New features for the trains include arrival announcements, time plans, train passengers getting in and out of the wagons. And lastly a revamped timeline system for train as well which allowed me to create new train stations, spread across the map of Pine Island!



The Steam Locomotive 1870s

1950s Passenger Train


And the well known 2014 Hover Train!


The PLC received a big overhaul in looks and function.
The current date is now displayed on the bottom, making it easier to distinguish the current time with the required quest time!
You can now write custom notes in your journal and even write little code pieces.
This new feature is especially interesting and important for the future.

With the implantation of the Mini Script interpreter, this is now possible!
The idea is that in future updates you could make or buy cartridges with specific codes, to hack or bypass systems (If you wanted to go down that route) Or play games on it, written by other players!

This could also open the doors for possible custom code mods for AI or other interesting things of the like in future updates, so stay tuned in that regard!
Here is some reference material if you want to try it out on the PLC! A hello world example code should appear in the first save file you load after the update.

Try this little code snip out as a test:
print "hello there"
breakline
wait 2
draw 1,10,100
print "look I drew something :D"
wait 3
clear
print "ok you can go now..."

https://miniscript.org/wiki/Main_Page
https://miniscript.org/files/MiniScript-QuickRef.pdf
https://miniscript.org/files/MiniScript-Manual.pdf

Radiation Poisoning is now a real threat! So I suggest you get hold of a radiation suit, when handling uranium rods!

Should you get a lethal doze, use the "Rads Gone" pack to heal you up!

Now most liquids look like liquids! They wobble when you move them around.


I've implemented a random environment generation system. It is my hope that this way I'll be able to fill blank terrain with more interesting details and variation in every year. That means that in the future, nature would also look different. Trees could grow and forests would move.
This would be a huge plus on the evolution of the terrain over time!

Next update will likely receive its first translations, namely German and Polish! Custom Language packs will probably also be the first Workshop Items, that can easily be made then uploaded by you the players!



Now I hope you like the new additions to No Time! Change log can be viewed in full below as usual.
Enjoy the update and God bless!
-Erathor
January 31th 2022 0.7

• Added Locomotives to the late 19th century and early 20th Century
  
• Added A new train to the 20th Century till 2007
  
• Added Passengers to trains
  
• Added Time Tables at train stations, which tell you when a train is going to arrive
  
• Added different and unique reactions for Animals or Robots when being punched or thrown at with things
  
• Added a new bells sound to the church tower, which always plays at 12 made by Mroczny Gracz
  
• Added new time fragment sounds also made/ edited by Mroczny Gracz
  
• Added more things to explore in the ACT IIIs future, including a bandit cave with a treasure inside
  
• Added back the info sign on main street.
  
• Added keyboard clickings sounds to all computers
  
• Added RadAway Pills
  
• Added Radiation Suits to protect you from radiation poisoning
  
• Added Laser Bandits to the ACT III timeline
  
• Added Liquid Animations to most drinkable objects
  
• Added the cactus plant
  
• Added some randomized rocks based on the decade. (It's just some first steps into making the world more instance based and different in terrain based on the current year)
  (You can see an example of this at ben's donut shop, where I am testing this at present)
  
• Added a simple file editor to the PLC, able to add custom notes or executables with the .eee extension (if you want to play pong on the plc) ...language is mini script.
  
• Green Hazard places are now a danger to your health
  
• Added the "Hazardous Green" Achievement
  
• Exchanged the "Uranium" with "Wrapped Uranium" in ACT IIIs stores
  
• Flying robots look now like destroyed heaps if destroyed
  
• Rain & Snow Particle colors change based on the day time
  
• Revamped the PLC look and workflow... a lot
  
• Revamped the streets look
  
• Revamped the trains (workflow, lanes) some fixes for past errors
  
• Revamped the soda perfect look
  
• Revamps and fixes the box menu
  
• Lowered some memory consumption
  
• Outsourced All of Act III and any remaining hardcoded bits
  
• Fixed the midnight crash when listening to a radio station at that time
  
• Fixed the speech bubble below ground bug (when npcs below ground would make speech bubbles)
  
