Latest patch notes adds dynamic music, more

Join us at www.ageofascent.com for a 30 min playtest Saturday, Aug 10, 2014 at 8pm UTC, 3pm Central US, 4pm East US, 9pm UK

Release notes for this week’s test:

We made a lot of progress; and added dynamic music back in!

• Target weapon impact sounds
• Hit detection and ‘firing solution available’ have been fixed
• Complete Cloud Engine rework
  • Hardware accelerated SIMD calculations using RyuJIT
  • Moved to .NET 4.5.2 to take advantage of WebSocket buffer fix
  • Vastly improved inter-thread communication
  • Playtest setup has been automated and complexity reduced
• Browser <-> Cloud messages fixed
• Scores and player counts update fast and correct
• Names, team colours correct
• Trails no longer go crazy on ship respawn
• Old events not played back on respawn
• Missing ship names fixed
• Tally board showing correct data
• Shields correctly respond at impact time rather than before
• Fixed “who destroyed” you not displaying
• Your hit shield lights up more clearly
• Trails now display for all ships
• Reduced weapon fire sound
• Shortened weapon visible range to reflect accurate range
• Reduced GPU pipeline stalls
• Dynamic music is back in game
• NPC disconnection bug resolved
• NPCs now respawn correctly
• NPCs aren’t attacking but will respond to attackers
• NPCs speed now varies
• NPCs renamed to “Defense Force N”