disabled.
   [*] Changed the label "Gore mode" for "Dismember and stab enabled" to convey more clearly it's effect.
   [*] Removed "Disable all blood" setting. This was just affecting stab blood.  

All these improvements and fixes significantly improve the stability of the game, and while they will remove several crashes that some players are experiencing, the work in this area is not complete. I'm still working on fixing two remaining crashes: the game will sometimes crash if you stab with both swords at the same time, and will also might crash if you hit them repeatedly and fast in a very short period of time, especially during slowmo. 

I added an autosave feature in this update (described below) that will mitigate the impact of the crash while I work in a more permanent solution. 

IMPROVEMENTS:
   [*] New auto save system: Runs on the background and will allow you to recover the game state if it crashes for some reason. Every time you complete a round the game will save its state. In case the game crashes, you will be able to restore the game at the beginning of that round with the same stats ( kills, gold, etc.). 
   [*] Bow: 
            [*] Draw distance now significantly affects the speed of the arrow. This makes it difficult to spam the bow with unlimited arrows.
            [*] Arrow damage now depends on the arrow speed. 
            [*] Arrows will now react to armor. Armor Plate and helmets will completely deflect the arrow absorbing all the damage, and leather will reduce the damage by 50% absorbing the rest.
            [*] Fixed arrow sometimes colliding with the bow.
    [*] Changed trackpad to follow the camera by default for first installs. This will avoid being pulled back when raising the sword.
    [*] Minotaur and tigers are now climbable. Yes, you can ride a Mino now :P

HOW TO INSTALL THE UPDATE:
With this update I'm simplifying the install procedure to take advantage of Side Quest's great functionality of zip installation. 
1)  Go to your itch.io account or click on the download link in the itch.io email that you received when you bought the game. 
2)  Download the zip file GladiusQuest-v0.8.3.zip
3) Open Side Quest and select "Install APK file from folder on computer"
4) Wait until the installer finishes completely ( It can take up to 2-3 mins to decompress and transfer the files to the headset)

I updated the installation video with the new steps:

Files

GladiusQuest-v0.8.3.zip 2 GB
Oct 10, 2020

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