• Fixed Crabs from responding with human words when throwing stuff at them
  
• Fixed a bug in the Aurora Quest
  
• Fixed Toms jittery movement at the end of The Accordion Man Quest
  
• Fixed The Black Hole during the ACT III ending
  
• Fixed the wobbly/glitchy entrance of your past selves car
  
• Fixed the leviboard from making punch sounds
  
• Fixed the issue where in the prologue the secret gate would close to fast
  
• Fixed The News Paper in 2025 to state it is from 2027 (Yes it is not a time traveling paper, must have been MIM doing something to the code again)
  
• Fixed Npc Spawns to be delayed and sparse
  
• Fixed the ability of being able to craft an object with one item of the same kind needed, when two are required
  
• Removed MIM ...probably
  p1
  
• Added a draw function to the Mini Script
  
• Fixed some constant low resolution issues on the plc which had to do with the pixalation effect
  
• Fixed the graphics menu from not accepting any input
  
• Fixes to the Mini Script Workflow
  
• Fixed the tutorials button layout from saying "general"
  
• Fixed the train arrival plan from being invisible
  p2
  
• Fixed the issue of breathing sounds in the hazmat suit underwater
  
• Fixed Edwards lack of targeting enemies by focusing on defeated ones
  p3
  
• Fixed some typos
  
• Fixed some dialogue bug with bernd in the smuggling quest
  
• Some UI improvements
  
• Moved the language folder to a new location in the installation.
  
• Started some translation into German
  
• Fixed the police info tables

These past days I have been working on a couple patches that got notified to me thanks to you players!
Here are the patch notes

I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a good start into the new year!
-Erathor

p1
• Fixed The Credits Scroll from going over screen
  
• Fixed some issues with the radio not playing
  p2
  
• Darkened some of the rock terrain materials
  
• Fixed some typos
  
• Fixes to Combat AI
  p3
  
• Fixed Crabs from making Chicken Noises
  
• Fixed the ACT II Tower and Coffee sequence where in Edward would get stuck
  
• Fixed the bug where in people would not enter the pizza & coffee place
  p4
  
• Fixed more nav mesh issues during the cave part of the game
  
• Fixed fish from making chicken noises
  
• Fixed the perpetual fusion station sound
  
• Fixed an issue during ACT II when in the smuggling quest Jason would say a particular line many times in a row

I've added a new mode of defending yourself against bullies! Throw things at them!

Or you can be a nuisance to citizen, it's up to you really.
But watch out since certain items that have glass can break now upon impact!



In the next couple days you can expect some No Time collectable cards to become public!
Half of your deck gets unlocked by ongoing playtime, the rest will be gained by exchanging them with other players!

Next years Roadmap is very exciting and I wanted to share the first half of it with you!
Keep in mind the dates may be a bit vague and can be changed based on how long they will take.

January-March

• Translate the game into german
  
• First steps into mod support and a Steam Work shop (First steps will be the ability of custom items, later custom car models)
  April-May
  
• Westwood SideQuest
  
• Continuation of the Epilogue Quest
  June
  
• Translate the game into polish

I wish you a blessed Christmas time.
Gods blessings upon you all.
-Erathor

December 20th 2021 V 0.6986

• Added a quality slider for the cloud renderer
  
• Added a little camodo side story, read more in the urban book
  
• Added a set of Community Items
  
• Added breaking of most glass items upon throwing or punching with them
  
• Added item damage upon throwing
  
• Added Edward reacting to you using the coffee machine too many times
  
• Outsourced the Loading Screen Text for translation purposes
  
• Revamped the npc marker icons to be 3D
  
• Revamped sandies appearance
  
• Revamped interior window materials
  
• Revamped the infini coffee effect
  
• Moved the elevator buttons down so it looks like Edward is actually punching it and not the wall
  
• Fixed the issue during ACT III where in the items at the jet would not spawn
  
• Fixed the steering wheels head light button from not making any sound
  
• Fixed the clouds from blending with the ocean on the horizon
  
• Fixed the changelog book from persisting during the jump animation in the menu
  
• Fixed the coco crabs texture
  
• Fixed some lightmaps
  p1
  
• Fixed The Credits Scroll from going over screen
  
• Fixed some issues with the radio not playing

Hello fellow players!

