Demo Updated! 5 months of progress

Hello everyone!

After 5 months of work I have finally released a major update to the demo! Things are starting to come together into a real game, though this build is still pre-alpha :)

See below for all the updates!

Metropolis 1998 - Release Notes

Major Changes

• Load on Demand implemented for more efficient GPU processing
  
• Commercial, Service, and Municple demand implemented (stage one, basic)
  
• Residential demand implemented. NOTE: Right now it's random, but the value effects the rate people will move in. Random is temporary.
  
• Unit animations, sitting/sleeping, and color variants
  
• Vehicle color variants
  
• Basic terrain modification (no height or water yet)
  
• Much more efficient saving/loading times and reduced save file size
  
• More unit activities (like going out to lunch while at work)
  
• Families added (basic implementation). Will move in together.
  
• You can place auto grow zones and buildings have construction animations. NOTE: Right now you can only place for low density, and there's only one allowed depth. This will be expanded in future builds.
  
• Map / terrain is now procedurally generated
  
• Potato graphics mode. All windows become opaque, and only the visible top floors all outdoor items are drawn by the GPU
  

Minor Changes

• Units can now path across a road when entering/exiting a driveway
  
• Units are assigned clothing + color based on their job (most businesses do not have this feature yet)
  
• Roof texture will output on all floors now (instead of flat roof below top floor)
  
• GUI Updated. Also added current weather icon
  
• Wind is no longer constant
  
• Buildings can no longer be edited when connected to road. NOTE: This will soon become a button the player can press to add the building to the market.
  
• New assets
  
• Unit wont claim a parking spot until it enters the buildings property
  
• Blueprints can now be mirrored (press T)
  
• Units can now properly path in 3D space (where as before they could only use one staircase)
  
• Outdoor objects are no longer deleted when an outdoor floor is placed (excluding driveways)
  
• Press B to open delete menu
  
• Trees are now deleted when zone tile is placed
  
• Added boundary fence / federal property.
  
• Highway no longer runs through city owned land.
  
• Added grandparents and children unit assets
  
• Vehicles have wheel animations when moving
  

Engine Changes

• Dynamic allocation for classes due to hitting stack memory limit
  
• Faster containers used for most data
  
• Major refactor, removed lots of unnecessary containers to reduce overhead/complexity
  
• Removed smaller tile atlases. For now the engine will just use GPU zooming
  
• General engine performance enhancements
  
• Reduced RAM usage
  

Bug Fixes

• Forced computer to use GPU when available. Before it was defaulting to CPU integrated graphics for laptops, causing problems.
  
• Fixed game freezing on rare occasion. This happened because I allowed units to path through walls. This sometimes caused an infinite loop while pathing.
  
• Fixed some roof sprites missing when camera was set to West
  
• Jobs, schedules, and units are properly adjusted when a building is deleted or modified
  
• Parking spots are properly freed
  
• Fixed some units not drawing to the screen when they were on higher floors
  
• Fixed units not using non driveway outdoor floors (as a path preference)
  
• Fixed trees not centering properly when camera is rotated
  
• Fixed windows not outputting when they were not touching adjacent building
  
• Entrances (outdoor doors) are now properly lit
  
• Prevented units purchasing homes that were not connected to road network
  
• Fixed extremely slow room output/delete code
  
• Fixed objects being able to be placed through a roof
  
• Fixed rare pathfinding bug that allowed units to walk through wall when viable path was available
  
• Fixed window lighting when window is placed when camera is rotated (i.e. not North)
  
• Fixed object unable to be placed on road median when zone exists on that tile
  
• Fixed zone boarders not adjusting position when camera is rotated
  
• Fixed blueprints not saving properly when zone was weirdly shaped
  
• Fixed nudge object bug that prevented object from being moved into a valid position
  
• Fixed bug where a unit would be assigned two cars and drive both at the same time
  
• Added grass to blueprint preview
  
• Added top down walls to blueprint preview
  
• Added outdoor signs to blueprint preview
  
• Fixed lighting not being assigned to windowless/lampless rooms (units would appear brightly lit when walking around)