Turbo Sliders Unlimited News

Update Notes for v0.97.3 (client-only update)

AI Editor is now available, allowing creating driving lines for the AI players (to add AI support to new levels and vehicles)
AI players can now be used in custom local games as long as the level-vehicle combination has AI lines (online support coming later)
Level Selector now has a filter to only show levels that have AI lines defined (for the currently selected vehicle(s))
Various small changes to the AI behavior
Quick game: All built-in vehicles are now supported, including Random and Choosable
Quick game: Player count can be adjusted, skill level can be mixed (e.g. half medium, half high)
Quick game: Lots of other new options: e.g. drafting, ghost races, missiles for AI drivers
Local Custom Game now always starts at the Session Init state where changing levels is still possible
Immediate Restart (Ctrl+Backspace by default) now starts quicker in time trials and special stages (if not random start time)
Moved HUD elements so that Weapons and Health are on the right and Time on the left side
Some GUI screens that require using mouse now show a message about that if opened with keyboard or gamepad
Automatically changing the camera target to the last AI player when finished and playing alone against AI
When changing the camera target for the first time after finished or wrecked, skipping disabled players
Vehicle Editor: Fixed inertia tensors sometimes becoming temporarily incorrect when changing the vehicle properties
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements

Meet the AI opponents

Everything in Turbo Sliders Unlimited has been designed with online multiplayer in mind, but now it is possible to experience the thrill of a 20-player race locally, too. You can either play the beta race campaign, or start a quick game that puts you against AI drivers on built-in tracks.

But, this is still just the beginning of the AI driver related features. Lots of related new options and possibilities are planned to come in the next versions, so stay tuned!

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Update Notes for v0.97.2 (client-only update)

Added Quick Game option to the Play Menu: starts a quick local game against AI drivers (only Sporty supported for now)
Added a new beta campaign with three racing events against AI drivers - to be replaced with a bigger campaign later
Lots of AI improvements (e.g. awareness of other vehicles, better recovery when getting stuck, random mistakes on lower levels etc.)
Added Create menu and moved the level and vehicle editors there - also placeholders for future features
Added help texts to many menus
Ghost Settings now have their own settings category, added more PB options and changed the fading options (all values reset to defaults)
Added an option to share levels and vehicles initially as hidden so that they can be privately tested more before made public
Health bar is now shown if the level has gradually damaging materials (damage effect still not enabled without collision or weapon damage)
Reduced water sounds audio volume, underwater sounds volume is now also affected by the sound effect volume in Sound settings
Level Editor: It is now possible to load a level in safe mode, removing all side objects (helps with some external road library issues)
Reduced the mouse cursor getting reset to the center of the screen at certain situations
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements

Update Notes for v0.97

Added a simple beta test event to drive against AI drivers (tech to be used in single player campaigns in the future)
It is now possible to set a password when hosting a game - players and spectators need to enter it to join
Host List: Hosts with players are now shown first, even if the ping is high
Levels can now enforce minimum pit area slowdown even if the pit is not active (pit slowdown object property)
Pit area slowdown is now by default quicker (automatic braking) and the top speed is more correctly reduced by the slowdown amount
Added new color variations to oak trees, including a leafless winter version
Tag games: A tagged player hitting an untagged player with a missile now transfers or spreads the tag (can be disabled in Tag settings)
Soccer: Fixed the goal message showing the time a few seconds off
Soccer: The built-in soccer arena Punapark now has some team colored markings
Capture battle: Fixed the team name in the flag returned message when using non-standard teams
Doubled the maximum size of triggers
Editors: Better info if trying to finalize a level or vehicle when the same name is already in use
Level Editor: Texture indexes now start more consistently from 1, not 0
Level Editor: New markers are not added as circular anymore (caused ER road library issues)
Console command /savesettings (or just /save) now saves the settings to the default location (game.json) if no parameter given
Remote admins can now load and edit server level lists even for the levels they don't locally have yet
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements

Update Notes for v0.96

Level Editor: Added support for trigger objects that can start, stop or reverse an animation when a vehicle, missile or other object touches them
Triggers enable creating e.g. openable doors and platforms that start rising when driven on or a missile shot at them
Level Editor: It is now possible to change the terrain textures of a level in Location Settings (only affecting the looks, not physics)
Level Editor: It is also possible to use terrain textures as the Edge texture (in Nature settings, the old name was Bottom Material)
Level Editor: It is now possible to to change which tree indexes are mapped to which tree types in a level (some new trees available, too)
Level Editor: Added two new Perlin noise stamps to detail modifiers to be able to create organically shaped texture or foliage fields
Level Editor: Added two new simple road textures with changeable colors: concrete and blank
Level Editor: Added complexity limits for nature and roads - removing trees and/or water may allow having more objects in a level
Soccer: All opponents getting disabled no longer scores a goal after the last ball has scored a goal in Wait All Balls mode
Transfer Tag: It is now possible to have up to 19 initially tagged players (starting from non-tagged spots if not enough tag start positions)
Added support for a fixed trackside camera as a forced camera, always staying in the initial position
Customizer: Fixed sometimes not updating the selected tool correctly when returning to Customizer after exiting to the main menu
Tech: Enabled more aggressive build optimizations, in-game tick times decreased by about 8%
Vehicle Editor: It is now possible to export a vehicle to a JSON file in the vehicle editor by holding Shift when clicking Save As
Added command "/vehicle /clear" to remove all possible vehicles (useful in server scripts before adding a certain set of possible vehicles)
Servers can now recover better from short hangs without clients having to go back in time (250 ms by default, tunable in Host Sync Settings)
Miscellaneous other minor fixes and improvements