Here is the complete log of all last patches.
I will very likely release a mini update before Christmas so stay tuned for that :)

The prior volumetric clouds will likely be reverted when the update releases, since I did not achieve the hoped for performance boost from the instanced cloud rendering.
Along with it will come a quality slider.

Have a blessed advent time!
-Erathor

p1
-Fixed the last stage quest from not enabling
-Fixed the save house quest from not enabling
-Fixed the guards from existing years after completing the hill men quest
-Fixed a typo
p2
-Fixes to the hill mens quest
-Some environmental fixes for ACT 3s Facility ruins
p3
-Fixed the School from looking weird on distance
-Fixed the snow from making heavy rain sounds
p4
-Fixed an issue with items getting long after the hill men quest
p5
-Fixed the Enemy AIs slow reaction to the player
-Fixed the agents from spawning in too low a number
-Fixed Edward in the thunderous matters quest from thinking you have prototype uranium even though you have normal uranium
-Fixed an issue where in guards would spawn in the fort in the 1940s during ACT II
-Outsourced The Clock and Edward's Coffee quest for future translation
p6
-Fixed the car from moving after unpausing
-Fixed the bug where in found items during the 300 BC part could not be used for the MR Crafty
-Fixed a bug for the smelter option
-Hopefully fixed the hillmen quest where reporting to the guard would do nothing
-Made it so that volumetric cloud rendering, on toggling the lowest graphics setting, is disabled
-Made the volumetric clouds more performant via instancing

Some smaller additions include a revamp to the YeBay station!

A future update may include a selling option as well!


Check out Edward's TV set in his shop. It has a little Easter Egg to offer!


I added a skip button for those who wanted to skip the speaking part!


In the book store you will find a story about these fellows!

The five hillmen!
If you finish the quest you will get a special reward!



Gold mining has been implemented into the game!


*Smelt it into ingots by speaking to a smith!
*Use the ingots for special crafting or sell them for a higher price in the future!

Gold bars will also have a very important role in the safe house space in future updates!

Below is the full change log.
Enjoy the Update and I wish you a happy advent!

November 28th 2021 0.698

• Added the Hillmen SideQuest
  
• Added gold mining which gets unlocked in the quest
  
• Added gold selling and buying as well as smelting
  
• Added a dialogue skip button
  
• Exchanged the standard conifer trees with custom pine trees
  
• Added custom palm trees
  
• Added the mine key as buyable option to Fredich's store for a certain prise
  
• Added a new interview in fred radio with Peter Jordanson
  
• Changed the password prompt in computers to show your actual input
  
• Added another song from INTLCMD into the radio playlist called "Westview"
  
• Added items that spawn on the ground in certain environments like coconuts on beaches
  
• Added 2 debug graphics options (cloud& lightmap render), which can be disabled if someone below the minimum specs wants to squeeze the last bits of free vram
  
• Altered the dialogue font to be easier on the eye
  
• Added a little tv easter egg in Athors shop (Credit to Mroczny Gracz for the edit)
  
• Minor revamps to certain pricings on items
  
• Altered some special crafting recipes to include gold as requirement (Examples would be time chips or Edwards laser)
  
• Removed Mim 2.0
  
• Rescaling of the map viewer to make it easier to navigate
  
• Fixed the YeBay system of offering random items
  
• Fixed the radio from not playing during the prologue
  
• Fixed artifacts during playing by removing constant time alignment with radio pieces
  
• Fixed the issue of cars popping up right before you
  
• Fixed other cars physics from enabling only in short range (increased it by the power of 2)
  
• Fixed the lamps description
  
• Fixed getting struck by lightning above the clouds
  
• Fixed the environmental bugs at bardey's coffee place
  
• Fixed the bug in ACT III where in landing on the bridge at the end would not progress the quest
  
• Fixed an issue with the meeting yourself effect not working properly
  
• Fixed weird symbols from appearing in text due to encoding errors
  
• Fixed the faulty "load last save" button
  
• Fixed more typos

The car has some new hover effects!

