Hyperwheel Overdrive: Changelog

v0.11.8 (Build 440): November 4, 2021

• updated bot player driver targeting to use last visible position of player
• set players & bots to be initialized for match if they join / get created during match
• set high point stunts to show up in message feed for other players in Free Play
• fixed bug that sometimes prevented stage networked objects from spawning for clients

v0.11.7 (Build 433): October 29, 2021

• major bot upgrades:
  • AI steering overhaul; much better dodging of walls & obstacles
  • added scans for ground drops ahead of wheels
  • major revisions to risk analysis system
  • added player detection to sphere scan that was previously used just to detect items
  • implemented waypoint system to allow bots to race effectively on many tracks
  • added target searching behaviour when getting shot by a laser
  • many details added to decision-making about driving instructions & power-ups
  • multiple power-ups fixed including Spring & Boat
  • fixed Smasher time limit (it was not being applied to bots)
  • bots now use thruster controls to straighten out airborne maneuvers
  • added "Repaint Bot" button to randomize the colors & decal
• Yellow Team added: new teams number setting (2 or 3) for all team-based match types
• adjusted regions with vehicle mods to automatically give new Boat Kits & Plane Kits
• limited custom vehicle mods to a single checkpoint during races
• set vehicle mod checkpoints to automatically give new vehicle mods if needed
• improved stability of respawns
• improved spawn point positions in "Stadium Sky" & "Trident Mountain Range" regions
• fixed bug where grounded gyro forces were being applied to vehicles when on their side
• added 6 new car colors:
  • Faded Yellow
  • Bright Green
  • Faded Green
  • Sky Blue
  • Faded Blue
  • Light Brown
• added 2 new car decals: "V Lines" & "Tiles"
• tweaked some existing car colors
• fixed bug that prevented Smasher collisions from making sounds
• fixed bug with lasers appearing to go through walls and slowed down laser animation
• fixed UI bug with object markers displaying in front of menu
• fixed additional bug with object markers with display ranges set
• fixed bug where match countdown text would sometimes not display
• fixed bug where lasers could hit rifle when moving at high speeds
• added rocket to launcher end when rocket is the next loaded projectile
• moved next projectile icon to top of rifle HUD and placed projectiles 2 & 3 below
• added Measuring Units setting with Metric & Imperial options for speeds & distances
• removed auto-gyro pitch stabilization setting (supplanted by thruster controls)
• fixed power-up bug where a full power boost could break hand interactivity
• made "Recover" orient vehicle with ground plane instead of just straight up

v0.11.6 (Build 411): August 25, 2021

• implemented auto-thrust secondary function to thruster controls
  • easy switching between auto & manual thrust; just grab controls for manual
  • will point in velocity direction according to up direction until vehicle starts falling
  • when vehicle is falling, it will level out rather than point towards ground
  • will attempt to align with the ground plane as the ground approaches
• adjusted thrusters to kick in gradually over the course of 0.75 seconds
• adjusted thrusters to deplete less charge for really small adjustments
• improved rotational damping for thrusters
• made body gyro system smoother on ramps
• improved "Recover" function behaviour (car orientation is now properly maintained)
• fixed bug that caused laser grid boundary to get stuck in visible state
• updated Vector Stadium stage graphic

v0.11.5 (Build 400): August 6, 2021

• intro sequence tweaks
• fixed third-person camera bugs (UI & follow behaviour)
• fixed "Hybrid" perspective setting third-person camera activation
• implemented custom inventory item positions including rifle & thruster controls
• fixed bug where spectator collider was sometimes disabled in "Free" mode
• enforced time limits for server rejoin if player kicked for serious reason
• added low-pass audio filter for when player is submerged

v0.11.4 (Build 390): August 1, 2021

• more CPU optimizations
• fixed bug that caused networked car body to drift from correct orientation

v0.11.3 (Build 374): July 6, 2021

• fixed match initialization bug
• fixed bug that breaks hand power-up interactivity
• fixed issue with SteamVR center position resetting
• increased thruster force by 15%

