Mega Mall Simulator
Changelog
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0.2.1 - Handtrucks and Storages
Handtruck System
• Handtruck system, which can store up to 5 cardboardboxes
• Control handtruck
• Add cardboardboxes to the handtruck
• Radial menu to select / take a cardboardbox
• Visualize stored cardboardboxes in storageContainer
• Saving / Loading system for storageContainers
• Saving / Loading system for Handtrucks (vehicles)
Storage shelves / racks
• Store cardboardboxes of the same type in storage compartment
Workstations
• Workstation Framework for future employee system
• Manual Vehicle Workstation (stow / unrack the e.g. Handtruck)
Internal Framework
• Generic radial menu system
• Storage Containers (Framework to store cardboardboxes)
• Vehicle Framework (Manual Vehicles like Handtrucks depend on it)
• Audio System (Files will be stored differently)
• All objects with IDs (furniture, objects, products) should be based on a branch or as global - same for the translationIDs
• Improve hotkey user-interface
• Better animation system to improve performance
• LinkedObjects system (linkedIDs are needed for saving / loading)
Fixes
• Synchronize cardboardbox impact sound
• Split cardboardbox hotkey ui to open / close
• add hotkeys for trash cans, compartment tags
• Cardboardbox glitches when sprinting
• Furnitures: validating holding mouse to pickup, dont resets on failure
• Handtruck: cbb dont fall to ground anymore when picking up
• Other fixes
Improvements
• Quick interaction hotkey display next to cursor
• Cardboardboxes for Tools
User Interface
• Pause menu stats & version display rework
• Ingame Menu color accent tweaks
0.2.0 - Player Controller & Multiplayer
Player Controller
• better movements - first person updating
• Player animations
• third person system
• switch between first and third person
• integration into systems / bug fixing
Multiplayer
• Multiplayer framework
• Make Manager Scripts Multiplayer Compatible
• Multiplayer Menu to join game
• Synchronize Objects
• Multiplayer fixes
Steamworks API
• Multiplayer Integration
• Friends Integration
0.1.10 - Sounds and Settings
Sound effects
• Audio System
• Sound: Cash Register
• Sound: Cardboardboxes
• Sound: Doors?
• Sound: User Interface
• Sound: Interacting / Placing
• Sound Implementation for ingame UI
Background Music
• Music Menu
• Music playlists (5 + 1)
Settings Menu
• Tab: Settings_general
• Tab: Settings_graphics
• Tab: Settings_audio
• Tab: Settings_hotkeys
• Tab: Settings_performance
Systems
• Console System
• Settings: Language Selection + Localization
• Settings: Currency Selection
• Loading Screen: Tips System
• Saving System: autosaving
• Saving System: Upgrade savefiles to new version (to fix changes in saving format)
Commands
• Command: savegame
• Command: quit game or return to menu
• Command: giveFurniture in cardboardbox
• Command: giveProduct in cardboardbox
• Command: remove Holding Item or tools
Fixes (Objects)
• Cash Register: fix rounding error
• Cash Register: add visual object to see if closed
• Compartments: add offset for filling rotaton to always fill compartments from the back to the front
• Compartments: fix that the first price is wrong (when inserting products)
• Compartments: replace current text with 3d text
• Furniture: objects need collider for blocked area to disallow placing inside walking areas
• Furniture: visualize walking area
• Furniture: store toolbar data in furniture dataso instead of in each furniture --> extended furnitureData as part of new class objectData
• Cardboardbox: fix that cardboardboxes are not glitching away when trying to open them
• Cardboardbox: fix that cardboardboxes can be opened even when their empty (except for furniture boxes)
• Cardboardbox: fix that hotkeys get shown when placing mode get cancelled and after creating a cardboardbox
• and more
Fixes (Visuals and systems)
• UI: set border color of selected savegame to purple in loading game menu
• UI: store previous tabs in main menu and return to them when pressing escape one by one instead of returning to the last tab only
• UI: add Icons to all stats in the savegame information panel
• UI: implement custom difficulty system in new game creation menu
• UI: disable getting back to previous tab when selecting "escape" key in hotkey menu
• building system: disable that objects can be picked up when npcs are interacting | add option to toggle object as unuseable (for new npcs)
• building system: fix that objects snap better to surrounding objects
• selecting system: fix that selecting objects feel smoother and more accurate
• settings: fix that
when starting game, language resets to english
• settings: adjust premade quality settings
• and more visuals and systems
Internal Framework
• Project Splitting into Coding and Mapping Environment for faster development
0.1.9.1 - System Overhaul
Cash Register
• Money Selection rework
• sitting down is not working correctly
Compartments
• Instantiate items based on the comp rotation (remove current limit of a 90° angle and switch it to an dynamic angle)
Building System
• better placing system
restructure placing system
snap to objects and structure
visual improvements (display grid when placing)
visual improvements (highlight to display placeability)
visual improvements (better hotkey help menu)
• better placing validation system
validationVectors wil be placed on edge of objects --> draw ray to detect floors
validationSquares will be created with vectors --> decteion if object overlaps --> cant be placed
• interaction when placing / removing object with store / floor to set new data like amenitiets (for 0.4.0)
• implement new placing system to all existing objects
• scale furniture from same collection to same unit
Store system
• implement data for future features
• set ownership of objects
• set amenitites
Interaction system
• Interaction system is now based on mouse hovering. Hovered InteractionObjects within 2.4m will be highlighted.
