Onset v1.8.0-alpha

[Talos]

Onset 1.8.0-alpha (Protocol Compatibility 9)

Client changelog

• Improve pine tree LODs and increase their draw distance.
• Improve look of pine and beech trees during night.
• Improve forest vegetation.
• Player can no longer enter the vehicle while reloading.
• Some map collision fixes.
• Improve body, lower head (neck) textures, and body mask texture.
• Fix crash related to On*NetworkUpdatePropertyValue event.
• New Lua functions:
  • GetObjectStaticMeshComponent
  • GetNPCSkeletalMeshComponent
  • GetPickupStaticMeshComponent
  • SetPlayerClothingPreset, SetNPCClothingPreset (works like the old model system in case you don't want to manually set each clothing item)
  • SetPlayerOutline
  • HexToRGBAFloat
  • DrawTexture
  • DrawTextureEx
  • DrawMaterial
• Add some materials that you can use to do basic shading
  • /Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_OpaqueLit
    ColorParameters: BaseColor, Metallic, Specular, Roughness, EmissiveColor
    FloatParmeters: EmissiveMultiplier
  • /Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_OpaqueUnlit (Fastest rendering)
    ColorParameters: EmissiveColor
    FloatParmeters: EmissiveMultiplier
  • /Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_TranslucentLit (Use alpha value of BaseColor to control translucency)
  • /Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_GenericTexture
    TextureParameters: BaseColorTexture
    ColorParameters: BaseColor, Metallic, Roughness, EmissiveColor
    FloatParmeters: EmissiveMultiplier
• UnrealLua enhancements:
  • USceneComponent
    • SetMobility
    • SetHiddenInGame
  • UPrimitiveComponent
    • SetPhysicsAngularVelocityInDegrees
    • SetPhysicsLinearVelocity
    • GetMaterial
  • UTexture
    • ReleaseTexture

Example UnrealLua API usage

function SetPickupColor(pickup, HexColor, materialslot = 0)
    local StaticMeshComponent = GetPickupStaticMeshComponent(pickup)
    StaticMeshComponent:SetMaterial(materialslot, UMaterialInterface.LoadFromAsset("/Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_OpaqueLit"))
    local MaterialInstance = StaticMeshComponent:CreateDynamicMaterialInstance(materialslot)
    local r, g, b, a = HexToRGBAFloat(HexColor)
    MaterialInstance:SetColorParameter("BaseColor", FLinearColor(r, g, b, a))
end

function SetVehicleTexture(vehicle, texture, materialslot)
    local SkeletalMeshComponent = GetVehicleSkeletalMeshComponent(vehicle)
    SkeletalMeshComponent:SetMaterial(materialslot, UMaterialInterface.LoadFromAsset("/Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_GenericTexture"))
    local MaterialInstance = SkeletalMeshComponent:CreateDynamicMaterialInstance(materialslot)
    MaterialInstance:SetTextureParameter("BaseColorTexture", UTexture2D.LoadFromAsset(texture))
    MaterialInstance:SetColorParameter("BaseColor", FLinearColor(1.1, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0)) -- Give it a small red shift
end

function SetVehicleTextureFile(vehicle, textureFile, materialslot)
    local SkeletalMeshComponent = GetVehicleSkeletalMeshComponent(vehicle)
    SkeletalMeshComponent:SetMaterial(materialslot, UMaterialInterface.LoadFromAsset("/Game/Scripting/Materials/MI_GenericTexture"))
    local MaterialInstance = SkeletalMeshComponent:CreateDynamicMaterialInstance(materialslot)
    local Texture2D = UTexture2D.LoadFromFile(texture)
    MaterialInstance:SetTextureParameter("BaseColorTexture", Texture2D)

    -- UTexture2D.LoadFromFile holds a reference to the texture loaded from file. Reuse it as often as you can to save GPU memory!
    -- When you no longer need it, free the texture by calling Texture2D:Release()
    -- If you loose the reference to a texture object it will be released when Lua's garbage collector runs.
    return Texture2D
end

New clothing items

/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_Jeans01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_Pullover
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_ShirtCombo01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_Shoes01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_Shorts01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_TShirt01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_TShirtShorts01
/Game/CharacterModels/Clothing/Meshes/SK_Undershirt01

Server changelog

• Remove model identifier from NPCs (apply clothing items the same way as you do for players)
• Improve accuracy for object locations (@Swizz)
• Remove CreateLight, a much better solution will be possible with the UnrealLua API in one of the next updates
• Remove SetPickupVisibleForPlayers
• Add SetPickupVisibility, SetText3DVisibility
• Add SetPlayerRagdoll, SetNPCRagdoll
• Add HexToRGBAFloat
• Add SetPlayerVoiceDimension

Update Steam libraries, steam_api64.dll, libsteam_api.so, steamclient.so.

This update has less content as usual because I'm finishing the map behind the scenes.