Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders News

[h2]Hello Riders,
[/h2][p]We have just released an update to Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders on Steam and Xbox. The main purpose of the update is to prepare all platforms for crossplay with the upcoming PS5 version. As you might have seen today we unfortunately had to push the PS5 release but we are hopeful that you can finally play with your Playstation friends soon. [/p][p]Besides the cross-play update there are also a bunch of other things that got fixed or improved, most importantly the crashes on Xbox. [/p][p][/p][h3]New Features[/h3]

• [p]Major: Cross-Play with PS5 support (SOON!)[/p]

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• [p]Major: Reduced level at which Free Ride is unlocked to level 30[/p]

[h3]Improvements & Polishing[/h3]

• [p]Minor: Some localization improvements[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed UI to show longer names properly in multiplayer[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Critical: Switched to RenderTextures for reflection rendering to fix frequent crashes during level loading[/p]
• [p]Major: Made parts of the level loading asynchronous to fix intermittent application hangs[/p]
• [p]Major: Fixed bug that causes multiplayer connection issues in connection with unstable internet connections[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed exceptions in tracking service[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed customization validation[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed news display showing gray box instead of image in some cases[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed a rare bug in error handling during ghost saving[/p]
• [p]Minor: Player name on leaderboards is now updated on login
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[p]Please let us know if this patch improves your playing experience. We would be especially interested in hearing whether you still experience black screens, as we haven’t been able to reproduce that reliably. [/p][p][/p][p]All the best,[/p][p]Your Megagons[/p][p]
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[h2]Hey Riders,[/h2][p][/p][p]We just released another hotfix addressing some issues reported by players.[/p][h3]
Improvements & Polishing[/h3]

• [p]Minor: Some menus now support looping from bottom to top and vice versa[/p]
• [p]Minor: Reduced memory usage by skipping unnecessary mipmap generation[/p]

[h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Major: Fix crash at the end of the level loading sequence caused by too skybox generation[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fix a specific pop-up dialog not reacting to controller input[/p]
• [p]Minor: Shading fixes for ice props and ice on ground[/p]

[p][/p][p]As always thanks for reporting & see you on the mountains![/p][p] - your Megagon[/p]

[h2]Hey Riders,[/h2][p][/p][p]This hotfix is fixing four issues present in yesterday's update, most importantly making multiplayer after host migration stable again. Here's what has changed:[/p][p][/p][h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Critical: Fixed issue that after a host migration the run ends[/p]
• [p]Major: Fixed “Wrong turn, right find” achievement not being achievable[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed some level design issues on "Loch Rioghail"[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed missing activity icons for the new trails on Discord[/p]

[p][/p][p]Hope you all enjoy the new mountain. And as always feedback is very welcome![/p][p]- your Megagons[/p]

[p]Hello Riders![/p][p] Our first DLC “Highlands” is out now on all platforms! Inspired by the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, you can now carve your way through the golden forests of Ben Fiadhein. Discover ancient ruins, ride along the shores of mighty rivers, find your path through foggy swamps and explore the mysteries of Castle Rioghail.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]The DLC features [/p]

• [p]4 new trails with blue and black slopes. [/p]
• [p]New challenges for time trials, trick and free ride [/p]
• [p]New rewards featuring comfy autumn clothing, classic highlands kilts or even some medieval armor. [/p]
• [p]New leaderboards for all modes[/p]
• [p]Full Multiplayer Support[/p]

[p]The Highland trails are all available as part of the public quickmatches, but only DLC owners have access to the singleplayer modes and private tours to ski with your friends.[/p][p][/p][p]The DLC comes with a 10% release discount and is also available in the franchise DLC with a further 15% discount.[/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]We wish you all a great time on Ben Fiadhein and see you on the new mountain![/p][p]
Your Megagons[/p][p][/p][p]PS: The DLC also comes with an Update to version 1.3.1.
[/p][p]New Features[/p]

• [p]MAJOR: NEW DLC HIGHLANDS IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY AND IN QUICKMATCHES[/p]

[p]Fixes[/p]

• [p]Minor: “Best OWn Ghost” achievement gets now triggered at the correct point. [/p]
• [p]Major: End timer quickmatch is now working again. [/p]
• [p]Major: Player List in racing is now sorted correctly. [/p]

[p]Improvement [/p]

• [p]Minor: Snow Visuals slightly improved
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[h3]Hello Riders,[/h3][p]
We hope you all are doing great. We are happy to announce some awesome news today.[/p][p]First, we have released a big multiplayer update a few hours ago for all platforms. Thank you all again for helping us test it in the multiplayer beta. We made a lot of changes to the netcode over the last few months, and the multiplayer experience should be much smoother now. The update today also comes with lots of performance improvements and a highly requested new feature - friends leaderboards. You can read the full patch log at the end of the news.  [/p][p][/p][p]The second news is that we can finally announce a date for our first big mountain DLC: 30th of October![/p][p]We don’t want to spoil the biome yet, but here is a little teaser for you. [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Can you guess what mountain awaits you?[/p][p]
The new mountain will come with four trails, two difficulties per trail and support for all modes and leaderboards.[/p][p]
So mark October 30th on your calendar and see you on the mountains soon!
[/p][p]Your Megagons[/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][h2]New Features[/h2]

• [p]Major: Added option in leaderboards to filter by friends & following[/p]

[h2]Improvements & Polishing[/h2]

• [p]Critical: Rewrote netcode for way smoother multiplayer matches[/p]
• [p]Critical: Optimized host selection logic while keeping migrations to a minimum[/p]
• [p]Major: Performance optimization on all quality levels[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Critical: Unity update containing a critical security fix[/p]
• [p]Major: Fixed reflections often not being displayed correctly[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed “new” marker not being saved for freshly unlocked content[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed several small UI layout issues[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed issues with Japanese font rendering[/p]

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• [p]Major: Displayed ranking in multiplayer races can be off sometimes
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