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PURE ONYX - August 31, 2022 Test Release
🕑 Added 2022-09-01 03:26:36 +0000 UTCHey again!
Here's the August test release of Pure Onyx!
- TEST RELEASE DOWNLOAD (Mega)
- TEST RELEASE DOWNLOAD (Google Drive - Use if Mega is slow)
**CONTROLS HAVE CHANGED (see change log)!!*
As mentioned in the progress update, the two major features we've added are traps/environment-based damage and the player dodge ability.
Firstly, regarding traps, I highly recommend checking out the Red-Light stage to see these in full swing.
We focused on two examples. The first is the explosive barrel. This is, at least for now, more of a boon to the player as only Onyx and other environment damage are able to trigger its detonation. Upon being damaged, the barrel begins a pre-detonation timer, after which it explodes, hitting anyone (including enemies) nearby. Afterward, damaging fire persists on the ground for a time. This can be used to help take out packs of enemies (well, once we scale its damage up anyways).
The second trap we've added is a pyrotechnic trap in the Red-Light test stage. We're working on some improvements to both of these, both visual and functional.
As for dodging, we were able to add almost every feature we wanted to :D (see the progress update post for a detailed description), including the control changes to Defend and Interact / Pick Up. There are a bugs to weed out and improvements to make but it's really solid overall.
Check out the full changelog below!
Changelog
(** indicates items added or being added since the August 24 Inner Circle test release. The following is only a list of player-facing changes, unless otherwise noted:)
H Scenes
- ** Fixed issue where enabling H content on Red-Light stage during an enemy encounter would cause the background H scenes to try to gather bystanders, sometimes calling enemies from across the map and soft locking the game.
- Added SFW StruggleIntro/Loop for Onyx's Vioreaper scenes so that it is compatible with adult content filter (when H content is turned off)
- Reaching max exhaustion no longer instantly ends grappling -- it simply disables escape input. This allows for ensuing animations to be viewed and prevents continuity issues with animations.
Combat
- ** The player can now Dodge by holding left/right direction + pressing Shift (keyboard) / R1 (controller)
- ** Changed Defend control to Shift (keyboard) / Hold R1 (controller) while standing still.
- ** Changed Interact / PickUp control to the old Defend key/button: C (keyboard) / Circle (PS) / B (Xbox)
Stage
- ** Fixed fire SFX looping issue + improved volume levels
- Added framework for traps, attacks from non-actor sources, and damage over time attacks
- Added explosive barrels and ground fire environment hazard
- Added pyrotechnic traps to the Red-Light test stage
- Explosive barrels can now spawn during wave survival events.
Enemies
- Expanded attacks and friendly fire backend system to accommodate traps and environmental damage.
- Increased delay for standard enemies to be able to use H attacks again after an H scene ends to 5 seconds.
- Fixed enemy knockdown/ground hit animations being smoothed unintentionally. Result is the intended jolt / floor bounce.
- Crawler and Larva combat animations are much less stiff now (removed overly aggressive crossfading)
- Fixed a major issue that would occur when Larva/Crawlers were killed by anything other than Onyx
Performance / Optimization
- Knocked almost 13% off the disk size of the game.
- Splicer Looter now properly uses performance (LOD) rig during combat. Performance boost while he is onscreen.
UI
- Fixed Skip message during grappling when H content is disabled so that it is SFW.
Known Issues
Here are the newest/most relevant known issues.
- Jumping directly after Dodge will bug out Onyx's jump altitude (will be a tiny hop).
- You can cancel out of Jump Kick with Dodge during a small timing window. Definitely not intentional.
- Enemy bystanders can take damage from fire traps
- Some visual glitches involving the new traps. Fire can be overly bright. Some FX have clipping / draw order issues.
- Explosive barrels that are about to detonate will disappear if a grapple begins before it blows.
- Barrels are apparently still able to spawn inside each other.
- Onyx's shorts clip a couple times during transitions in the new H scenes. Ran out of time to do corrections :(
- Player character downed animation post H scene is currently not playing in Gallery, nor are secondary idle animations.
- Some new occurrences of enemies walking in place.
- Charger may slide around if stunned at a very specific time.
- Sounds are improperly playing during loading currently.
- Destructible objects don't receive environment lighting or cast reflections yet.
- Vioreapers are extra buzzy at the moment (even while knocked down).
- It's possible to make Onyx invisible through some combination of opening console / enabling God Mode while Onyx is flashing due to respawning
- Bat Bunny is missing her serving tray in her idle pose during actor selection in the H gallery.
- Blocky shading artifacts appear on both FemCop and Onyx if they are covered in liquid while lit by FemCop's forcefield. This is due to a shader conflict with the newly optimized liquid and the lighting technique used for the forcefield. We're working on a fix ^-^.
