Hello! It's been 9 months since the last update of Team Kinetic. I've decided to take a break from focusing on these characters to focus on different projects. Another reason why I wanted to take so long was to do a lot more than just bug fixing the characters (v2.0.1 - v2.0.3 was something because I missed a few things.) So, this isn't going to be a typical v2.0.4 patch. Instead,
it's going to be a Version 2.1 update. This update is very big one who I'm going to list the highlights that you'll see in this update.
| Vesola ability improvements. |
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Back in v2.0, Vesola had some interesting moveset that involved using the power of plants. However, I felt like her abilities could be better in a way to make her gameplay more fun and reliable. Starting with her Petal Twirl, it now gives proper Z momentum when flying after falling down fast. Sting Strike allows the player to take aim and strike down at enemies. You can then use petal twirl or sting strike again after landing successful hits. And lastly, Flower Boost and Vine Spikes have swapped places for the on-ground spin abilities. When charged for vine spikes, you can now see where they're going to spawn. Their hitboxes are bigger, and you can spawn a fourth spike for more consecutive hits.
| Battle Rework |
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Thanks to a few ideas and coding from a few others, we decided to rework a few things for Team Kinetic for Battle. We even did some testing with the new abilities and changes that each characters have. Here's a list on what's been changed:
Dirk's snow mine has revamp so that it acts like a ball when it lands. You can even pick up the snow bomb and throw it at your foes! Also, returning from the kinetic duo update, frost stun is back with small improvements. Frozen players also don't fly high anymore and stay on the ground. They even take damage if left frozen for too long.
Out of the 3, Whirl was the most infuriating to fight against. Mainly because of his ram charge being used. So, we did our best to figure out a solution to balance him in some scenarios. The big one is giving him an overheat system for gametypes like CTF and Diamond. Where using ram charge for too long while holding the flag/diamond locks you out of using Ram Charge for a while. We also gave him the Ground Drill ability, a minor upgrade to Tornado Top.
Vesola hasn't gotten a lot of changes unlike Dirk and Whirl. But we made Petal Bullets a little bit better to use overrall. The bullets and bigger hitboxes and they follow your trajectory without staying in place. You can also move freely around with the move activated.
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| Team Kinetic Character Option |
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The new addition of the Character Select is the option to play as the entire team at once! No kidding! Take control of Dirk, Whirl, and Vesola as a team, and you can switch between characters on the fly! Just like Sonic heroes, switch between characters using the CUSTOM1 and CUSTOM2 buttons when you have moments to do so. With working as a team, there are no limits on what you can do to stop Eggman and his schemes! Go Wild and play through your adventures in any way you like!
Team Kinetic also features voice acting for the team. You can toggle the option by using the "TKVoices" command in the console. It even saves your options as well!
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This wraps up the main features that version 2.1 has for you guys. I would like to give shouts to these people who helped me through this:
CyanKnight- Hosting test netgames for Team Kinetic and giving out some feedback
Felixlumyni- Lua scripting for Dirk and Whirl's rework, as well as helping me out when I was struggling figuring out lua on my own. Your assistance is very appreciated!
Icezer- Fixing Vesola's Z momentum for her petal twirl. Thanks for the small contribute.
Krabs- Pointing out a few ideas that could make the experience a lot better. Thanks a bunch!
Lach- Providing me the scripts for the intial load scripts system, as well as assisting the Team Kinetic spawn system. Your work is amazing and keep up with what you do best!
LilacChips- Setting up some ideas for the rework. Mostly for Dirk's new abilities. Your ideas really helped and I enjoyed them while we were testing.
SuperPhanto- Providing the "legacy dirk" skincolor. A throwback to Dirk's SpecialColor seen in Dirk's intial debut. Thanks for the small additons and cool reference.
Also, a big thanks to the buddies on Discord for helping me test out Team Kinetic. And a huge thanks to
TheDragonSkylar, GreenBeanXP, & Kamea Singer for providing Voice Acting to Team Kinetic. Very talented people!
And without further ado, here's the changelog for Version 2.1!
| Version 2.1 Changelog |
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- General -
- You can now only play the addon if you have the game version v2.2.10 and up due to the game's features.