v0.11.2 (Build 373): July 1, 2021

• added new thruster system for correcting & stabilizing car rotation in the air
  • thruster charge is used up and must be recharged by driving or boating
  • holographic sphere can be grabbed and rotated to control thrusters
  • thrusters control pitch / yaw / roll car rotation only; they don't adjust trajectory
  • added 2 yaw thrusters to car & 4 roll / pitch thrusters underneath
  • new "Thrusters" match modifier controls the availability of thrusters
  • added "Thrust Penalty" to stunt system
• big performance improvements: optimized many scripts including UI & hand interactions
• added new "Island Triathlon Course" race track to Volcanica that features all 3 vehicle types
• Volcano Pass race track terrain changes
• adjusted recover interactable position and fixed flickering bug
• fixed bug that prevented Boost Penalty from being updated based on boost time
• fixed bug that caused stunt modifiers to get overwritten as stunt HUD is displayed
• improved tire traction on terrain
• replaced "Flames" car decal and added new "Dots" decal
• adjusted Chase matches to allow damage & death from stage hazards
• updated Oculus SDK

v0.11.1 (Build 353): June 1, 2021

• adjusted trigger throttle input settings to use B button for toggling reverse throttle
• adjusted trigger throttle input settings to apply brakes when throttle input is zero
• added control setting to toggle the plane's pitch auto-leveling system
• fixed bug where player's center position gets moved over time

v0.11.0 (Build 351): May 25, 2021

• added stage 6: "Sky Fortress"
• changed default forward-facing driving control mode from "Regular" to "Dual"
• updated driver IK system (VRIK 2.0) and set IK to be reset on respawn
• adjusted suspension to be tighter when car is slow to prevent vibration
• increased physics framerate to improve suspension stability on ramps at high speeds
• decreased bounce from suspension system on landings
• added "Solid Overlay" option to Comfort Cage setting and made it default
• made non-3D Comfort Cage options fade between states
• excluded plane flying from "Airborne Only" Comfort Cage option
• reduced over-correction in point steering by taking current turning velocity into account
• adjusted hand pointing flight input to use hand rotation for roll rather than point direction
• fixed player naming bug where Steam names were not always being applied
• fixed haptics setting not being enabled by default
• added power meter UI to wrists for power-ups that use it
• fixed multiple power-up reset interactivity bugs
• improved haptics for power-up power meter
• made boost use power meter for boost force as well as duration
• swapped out rifle HUD charge percentage text with meter
• implemented feature locking and adjusted some processes for upcoming demo
• fixed issue with planes falling out of sky during countdown
• improvements to tutorial system
• increased Seeker Ball scan radius from 90m to 120m
• increased Spy Rocket scan radius from 120m to 260m
• increased Homing Rocket scan radius from 220m to 260m
• made Spy Rocket player scans show the player marker for the whole team and notify target player
• added custom boundaries to various regions and challenges
• made continued contact with boundaries do damage
• made boundaries do damage to projectiles
• allowed spectators to trigger boundary visibility
• added particle effect when players die
• added sounds to menu interactions
• added additional sounds for message feed messages
• adjusted "360 Body Rotation" play style to hide wheels when menu is visible
• fixed bug with client match stats not being reset properly (kills & deaths)
• added "Recover Vehicle" interactable when vehicle is stuck on side
• minor updates to Xenodome (cutout through ramp to North outer area)
• minor updates to HyperCorp Complex (new spotlights and docks, bridge adjustment)
• changed some fonts to Arial to improve readability (message feed & tutorial instructions)

v0.10.5 (Build 328): February 9, 2021

• tweaked recent car / boat acceleration adjustments
• fixed bug that could prevent power-ups from working
• added to Southeast area of HyperCorp Complex
• made 2 sections of Southern Sea Loop track easier

