SNOW Game Update - 0.7.0

Featured Changes

• Moved majority of game data to pak archives in order to speed up level load - Downside of this is bigger update downloads
• Implemented new Dedicated Server auto-scaling backend
• Introduced new servers regions; US West, US East, Oceania and Europe
• Integrated new server browsing UI
• Implemented new Purchase Confirmation modal
• Implemented new Multiplayer chat UI
• Right gamepad stick can now be used to look around (removed support for Ollie trick stick)
• Bottom lift stations can now be used to travel to the top instantaneously, single player only. Future revisions will add MP support and animations.
• Reworked replay user interface
• Improved multiplayer movement prediction system
• Improved multiplayer stability
• Added Linux support - still work in progress, but should run decently
• Reconfigured Achievements, they should now all work as intended

Changelog

• Optimized ski trail creation by using global buffer to avoid runtime allocations
• Tweaked turning speed when doing hard break turns
• Store: Currency balance now uses a wide dash as a delimiter
• Game language is now set based on Steam user setting
• Medal scores are now displayed in the event finished screen
• Moved music player UI to the notification system
• Fix event price not updating after previewing an event
• Fixed buttering stamina possibly being used when not buttering
• Fixed inability to spawn drone
• Fixed scrollbar always updating even if its workspace was inactive / hidden
• Fixed possible case of UI elements being removed after animating in
• Fixed statistics UI not showing unit
• Fixed conditional stats such as "highestSpeed" not updating
• Fixed spectator camera not following remote players
• Fixed possible replay crash
• Players are now displayed as the first category in drop point selection
• Added spawn point descriptions
• Fixed store lag when previewing an asset for purchase
• Fixed gloss for the majority of snow terrain, decal and road textures to improve visibility for bumps
• Rewind no longer starts three seconds back in time, in order to avoid confusing new players. This can be tweaked in gameplay options!
• Updated store sorting rules, tags are now preferred up top
• Event timer is now reset when a new round is started.
• Fixed case where XP results would be overridden before displayed to the user
• Fix task list completion being triggered outside of gameplay
• Experimental multiplayer movement reconciliation improvements
• Fixed 'R' to ragdollize being usable in the tutorial
• Fixed possible ski trail buffer overflow
• Ski trails now calculate texel area density correctly
• Fixed WIP weather manager being active and spawning invisible clouds
• Fixed ski lift paths not being deleted correctly
• Fixed bonus time difference in events using milliseconds instead of seconds
• Fixed UI issue where the UV coordinates would overlap and render elements on top of each other
• Never show full screen tutorials in events
• Fixed XP screen and notifications storing duplicate level data
• Fixed tutorial task list not being reset when switching / exiting level
• Fixed issue where lift chairs would not be spawned correctly
• Fixed issue where lifts started lerping to previous rotation after having been out of view
• Improved handling of score and XP in order to show correct data in XP screen
• Fixed event type selection not filtering to the currently loaded level
• Fixed issue where large amounts of data would fail to be sent over the network
• Added support for controlling drone Z-axis movement with space and left control
• Fixed bundles screen not having the background go all the way
• Fixed "removeMovieClip" error in log
• Tweaked tutorial flow
• Fixed rendering depth issues in UI
• Fixed possible inventory crash
• Fixed out animation for UI objects that skipped the in animation
• Separated player and scene freezing, in order to allow particle playback in replay
• Fixed UI issue where covered by modal was never assigned a value, causing issues when purchasing
• Fixed jump not working after respawning frequently
• Fixed UI not updating correctly after resolution was changed
• Fixed player input being accepted during next round or event finished screens
• Fixed event countdown sometimes being enabled while hidden
• Fixed ski effects sometimes playing in air
• UI system now stores coordinates in 2D instead of 3D space, fixes undefined behavior during resolution switch
• Fixed previous animation getting stuck after respawning
• Fix UI not being reloaded on camera field of view change
• Fixed previous surface type sounds continuing to play if the new surface type did not have sounds attached to it
• Fixed calf and foot physics proxies not being removed when rephysicalizing after replay usage
• Tweaked values for determining perfect and bad landings
• Fixed sky light manager being initialized on dedicated servers
• Skip loading of SKIN attachments on dedicated servers
• Fixed multiple server history issues and overflows
• Fix ski trail buffer merging not working as intended, resulting in a crash later into the game
• Fixed dedicated server not enabling all layers
• Re-trigger OnEnterArea event on revive without notifying player
• Fixed music ceasing to play after ~20 minutes of playtime
• Fixed player not staying stopped after completing an event
• Fixed UI rendering on non-16:9 resolutions
• Fixed UI frustum size calculation for ultra wide monitor setups
• Fixed replay playback stopping if player unlocked camera movement with a gamepad
• Fixed duplicate occurrences of strings in the ground, air and drone controller settings
• Fixed UI elements sometimes disppearing as hidden scrollbar animated out
• Fixed 'e_shadows' CVar not functioning in release mode
• Moved HTTP behaviour to a separate thread tin order to prevent main thread stalls
• Increased time after respawning during which collisions between two players don't occur
• Fix previous XP being overridden if previous Xp on backend was 0
• Fixed crash if other client times out while another is viewing drop points
• Decreased usage of backend-side persistent storage events in order to decrease used traffic
• Fixed possible attachment update crash in MP
• Disabled flash light usage in MP for now
• Fixed ski trail raycasting not being exposed to whitelist
• Optimized ski trail generation
• Fixed crash when running out of flash materials
• Fixed possible crash on shutdown
• Restructed cURL usage to prevent loss of headers and body
• Fixed physics system searching for ground contacts on other players
• Optimized asset inventory map
• Fixed behaviour when the player was in multiple areas at the same time