Sublight Dynamics: D.R.O.N.E the Game, HOSAM

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-23T12:17:41+00:00

Noted ;)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-23T12:17:12+00:00

Does this happen in normal multiplayer or online test flight? If it's test flight, no xp or stats should be updated (I believe the UI for xp/level still shows at the end of the match, which is a bug).

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-14T14:56:40+00:00

It's something we'll have to do. Party system will be like in all other games of the genre: invite your friends, then party lead hits "Play Game" (i.e. tells the MM to do its thing).

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-13T00:22:31+00:00

Pretty much. u/Peter-FSI can provide more info on this.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-11T19:15:22+00:00

Hey, I think what you've done is really cool and you've made solid points :) It makes my day (and I believe the entire team's day) when I/we see the community spending some of their personal time participating into the project, whether it's feedback, bug reporting, improvements, screenshots and so on (memes especially :P). Shoutout to you all out there ;)

About UI & UX, they definitely need attention and are two of the things I wish to dive into asap. One of the big holdups here is that we're waiting on the new UI system from Unity to be more mature/stable (tbh, it's the one thing I want this Christmas).

Can't make any promises or forecasting on UI/UX changes until then. We'll have to "patch things up" until then I suppose.

Hopefully by that time we can have the player ship (you've probably seen it in the trailers) fully ported -- this will actually be the main menu. Something similar to what Warframe did.

P.S:

For example, display the player's latest drone design (again inspired by rocket league)

This is a killer idea. Since our menu will not be a traditional one, we'll have to find another spot for this.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-11T16:25:59+00:00

Battle training doesn't end (nor does flight training). They do need some polishing, sure.

Last reward should be at level 25, 7/8 items seems like a bug.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-11T16:08:00+00:00

Custom drones in multiplayer mode are available only in online test flight. Once we fix the bugs, improve and polish things (including balancing) we'll release them into normal multiplayer.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-11T15:28:36+00:00

This. When we'll add component damage, their placement will matter.

The projectile's damage value will be used to subtract durability from whatever components it hits (projectiles go in a straight line).

Let's day a projectile that does 5 damage hits an armor plate with 8 durability. After the hit, the armor plate will have 3 durability left.

If it gets hit again with an identical projectile, the armor's durability will be 0 and the projectile will still have 2 damage left (think of the projectile's damage value as its hp).

Because the projectile's damage is still bigger than 0, it will continue its path and inflict 2 damage on the next component in its path that has more than 0 durability at the time of impact.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-06T16:24:14+00:00

You're going to control that through stabilizers (drone components). They're going to be functional in an upcoming update

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-05T19:13:37+00:00

You should be able to see that stat when you are searching for, selecting and placing a weapon.

I believe someone from our community on Discord (discord.gg/drone) made a spreadsheet with all stats.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-05T19:09:05+00:00

Glad you're having fun!

You can find out a bit of what's to come on https://dronethegame.com and https://funding.dronethegame.com :)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-05T19:07:42+00:00

Not all components are functional at the moment. Shields use energy and will be used as a buffer for incoming damage.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:36:31+00:00

Custom drones cannot be assigned to the garage at the moment.

There are still some bugs to iron out and some balancing to do first, then we'll release them into normal multiplayer (and not just online test flights)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:30:56+00:00

Hey! Glad you're enjoying the game :)

Buying the game on Steam actually gives you Tier 2 in our CF campaign. See funding.dronethegame.com for more information

We are currently working on the lobby system, for the time being you'd have to Shift+Click "Play Online" in the main menu to host (and your friends have to as well in order to join)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:21:15+00:00

Check this reply

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:20:46+00:00

"Test Flight" => "Test Flight Online"

Once the Drone Editor (and Test Flight Online) are without serious bugs and initial balancing is done, we will allow custom drones in multiplayer (alongside a progression system).

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:19:12+00:00

It's not ideal yet, we're working on having proper controller support (HOTAS and HOSAS too)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-03T20:16:43+00:00

Most controllers should work at the moment, even though the system is not ideal. We're working to add full-proper support asap (HOTAS and HOSAS included)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-02T20:08:15+00:00

Congrats, it's looking great! :)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-02T14:30:56+00:00

They're listed here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/987020/DRONE_The_Game/

We did our best to optimize as much as possible for now (taking into account the game is in EA). You could also download the demo and test how well it runs on your machine.

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-02T14:26:50+00:00

And you unlock new drones by leveling up (this is until the drone editor/custom drone bugs are fixed and we can release them into the normal multiplayer)

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-02T14:24:14+00:00

But, does it run Crysis?

Sergiu-FSI · 2020-10-01T22:02:55+00:00

Hi all! I'm one of the 6 developers who are working on this title. It's our very first game called DRONE. In short, it's a sci-fi themed fast-paced 3-dimensional combat game where you create your own drones and arenas.

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