v0.10.4 (Build 326): February 6, 2021

• implemented experimental "rail grinding" feature:
  • uses lean system using head & hand positions
  • added grind time & distance to stunt system
  • added grinding stunt modifiers
  • added grind stunt gaps
  • made Spring work while grinding (but much weaker)
  • added grind rails to Vector Stadium, Xenodome, and HyperCorp Complex
• fixed bug with stunt modifiers not always being triggered
• adjusted fences and ramps in lower level of Xenodome
• fixed energy shield collision bug with newly created projectiless
• fixed bug where underwater status wasn't being reset on respawn
• adjusted boat turning to drift more and retain speed again
• adjusted HyperCorp River and Lake Hopper Route race tracks
• adjusted top speed torque cut-off for car & boat for more consistent top speeds
• made local boosts take over more velocity direction for boats (like planes)
• set wheel brakes when menu is open
• fixed bug where driving boat into water from land sometimes resulted in extreme speeds
• decreased max boost time from 3 seconds to 2 seconds
• tweaked HyperCorp River and Lake Hopper Route race tracks

v0.10.3 (Build 324): January 26, 2021

• made significant changes & additions to Vector Stadium
• added new "Outer Zone" region to Vector Stadium
• added 3 rings to Vector Stadium
• increased head height offset range from +/- 20cm to +/- 40cm
• [] fixed bug that prevented remote players' boats from staying upright
• fixed bug with podium not being activated at the end of a race
• fixed audio crackling issues
• fixed menu bug with scrollbar not being automatically enabled when menu reopened
• disabled power-up interactivity when menu is open

v0.10.2 (Build 315): January 22, 2021

• implemented Steam achievements (added initial 5)
• killed off boost forces on respawn
• fixed issue with multiple audio clips playing at app start
• added icons for vehicle mod transitional race checkpoints
• decreased likelihood of wheels catching transitions to new surfaces
• adjusted beginning of Plane Training Track in Flatland (forward & reverse)

v0.10.1 (Build 313): January 17, 2021

• fixed bug where rifle sometimes stopped firing after changing stages
• fixed bug where audio sometimes doubled up after changing stages
• adjusted Races & Challenges panel to update when unlockables are unlocked
• corrected challenge start error when starting online play during a challenge
• added additional fences to Xenodome and adjusted some others
• adjusted Spiked Ball collision audio to not fall off in such a short range
• adjusted match intro text to always show stage name
• fixed bug that made remote players' driver suit selections overwrite local saved selection
• adjusted one-handed rifle grab yaw rotation 3 degrees for OpenVR to make aiming easier
• fixed head height inconsistencies between Oculus SDK and OpenVR
• fixed bot scanner materials

v0.10.0 (Build 308): January 7, 2021

• set default regions for each stage to smaller ones (not "All")
• upgraded hand interaction system from VRTK 4 to Tilia
• fixed bug that sometimes prevented power-up activation
• reduced wait time between power-ups to improve launcher loading behaviour
• fixed rifle angle third-person aiming bug for Oculus SDK
• fixed potential issue that permanently prevents rifle from firing
• fixed bug where starting in third-person put driver's head & hand positions too high
• made inventory follow average direction of head & hands for rotation-locked play
• made HUD follow player direction rather than car direction for rotation-locked play
• added Grab Mode control setting to enable toggle grab
• added Draw Distance graphics setting
• fixed bug where comfort cage could show up when airborne even if it was turned off
• fixed menu bug that allowed buttons on inactive pages to be active
• adjusted sliders to hide min / max values until being dragged / adjusted
• fixed bug where car wheels continued to spin with previous torque after respawning
• adjusted tutorial system to not continue auto-starting if a player manually exits
• adjusted tutorial system to automatically end if non-Free Play match is started
• adjusted tutorial system to not show flag markers for other players
• temporarily disabled app pausing
• added haptics to grenade / rocket launching
• added smoke effect to launcher

v0.9.10 (Build 303): December 22, 2020

• tweaked car suspension
• added green room to Xenodome to connect Southwest corner to South outer wall area

