Added credits display to trade screen
Fixed bug in inventory screen where a failed drag from a cargo bay would make the item disappear until a refresh is triggered
Changed behavior of Escape key to exit menu if a menu is open
Fixed zone map gravity isolines to correctly track maximum gravity depth
Refactored orbit and planet data to replace reactive variables with regular ones
Removed hard zone boundaries
Fixed stuff that broke because of hard zone boundary assumption (stardust placement, vertical fog)
Added a skybox!
Removed density-based albedo boost (_TintExponent) to improve perceptual uniformity at different step sizes, reconfigured shader to achieve / surpass previous looks and performance
Cell Brush has a material editor now to enable variant selection
Enabled Caching Shader Preprocessor
Moved raymarching loop into CloudShader
Get environment settings from game manager to enable configuration / variation
Introduced slope-based nebulae damping and volumetric flow
Hid optional volumetric features behind preprocessor branches
Created shader variants selected by global keywords for all shaders depending on volumetrics
Environment settings used to configure shader variant selection
Moved dynamic lighting settings to own subclass
Dynamically adjust gravity map isoline contour depth range according to zone contents
Improved volumetric flow performance by orders of magnitude
Cleaned up old raymarching support code
Moved asteroid height calculation to vertex shader
Manual culling for asteroid field render update
Applied nebula lit shader to "planets" and asteroids
Modified gas giant shader to accept nebula lighting and to be a bit less crappy in general
Fixed raymarching depth sampling perspective distortion
Added new clouds shader with improved raymarching loop
Currently only being used in main menu (rest is coming right up!)
Removed WWise (it's nice, but all it's doing is throwing exceptions rn since we ain't about to get a license)
Fixed towing system
Tweaked Nebula Flow (a lot)
Extracted environment appearance settings into ZoneEnvironment data structure
Stardust particles now follow global flow field
Map icons now have a constant size independent of zoom level
Galaxy Map now displays zone properties when clicking on a zone
Zone generator now uses half of nebula density, means smaller and more varied zones
Stations will refuse docking to entities with insufficient clearance
Implemented hostility system - entities can mark each other as friend or foe depending on changing conditions (currently only depends on local security level)
Added "friendly" target indicators in blue
Refactor item instance to use DatabaseLink
Labels now pop up when aiming at loot
Yeeted HUD trigger group UI into the abyss
Created rebindable action bar (missing: assigning actions)
Created Consumable Items
Refactored behaviors to work on consumable items
Implemented Velocity Conversion Behavior
Added Aetheric Drive hardpoint and item behavior
Added Drive RPM UI to HUD
Fixed death not disabling continue option
Disabling global input when dialog is visible
Fixed loadout generator failure when zero price item present
Replaced fixed top speed with drag coefficients
Copied Main Menu to gameplay scene
Added Pause functionality (ESC key)
Save & Restore discovered zones
Applied vertical offset to asteroids (no more intersections!)
Nebula shader optimized to improve early exit
Nebula shader outputs light scattering to second render target
Modified depth of field shader to use nebula light scattering
Changed title font to Montserrat
Added trailer-specific camera transitions
Added key to hide UI
Fixed input listening while console is open
Added animated zone reveal effect in galaxy map
Added Ping action for sensors
Added debug console commands (e.g. give command to get any item in legendary+ quality)
Temporarily disabled wwise
Fixed infinite loop in weapon penetration code
Guided missiles now predict target position
Fixed hitscan weapons
Fixed invisible enemies bug
Fixed various loadout generator issues (can now generate turrets!)
Fixed wormhole crash when enemy is targeted
Saving/loading current zone time when exiting game (planets keep their positions)
Created slime simulation in test scene - WIP
Removed blueprint system for crafting (and excised anything depending on that)
Implemented smootherstep and used it for wormhole animation
Quality dependent durability and heat exponents are now global instead of item specific
Database list view now groups equipment by manufacturer
Thrusters can now consume energy
Weapons can have reloads even when they don't have ammo
Added ping feature to sensors, pulsing a wave of revealing light into the level
Added IEventBehavior interface, used by sensors and weapons, for behaviors containing event subscriptions which need to be reset when EntityInstance is disposed
Implemented sensor impact for locked weapons (lock speed varies with sensor acquisition)
Added ping cooldown bar to HUD
Added spline curve implementations to AetheriaMath, applied better mapping to wormhole transition animation
Tweaked loadout generator to prefer larger items to a controllable degree (e.g. very important for cargo bays, less for shop inventory), shop inventory bans non-ship hulls and manages internal space more effectively
Added stations to loadout generator
Overhauled Trade menu to sell station inventory contents
Placing stations in ZoneGenerator
Moved weapons to new item type: WeaponItemData
Implemented icon sets for weapon functionality
Renamed MegaCorporation to Faction
Implemented quality-dependent item pricing
Added unoccupied space helper function for entity
Moved sector generation settings to settings file
Modified zone generator to scale the radius and mass of a zone according to galaxy density
Added loadout generator which procedurally generates ships and turrets
Generating 3 randomized ships in each occupied zone
Fixed DatabaseCache.GetAll for parent types
Fixed wormhole traversal bug for returning to previous zone (ZoneRenderer subscriptions not being properly disposed)
Fixed Laser cancelling bug
Fixed Turrets not activating
Added ability to bind player perspective to orbital entities
Added Markov Chain name generator + Australian place name dataset
Modified old "galaxy" shader to serve as sector background
Implemented Cem Yuksel's Weighted Sample Elimination for Poisson Disk Sample Sets
Created sector generator which places sectors using WSE
Modified zone generator to create multiple fixed points with areas of influence tangent to each other and the zone boundary
Added weapon range icons
Modified gravity potential shader to fade out at maximum depth
Item Manufacturers now defined in item data
Items are generated at specific quality tiers with associated colors, displayed in title of properties panel when selected
Shield behavior now provides protection from damage at the expense of heat and energy usage
Weapon scripts check for the presence of a shield when detecting collisions (TODO: TEST ALL WEAPON TYPES)
Shields can be toggled on/off (G key)
Database cache now included in repo (saves some confusion)
Converted entity materials to new fade shader
Implemented visibility system
Refactored per-instance entity code to run inside monobehavior on entity instances
Created state machine AI for enemy ships with basic patrol and combat routines
Removed legacy AI code (controller item behaviors)
Added automatic trigger group assignment for matched weapons
Created ship collision system
Created shield VFX and colliders
Heat system remade, now guaranteed stable
Schematic heat texture is now
Radiators glow according to temperature
Added Laser weapons
Longinus has split weapon and radiator meshes, weapons can yaw 1 degree for target convergence
Articulation points can now handle 360 rotations properly
Fixed exception caused by hit spread on thin hull sections
Fixed loadout not restoring item rotation
Fixed exception in inventory panel selection
Weapons are now monolithic behaviors
Various new weapon behavior types implemented
All weapons have optional magazine and reload mechanic
Visibility now decays globally
Thermal Layer Removed
Items can be destroyed from inventory menu via drag & drop
Trade menu contains only priced items
Trade menu has filters for commodities
Conductivity can be adjusted along schematic edges
Thermals rebalanced
Minimap works again
Stardust density is now proportional to gravity depth
Generated zones are double the size and better distributed
Orbital hierarchy actually working now (!)
Station start position actually orbits something now
Max gravity strength remapped to infinity (zone boundary is properly impassable now)