- Added "team kinetic" character option. Play as the entire team at once and press Custom1 and Custom2 to switch on the fly.
- Added voices to said option. Can be enabled and disabled with the new command "TKVoices". On by default and the settings can be saved.
- Added "legacy dirk" skincolor. A throwback skincolor to Dirk's "specialcolor" back in SRB2 v2.1. Created by SuperPhanto
- Reprogrammed the bots to be a lot more intelligent. All thanks to CobaltBW technology.
- Reworked battle mod support with new abilities (Mostly for Dirk and Whirl). Check the characters for more details.
- Reorganized the files and added an initial loading system. |
- Dirk -
// General //
- Removed speed cap when ascending. Don't think you can cheese through sections easily though.
- Dirk's AI bot now allows itself to ice surf if the player presses spin while near them. You can also ride it's ice surf and control its directions.
(Move left: Turn left)
(Move right: Turn right)
(Move forward: Rise)
// Battle //
- Replaced snow mine with snow bomb. A bomb that detonates a few seconds later or when anyone makes contact. You can also carry your own bomb.
- Returning from the KineticDuo update, Frost Stun replaces Ice Wall. It now charges faster and has better indication.
- Frozen players no longer fly upwards and now remain on ground. Staying frozen too long will also damage the player.
// Bug-fixes //
- Dirk no longer slips off Ice Surf with momentum mods, such as Xmomentum. |
- Whirl -
// General //
- New jump sound
- Whirl bot now drills if the player themselves are grounded. It also doesn't drill itself into hazards if its over them and when the player lands.
- Players can alternatively stop ram charge in the air by holding down backwards.
- Removed several SPR2 slots and made use of SRB2's existing SPR2s. DRIL is now MLEE, and COIL is now BNCE.
// Battle //
- Ram Charge now only has a single priorities instead of having two depending how fast you go. It's now full used for Ram Charge
- Reprogrammed Tornado Top to have it spawn rocks. Hold down the action button to continuosuly drill. Not too long or else you will overheat!
- Added in an overheat function for Ram Charge while holding the flag. Using ram charge for too long will disable the ability for a few seconds.
- Added stun collision when running into another whirl player that is also using ram charge. This also effects Blaze's flare boost too.
// Bug-fixes //
- Whirl's propeller drill can now break breakable floors when flipped gravity.
- Whirl's bot now follows player's control input.
- Ram Charge barrier sprite no longer shows up with chase cam off.
- Ram charge barrier now despawn when charging into speed panels and bummers and the previous one no longer lingers. |
- Vesola -
// General //
- Reworked Vesola's moveset entirely. Yes really.
- New jump sound
- Petal Twirl now ascends a lot better when falling at high speeds.
- Added a smoother twirl animation when exiting out of petal twirl.
- Sting Strike has been revamped. Players now hold down spin in mid-air to hover and prepare the strike. Releasing spin now shoots down.
- Sting strike falling speed is now faster.
- Landing hits with sting strike now resets all flags. Allowing players to either land another hit, or use petal twirl for more height.
- Flower boost and vine spike have swapped places.
- Vine spikes has a few additions. Added reticles for where the vines will spawn and added a 4th vine spike to the attack. Hitboxes are now bigger for better consistent hits.
- Vine spikes are now color coded in single player.
- Removed petal particles when charging.
- Vesola bot controls have changed. Jumping near the bot has then use petal twirl and gets the player to latch on. Press spin while latching to have the bot cancel it. Press spin near the bot to spawn in the flower boost.
// Battle //
- Buffed petal twirl flight speed.
- Reduced cooldown time for vine spikes (4 seconds > 2 seconds)
- Charging flower boost and vine spikes slows down your speed when carrying the flag.
- Sting strike ignored bouncing when holding the flag.
- String strike uses an exhaust function when carrying the flag. Making timing more stricted.
- Restored proper vine spike switch.
- Petal bullets have been heavily buffed. Hit boxes are now slightly bigger, they follow the player's aim direction, and line up is now always consistent when firing. You can also move around freely.
// Bugfixes //
- Sting strike now breaks breakable floors when flipped gravity.
- Petal twirl barrier sprite no longer shows up with chase cam off. |