v0.9.9 (Build 301): December 19, 2020

• switched off tonemapper and made colors warmer and brighter
• adjusted bloom due to new tone settings
• rebaked lightmaps in multiple stages
• fixed near field clipping for helmet vignette for wider FOV headsets
• fixed point steering sphere position for OpenVR
• fixed bug where boat could get stuck upside-down
• set grounded gyro to disable when car is on its side (on one wheel)
• reduced lateral velocity damping in boat
• fixed bug where "Reset VR Position" in third-person breaks driver head & hand positions
• fixed bug where third-person power-up interactions didn't always work
• fixed third-person one-handed rifle direction pointing
• adjusted water fog algorithm and fixed bug that prevented it from showing
• raised player markers so they don't cover cars
• turned off auto-gyro pitch stabilization setting by default
• removed step from menu section of tutorial system
• fixed potential errors caused by tutorial system
• fixed car bumper UV mapping
• increased unlockable driver suits from 6 to 13 ("Camo Green" removed, 8 new ones added)
• streamlined online play process (auto-creating session, showing session list on disconnect)
• fixed auto-join session checkbox to uncheck after player has joined a session
• fixed race & match position display in players list
• raised menu in first-person view

v0.9.8 (Build 298): December 9, 2020

• fixed point steering sharp turn reverse throttle resulting in more responsive steering
• adjusted regular stick steering to use reverse wheel throttle at the horizontal extremes
• adjusted "360째 Body Rotation" play style to make inventory and holstered rifle stationary
• fixed bug where remote car wheels weren't spinning on the ground

v0.9.7 (Build 296): December 2, 2020

• implemented yaw controls into plane for all control modes & steering input configurations
• modified Plane Training Track, Vector Sky Course, and Trident Mountain Tour race tracks
• added new "Races & Challenges" panel for quick launching any race or challenge
• fixed water trigger bug leading to slow cars and boats that don't float in water
• implemented elimination challenge time bonuses if all targets are eliminated
• added new "Hunting Grounds" challenge to Volcanica where Seeker Balls run from players
• renamed "Rings on the Roof" challenge to "Rooftop Ring Rampage"

v0.9.6 (Build 289): November 23, 2020

• implemented Challenge system (new match type / game mode) with 7 initial challenges
• Challenge system integrated with online leaderboards like Race and Stunt
• implemented Match Modifier system with various new match settings:
  • Armor & Health: adjust car armor and driver health
  • Power-Up Generator: have power-ups auto-generated for players at a set rate
• added descriptions to race tracks (in the message feed as well as the Track selection field)
• fixed projectile dropping at speed (was getting high forward velocity from car)
• increased Grenade bounciness
• forced Spiked Ball & Seeker Ball ungrab if activated and they begin expanding expanding
• increased Spy Rocket fuel time (5.5 to 8 seconds) and fixed its empty fuel falling angle
• increased Homing Rocket speed (100 m/s to 110 m/s)
• prevented headset removal game pause at game start which fixes audio issues
• increased checkpoint spawn point variation
• added "Abort" menu button that causes the player to die
• added "Start New Match" button in place of "Respawn" & "Abort" buttons after matches
• increased match auto-launch time (12 seconds to 45 seconds) & disabled it for single player
• set Deployable Spawn Point to hide when no longer in Free Play
• renamed Vector Boat Track to Vector Channel
• renamed Vector Plane Track to Vector Sky Course
• made Vector Channel track easier on West side
• eliminated some unnecessary message feed messages and improved others
• moved message feed closer to cockpit to prevent boat paddles from interfering with display
• made message feed messages smaller
• prevented player damage at the start of a race until players hit their first checkpoint
• improved boat handling (fixed velocity damping issue)
• improved boat boosting behaviour
• restored increased drag and angular drag for boat on land
• put torque matching and torque biasing systems on curves to improve steering
• decreased default torque matching threshold from 25% to 15%
• decreased default torque biasing threshold from 22% to 12%
• increased default torque biasing redistributable torque from 22% to 60%
• increased torque biasing max redistributable torque from 35% to 100%
• added "Reset Advanced to Defaults" button to reset torque, deadzone, and sensitivity sliders
• fixed input bug where "Regular" stick steering was being reversed when airborne
• fixed bug with match type not changing when changing stage at the same time
• increased size of Capture The Flag team zones
• added giant flags to Capture The Flag team zones

