Leadwerks Game Engine News

We've added a new website feature called Projects to help teams collaborate on their games. A project can be created with several privacy features so you can use this for public open-source games everyone can participate in, or for your team's secret project.



You can add a forum, blog, and downloads section to your project and use it to host files, carry out discussions, and post updates to your team. The project creator can also moderate the content and has the ability to invite and approve new members.

If you don't have a Leadwerks account, why not sign up for one now? It only takes a moment and you can sign up with your email address, Facebook account, or Steam account.

We've added a new website feature called Projects to help teams collaborate on their games. A project can be created with several privacy features so you can use this for public open-source games everyone can participate in, or for your team's secret project.



You can add a forum, blog, and downloads section to your project and use it to host files, carry out discussions, and post updates to your team. The project creator can also moderate the content and has the ability to invite and approve new members.

If you don't have a Leadwerks account, why not sign up for one now? It only takes a moment and you can sign up with your email address, Facebook account, or Steam account.

An update is available on the beta branch on Steam that adds support for multiplayer games with the following features:

• NAT punch-through with relay server fallback.
  
• Connectionless peer-to-peer UDP messages with multiple channels and optional reliable flag.
  
• Public server list of available games to play.
  
• Voice-over-IP for in-game chat (and taunts!).

The new multiplayer system will open up a new range of game types that can be easily created with Leadwerks Game Engine.

These features are still being tested and are only available in the Windows build right now.

An update is available on the beta branch on Steam that adds support for multiplayer games with the following features:

• NAT punch-through with relay server fallback.
  
• Connectionless peer-to-peer UDP messages with multiple channels and optional reliable flag.
  
• Public server list of available games to play.
  
• Voice-over-IP for in-game chat (and taunts!).

The new multiplayer system will open up a new range of game types that can be easily created with Leadwerks Game Engine.

These features are still being tested and are only available in the Windows build right now.

An update for Leadwerks Game Engine 4.5 has been pushed out on Steam. The following fixes have been made:

• View projection for Oculus Rift VR headset is fixed.
  
• Added VR.AButton, VR.BButton, VR.GripAxis for improved compatibility with Oculus Touch controllers.
  
• Fixed terrain collision bug.
  
• Added missing Workshop toolbar icons on Linux.
  
• Fixed script editor not opening on Linux.
  
• Fixed LoadAnimation bug.
  
• Fixed missing fall damage on player controller.

This update is available now to all users.