- Larva/Crawlers (and Vioreapers too) currently use humanoid bystander behaviors.
- Crawlers' spit attack has a splash AoE where the projectile lands, but FX graphics aren't in for it yet, so it can appear as if Onyx is hit by nothing if she's standing nearby a landing spitball.
- FemCop's force field doesn't emit light properly when the scene is mirrored.
- It's possible for FemCop's forcefield to spawn on top of bystander enemies.
- Splicer Thug needs new bystander animations before his section of the Chain Splicer's H scene.
- At minimum zoom, you can see the incoming/outgoing Ball Drone used in the Runt's section of the Chain Splicer H scene before it's meant to appear.
- Some of Wraxe's combat FX need to be updated to work with new animations. Some may display as being rotated improperly or slightly out of position.
- Charger's hitbox shifts slightly after he charges. If he charges repeatedly this shift can add up to be significant. It will soon correct itself however.
- Liquid won't show on Onyx during the Thug's solo H scene. This will be fixed soon.
- The liquid spurt FX on one of the Thug's H scene finishers sometimes doesn't play. We're aware of the cause and seeing if it pops up anywhere else before fixing it.
- Infinite jabs are way overpowered against bosses right now. Jab spam will be changed to a standing combo soon-ish (among other combat improvements).
- Street Lord Wraxe sometimes blocks the view of H scenes with his big fat wraxe when he's a bystander.
Console Commands
The game isn't balanced that great yet, so some people have asked if there are ways to bypass bosses or get some help. You can use console commands for this while the game is still rough around the edges. Press the ` (backtick/tilde) key to open the console. Type any of the commands below and press enter. Press ` again to close the console.
- godmode on/off - Makes Onyx indestructible and impervious to Exhaustion.
- onepunchmode on/off - Gives Onyx the ability to kill anything with one attack.
- setwave # - Sets the enemy wave to the number specified. Changes will not be reflected in enemies until the current wave is wiped out. If you want to fight Street Lord Wraxe, who spawns on Wave 20, then set the wave to 19 and wipe out the remaining enemies.
- setgamespeed # - Multiplies the game speed by the number specified.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Currently only Windows 7/8/10 are supported. We plan on adding additional platforms if there is a demand. 8 GB of RAM and at least a 2GB graphics card are heavily recommended. If you get poor performance please let us know and post your system specs (or send to eromancergames@gmail.com ); we’re still in the early stages of gauging system requirements.
CONTROLS (UPDATED 8-31-22)
Keyboard:
- Walk = Arrow Keys
- Dash = Double tap + hold Left or Right, or Hold L Analog Stick
- Menu Controls: Confirm = Z, Cancel = X
- Interact / Pick Up = C
- Jab = Z
- Mod = CTRL
- Power Attack = Mod + Z
- Punch Combo = Forward + Z > Z > Z > Z
- Kick Combo = X > X
- Stomp = Mod + X (hits downed enemies)
- Defend = Hold Shift
- Dodge = Forward/Back + Shift
- Jump = Space
- Jump Kick = X while jumping
- Zoom In = Q
- Zoom Out = A
- Skip Struggle / H Animation = X / Space
- Skip Full H Scene = C
- Escape = Pause Menu
- F1 = Toggle Debug Overlay
- F2 = Toggle Vsync (not recommended except for testing)
- Quit = F12
Currently Supported Controllers: Xbox 360, Xbox One, Dual Shock 4. PS5 DualSense
**Note** The popular community made DS4 Windows drivers cause Unity to recognize a DualShock controller as an Xbox gamepad, and we can't tell them apart in code. This means that you'll be gifted with the untold joy of having your controller mapped by default with the wrong controls. You can fix it by rebinding the PS4 controller map, or removing the DS4 Windows drivers. (The latter is HARD, a simple uninstall isn't going to be enough)
BUG REPORTS
If you find a bug we haven’t listed in our known issues, please post the following with your description of the bug.
- Operating System (if Windows, tell us 7/8/10, etc.)
- Screenshot if applicable
- Can the bug be reproduced? If so, tell us how!
- OS language if different than English
Comments
Hey :D these are scenes where content was cut due to Patreon's requirements. Some content has been remade to fit these, but we haven't gotten around to all of it yet, and thus the "under construction" signs.
Bobby M.
I noticed that the grapple animations are Work in Progress for some characters. Do you guys have a rough time-frame when these will be finished? Purely out of curiosity, don't mean to judge. P.S. If you previously told people, my bad, I joined in September and may be out of the loop :)
Tau Volantis
Cool. Can't wait.
Yup, those videos are "cinematic mode previews" :D -- it's something we intend to implement in game.
Tau Volantis
A free cam would be cool too. Like what you do in your trailers. Or some of your other videos.