v0.9.5 (Build 280): November 9, 2020

• implemented online leaderboard data loading in Stats panels
• fixed recording of best lap times
• added menu page for deleting stored game data
• made point steering relative to head if car rotating too fast for meaningful input
• added UI sphere to show hand pointing direction for hand pointing input (with setting)
• corrected third-person camera twitchiness when driving
• minor tweaks to Xenodome and Volcanica stages

v0.9.4 (Build 270): October 31, 2020

• fixed issue with activating 2 power-ups at the same time
• made it easier to activate power-up by allowing it to be activated after hand exits
• revised launch forces for all non-rocket projectiles
• adjusted thrown projectiles to not collide with player's vehicle for a time
• improved projectile throwing
• fixed issue with starting grenade fuse while holding grenade
• increased plane pitch torque
• removed right trigger as input for cycling through spectator follow cams
• implemented analog input deadzone setting ranging from 0% to 10%
• fixed menu toggle position for spectator when using OpenVR

v0.9.3 (Build 267): October 27, 2020

• added new "Play Style" selector at start-up; 2 options adjust multiple underlying settings
• "360째 Body Rotation" play style improvements
• changed menu to update orientation when player rotates head with rotation locking on
• tweaked Hand Point steering
• adjusted Free Play respawns to always give a plane kit if the player doesn't have one
• added new dashboard instrument that identifies the up direction at all times
• added contextual label to menu toggle
• modified Intro stage to last until player chooses to exit
• added Intro-specific main menu page with limited options
• made tutorial work in Intro stage
• improved tutorial (removed unnecessary text, fixed display bugs)
• fixed online session list page layout
• decreased size of message feed messages
• disabled ability to "Recover" when airborne
• adjusted plane not to stall underwater
• tweaked bot AI
• fixed bot flight input
• fixed bug where lasers were sometimes not visible over sky
• improved object marker positioning (especially for spectator view)
• fixed bug where bots could pick up flags in tutorial (making it impossible to complete)
• fixed bug where HUD marker wasn't showing up for first checkpoints of races
• adjusted race record system to submit all lap times rather than just the best

v0.9.2 (Build 262): October 18, 2020

• increased angular drag of car to slow down spins faster
• increased airborne gyro pitch and yaw forces to balance with higher angular drag
• additional car suspension refinements
• improved car's ability to right itself quickly after bouncing
• decreased stunt landing evaluation time back to 3 seconds
• improved plane's lift / thrust flight model
• put plane thrust of a force curve for slower ramp up to top speed
• added auto-leveling feature to plane to help players fly level
• fixed bug where boundary wasn't showing up in some stages

v0.9.1 (Build 259): October 6, 2020

• decreased menu size & moved it closer to player
• various menu page layout changes
• added inline option selector form field type to improve settings input
• simplified "View & Comfort" and "Controls" settings pages
• implemented UI pointer tooltip system & added tooltip messages to various UI targets
• added tooltip descriptions to all unlockables
• made UI pointers turn red when highlighting some targets
• renamed "Classic" control mode to "Regular" as it is used for many varying control styles
• added menu toggle hand interactable for third-person view
• adjusted Motion Lines to work in third-person view
• eliminated third-person camera height jitter
• improved third-person view offsets for all World Scale / Follow Distance combinations
• adjusting extrapolation settings to slightly smooth networked car position updates
• fixed bug where deployable spawn point changed to wrong color after being recalled
• fixed bug with third-person gun interfering with grounded gyro system raycasts
• fixed bug that made engine audio too quiet for remote players
• fixed bug where held projectiles were colliding with car
• tweaked Seeker Ball remote collisions & explosion triggering
• slowed down Seeker Ball in water
• brightened Seeker Ball material
• fixed issue with projectile markers showing up after creation even when out of range
• changed explosion damage / force calculations to use a curve rather than fall off linearly
• fixed bug where explosions weren't destroying Energy Shields
• tweaked car physics / suspension for performance
• doubled Energy Shield hit points (100 to 200)
• fixed bug that prevented "Checker" decal from being unlocked
• exempted Spring and Boost power-ups from being disabled after match is over
• improved boat driving stability
• improved boat stability while floating up after using Boat Kit underwater
• corrected plane's tendency to turn the nose up when not adjusting pitch
• increased airborne gyro easing time (1 to 1.5 seconds)
• fixed airborne gyro easing for coming out of water
• hid seat back for rotation-locked play (Horizon and Full)
• made laser blasts bigger and more visible from a distance
• increased laser "bullet hole" decal size
• added sound to important messages in message feed & changed color of match messages
• added additional messages to message feed for power-up failures
• increased mileage requirements for unlocking locked stages
• reversed default stick driving controls (right stick = throttle, left stick = steering)
• made scroll bars work with stick without needing to select them or highlight them
• standardized stick scroll rate across pages or panels regardless of content size
• fixed bug causing max projectile power-up limit to be enforced unnecessarily
• increased stunt landing evaluation time from 3 to 3.5 seconds

