The 2.6 update has a lot of new features. But unfortunately I'm going to have to need to postpone certain features so the update gets released on time.
These features include: The 6.0 Weapon system, all items will remain the same and the new end game Winner GUI with the new reward system.
Both of these features need more time to be developed to guarantee them working upon release.
More detailed explanations are as follows: Spending time editing and creating both these new features would probably mean the update won't be released during January, which I can't allow because people have been waiting a while for the new items and map. Another reason is that, starting February first; I won't get the same amount of time to work on the game as I did during the Christmas break and the month of January.
The new Winner GUI will take a good couple of days to design, while the new reward system will take even longer. The amount of work required to incorporate a new system of tracking how well the player did during a game, balancing the right amount of rewards for that, as well as changing all the prices and items in the game to reflect this new amount would take a long period of time.
The 6.0 Weapon system also has a few issues. While I've managed to get it working, and it functions without glitches. Adding in just the Shotguns (the only weapons I've converted so far), would mean I'd have to temporarily re-code the Inventory GUI and Shops to account for two different types of weapons (the way their stats are saved are slightly different), so it would be easier for me to convert every weapon over to the new system, instead of a select few. This means however; I can't finish all of these before January is over, since it takes quite a while to convert and rebalance the items.
The 2.6 update still has a lot of new features and improvements, and hopefully after the new patch notes are out you'll agree. :)
The postponed features will still appear in the new patch notes, but will be crossed out so you can still read them, but they won't be in the new update.
The new update is expected to be released this weekend.
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