If you go to this place August 21st 1971 at 10:32 you will see something.


Below are the latest patches and additions.
Thank you and enjoy ESA!
God bless.

Patch Notes for 0.696

p1
• Fixed the BaseOfActions Quest from not accepting vintage radios
  
• Fixed the pure virtual function crash
  
• Fixed the speed glitch under hover suppression
  p2
  
• Fixed the component blueprint
  
• Fixed the crash happening during time travel if you have a radio nearby
  p3
  
• Fixed a story bug in ACT III when arriving in the 80s
  
• Added key biding to the zoom function
  p4
  
• Fixed some issues at the Escape Quest which makes Edward disappear after loading the auto save at the sewer cross roads

October 21st 2021 0.6965

• Added some effects to the submarine effect
  
• Added misc to the environments of the coffee shop and other places
  
• Added a sewer plant and other smaller environmental details in pine lake
  
• Added two new recipes to the burger job
  
• Added some static effects for the wheels during flight
  
• Fixed the breathing icon issue from popping up
  
• Fixed the faulty random generator for recipes during jobs from always selecting the same option
  
• Fixed the blimp from not showing any video feedback on proton emulation
  p1
  
• Fixed the blacksmiths job

Version 0.696 has made it into the public, here's what's new!

Listen to any of presently three radio stations.

• Radio Andrey: The station of the mega city to the west. Moody synth music, 12AM, 1PM, 16PM and 19 PM you got a local news cycle with police reports or local news.
  
• Pine Radio: Always playing the newest jams, though it gets into weird taste during the 2000s. 1-2PM is News Time.
  
• Fred Radio: The best classics aged well... like m a n u r e. You got callers talking and asking about mysteries, theories and all that good stuff at 7AM, 12PM and 8PM along with a interview segment running at 5PM.

Just go to your local installation folder and navigate to "_music". Inside you will find folders according to each radio station and time period. The presently accepted file types are .wav and .ogg files.
Enjoy that feature!

The weather and corresponding weather effects have received a major revamp!

First and foremost a custom written volumetric cloud renderer :D

During storms the clouds sink, covering the sky lane so fly safely!

Rain drops are now visible on the floor, and I am planning on giving the cars windshields some appropriate rain effects in the future as well.

Thunder strikes are now local. That means, there could be a chance of you getting struck by lightning.

But that wouldn't happen likely unless you had some kind of lightning rod ^^

Hello fellow players.
Here are the notes for the latest patches.
Enjoy :)

p1
-Fixed The Pirate Bay Map Marker from displaying "Ranger Tower"
-Fixed the missing white tunnel exits during the time travel sequence
p2
-Fixed the bug where in you could not travel/save or use leviboards after finishing the Vikings quest
-Fixed the bug with the door riddles not updating their names when triggering the locks
-Fixed the Accordion Man from not approaching
-Fixed the Rhogur from not moving at all during the cave sequence
-Fixed the player from not getting up from a crouch when wearing a costume
-Fixed your inventory from not updating when putting one of your items into the sir atom
-Fixed your box from duplicating items when inserting either a cowboy or vintage costume
-Fixed the issue where you would not undress your costume if being put into a box
p3
-Fixed it so you cannot see your hat sticking through the roof when going into third person mode whilst inside the car
-Fixed the slot iteration in the save system.
-Fixed the issue with floating chips when picking them up from outside the car
-Fixed the issue where the shoot out between westwood and the agent would not continue
-Fixed the issue where in the costume would not be worn after loading the game
p4
-Fixed the Snack Cake from not being loaded into a game from a save file
-Fixed the white screen from not appearing during an explosion
-Fixed the crabs from dealing damage after being killed
-Fixed the possibility of shooting the epa through the glass window in the lab in 1989
-Adjusted the interior window material to be better visible

A new update is about to be released today onto the public branch.
As last time I am going to release the announcement before the update.