v0.9.0 (Build 252): August 21, 2020

• optimized various startup activities (delaying loading of menu and other things)
• optimized instantiating players & bots
• added main theme music during game intro and implemented Music Volume setting
• updated various third-party packages
• increased FOV for rearview camera
• adjusted car physics on terrain
• resolved issue with boat not driving at full speed
• fixed third-person camera behaviour when car is aerial (was rotating to face forward like in reverse)
• fixed explosion line of sight checking bug (explosions through walls)
• significantly increased explosion forces
• increased explosion damage delay time
• decreased grenade blast radius from 80m to 60m
• increased boost force for boat
• fixed bug where remote players' rifle positions and rotations were wrong
• fixed bug where new power-up was sometimes not overwriting an existing one
• fixed stunt HUD modifiers layout bug
• fixed stunt gap bug where reversible gaps weren't working in the reverse direction
• fixed issue with Seeker Balls not going up steep inclines like quarterpipe ramps
• fixed point steering issue with rotating wrists affecting steering direction
• fixed bug that allowed used up power-ups to be used again infinitely
• increased screenshot resolution to 2560x1440 & made screenshots use full FOV rather than a single VR eye
• added FOV setting for screenshot camera
• hid third-person UI elements like transparent sphere hands & rifle aiming tube for screenshots
• brightened match start info text and included stage name when region is set to "All"
• set up Oculus usernames to be stored for new players when on Oculus platform
• fixed bug where bots couldn't use directional boosts
• added billboard with new cover art to HyperCorp Complex along with associated stunt gaps & ring
• updated app icon

v0.8.17 (Build 238): July 25, 2020

• changed "Left Hand" / "Right Hand" input options to "Left Hand Position" / "Right Hand Position"
• added "Left Hand Point" / "Right Hand Point" steering input options (works well for rotation-locked play)
• adjusted VR position resetting to reset rotation to vehicle's for rotation-locked players
• fixed bug where cockpit power-ups sometimes shrink and never grow back to normal size
• adjusted head camera position to improve helmet vignette (and defaulted it to on)
• lowered Comfort Cage a bit so that middle line isn't covering important space
• decreased angular velocity threshold for Comfort Cage angular velocity-based limiter
• changed 3D Comfort Cage material not to emit light
• fixed bug where closing & opening menu hid Stats & Progress page content
• changed projectile power-up creation sound
• smoothed out ground in various places in Volcanica
• major geometry updates to HyperCorp Complex