Hey :D yeah it's a bug from our recent default controls change. This will be fixed in the next update! Sorry about that D:
kasparesky
Great work so far, really enjoying the game. I have come across one issue though, I'm unable to destroy items from the inventory screen, pressing B on Xbox controller just goes back to menu. For now I have to run back to the merchant and try to sell stuff quickly if my inventory is full. Is there any fix or is this a bug?
Stephen Trout
That Onyx /w FemCop + MaleCop scene is just *chefs kiss* <3 ^^
kingyo
love long fuck sessions on onyx but also desire group fucking too wahahahaha!!!!
We just tested AZERTY :D -- it is apparently always the key below Escape and to the left of "1". In this case it's the key that outputs ²²²²² . It utilizes the same physical key location across all keyboard types.
MpMan
it's azerty i have used , as test as well, the steamvr virtual keyboard (the console key should be configurable, since the keycaps could be remapped by some people that play onyx with keyboard) by the way , where the console , is usable ?
Q / A is zoom on keyboard :D. It's the right analog stick on controllers.
Tau Volantis
Some of us like long animations and watching how fucked up onyx can get afterwards. Also maybe have the other characters be available in the gallery for sex against other enemies. Also maybe a zoom function?
Thanks very much :D
Hey! Are you using a non-QWERTY keyboard? It may be mapped to another key by default. If you are using a German QWERTZ keyboard, I believe the equivalent of this is Ö, though I could be wrong. I will ask our programmer once he's back online.
This is actually mostly complete, but we left it out because we figured people would think it's too long :D. Could always finish it up!
Tau Volantis
I just thought 🤔 💭 of this, but you have a chained splicer and thug cg as well as a chained splicer and runt cg. What if ,and hear me out here, you added a chained splicer and thug and runt cg? Just food for thought.
MpMan
i've found is the console not working : how many time i press ` anywhere (in the main menu , title , pause , ingame ) , the console never appear , so cheat code unusable :( i use a game pad for playing os :win 10 not english
Solaire22
Ahh gotcha, and I'm glad you like the idea! Pure Onyx is something I've had an eye on since seeing some gameplay from the first few public test releases, because of its quality and awesome graphics compared to other H games online. I only just joined the patreon recently and now that I've played it I gotta say it's definitely got the most potential out of any game of its kind. I got my hopes up for the next update :)
@GamingSenpai check out our monthly progress updates.
listen. there are many battle genre games like this. we are here for h screne. and wait for an update for that. Not this bullshit dynamite.
GamingSenpai
New environment, new characters, new challenge modes, New/harder enemies and etc would be ideal focus. dynamite crates aren't a need atm. Just my opinions.
Here's a good article discussing the disparity between perceived easiness and actual difficulty behind developing features. https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/-quot-the-door-problem-quot-of-game-design
I'll entertain this because even if we just "added a crate of dynamite", that alone is a big task. Doing so requires - Environment-based damage -- i.e. AI needs to know what to do when it is hit by something other than the player. Does it go swinging at the wind? - Expanding the attack system so non-actors (objects) can throw attacks - Expanding Hit states so that every tick of fire damage doesn't spiral characters into stun lock oblivion. - A pre-detonation routine for destructible objects so triggering the trap doesn't immediately blow you up. - Explaining to AI what to do about destructible objects that are both "not destroyed" and "destroyed" (i.e. pre-detonating barrels) - Damage over time mechanics for the ground fire. - "a crate of dynamite"
Nice ideas :D. Yeah, the initial framework for these mechanics takes significantly more work than adding just content. Meaning when we make ooze traps that spread sticky ooze on the ground (example) we have 75% of that ready to go by using the ground fire from explosive barrels as a base to work from. The art still takes a lot of work, but getting it in game is much simpler.
Solaire22
My favorite part of the update is probably the dodge mechanic, having more speed and mobility helps the combat feel more fluid (No pun intended). It just needs a little tuning to be more consistent and responsive, otherwise a dodge can feel more like a gamble than a useful tool. But nonetheless it actually made me feel like pretty badass in some fights against teams of fem police with each of us throwing jump kicks and dodges at each other. The traps are interesting and help make levels feel less like a walk with periodic stops. But I think they're more well suited to the survival levels better than the brawl oriented stages. Overall it was a more underwhelming update but I understand there's a lot of bugs and balancing issues that pop up and take time to fix. I'm looking forward to when the game eventually gets voice acting and customization. Features like that especially help build more relationship with the playerbase. An idea I had would be something like a heat gauge or special move bar that would reward the player for not getting hit, and once it's filled you can turn the tables on a low health enemy and activate special H scene finishers for specific enemies where Onyx is the dom for once and restores a minor percentage of exhaustion.
wtf, Waiting a month just to add a crate of dynamite?
