Author Topic: invisible desert burrowers?  (Read 1427 times)

Offline laughingman

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invisible desert burrowers?
« on: October 04, 2011, 10:03:04 pm »
I've been playing and loving the game for a few days now, and I'm generally quite happy with it. I can't wait to see how it improves throughout the beta. I'm not very far (only civ level 6) but I can see myself putting far too many hours into it, like I have with AI war.

The latest update seems to have turned desert burrowers invisible. I used to be able to see a plume of dust above them so I could attack or avoid them. Now, I just see my health bar decrease. They can still be attacked and destroyed, just not seen. Is this intentional, or a bug?

Thanks for continuing to develop unique and entertaining games. I hope you all are around for a good long while.

Offline Baleyg

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Re: invisible desert burrowers?
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2011, 10:04:53 pm »
It's a bug.  The devs simply forgot to update the desert burrowers to the new particle system.

Offline tigersfan

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Re: invisible desert burrowers?
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2011, 10:05:19 pm »
It's a bug, but it's already been fixed for tonight's release. Sorry about that!

Offline x4000

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Re: invisible desert burrowers?
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2011, 10:07:44 pm »
The devs simply forgot to update the desert burrowers to the new particle system.

That part's not actually true.  I updated it into the new particle system, tested it, and it worked great.  Then I added the death animations for enemies, tested skelebots, and released.  Meanwhile, the death animations were causing the desert burrowers and decoy fireworks to go invisible.
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Offline laughingman

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Re: invisible desert burrowers?
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2011, 10:11:02 pm »
"Ask, and ye shall receive."
Many thanks, and keep up the great work.

Offline x4000

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Re: invisible desert burrowers?
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2011, 10:18:08 pm »
You bet!
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