BioNova v2.0 Genesis Update (ABANDONDED)

[Ribo Zurai]

For some reason I can't get past the title screen. It says "MOUSE1 to Start" but nothing happens.

If you can not see the cursor on your screen, try moving your mouse around slowly until it appears. If it is this, I am looking into fixing it. If you do the cursor on your screen, but it still does not let you continue, I will have to look into it. It works on my end.

Ah, it appears my cursor in-game has zero speed, I tested with other mods. Does anybody know what that could be?

EDIT: Nevermind, it appears that my INI was having some trouble with cvars and I had to make a new one for the wad to properly work.

[Enjay]

Private message me about this. I never took into account about players that play with an inverted mouse. I would like to see how I can improve on this so it works for both inverted and non-inverted mouse players.

If you want to discuss this via PM, I'm fine with that, but I don't think I have much more to add. Basically I (and other people, I assume) invert the mouse Y axis. I do this probably because my first mouse-controlled games were flight sims where pulling the mouse down, joystick-like, lifts the nose of the 'plane. However, in general computing, I need the mouse to behave normally. So, in something like BioNova which offers in game MLooking and a GUI, the game world should allow my inverted Y axis, but the GUI elements should behave in a normal uninverted way. I know that several mods do this, and I have come across a few in the past that weren't set up for it, but which got fixed pretty quickly when it was pointed out. So, I assume that it's just a check for the inverted status of the mouse and then some code to do the calculations differently if the mouse is inverted, but I personally don't know how to set it up.

Try changing the hud scaling. That should fix it.

Indeed, but the point of me mentioning it is that IMO it would be better if a player didn't have to mess with their preferred HUD scale settings whenever they load up BioNova.

I don't know if it is possible to work around this mod-side though. Probably not.

In case it helps, here's my HUD Scaling menu and the highlighted Fullscreen HUD option is the one that makes the difference.

[Fabysk]

Indeed, but the point of me mentioning it is that IMO it would be better if a player didn't have to mess with their preferred HUD scale settings whenever they load up BioNova.

I don't know if it is possible to work around this mod-side though. Probably not.

My best guess is to use use ForcedScaling which would require for me to change the size of the HUD icons to be very small which case would require a design change to make it look good. If there is a way to have ForcedScaling set to 1 (which is what it should be), then that would be the solution.

[Ribo Zurai]

Alright so I've made some extended testing and found out what was causing my problem. The cursor won't show up in the start screen if "Switch on Pickup" is toggled off. Just wanted to let you know.

[Fabysk]

In these last few days, I have been working on some quality of life additions/changes to BioNova for a minor update. Next update is yet to be announced.

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Enemy Spawning

• Enemies now spawn 256 map units around the player instead of spawning right in front, behind, or on the sides.
• Enemies now spawn from floor portals that fade in.
  Dev Note: Thank you That0neBr075 for pointing this out. Before these changes, it was very frustrating having cheap deaths from something that players had no reaction to. The way this works is the enemy spawner will leave behind a floor portal with no animation. If the portal is within 256 map units within the player’s radius, the portal is removed which also decreases the amount of enemies that spawn in active rounds. If the portal is greater than 256 map units from the player, the portal will begin its animation and spawns in a random enemy. Having these changes should lift the annoyance of enemies spawning too close to the player as well as decreasing the difficulty a bit with the amount of enemies spawning in each round.

Safe Zone

• Increased Safe Zone size from 600 map units to 1000 map units.
  Dev Note: With the change of the enemy spawns, having a larger safe zone size will help with more possible spawn points as well as having more running space. This also indirectly gives a buff to the Haste Stim Shot on all 3 levels.
  Improved Safe Zone spawn points.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused spawning enemies to get stuck on stairs or angled surfaces
• Closed an exploit where players can jump on the collision box of the palm trees on the map Hydro Plant.

Quality of Life

• Mouse cursor now appears for players with “Switch on Pickup” setting off.
• Mouse cursor on menus now responds normally with players that play with an inverted mouse (both x and y).
  Dev note: This new addition is still in the works and is clunky at the moment. This will be worked on to improve its smoothness.

Minor Changes

• Bullet casings/shotgun shells now randomly scatter after being ejected from a firing weapon.

