It's been 2 weeks since our last post. I was working on another branch, and everything has now been merged and published.

Let's take a look 👇

Gameplay Changes

Pol

We decided to rework how rounds are handled in Monkey Fortress. We noticed that having both an attack AND defense phase at the same time was hard to manage ; it felt chaotic.

So, we’ve changed it : rounds are now split into phases. A team will attack in one round, then switch to defense in the next.

This means a team will prepare its defense for one round, and then prepare its attack for the next.

If there's a draw, we go back to the combined attack/defense round… for those who enjoy a bit of chaos 🐒

UI Changes

Pol

Following the new attack/defense round structure, I've made several UI updates :

Updated attack/defense HUD icons and panels (added a protection wall)

Added an MVP panel during interlude rounds
Updated the killstreak panel
Improved shop menu : edit tooltip and now shows how many weapons per category you can carry
Updated team and role selection screens
Updated the emote menu
Constructron elements now react differently when taking damage

Additional Gameplay Changes

Pol

Added a teleporter gadget
Build resources can be bought in the shop
Each player can now place a team respawner (instead of 2 per team previously)
Grenade walls now align with the player's view angle
Added build and resource delivery statistics
Bots no longer keep running when they spot another player ; they now stop for a few seconds before shooting
Only the defense team now receives the resource quest (both teams during the final BO round)

Bug Fixes

Pol

With the latest s&box updates, some issues are still pending :

GitHub

[Regression] Missing previous functionality with the new `Draw` API · Issue #10577 · Facepunch/sbox-public

What can't you do? Previously, I was using the new command list system to draw arbitrary polygons in my UI (for cooldown effects), as well as drawing UI elements with custom shaders. Example public...

GitHub

Ambient occlusion render broke after update · Issue #10657 · Facepunch/sbox-public

Version / Commit 26.04.22 Describe the bug After latest update rendering of AO is broken now, it is strangely sliced over the whole screen To Reproduce Add Ambient Occlusion to main camera and that...

But i have fixed several bugs, including :

Fixed collision shard tags
Fixed NRE issues
Fixed incorrect team colors when using a playable team (enemies are always red and allies blue)
Fixed crosshair (still missing hit marker)
Fixed bots not being able to walk on built stairs