v0.8.16 (Build 233): July 17, 2020

• replaced splash screen with an intro scene featuring Neon Engine logo and bots
• changed startup to load the last played stage after the intro new scene has finished
• fixed bug in bots where they wouldn't use Seeker Balls or Homing Rockets
• made match start info text white and fixed layering so it appears behind menu
• adjusted spectator message feed to rotate with player
• adjusted poll system to only auto-open on initial stage load if player has not provided a response
• fixed bug with cube cams not getting reconnected to spectator entities after stage changes
• added "Show player markers" and "Show color trails for your Cube Cam" to General Settings
• increased cube cam trail time from 2 seconds to 5 seconds
• decreased laser blast volume
• added a Gun Sight setting with 7 different sight graphics and increased resolution of default sight graphic
• improved aimer to position itself on top of close targets better and to properly show its targeting car wheels
• optimized inventory system power-up creation and destruction
• prevented 2 power-ups from being activated at the same time
• added sound effect when a projectile item is created from a power-up
• fixed bug that prevented deployable spawn point from showing up on initial match start
• fixed bug where grabbed items were momentarily disappearing when driving at high speeds
• increased size of launcher load target
• adjusted some setting labels and increased some panel sizes to better cover menu pages underneath panels
• tweaked follow cam distances
• adjusted default seated height upward slightly
• added third-person "rifle" object that lets player aim effectively from third-person view
• added mirrored set of the player's power-ups for direct interaction in third-person view
• adjusted Red Team / Blue Team car customization slots to always be available
• prevented issue where poll option collider were being activated even when poll panel was hidden
• when using first-person or third-person world locking, made menu always open facing player
• fixed bug where aerial auto-gyro was enabled at launch regardless of current setting
• increased car angular drag, dampened aerial gyro forces, and made aerial spinning wheels slow down faster
• adjusted plane flight model

v0.8.15 (Build 225): July 7, 2020

• added in-game changelog and made it show up on version updates
• implemented poll system to gather player feedback more effectively
• overhauled Neon Engine server API for future expansion
• adjusted Deployable Spawn Point to spawn players raised up a bit to ensure wheel doesn't start in the ground

v0.8.14 (Build 223): June 25, 2020

• added Homing Rocket power-up
• updated Flatland geometry (new platform over the water in the pool for car vs. boat combat) and changed out wall and ceiling textures
• added 3 more rings to Flatland and changed the position of an existing ring (all 5 stages = 100 now)
• fixed bug where boundary kills were happening when player wasn't out of bounds

v0.8.13 (Build 220): June 20, 2020

• implemented new regions system that contains sets of spawn points within the stages
  • regions defined in all 5 stages
  • some regions start players with a boat or a plane
• fixed additional menu bugs (more inactive UI elements being selectable and interfering with active page)
• fixed bug with invisible ring and stunt gap ramp icons for default active slide on the Progress page
• fixed bug where number of rings was not updated after loading a new stage
• set Deathmatch points limit to 10 and Team Deathmatch points limit to 25
• increased size of ring collider
• added 2 rings to Flatland

v0.8.12 (Build 219): June 18, 2020

• upgraded to Unity 2019.4
• added hand position (left & right) as input control options, with new calibration system for setting boundaries
• added steering UI for all control modes and steering input options
• fixed UI bug where some percentage sliders were displaying values 100 times too high
• fixed flight controls for Classic control mode (significantly improved pitch & roll blending)
• added match type (and race track) display in front of car during countdown / match start
• fixed issues with damaging Spiked Balls and Seeker Balls owned by other players
• fixed regression preventing previous client stage loading sequence improvements (notifying before transitioning, not shutting down player camera)
• fixed "Push To Talk" voice broadcast mode setting
• minor tweaks to new Motion Lines feature
• added first-person vignette ("Show helmet") comfort setting
• added "3D" comfort cage type
• smoothed out car suspension & physics for low speeds and sharp turns
• improved traction on quarterpipe walls
• adjusted plane thrust formula (increased diving speed)
• increased plane boost force slightly

v0.8.11 (Build 215): June 9, 2020

• added sounds for networked smasher hits
• fixed networked smasher damage delay on kills
• doubled blast radius for grenades and rockets (40m to 80m) and increased the blast forces applied to objects
• allowed blast forces to apply in Chase matches even when damage isn't
• added "Seeker Ball" power-up:
  • if you launch it, it keeps driving at it's current velocity and will scan for players to run into and explode
  • if you just throw it, it stays put until it spots a player to chase and run into
  • if there is just one player and no bots, it will chase the player who launched it
• fixed networked smasher damage delay on kills and added sounds for smasher hits
• adjusted no-throttle input steering auto-throttle system to work more consistently

