OGZ: Progress Report 4/18/2024 Completion of Overhauled Combat Fundamental Task (Patreon)

Hey guys, how are you guys doing?

 I could manage to get the Overhauled Combat Systems in place in the last 2 weeks and this took me 4 months to actually get it in place. There are still some missing mechanics such as Throwing Object, Stealth Crawling and Guarding for Melee Weapon but these 3 can come later since the combat fundamental is in place now. 1/3 of the systems is already finished which is a big deal (Based on my consistent plan and goal)

 The art is at lowest priority currently since the game development is pretty much all about the coding rather than about the art and graphics. I'm actually excited to focus on the quality of art but the code and system must come first.
 The art and graphics will be at my highest priority once the game systems and mechanics are all in place (and your guys' eyes will be pleased, I'm sure of it, not a difficult part also)

 My plan is to focus on the World Fundamental and fill it with the actual game mechanic (no more concept mechanics) and my first next task is Safe Room System which is heavily inspired by MHW's tent and Death Stranding's Private Room. 

Anyway, let's have a look at the stuff I did in the last 2 weeks.

Systems
Additional Progress on Downed/Staggered State System
 Now the sequence system will run another intro animations for the Struggle Sequence while the character is downed. Nothing much to it but it sure does make the movement more believable.

Bullet Hit Impact Reaction System (V2)
 Speaking of Firearm combat, I found it clucky and wasn't good enough especially the feel of impact. So I've overhauled Hit Reaction system especially for bullet/firearm. Now player can shoot the enemy in the weak spots such as head or legs to make them stun lock and send them ragdolled afterwards.

Advanced Custom Keybind System (V1)

 Player can now custom the input and keys themselves. The system also supports different type of input pressing such as hold the key until specific second or release the key before specific second.

Adjustments
Adjusted and Improved AI Behavior
 AI now will stand still for 10 seconds after they successfully or failed to reach their destination which opens the opportunity for player to stealth kill the enemy. Enemy will never detect the player movement if player is walking or crouching.

Rebalanced Firearm Damaging and Controlling
 Player will still lose the firearm accuracy while walking but it's not too punishing anymore. Now shooting while walking is possible to hit the target.
 Firearm hitbox size is increased based on the distance between the shooter and the hit location.
 Taking cover will boost the firearm accuracy by x1.5.
 Headshot damage bonus is reduced from x15 to x3.5 and bullet close ranged damage bonus is reduced from x5 to x1.5.
 It's so to speak that the firearm just got heavily nerfed but in exchange of much higher ammo capacity and accuracy.

Adjusted and Improved Movement
Now player can run while switching and reloading weapon. Can also dash while reloading but player can't dash during early part of melee attack animation (can still dodge)

Tasks
My focus will be at the Safe Room System but once it's game ready, I'll focus on adding the variation of the humanoid mutants into the game next. Overhauling Quick Item Menu is also on my plan. Not sure if the next build will contain free roam map or just procedurally generated dungeon map. 

Closed Testing Result for Combat Fundamental Stress Test
 I've got the test result better than I've expected as the combat is actually stable and has fewer bugs and issues than I've imagined (which I've already solved since days ago)
 Mod and Plugin are working and correctly loaded. Manually Patching also has no issues. (Which is now a clear path for me and Gato about adding the additional contents via mods) 
 I hope the Closed Testers will drop some feedback here if they got time.

Drawing
 You guys can expect the drawing to drop on Pixiv in a few days. This time for real.

 That's all for today. I hope you guys enjoyed the progress I've done so far.
Have a nice day, see you guys next post.
Matto.