Rodina (Elliptic Games) (ENG) [Demo] v1.1.3

Information:
Year of manufacture: 2014
Genre: Indie / Sci-Fi / Action
Developer: Elliptic Games
Publisher: Elliptic Games
Platform: PC
Publication Type: License
Language: English
Tablet: Not required
Game Version: v1.1.3

Rodina Readme
RODINA 1.1.3
Thank you for downloading Rodina, by Elliptic Games!

This build is BLOWING THE AIRLOCK and adds a brand-new feature to Rodina: atmospheric simulation. In this system, every room on your ship, and every location out in space, has an associated atmospheric density. Opening all of the doors on your ship to and draining the atmosphere can be a quick way to extinguish a whole fire, but it might also result in explosive decompression and throw you out the airlock!

It’s not hopeless out in space, however, as you can use your new Jetpack to fly back in the ship. To activate the jetpack, simply try to hit jump while you are already in the air.

This build also contains some new options for improving performance on low-spec machines, some optimizations to improve AI performance, and it removes the Steam wrapper which was causing problems for a large handful of customers.

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Rodina is in ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT! That means that you WILL see issues- funny behavior, crashes, poor performance on some machines, etc.

If you have any trouble with the game, please email me, particularly if you have bought the game and are not able to play it. I will give your money back with no questions asked if you aren’t 100% satisfied with your purchase (although, those who don’t try the demo first will have to put up with some scolding!)

brendan@elliptic-games.com
www.elliptic-games.com

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Windows Vista (or above) and a DirectX10-capable video card are required!
Minimum:

* Graphics Card with 512MB VRAM
* Dual Core Processor
Recommended:

* Graphics Card with 1024MB VRAM
* Quad-Core processor
Problem Areas:

* Some users have reported bad performance with Intel video cards

If you feel you have information that can help flesh out this list- please send to me! After all, I can only test on ONE computer so I need your help! :)
IMPORTANT KNOWN ISSUES
ENEMIES CURRENTLY RESPAWN

I added a feature to turn off enemy respawning, so that you could clear out a planet. Unfortunately this feature turned out to be broken at the last minute so I removed it. I will add it back in at a later date
RODINA CRASHES WHEN SOME USERS TRY TO RECORD VIDEO

A handful of users have reported that when they try to record videos with apps like Fraps and Dxtory, their game occasionally crashes and ruins their video. I haven’t definitively fixed this problem but I have reason to believe that it is because of some conflict with my music streaming library.

Workaround: There is a new option at the bottom of the options menu called “[debug] disable music”. Setting this option to “Yes” will turn music off completly, and MAY help with this crash.

VERSION HISTORY

**** RODINA 1.1.3 ***** New Feature: Atmospheric Pressure simulated between each room and in space / on planets. Opening all doors on your ship causes explosive decompression. Fires cannot exist without atmosphere* New Feature: Jetpack* New Option: Gobal particle multiplier for Limnal performance on low-spec machines* New Option: Planet Map size, for reducing lag on low-spec machines* Crash Fix: Remove Steam wrapper* Bug Fix: Do not allow players to change the tileset in the airlock* Bug Fix: Directions of missile flames and enemy ship trails* Optimizations to AI**** RODINA 1.1.2 ***** New Feature: Added ability to choose video card in options menu. WARNING: May cause crash on start!* New feature: –default_video_adapter command line option, for fixing crashes caused by mucking with video cards* New Feature: Enabled Offline Mode for Steam* Crash Fix: Fixed problem with projectiles being added to physics world multiple times* Crash Fix: Fixed error with removing terrain from a planet that no longer exists* New control options.- Invert controller and mouse separately.- Option for controlling mouse “acceleration” in ship* Turn off sound / music errors by default* Better Steam error reporting**** RODINA 1.1.1 ***** New Feature: Steam Integration. Error reporting / Registration changes / Cloud Support* Improved atmospheric shading and planetary ambient lights (primarily for improving Jarilo)* Fixed bug that allowed fires to escape outside the ship interior**** RODINA 1.1.0 ***** New Feature: Ship fires (and extinguisher) (including tons of small fixes/changes)* New Feature: Light variations inside the ship (alarm / dead ship)* New Feature: Empty map file for starting with fresh interior map* Fixed terrible bug that would prevent ships from generating full groups after loading savegame* Removed ability to load savegame in demo mode. Now only auto-loads are allowed.* Hint for atmospheric entry* Fix crash going straight from Limnal Warp to character mode* Button to restore default key bindings* Help info for options menu* Optimized distant object UI (icon) management**** RODINA 1.0.4 ***** New Feature: Autosaves* New Feature: Ship Crashing support* New Feature: Editor Undo / Redo* New Feature: Freeform and Peaceful game modes (replace Exploration mode)* New feature: “Update available” notification and setup file download* Crash Fix: Change the way planets save so they don’t crash / corrupt save games* Improved mouse handling. Better support for high-frequency mice. Smoother character rotation.* Improved atmospheric entry:- Made it less likely for the player to “punch through” atmosphere.- Reduced the difficulty of the entry process. Fixed problem with entry in 2nd or 1st gear.- Fixed save/load of atmospheric entry state.* Improved savegame management:- backup saves.- Order saves by date.- Disallow bad save names* Made ship landings slightly easier* Improved actor scheduling and management.* Added option (on by default) for enemies not to respawn* Start the game with missiles selected as the alt weapon* Fixed combat music resetting forever after player escapes combat with Limnal Drive* New camera shake option* Fix missiles that are loaded from savegame not being shootable* Auto-load last savegame when the player dies* Added ultra-low terrain detail options* No piloting destroyed ships* Don’t constantly scan to refresh scripts* Slightly improved thread management* Improved alpha object sorting* Fixed lighting on bomber ship**** RODINA 1.0.3 ***** New Feature: Gamepad support!* New Feature: Headlights / Flashlights on the ship and character (Press “G” or “Direction pad left”)* New Feature: Mouse smoothing* Crash Fix: Don’t crash when loading a bad shader cache file. Try again or recompile shader.* Crash Fix: Use tempfiles when saving savegames so that they aren’t corrupted if the game crashes* Updated mysterious signal files to make them a bit easier.* Don’t move ship/player around when loading the game on an asteroid* Eliminate phantom keypress (Windows key) which overrides all other keypresses* Fade combat music into exploration music* Fixed problem where bad identifiers caused profiles not to load**** RODINA 1.0.2 ***** Crash Fix: MOPP creation failure for users in non-US locale**** RODINA 1.0.1 ***** Crash Fix: DirectX Initialization failing on some machines* Crash Fix: Not handling no MSAA support* Crash Fix: Included the correct prerequisite to install XINPUT1_3.dll* Game Breaker Fix: Failure to save state in Exploration Mode* Game Breaker Fix: Collecting all the books on a planet led to unending error messages* Added “Enable Console” option in the options menu* Added “Fix Player” button on the pause menu* Added better turning speed options* Added invert Y options* Shorten length of tutorial messages* Hide big asteroids when player gets Cruise Engine so they don’t try flying across the solar system.* Make small asteroid icons a bit brighter and more noticable* Minimum gravity for ships on small asteroids to make landing easier* Fixed bug where Jarilo books would show up on Perun* Changed the name of some key bindings* Made Limnal Drive less affected by gravity, reduced its drift and shaking slightly* Added MovementDifficulty for those who are having trouble with Limnal Drive, Atmospheric Entry* YOU DIED message on death* Allow loading savegames in demo mode when the player dies.