v0.8.10 (Build 213): June 5, 2020

• disabled torque matching system for "Classic" control mode (was creating deadzone)
• renamed "Pro" control mode to "Dual"
• reduced turning sensitivity in boat for "Classic" control mode
• set default to Left Stick / Trackpad for both flight inputs instead of defaulting to separate sticks
• adjusted default Torque Matching
• fixed quarterpipe ramp in Flatland and some other geometry
• fixed bug where activating third-person camera made golden rings disappear
• eliminated the taking of damage when player the shoots their own wheel with the rifle
• fixed additional bug that prevented damage to cars
• fixed display bug where shooting a really close object showed the laser going through the object
• fixed bug where menu wasn't opening on start-up
• added shortcut menu button to toggle between Match page and the previous page
• moved Comfort Cage inside player object rather than car
• omitted Comfort Cage from dashboard panel screen and third-person cameras
• added Comfort Cage setting to lock its rotation to the world rotation
• implemented "Motion Lines" comfort setting
• split up "Lock Horizon" setting into "First-Person Rotation Lock" with options of:
  • None
  • Horizon (Pitch & Roll)
  • Pitch, Roll, & Yaw
• made the same change for the third-person camera setting and set its default to "Horizon Pitch & Roll)"
• fixed UI pointer highlighting / button selecting bugs
• fixed UI bug where closing and re-opening menu scrolled page further down
• fixed UI bug where sliders that used whole numbers weren't populating values on start-up
• improved core UI functionality around showing and hiding sections of button / form elements on pages
• made big changes to Controls settings page
• moved view / camera settings from "General" to "Comfort" and renamed the page to "View & Comfort"
• added a Follow Camera Type setting for Rigid / Smooth
• fixed HUD scale and positioning for third-person camera for all world scales
• improved follow camera behaviour when driving in reverse or camera is caught up (facing forward instead of pointing at car)
• made Recover / Race Respawn work while menu is open

v0.8.9 (Build 210): May 27, 2020

• added new "Flatland" stage for learning the basics without so much ramp inteference and made it the starting stage
• moved Vector Stadium ahead of Xenodome which makes Xenodome stage 3 now instead of stage 1
• fixed menu bug where Match page buttons were sometimes being activated when on another menu page
• fixed bug where potency for all stunt modifiers was being decreased in Stunt matches rather than just the active ones
• fixed bug where stunt modifiers become increasingly powerful
• fixed sparks particle system bug that over time results in the inability to cause damage to players
• reduced jitter in car physics
• reduced cases where wheel colliders catch the surface of an incline and upset the car
• dampened boat buoyant forces based on vertical velocity to make bounces out from the water less extreme
• fixed stunt bug where air time could be longer than the total stunt time (when ending a boat)
• increased underwater plane speed slightly
• significantly reduced boat rocking
• added control setting to "Use auto-gyro pitch stabilization when airborne" (just like on the ground and enabled by default)
• fixed Torque Biasing Threshold and Torque Biasing Percentage control settings and added Torque Matching Threshold setting
• increased "Boing!" stunt bonus from 15% to 20%
• decreased Spiked Ball launch force
• adjusted Spiked Ball collision sounds (range, volume, sound effects)
• changed Smasher collision sounds to be heavier (the same as Spiked Ball rather than the wing collision sound)
• made Smasher collision sounds play when colliding with environment (rather than just other cars)
• networked vehicle "grounded" status to control plane wing contrails and wing engine audio for remote players
• increased plane wing engine audio volume for remote players
• added additional reflection probes to Vector Stadium
• adjusted Spy Rocket to not detect owner player
• implemented new Comfort Setting: "Use forward camera on cockpit screen"
• slightly increased cockpit camera screen resolution (and fixed aspect ratio)
• moved rearview camera away slightly to show more of wheels
• reduced Smasher time from 30 seconds to 8 seconds for races
• increased Deathmatch winning points number from 6 to 10
• adjusted wheel engine audio volumes and pitches and added a unique slight pitch bias for each other player
• changed audio clip for tire squeal (and added multiple new ones)

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)

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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.