Super Indie Karts News

Just a really quick hotfix to fix a game-breaking issue where you couldn't make a menu selection on the podium for SplitscreenGP.

Changes in v0.863

• fixed podium menu on SplitscreenGP
  
• squashed a bug that stopped the track screenshot slideshow in the Splitscreen Cup Select menu
  

This update exists mostly to address a bug where unknown (to the game) controllers would cause the game to display white squares instead of the GUI button prompt icon graphics in the menu. But it also adds a few other improvements to the Controller Calibration sliders, with finer tuning control, so calibrating steering wheels is a much better experience.

Feb 2025 v0.862 changes:

• Camera issues:
  
  
  
  • fixed camera not always keeping kart onscreen in Super style races
    
  
  
• Controller issues:
  
  
  
  • added generic button icons for unknown controllers, to stop the bug where the icons were just white squares.
    
  • these are UI1, UI2, UI3, and UI4. They're the icons you see when navigating the user interface on menus. If you're using an unknown (to the game) controller, then they'll be whatever you set in the Control Mapper for the UI Butt 1, UI Butt 2, UI Butt 3, and UI Butt 4 Actions respectively.
    
  • added visualisation of the numerical values of the three sliders in the Calibrate Controller window, axis DeadZone/ZeroPoint/Sensitivity, making it much clearer what the slider's value is.
    
  • added finer tuning of the DeadZone slider when calibrating a controller's axis, previously, when moving the slider with a keyboard or joypad, it jumped in increments of 10% - now it's 1% increments. This comes in handy for steering wheels in particular, where the previous smallest value of 10% was way too much and just felt wrong, and 0% had the kart veering off to the side when the wheel was centered. For example, my Thrustmaster wheel here feels good at 7%, but too loose at 9% and unsteady at 5%.
    
  • also added that finer tuning to the Sensitivity and Zero sliders when using Joypad/keyboard
    
  • re-added Steering DeadZone and Steering Sensitivity to the in-race Controller Settings menu, fiddling there to fine tune while racing gives a much better user experience.
    
  
  
• Other changes:
  
  
  
  • added a "loading.." icon during level transitions
    

As always, if some new change breaks the game on your setup, please let me know in the Discussions or on Discord, and consider stepping back to the Previous beta build while a fix is worked on.

Happy Karting!

• Clive'n'Wrench
  
  
  
  • added 2 new time zones to The Road Between Time with a fork in the road to the end of Track To The Future, giving a much better ending to each lap. Drive left for Gold Boostpads, or drive right for some extra Powerup Jars, you choose what's best for your lap!
    
  • fixed a crack in the slot car road
    
  • removed collider from the small VHS tape at the start of The Road Between Time section
    
  
  
• Nitromeland
  
  
  
  • added ability for fired weapons to also travel through portal doors to the other side, rather than them being lost to the transporter (also applies to other tracks with portals)
    
  • fixed kart sometimes spinning in the air briefly when exiting a portal if you entered the portal on an unconventional angle
    
  
  
• Super Indie Beach
  
  
  
  • fixed splitscreen CPU karts being stuck in the air glitch
    
  • added an extra path for the CPU karts to take at Seagull's Snak Shak
    
  • added more arrow signs for oft missed bends and 100cc Gold Shroom
    
  • added higher invisible walls to mudpit area as some players found themselves accidentally jumping the red fence
    
  
  
• Snowdriftland
  
  
  
  • added a ramp to the front of the lava pool in the lava tube area, but it's still better to ride the wall!
    
  • added up arrow texture to the iceberg ramps at the end of the lap
    
  
  
• RunbowRoad
  
  
  
  • added an instructional hint at the start to help get the ball rolling for those unfamiliar with the Runbow mechanic. "Watch the sky, dodge the traps!"
    
  
  
• Canabalt64
  
  
  
  • fixed dirt particle system being sandy coloured
    
  
  
• Other fixes
  
  
  
  • fixed mode7 Super tracks camera being too close to kart when it spins around you at race end
    
  • fixed Podium scene information pages being changeable with Left and Right before the information page had even came on-screen
    
  • fixed L2 and R2 still being WeaponUse and HopDrift after setting them to be something else (like Accelerate and Brake), by adding HopDrift2 and WeaponUse2 actions
    
  
  
• Steam Deck
  
  
  
  • fixed unconnected keyboard pushing the joypad controls of the Steam Deck to P2
    
  
  
• Beeta Blocka weapon
  
  
  
  • added an animation of the beetroot being dropped
    
  • added drop sound, and a hum sound to the shield
    

From here, assuming v0.861 doesn't introduce some new bug requiring a v0.862 release, the next major items on my goal list for the next major update are to create the next Advanced Cup and a new book of missions for Mission Mania. I'll let you know what will be the featured crossovers, in a few short months, with a trailer drop or something.

Happy Karting!

Welcome to the Sapphire Cup! A new cup in the Ultra cups category.

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Opening with Super Indie Beach, featuring a large outdoor area with an underwater section, this is one of the most detailed tracks yet. Make sure to wear sunscreen! After racing through the Mission In Snowdriftland track again, you'll take a race in the bedroom from Clive'N'Wrench along slot-car roads and out through space. Lastly, end the cup in Nitromeland, an amazing track featuring a whole bunch of games from the back catalogue of some absolutely classic Nitrome Games, presented as a theme-park style track!



December 2024 changes

• new Ultra Cup, featuring Mission In Snowdriftland, Clive'n'Wrench, Nitromeland, and Super Indie Beach!
  
• added 2 new karts, Clive'n'Wrench`s Double Dashing kart and Super Leap Day`s YOLK!
  
• added new weapon 'Beeta Blocka' - stops any karts which drive near him for the rest of the race
  
• added DRIFT hint message to the DriftGates in MissionMania
  
• added 2 more resolutions for triple monitor setups: 3840*720 and 7680*1440
  
• added a MULTI-TOMM!! message to the HUD so it`s clearer you can fire more than one Tomm
  
• added 2nd gold material to the A*** trophies in Trophy Room to give a nicer look
  
• added a hint sticker to help find the hidden 150cc Goldshroom in SIK Advanced Indoor Circuit
  
• added a drain of the water area in SIK Advanced Indoor Circuit on the final lap to reveal the hidden ramp shortcut
  
• added some water pool traps in the tunnel section of SIK Advanced Indoor Circuit
  
• cleaned up the ramp textures and added some warning trim around the base
  
• moved Race Jewel material to a single instance shared material so its sprite animation only needs to be calculated once
  
• fixed karts driftboosting in slightly wonky direction in splitscreen bug
  
• fixed podium karts in ceremony scene not facing the camera
  
• fixed CPU karts sometimes being hit by their own fresh Tomms and Meloons as they launch them
  
• fixed CPU karts not spinning around when they take a hit bug
  
• fixed race intro animation being broken looking on triple monitor setup
  
• fixed kart rotating 90 degrees after race ends when lifting off the ground
  
• ReWired the controller system which adds much more support for controllers and wheels, and has a calibration screen to potentially add any controller which isn't supported! (this should also remove the strange intermittent button reading people were experiencing with newer controllers)
  
• further reduced elastic rubber-banding on CPU karts
  

Welcome to Nitromeland! A theme-park style track based around the games of Nitrome.

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