Changelog

v0.8.8 (Build 201): May 13, 2020

• added graphics settings to new menu page at Settings > Graphics:
  • Supersampling (VR Only)
  • Anti-Aliasing (MSAA)
  • Texture Resolution
  • Shadow Resolution
  • Shadow Distance
• optimized various scripts (such as power-ups and player) to reduce CPU overhead
• smoothed out terrain in Northeast Volcanica (section of "Trident Falls" race track)
• adjusted conditions for many Unlockables
• fixed UI bug where some buttons from inactive pages were interactable
• fixed UI bug where buttons and sliders stayed highlighted after use, resulting in accidental use
• flipped power-up icosphere model normals to put them behind power-up icons
• adjusted terrain material and increased sunlight intensity in Volcanica to compensate
• increased grab area for rifle so picking it up with both hands works better at speed
• moved Smasher forward a bit so it doesn't hit wheels while flying plane
• added spotlights to HyperCorp Complex and re-baked lightmaps

v0.8.7 (Build 196): May 6, 2020

• fixed bug where changing stages in third-person ruined first-person camera position
• improved stage change transitions for hosting server
• fixed bug where aimer wasn't disappearing when going back to first-person perspective
• fixed bug where player leaving session breaks host's ability to start new matches
• fixed bug where golden rings weren't being activated when switching back to Free Play
• added a golden ring to Vector Stadium
• fixed race spawn height in water for "Vector Boat Track" race track
• increased boat motor force and turning torque when boat is used with a Smasher
• fixed Vector Stadium water triggers
• added underwater tunnel to Vector Stadium
• made tutorial work in Vector Stadium
• added a button for advancing the tutorial step on the Match page
• split up Xenodome floor into 4 meshes to improve shadows
• increased the size of the big red ramp in Xenodome to get into the Xenobowl easier
• removed water caustics projectors from vehicles, players, and power-ups
• added delay before turning off active checkpoint light
• decreased car material metallic quality to make car paint brighter again
• increased Spiked Ball launch force
• disabled vehicle collisions for held Grenades and Spiked Balls
• added water resistance forces for floating Spiked Balls
• made wing jet sound more audible at a distance
• fixed Survival & Team Survival match completion evaluation
• fixed underwater fog prevention bug when a player spawns directly underwater
• brightened Smasher and Spiked Ball materials
• increased networked car position error tolerance for smoother remote player animation
• decreased mileage requirements for unlocking Deployable Spawn Point
• made wheel / Smasher collisions not prevent plane flight

v0.8.6 (Build 190): April 29, 2020

• added new "Vector Stadium" stage with 3 simple race tracks (1 for each vehicle type)
• implemented object pooling for particle effects to improve performance
• improvements to submersible for more complex water volumes (to support Vector Stadium water layout)
• implemented third-person view in Settings > General, with 3 different Camera Follow Distance options
• added "Use third-person view when airborne" comfort setting
• added aimer for rifle for third-person view
• made Comfort Cage "Airborne Only" and "High Angular Velocity Only" settings work
• reduced spectator movement speed and adjusted spectator movement input curve
• ignored collisions between spectator and local player vehicle
• adjusted vehicle wheel raycast layer mask to ignore more layers
• made Spring work in boat (with alternate sound effect)
• adjusted power-ups disabled message to only run once every 3 seconds
• adjusted power-ups to ignore hands that are already holding an object
• adjusted instant-start power-ups like Springs to not get triggered if both menu buttons are active

v0.8.5 (Build 184): April 22, 2020

• adjusted location-based boosts not to disable rings for 5 seconds like power-up boosts do
• grass optimizations
• rearview camera optimizations
• added Springs to sea floor of "Trident Mountain Tour" race track and adjusted spawn points for checkpoint 9
• trophy time adjustments on "Southern Sea Loop", "Trident Falls", and "Sunset Bay" race tracks
• added 2 Golden Rings to HyperCorp Complex

