Potential crash, Desura MkIII

If you have bought and played BOMB Mk I or Mk II on Desura, then you may have experienced a crash during gameplay with the Mk III or in the options menu.

There are 2 ways to fix that issue:

Delete the file “[user]/documents/BOMB/config/input.cfg”. Doing this will reset the inputs to the “factory settings”.
You could also edit the file “[user]/documents/BOMB/config/input.cfg” and replace all occurrences of “65535” by “0”

This way the game should run fine.

Developer update 12

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Mk III !

This is it, the Mk III development has been completed. The release on Steam has been scheduled for august the first at 5pm PDT, ie 2am in western Europe.

The changelog

Added

The “fjord” environment.
The Act III and it’s six missions
A new playable aircraft, the KGP XVII Puffin, an heavy fighter/bomber, fast, well armed, but with a low maneuverability.
The Race multi-player mode, still in beta(there is a lot of game design to do on this one)
The server browser using SteamWorks. Therefore, if you only own the game on Desura, you won’t be able to use it.
The internal guns now light the aircraft when fired. This may come in the future for external guns too.(there is a gif demonstrating the effect later on this page)
There is now collisions with the trees.

Enhancement

The behavior of aircrafts when grounded is much better than in the Mk II.
The AI has been improved and now reacts more smoothly and is less given to splash in water.
Turrets have been improved.
The shield effect has been improved.
You can now configure the dead zones for your gamepad/joystick analog axis.
The aircraft’s labels are now clearer when aircrafts are out of the screen.
The general sound mixing has been improved.

Bug Fixes

A lot of crashes and bugs have been resolved.
The netcode is more stable.

The new effect of the guns:

A bunch of screen shots from a mission of the third Act.

A few pics from one of the last multiplayer test with some friends:

Finally, some pics of a nice bug due to an error in the texture conversion script to the .dds format.

Even being colourblind I can see there is a problem

Developer update 12 (fr)

Read this post in english.

Mk III !

Ça y est, la Mk III est finie. La sortie sur Steam est prévue pour vendredi 1er aout à 17h PDT, ce qui correspond plus ou moins à 2h du matin chez nous.

Le changelog

Ajouts

Environnement des fjords.
L’acte III au complet avec ses 6 missions.
Un nouvel avion jouable en multi-joueurs, le KGP XVII Macareux, un bombardier/avion d’attaque rapide, bien armé mais peu maniable.
Le mode course , toujours en bêta (il reste pas mal de game design à faire.)
Le server browser en utilisant SteamWorks. Par conséquent, si on ne possède le jeu que sur Desura, on ne pourra pas utiliser le server browser.
Les canons (internes) éclairent dorénavant l’avion lorsqu’ils tirent. Cela viendra peut être pour les canons externes.(voir gif plus bas)
Les arbres ont désormais des collisions.

Améliorations:

Le comportement des avions au sol a été grandement amélioré depuis la Mk II.
L’IA a encore été améliorée, elle a un pilotage plus souple et a moins tendance à se crasher dans l’eau.
Les tourelles ont été améliorées.
L’effet du bouclier a été modifié.
On peut désormais configurer les “dead zones” des axes de manettes/joystick.
Les étiquettes des avions sont plus lisibles lorsque les avions ne sont pas dans l’écran.
Une grosse passe a été faite sur le mixage des sons.