Version 0.037: Heat-Seeking and Target-Chasing Missiles

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    Finally after a lot of bugfixing I got to add new Features: Two new Missile types.

    • The Heat Seeking missile will chase any object that produces heat (Ships, Deathstar, Character), that is currently nearest to the Missile

    • The Target Chasing Missile: Players can lock on onto otherobjects by keeping the corsair on the target for 5 seconds. After locking on to a target, every missile shot will chase that target unil the corsair is removed from the target for 3 seconds.
    Changelog from 0.036 to 0.037


    • [SEGMENTLOADER][PERFORMANCE] better performance for the segment loader by initializing actual data only at data retrieval. This will in one hand eliminate the problem, that empty segments occupied data until short before added to buffer. On the other hand this reduces the points where something could go wrong immensly.

    • [GENERAL][FEATURE] Player characters, ships (in flight and in buildmode) are now able to translate vertically with 'Q' and 'E'. ship entering is now 'V' and breaks are now the left caps lock

    • [GENERAL][BUG] the player flying animation will no longer update, when in chat mode

    • [GRAPHICS][MEMORY] saved quite a bit of memory by reusing one texture for the descriptions of the shop panel

    • [GENERAL][BUG] Missiles were not removed from the game on round end, which could lead to possible bugs

    • [HELP][UPDATE] updated F1 help screens with new keys

    • [GENERAL][FEATURE] added a Heat Seeking Missile. This missile will lock on to the nearest target (never the one who shot the missile). The target can be either a ship, a character in space, or a deathstar

    • [GENERAL][FEATURE] added a Target Chasing Missile. This missile can be locked on by holding the ships corsair at the target for 5 seconds. The missile will then instantly fly a direct route to the target.

    • [GRAPHICS][FEATURE] added HUD functionality and graphics for locking on to target

    • [GRAPHICS][TEXTURE] added icons and shop textures for the new missiles

    • [GRAPHICS][TEXTURE] added missile textures. (Work in progress)

    • [GENERAL][BUG] fixed bug that occurred in 0.036 where a single player game would crash on startup