v0.8.4 (Build 181): April 17, 2020

• fixed quantity numbers in power-up pick up messages when picking up additional units of a power-up type
• fixed display issue with tall dry grass in Volcanica (was showing up as large bright white glow)
• fixed bug where losing wings one at a time did not reset vehicle drag after losing both wings
• fixed bug where selected microphone resets when stage changes
• added new "Trident Mountain Tour" plane race track to Volcanica
• switched race start grid back to 2 column setup (from 3) and staggered them so plane wings don't clash
• doubled plane checkpoint size for all tracks
• adjusted hill near starting point of Trident Falls race track
• moved checkpoint off bridge in "Storm the Gates" race track to allow for Spring channel jump shortcut
• added new "Trident Mountain Tour" plane race track
• adjusted trophy times for "Rocky Ruins Raceway" and "Sunset Bay" race tracks
• re-ordered Volcanica race tracks
• adjusted unlockables to make room for new race track and made some tracks easier to unlock
• fixed stages listed in sessions list (was always showing Xenodome regardless of selected stage)
• renamed "Tag" match type to "Chase" and modified it so special status player earns points instead
• adjusted player markers for "Hunt" matches
• added boosts by Volcanica bridge
• decreased Boost Penalty from -60% to -45%
• fixed power-ups disabled message (was being triggered by hands touching power-ups)
• added "Reset VR Position" button to menu (because there's no button for it on Vive controllers)
• fixed various bugs with plane wing attachment statuses
• prevented plane thrust force before match starts
• adjusted plane creation to re-use (and restore health of) existing, still-attached wings
• set plane mod to be destroyed after race is done
• reduced detached wing lifetime from 2 minutes to 1 minute
• fixed flight respawn for match start prior to first checkpoint (prevent spawning at checkpoint and instead spawn at race start grid)
• fixed flight respawn vehicle body rotation
• fixed initial spawn and increased starting Free Play power-up quantities to maximums (6 Springs, 4 Rockets)
• adjusted power-ups so that wing contact also allows for pick up
• decreased boost force for plane
• increased plane and boat thrust forces for Smasher
• made bots able to end their plane after losing a wing and also made them race respawn for flight tracks when they lose their planes
• fixed bug where bots were losing objective targets after respawning (checkpoints, flags, zones, special players)
• fixed issue with power-ups leaving game objects behind after being destroyed, eventually affecting performance over some time
• fixed projectile marker label issue for bots projectiles where they were being misattributed to player ("My Grenade" / "My Spiked Ball")
• increased size of car colliders for picking up items
• added a 1 minute time limit for unloaded / unexploded rockets (which get removed after they expire)
• adjusted boost point light on rockets to be disabled by default
• added additional quarterpipe to HyperCorp Complex roof halfpipe area
• widened 2 big HyperCorp Complex roof ramps
• added Golden Rings to all 3 stages
• added Stunt Gaps to HyperCorp Complex
• decreased stunt trophy scores for all 3 stages
• improved stage and network mode transitions
• enhanced networked player smoothness
• fixed bug where match type wasn't changing back to "Free Play" for clients because of Free Play's non-use of a countdown
• upgraded Oculus SDK to 1.47
• upgraded Photon Bolt to 1.2.12

v0.8.3 (Build 169): April 9, 2020

• fixed bug where Springs and other action power-ups were being triggered after hands left power-up
• fixed various race trophy times; relaxed bronze trophy times on many tracks
• adjusted some Golden Ring positions in Xenodome
• fixed dropped flag rotation when player carrying flag dies

v0.8.2 (Build 166): April 7, 2020

• fixed bug where picking up a power-up sometimes overwrote a power-up in a "disable" action state (to remove car mods)
• fixed bug where "Current Game" button disappeared and so "Match" page became unavailable
• fixed issue with non-VR game session selection
• fixed various issues with player and projectile markers
• fixed bug where current stage wasn't being updated for clients
• fixed potential error in stage changes that break match control logic
• fixed bug where projectiles weren't always removed from the scene after being loaded into launcher
• removed confirmation window for "Deactivate Bot"
• fixed player list scroll bars
• fixed bug where selected stage wasn't being changed for clients after new stage loaded
• staggered player marker timers by setting random timer start delays
• fixed bug where switching team wasn't updating player marker for other players
• removed code that set voice channel to the team channel when a team-based match started
• set "V" key on keyboard to toggle the active voice channel
• set "Spectators" voice channel not to be used if player count is 3 or less
• added messages when voice channel changes to notify player
• increased race time limit after first player finishes from 2 minutes to 3.5 minutes
• relaxed some mileage unlocking conditions
• fixed some race trophy times
• power-ups that trigger on release, such as the Spring, now work even if player's hand has left the power-up on release
• added haptics for the 0.6 second charge phase of power-ups such as the Spring
• adjusted power-up pickup message to include the quantity of power-ups received
• adjusted Free Play to start all players with power-ups including "Plane Kit"
• fixed bug where touching lava and surviving ruined ability to recover until respawn
• made Xenobowl exit ramp longer for smoother transitions
• added various boosts to Xenodome
• enlarged ramps on the ends of Xenodome tunnel box to make it easier to get on top of it

v0.8.1 (Build 161): March 30, 2020

• relaxed stage and race track unlocking requirements
• adjusted trophy times in Xenobowl Cycle, Outer Wall Trek, and Southern Sea Loop race tracks
• fixed issue with new Volcanica wheel prop
• decreased log level for voice chat system

v0.8.0 (Build 158): March 26, 2020

• launch build! (Steam Early Access)

v0.0.1a (Build 1): March 18, 2019

The initial build. Contained just the "Citadel" stage, shortly after the vehicle physics and driving mechanics were brought to a passable level.