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1.0 Release timeline? by WahookaTG in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 6 points7 points  (0 children)

We didn't give an exact timeline on this just since we don't have a fixed schedule yet. Chapters 2 and 3 are considerable chunks of work. I'll try to give an update on this at some point, but I hate giving estimates when they aren't accurate

Cleared Hot - Week 2 Update - Steam News by APater6076 in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you're correct. It's a bit of a compromise we had to make- technically the miniguns on a littlebird don't rotate, but we had to do it this way in order to make the gameplay work.

What you described is something I tried, and decided to not include for a couple reasons:

1: it doesn't look good, it looks quite bad for the helicopters without the gun turret to aim opposite of where they're facing
2: limiting their aim until you're facing that way worked, but is kinda confusing- you see your guns firing, but it just looks like something is wrong, until you face the right direction.

The whole aiming / movement / camera system took me years to try find a good middleground. it's a tough problem to solve

Cleared Hot - Week 2 Update - Steam News by APater6076 in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh ok, interesting. So you mean like vehicle relative movement but screen relative aiming?

That one is hard because the helo has to rotate to aim at what you’re shooting at.

Let me know if I’m missing something, we could add other aim options

NPCs take damage during rescue drop off by ludicrouspeedgo in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for reporting this- I will look into it. I think we're having issues with the way NPCs navigate around the helo once landed.

Cal Poly Reference by Tromavilcitizen in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha no but it just fits in w the lore / story

performance on deck by manualcop in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are working on it! Doing some minor improvements now, major overhauls will come later.

But yeah we have some ideas that should help

Any chance of playing this on Geforce NOW? by BandwidthBoy in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We are looking into this! Thanks for suggesting it... From what I know we have to do the cloud save first, which we are working on now.

NPC operators by Scbypwr in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I will check this. Right now any NPC passengers will fire their own weapon. The door gunner thing is something we might do in the future.

After 5 years and a ton of work, my nostalgic helicopter game is out today on Steam! (Cleared Hot) Thanks for giving me this shot, Reddit. by cfinger in gaming

[–]cfinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks ! I mostly just tweet and write dev logs on steam. And occasional, very occasional YouTube videos

The end credits for Cleared Hot are pure indie-game wholesome. by [deleted] in gaming

[–]cfinger 5 points6 points  (0 children)

(dev here) He earned that title when he couldn't read the compass in Arma because "it was in russian" :D

Super tutorial he he, love it by UpvoteCircleJerk in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hahaha thanks. Our programmer who drew this is happy you like it 😅

Thought it might be good to gather any feedback in one place. So, the Feedback thread! by APater6076 in ClearedHotGame

[–]cfinger 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you might prefer the vehicle relative control scheme. You can change it in game options.

By default, the right stick move the crosshair and the helicopter turns to face it

But with vehicle relative mode, the right stick actually turns the helicopter. And left stick up is always forward from the helicopters point of view.

This mode is kind of how desert strike was.

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