Zeepkist News

Time for another another patch!!!

⚠️ Beware!! If you have mods installed, online might not work until your mods are updated!! It's probably best to uninstall your mods until then!! Ask on the modding Discord for further info. ⚠️

Anyway, the update! It's quite a big one!

[h2]Changelog:[/h2]

🔸 Added "Steering Limit Keys", which you can use to limit your max steering angle



🔸 Added "Time" and "Input" displays to online photo mode
🔸 Updated the input display with extra info



🔸 Added a "Tag" option to online settings, allows you to add a 4-letter tag to the front of your name, without having to change your Steam name (Blame Ronan for this idea, it caused the update to take a while lol)



🔸 Awarded special influencer hats to 4 influential influencers ❤️
🔸 Awarded special "I helped!" hats to a bunch of people testing the update
🔸 Various small fixes


[h2]Happy Zeepkisting!!![/h2]

127 players took part in the ZSL tournament and now it's time to vote for the best themed levels from the 50 Block Challenge level contest!

Builders were tasked with building a level that contained just 50 blocks!!



Voting is open until Sunday 27th August, 2023 at 18:00 BST

[h2]Play the level submissions[/h2]

All of the submissions are available in the Zeepkist Super League - 50 Block Challenge level pack on the Steam Workshop!

[h2]Watch the level showcases[/h2]

Don't have time to play the levels? Check out the YouTube videos that showcase all of the submissions this round!

• Submissions Part 1 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 2 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 3 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 4 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 5 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 6 (Arder)
• Submissions Part 7 (Arder)

[h2]Other Contests[/h2]

The Wild West level contest and banner contest are underway with just under 2 weeks left! Head on over to the #level-contests or #banner-contests channel in our Official Zeepkist Discord server to join in! (make sure you pick up the Level Contest or Banner Contest roles when joining the server)

Full details on the level contest can be found at https://steamcommunity.com/games/1440670/announcements/detail/3680055739388094951

[h2]Super League Event Results & Season Standings[/h2]

You can view the complete season standings for season 2 on the Zeepkist Records website!

The results of the 50 Block Challenge Super League tournament held on Sunday is also available now: View event results

- Akane

[h3]Hey everyone!![/h3]

Time for another patch!!!

The server woes are over, and I've grown a lot more knowledgeable and confident in my ability to write server code and push changes.

In learning, I've of course also been working on some upgrades!

So here's Version 15, Patch 34, and it doesn't even say [test-server] anymore!!



Changelog:
- Added play next button in playlist menu
- Added velocity indicator to online spectate mode
- Changing time in playlist menu now resets time to that time

- Added command "/forceskip" with optional arguments "random", "[int]" (for skipping to specific level in playlist), "next", "prev", "restart"
- Added command "/restart"
- Added command "/settime [int]" to set lobby time
- Added command "/debug", use argument "help" for more info

- Added backend infrastructure for easier moderation, banning, and muting of toxic players (If you see anyone being mean, let us know on the Discord!! https://steelpan.dev/zk-discord)

- Fixed orange industrial lamp casting a wrong shadow
- Fixed not being able to save levels in subfolders
- Added an error message when trying to save filenames that are too big

I'm really happy with all of these changes and I'm very excited to be getting a grasp on server coding! It's a lot less daunting now Zeepkist has a test server!! :D

Happy Zeepkisting everyone!!!

[h3]Hey everyone!![/h3]

It's patch time again!!!

A bit earlier than I wanted to but some stuff happened that required me to push this version ASAP.

There was an issue with the Zeepkist servers. Last night there was an issue with workshop levels loading, which I fixed at midnight, but after I'd gone to bed the entire server broke and nobody could connect to anymore anymore.

Soo this morning I spent some time setting up a new server and making sure that all worked, which I've now done and tested and I believe everything should work again!!

With that, I've also had to push a new build that connects to the new server, however I was already working on some other stuff that was nearly done so I finished up that as well.

There may be server instability, as well as file-saving instability. If anything happens, let me know on the Zeepkist Discord!! https://steelpan.dev/zk-discord

[h3]Anyway, here's the changelog!![/h3]

- Awarded level & banner contest hats (sorry this took a while this time!!)

- Capped max force/velocity of fans and boosters, because some people were using the uncapped values to crash people's games.

- Did a bunch of invisible back-end work on Zeepkist's file saving system, making it a lot more robust and far less likely to save corrupt file. It didn't happen often, but sometimes a Zeepkist system file would corrupt, like the settings or progression files, and people's games wouldn't load anymore. I hope this new file saving system will prevent that going forward!!

- Due to the server issues, the "/voteskip" and "/skiplevel" commands had to have been removed.

View the event on Zeepkist's Official Discord server!

[h2]When is the Super League tournament?[/h2]

[h3]Timeslot 1 (2 Rooms, 128 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 13th August at 10:00 PDT
  
• Sunday 13th August at 13:00 EDT
  
• Sunday 13th August at 18:00 BST
  
• Sunday 13th August at 19:00 CEST
  
• Monday 14th August at 04:00 AEDT
  

[h3]Timeslot 2 (1 Room, 64 player capacity)[/h3]

• Sunday 13th August at 19:00 PDT
  
• Sunday 13th August at 22:00 EDT
  
• Monday 14th August at 03:00 BST
  
• Monday 14th August at 04:00 CEST
  
• Monday 14th August at 12:00 AEDT
  

[h2]Super League Details[/h2]

We will be competing on 15 of the 105 level submissions from the 50 Block Challenge level contest held earlier this month. You can checkout all submissions on the Steam Workshop!

The rooms will open around 10 minutes before the event starts and is scheduled to last around 2 hours (7 minutes per level) with a rest period half way through. The first timed level will begin on the hour (~10 minutes after rooms open)

The leaderboards in all rooms will be tracked and will be combined into a single overall leaderboard post-event on zeepki.st/super-league!

Top 3 with the most points will receive a special racing helmet IN-GAME, a Discord role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server!



[h2]Who can join?[/h2]

The Super League is open to all! Open Zeepkist and hop in to one of the Super League rooms hosted by Akane (Timeslot 1) or Socks242 (Timeslot 2). Rooms are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.

Look out for the following rooms hosted by either Akane or Socks242:

• Zeepkist Super League: 50 Block Challenge (1)
  
• Zeepkist Super League: 50 Block Challenge (2)
  

[h2]What tracks are we racing on?[/h2]

The 15 tracks we're racing on have been picked out by our judges. Download the level playlist here.

They are:

• You're turning into a penguin! Stop it by Not That Guy
  
• Fiery Skyway by Linzi
  
• Sorta Spooky by That1Guy
  
• Vijftig by [CTR]jandje
  
• Twilight Twists by mori_cinis
  
• 0PERA7I0N;FCTRY by [OR] Roader
  
• Highwire by justMaki
  
• BREAK TIME: 50 BLOCK EDITION
• Greenwebs by [XTR] NATHAN
  
• Sweet50journ by Richhyyyy
  
• 50p Fireball by CodeingerCat
  
• Sulphurous Sea by RoundNzt
  
• Broken Glass by AndMe14
  
• 50 Neon Nights by Dunke
  
• Floating In The Clouds by OgelGames
  
• Compact 50 by ARCHIEEE
  

[h2]Level Contest Community Vote[/h2]

After the Super League event, we will be opening the community vote to everyone on Steam and our Discord server. You will be able to pick your 3 favourite levels from the 50 Block Challenge theme!

- Akane