Attention I reverted the inventory control scheme back to its old setup.


You use numbers [1] - [7] to iterate through the inventory.


Use the scroll wheel to hold your item farther or closer to you.


The Sandbox Mode has been added into the game!
You play it by starting a new game and choosing a mode from the select menu!



Buy costumes at your local 6/12! See how people react, or how you look in it by spying out yourself.



Hmm... weird I don't remember this blueprint from the epilogue quest. Most have added and forgot about it...




Work on Edward's sewer adventure goes into the post production phase and voice recordings.
It will tell the story of Edward's venture into the sewers as a youngling.

Click here to follow the game before it comes out on GameJolt :D


Here is the full changelog.
Enjoy the update :)

August 21st 2021 0.695

• Reverted the inventory control scheme to the old layout by pressing the numbers on the keyboard. Scroll Wheel is back to being the farther/ closer item control.
  
• Added costumes for the player to wear, people react accordingly sometimes. You can see your full costume when looking at your past self.
  
• Added free mode (Basically sandbox, no quests or story, more to be added soon)
  
• Added a secret chip during the epilogue quest, which will lead you to a save house (Don't tell Erathor -Mim)
  
• Added three time line chips to be unlocked (Blueprints hidden inside the save house)
  
• Added auto save and time wipe sliders to control how often they trigger in the gameplay options
  
• Increased the inventory cap and the save slot cap by 2 more slots
  
• Fixed the agents in the Escape Quest in the sewers from popping up in front of you
  
• Fixed some typos for the ACT III "Back to the Past" Quest Description
  
• Fixed rockets shot by turrets in ACT III from following you through time travel
  
• Fixed the suppression field, which block hover cars in the alt future, to function properly
  
• Fixed the bug of dropping an item and scrolling at the same time, causing the inventory from not removing the item from the ui
  
• Fixed the bug where in the player could glitch himself into the car while at the end of ACT I
  
• Removed Mim

Thanks to the help of XylanXS & DeloreanDMC_88 and Averie, who have aided me in testing thoroughly, I have spent the last few weeks trying to repair the save system bug, which sometimes overrides your save to auto save

I really hope that we finally solved this problem. In case it does persist, please comment immediately and I will try to get in contact with you as soon as I can.

Again I apologize to anyone who did encounter this bug. It is something that I really try my best to be resolved. And I hope that is :)

This is a list of the last few patches, which have been made public.
Enjoy the new updates and stay also tuned for Edward's Sewer Adventure!
Wanna find out more about ESA? Follow this link, to the games page on Gamejolt!
https://gamejolt.com/games/EdwieSewie/624613

Make sure to always press the red bug button in the pause menu, in case any other bug needs to be resolved. This way you help me the developer in making the game more and more a finished product!

Cheers and God bless
-Erathor

p6
• Fixed the massive overhead for future players during the CORE section in ACT III. For current players, delete your time story. That will fix it also for you :)
  
• Fixed the floating item issue at the diverting actions quest and during the last stage with the virus chip (Credit goes to Tristan for his reports)
  p7
  
• Fixed some of the glitches when giving items to npcs during ACT III
  
• Added a 300BC craftable chip after you acquired the chip in ACT III
  
• Fixed the floating items on the table at the beginning of ACT II
  
• Fixed the loss of any item you held before ending ACT I
  
• Fixed the slot from automatically switching to the next item instead of having a free hand after dropping an item
  p8
  
• Fixed an issue at the last stage quest which would get you booted up in the accelerator tunnel sequence
  
• Increased overall performance due to a change of settings
  p9
  
• Fixed the bug where the important files would still be displayed in your inventory slot after you gave them to Edward
  
• An adjustment to when Edward tells you to take a step back in the Escape Quest (changed it to "stay behind me")
  
• At last the Save System issue has been rooted out (Credit goes to XylanXS & DeloreanDMC_88 on Discord for aiding me in extensive bug testing and debugging)
  
• Minor Fixes to the Aurora Quest, credit goes to Mattomo for testing