[Fabysk]

Version 1.1 is now available for download. You can view the patch notes at the bottom of the first post on this forum thread. This is a minor update to address a few things here and there. No new weapons, maps, or enemies of that sort, but that will be for the next update.

[Someone64]

Having a lot of fun with this mod. Zombies are very satisfying to kill, the gameplay is very fast paced, the gameplay systems are complex enough to be engaging but simple enough not to bog everything down. My only criticism besides lack of content especially in terms of enemy variety and maps is the feel of the gunplay. Watching enemies explode and bleed everywhere only barely makes up for how lackluster the guns feel in terms of feedback both in visuals and audio and the delay before you can fire from aiming down sights and how extreme the zoom from doing so doesn't feel very good. I do like how they look but firing them just doesn't feel all that satisfying.

[Fabysk]

Greetings! It's been pretty silent here. Well I am here to share what has been going on behind the scenes on the next update titled Epoch.

This update includes the following:
New Map: Elysium - A mini resort located high up in the sky.
New Enemies (Exclusive to Elysium): Wasps (Flying insects that spit acid at the player. Easy to kill) and Brutus (Large monsters that can deal massive amounts of damage to the player with its slamming radius attack. No worries, he's slow and gives a chance to escape his attack before he lands a hit).
New Player Class: Masquerade - Cloak yourself to hide from enemies and freeze time.
3 New Weapons: ARX-160 Assault Rifle, PKM LMG, and the Galil Assault Rifle.
Gold Weapon Pool Rotation
New Ultimate Weapon (Exclusive to Elysium)
Player Class Balance Changes

While these are coming in the next update, I would like some feedback on this new feature I have been working on. Though, I am not sure if it should be included
Recently, I have been messing around with CVARINFO and implemented a way to allow for player chosen music packs like in the main menu, when the round is transitioning to the next one, game over, and victory screens. With that, I expanded more to include a player card system which allows the player to display their in-game identity with player card frames, 3 personal achievements, and poses. All of these are saved player's .ini file and BioNova reads them from there.

Next, the game mode that is functioning is a Solo Ranked mode. Here, you are able to climb through 6 different ranks. Players are playing on the rules of Normal mode, but on the hard difficulty and a round cap of 20 and any map can be chosen to play on. Players earn points as they progress through the rounds with kills, total rounds survived, and a victory bonus. The entry cost to play on each rank goes up as the player progresses through them so it becomes more difficult to rank up because the player can lose points and get demoted. The players rank works with CVARINFO and is saved in the player's .ini file.

What do you think about these two additions for BioNova? Let me know what you think.

[Fabysk]

BioNova Epoch Update has arrived!

Check out the first post on this thread to get a preview of the new map Elysium
Below is the download link for the new update as well as a Google Doc for the patch notes for the Epoch Update.

Click Here To Download BioNova v1.2 Epoch Update
Version 1.2 Epoch Update Patch Notes

Hope you enjoy!

[Fabysk]

BioNova Genesis Update has arrived!

The first post on this thread include the map preview for Lava Fissure as well as the new game mode Blitz.
It has been a while since I last posted let alone last updated this mod. BioNova will continue to get updated and I should update this thread with screenshot of my progress so far in future updates.

As for the Genesis Update, there are A LOT of changes that can be read in the patch notes.

Click Here To Download BioNova v2.0 Genesis Update
Version 2.0 Epoch Update Patch Notes


Hope you enjoy!

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

Hey there . Your mod is AMAZING .I played it often .
Just downloaded the genesis update and tried playing but I can continue in the load out screen .I select starting weapon ,3 extras and class but it won't let me continue.

[Fabysk]

Just downloaded the genesis update and tried playing but I can continue in the load out screen .I select starting weapon ,3 extras and class but it won't let me continue.

What was the exact loadout you had that prevented you from continuing? This will let me see which loadout option is preventing to continue in a match.

[Ferretmanjcdenton]

What was the exact loadout you had that prevented you from continuing? This will let me see which loadout option is preventing to continue in a match.
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Thanks for asking . It came out that somehow the first time there was a hickup somehow .I couldn't lock in the the skills and weapons to proceed .after a restart it worked .

[Fabysk]

BioNova has ceased development. Pretty much balancing issues and ZScript learning.

More info at the top of the first post of this thread.