Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders News

[h3]Hey Riders![/h3][p][/p][p]The Freestylers Update is finally here, adding two new modes to the game! A completely new Trick Mode and also the beloved Free Ride Mode from Lonely Mountains: Downhill is making its comeback![/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]In Trick Mode, players compete for style over speed, completing over 100 new challenges in a ground-up reimagining of the Snow Riders experience. The mode unlocks at level 20. [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Free Ride Mode was a feature in our last game Lonely Mountains: Downhill, now finally in Snow Riders! The ultimate challenge to all speedrunners, Free Ride removes all checkpoints, allowing players to carve their own ultrafast route down the mountain. You need to reach level 35 to unlock this mode. [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Both modes come with full leaderboard support and new achievements, and also allow you to reach the highest player level without competing in multiplayer matches. [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]The Freestylers Update also comes with a wide range of new accessibility features, including auto-brake, auto-accelerate, toggling buttons instead of holding them, and button mapping.[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]We would be very grateful to hear your feedback on the new additions, especially the difficulty of the Trick Mode challenges. [/p][p]
You can find the full patch log down below. [/p][p][/p][p]We also took the opportunity to update our roadmap for this year. The biggest change is that the PS5 version has moved from Summer to Autumn. [/p][p][/p][p]Thank you so much everyone for supporting the game! [/p][p]Happy riding and see you on the slopes![/p][p][/p][p]Your Megagons[/p][p][/p][h2]New Features[/h2]

• [p]Critical: NEW GAME MODE: Trick Mode is now available as a full solo mode. It unlocks at level 20 and adds a second progression path to the game. It also comes with full leaderboard support and achievements. [/p]
• [p]Critical: NEW GAME MODE: Free Ride Mode has now also been added to the game and unlocks with Level 35. People experienced with Downhill will already know the drill. Free Ride removes all checkpoints and it also uses the Zen version of the trails, allowing for maximum freedom to race down the trails for the best time. It comes with leaderboards and achievements, and full level progression. [/p]
• [p]Major: If you are not the biggest multiplayer fan, you can now reach the maximum level in the game by finishing all solo challenges (time trials/tricks/free-ride). [/p]
• [p]Major: Added custom button/keyboard mapping[/p]
• [p]Major: Added auto-brake and auto-accelerate to the accessibility options[/p]
• [p]Major: Added option to now toggle instead of holding accelerate/crouch/break to the accessibility options. [/p]
• [p]Major: Added markers to newly unlocked equipment, game modes, gear, trails or slopes. [/p]
• [p]Minor: Added new reward sounds for each trick score threshold.[/p]
• [p]Minor: You can now set which gamepad icons you want to use in the game (Steam only)[/p]

[h2]Changes[/h2]

• [p]Minor: Reordered the options menu a little bit. [/p]
• [p]Minor: Ghosts are now more transparent when closer to the player. [/p]

[h2]Improvements & Polishing[/h2]

• [p]Major: Changed some particle effects to improve performance. It should be especially noticeable on Baifushan. [/p]
• [p]Major: improved playing with mouse and keyboard.[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Major: Fixed front or back flips not automatically landing correctly in some situations.[/p]

We hope you all fun on the slopes! We just wanted to inform you that we dropped a small patch today, fixing some issues that popped up over the last few weeks.

Here is the full patch log:
[h3]Improvements & Polishing[/h3]

• Minor: Fixed camera being too far ahead of the player when going very fast.
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Major: Fixed a bug handing out invalid XP and snowflakes as reward.
  
• Minor: Small performance improvement by correctly disabling colliders on startup.
  
• Minor: Fixed a small bug when restarting a trail in single player.
  

All the best and see you on the mountains!
Your Megagons

Hey Riders,

We just released a small hotfix addressing some issues with the resolution selection, especially affecting Steam Deck, but also PC players:

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Critical: Incorrect list of available resolutions.
  
• Major: Better selection of default resolution.
  
• Major: Very rare edge case where game could freeze in the resolution selection.
  

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• Major: Steam Deck only: The default settings for Steam Deck are not ideal. Until its fixed please refer to the Steam Deck thread in the Discussions for recommended settings.
  

As always, please let us know if you notice bugs or face any problems with the game.

- your Megagons

[h3]Hello Riders,[/h3]

We hope you’re all doing well, and thank you all for the positive feedback for our newest Baifushan mountain and the supporter pack! We’re really glad you’re all enjoying it and are super grateful for the development support!

Today we have just released another patch for you. Version 1.1.100 comes mainly with a bunch of multiplayer improvements to handle higher latencies better. It doesn’t get rid of all the problems but it should improve a lot of scenarios.

We also fixed a few problems with the resolution selection and Window mode. Here is the full patch log:

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Minor: Checkpoint sounds are now part of the “environment” volume category in the settings and so disabling UI sounds will still trigger them.
  

[h3]Improvements & Polishing[/h3]

• Major: Criteria for network synchronization are a bit stricter now, which should lead to less drastic corrections in high latency (ping) scenarios.
  
• Major: Increased local buffer size to handle drastic changes in latency towards the host better.
  
• Minor: Several small UI fixes and polishing
  

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• Critical: Fixes rare bug where resolution selection dialog is showing only resolutions in a wrong aspect ratio (PC only).
  
• Major: Fixed a similar case where in Window mode the window size is reset randomly in fixed intervals.
  
• Major: Fixed several cases where the local player gets teleported back and forth when crashing/respawning in a multiplayer match with high latency.
  
• Major: Reduced two cases where sideways shifting happened after respawning far away from the checkpoint.
  
• Minor: Icons and trail names for the Discord activity for the new mountain Baifushan are fixed.
  

[h3]Known Issues[/h3]

• Minor: Sideways shifting at the checkpoint still happens when multiple people respawn at a similar time.
  

Have a great time on the slopes!
Your Megagons

Hey Riders,

hope you are enjoying the new mountain! We just released a small hotfix addressing four issues introduced in the latest update as well as two QoL improvements on the graphic settings side. Take a look:



[h2]Improvements & Polishing[/h2]

• Major: VSync option is now also available in Borderless Fullscreen mode. The sync/refresh rate in that case will will match your desktop setting (you can change that in the display properties in Windows if desired).
  
• Major: We expanded the available Frame Rate Limit options. You can now choose any value between 30 and 240 Hz or disable the limitation by setting it to unlimited.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Critical: Fixed a barely visible collider under water on Baifushan, Trail 2.
  
• Major: Resolved invisible characters caused by specific combinations of outfits.
  
• Major: Fixed tour rewards not being distributed correctly in rare cases.
  
• Minor: The lines pointing to your character in the customization screen are now back.
  

As always, please let us know if you notice bugs or face any problems with the game.

- your Megagons