• Condition for highlighting. none, specific item in hand
• Objects converted to interaction objects: Door, Furniture, Cardboardboxes, Compartments, PriceTag, ProductTag, CashRegister, Tools
HoldingItem system
• rework system that the interaction gets parsed from interaction script to item to interact instead of player script
Rework User Interface
• effects on hovering / clicking
• reworked Cash Register UI fonts
• reworked Tool System UI
• reworked Hotkey UI (and hotkey grouping with headline)
• reworked Price Adjustment UI
• new UI elements (toolbar, map preview)
0.1.9 - Game Menu
Saving and Loading System
• Saving System
• Loading System
Main Menu
• Tab: main menu
• Tab: game selection
• Tab: new game
• Tab: save game
• Tab: play game - loading screen
• Tab: pause game
• Tab: DLCs
Stat system
• pause menu stats
• save game stats
Internal Methods
• Trash can system (to destroy empty cardboardboxes)
• Object Interaction is now condition based (for this we rewrited functions to work with new system)
• new ids for all objects
Navigation System update
• customer calculate waypoints when entering store
• rework customer getting next waypoint system
• store waypoints calculated by distance for efficient route
Fixes
• Saving: cardboardboxes holded by player dont get loaded correctly from savefile
• Customer: npcs dont walk to compartment waypoints
Switching rendering pipeline to URP
• switching rendering pipeline for better performance
• applying fixes
• added a little post processing for better graphics
0.1.8 - NPC / Customer System
Customer Walking to specific destination
• System that customer can walk up to an specific destination (waypoint)
• Walking Humans as NPCs
Customer population
• Instantiate Customer
• Customer Traits and Product Traits
• Filter available products based on traits, need and other influences
• Generate wanted product list
• Set waypoints
Shelves Interaction
• Grab items out of compartments (system)
• Grabbing items in shelf
• Grabbing items in fridge
• Grabbing items in freezer
• Apply to all furniture
• Open doors
• Put items in bag (without displaying inside - this feature will be implemented with shopping carts)
Cash register interaction
• Place items on belt
• Payment system:
• Give money
• Use card
0.1.7 - Cash Register system
Cash Register Software
• Display purchased products (for customer) - smaller screen with less information
• Screen with cash register software to see al purchased products
• Window with all products from different categories (some products need to be added manually)
• Payment Window to start payment process
• Place products on cash register belt
• Scan products with animation (via cash register)
• Sit down and interact with cash register
• Highlight system for cash register
• Scanner tool (if a product cant be scanned --> small event)
• Put items automatically away
• Payment Method: Card
• Payment Method: Cash
--> Give customer change system
• Close / open cash register
Fixes
• Rotation for holdingItem
• Merge cardboardboxes with same product
0.1.6 - Product Manager, Tools and User Interface
Object Manager
• Internal data manager for all products
• Internal data manager for all furniture
• Internal data manager for all cardboardboxes
Tool System
• Tools system
• Price tag gun
• Tool menu
Product Pricing
• Remove product from compartment
• Adjust pricing menu
Fixes
• Highlighting fix (new highlighting system)
• Hotkey menu
• Furniture interaction menu (cursor to pickup, info messages)
• Cardboardbox contain information of the product / furniture inside, shelf product tag contain image of product
• Ceiling placement mode
• Toolbar and product icons
0.1.5 - Relocating Furniture
New / Extend Placing System
• Placing modes (on wall, on ground, on top of objects)
• Grid placement
• Grid modes
• Better check system
Better employee controller framework to allow players to have more features
Furniture Placing System
• Pickup Furniture
• Place furniture from box
• Put furniture in box
• Placing furniture
• display area where objects cant be placed
• setup all furniture to be placeable (via setting up prefabs for the placing system)
Current Furniture
• Shelves (base, single, corner-inner, corner-outer, half, half-corner-inner, half-corner-outer)
• Fridges (base, single)
• Freezer (base, single)
• Checkout Counter
0.1.4 - Shelves
Shelves
• Shelve refill
• Door system
• Take objects out of shelve
Shelve Type
• shelf
• fridge
• freezer
Display fix
• better item display based on rotation (current limitation is angle of 90°)
• stack items on top of each other
• better cardboardbox display fix due to changing from premade positions to dynamic positions based on the shelve system
0.1.3 - Cardboardboxes
Cardboardbox System
• Display products in cardboardbox based on postion and offset
0.1.2 - Placing System
Basic Placement
• Place objects on ground
• Rotate objects
0.1.1 - Player Interaction
Object Interaction
• grab objects
Cardboardbox System
• open
• close
• throw
0.1.0 - Player Controller
First Person Player Controller
• Walking
• Sprinting
• Jumping