Tower Unite News

Hot Fix 0.13.5.1

This hot fix addresses several issues you've reported, along with various improvements to physics stability. We got more fixes in the works as well.

Changes

Increased the stability of the physics simulation to improve physics behavior in Minigolf, Billiards, Ball Race, Arcade and other areas of the game
Adjusted physics substepping fidelity, which will help improve physics simulations
Enabled framerate smoothing with range of 22 FPS to 120 FPS
Minigolf: Adjusted camera lerping a bit more
Inventory: The name of the item you are right clicking on now displays

Bug Fixes

Fixed pets being visible in first person
Fixed random vote map option sometimes not going to any map
Fixed random vote map option not working for Little Crusaders
Fixed random vote map option selecting the same map that was just played
Fixed weird lighting in Smooth Dirt
Fixed sometimes not being able to join other players from the menu if they are in certain Plazas
Fixed ocean water being in the carpet section
Accelerate: Fixed spectating camera clipping
Fixed greek column not being colorable
Optimized dynamic weapon scopes
Inventory: Fixed right side of the screen not letting you grab items
Fixed chat typing animations not playing
Fixed item tag tooltips getting stuck on screen
Fixed co-op inventory being incorrectly titled as "condo inventory"
Fixed being able to select the sell option in co-op inventory (which would result in selling your own items)
Fixed underwater distortion effects causing tool traces to appear to be offset (when they really aren't)
Fixed translation plane gizmos not shift copying

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Sweet Tooth Remastered (0.13.5.0)

Sweet Tooth Remastered and Re-tuned

Sweet Tooth has gotten a makeover for this update, with new visuals and improved gameplay! With new lighting, updated art assets, adjustments to courses and quality of life changes, the map is more exciting and enjoyable than ever before!

Improved Condo Building

New features have been added to the condo such as shift-and-drag copying! Now you can quickly copy items by holding shift while dragging them with the translate gizmo!

Gizmos now have hotkeys for easier switching and editing. While you have an item selected in gizmo mode (left click by default), you can switch between gizmos using the Q, E, and R keys (these are rebindable).

You can now also quickly exit out of gizmo mode with the space key (also rebindable).

These are just a few of the changes made! There have been numerous improvements to the building system, along with several bug fixes that should make building a lot more user friendly and enjoyable. Read the full list of changes in the Condo Editing Changes section below.

New Ways To Connect

You can now see what game and map your friends are playing, including what Plaza server they are on straight from the friends list in-game. We've also added a join button to quickly connect you with your friends.

Several Long Standing Wearable Bugs Resolved

In this update, we've fixed wearables resizing while in seats, and wearables not displaying after using seats (such as when you toggle between first and third person), we've also addressed several other long standing issues such as weapons being de-equipped (until you respawn) while going into minigames. Check out the full list of bug fixes at the bottom of this update log.

Changes

Minigolf: Sweet Tooth Remastered
You can now see what game and map your friends are playing, including what Plaza server they are on within the friends list
Added a "Join" button next to your friends on the friends list
Added "Random" and "Return To Game Ports" vote map options
If you are in a Game World and the Game World disconnects you or closes, the disconnect popup will have an option to take you back to the Game World ports
Added placeable aquarium volume to D.I.Y store. This volume will allow you to create areas for fish to swim without the need of an aquarium (fish stay within the bounds of the volume)
Laser Tag: Laser gun sound now can be heard a lot better from a distance, allowing you to better know where your enemy is shooting you from
Arcade: Whirl-a-fish now shows how many drops it has left
Added a pool tube at the top of the slides to help visually show you can ride down the slides
Fishing: Higher difficulty of fish caught will now result in a fish (instead of trash) and better chances of rare ones
Increased inventory UI icon sizes
Increased contrast of settings headers, key bind settings, and sliders for better visibility
Reorganized key bind settings, separating condo inventory editing into its own header section
Resized item tooltip icon to be larger so you can see items better
Performance Optimization: Reduced lightmap data inside the arcade by 50% (from 320MB to 160MB).
Performance Optimization: Reduced shader complexity inside the arcade
Reduced waiting for players timer for Typing Derby from 30 seconds to 20 seconds
Reduced waiting for players timer for Trivia from 30 seconds to 20 seconds

Sweet Tooth Changes

Added extra cameras to hole 3 to provide a smoother camera view when traveling down pipes underneath the course
Added extra pipe cameras to hole 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17
Added extra backboard to end of hole 15 to make it less likely that players will bounce out the back
Added spline to the loop-de-loop at the beginning of hole 18 to make it more reliable
Fixed some instances of golf balls phasing through the half pipes in hole 12
Fixed some instances of golf balls phasing through the 270 degree boost curve in hole 16
Fixed players incorrectly bouncing backwards off of the half pipe/ramp at the end of hole 17

Condo Changes

Condo - Condo: You can now edit the pools wall/floor, trim, and stairs
Condo - Condo: You can now edit the roof grass
Condo - Condo: Removed bushes, allowing you to redecorate with your own foliage
Condo - Condo: Removed the grime/dirt from the pool stairs
Condo - Highrise: You can now edit the pool stairs
Condo: You can now apply any surface or canvas on the Stairs item
Condo: Added Water Clean and Water Ocean materials
Condo: NPCs by default no longer have "My Character" as their name tag. Name tag will only display once a name has been assigned

Condo Editing Changes

Condo: Added shift drag copying. You can now hold shift and drag items and duplicate them with the translate gizmo
Condo: Space/jump now ends gizmo edit mode
Condo: While in Gizmo mode you can switch between position, rotation, and scale using Q, E, and R respectively (these are rebindable)
Condo: Tilde key (~) now toggles advanced edit mode (this is rebindable)
Condo: You can now right click and edit items while in gizmo mode
Condo: When right click editing on an item, you no longer need to keep Q held to keep the right click edit menu open. It'll auto close after you are done right clicking
Condo: Added arrows for easier variation changing for nature items
Condo: Inventory UI - Moved Nature category out of the Furniture category and into its own large category
Condo: Inventory UI - Removed the Arcade category from Toys and just added the items to the main Toys category
Condo: Inventory UI - You can now drag resize the condo inventory to be taller by double clicking the shadow above the condo inventory title

Bug Fixes

Minigolf: Fixed being unable to putt up hills or certain crazy angles (would display a no putt cursor). You'll now always be able to putt any angle without having to readjust the camera
Fixed sitting in seats resizing wearables!!
Fixed cosmetic items (wearables) being invisible when sitting in seats and switching between third person and first person
Fixed jitter if you have a tiny potion active during a minigame
Fixed equippables/weapons not working after participating in a minigame
Fixed players visually holding weapons in their hands that are holstered for themselves
Plaza: Fixed missing collision on Game Ports platform
Plaza: Fixed duplicate teleporter in Game Ports
Plaza: Fixed missing collision on trees near Seasons
Plaza: Fixed Dev HQ media player not working
Condo: Fixed stair step width resetting when changing number of steps
Condo: Fixed advanced edit mode reopening item properties of the exact same item
Condo: Fixed advanced edit mode camera mode (right click) not engaging when right clicking/hovering over an item
Co-op Condo: Fixed wrong scale of items when clients drag/move items. For example, if a canvas cube was scaled by 5, a client would always have it scaled at 1 instead of 5
Condo: Fixed the scale gizmo not scaling the workshop models properly at all due to scale metadata not being calculated with the gizmo
Condo: Fixed physics items not floating in water properly and hitting an invisible wall
Condo: Fixed trust prompt coming up for condos you've already trusted
Condo: Fixed canvas images not loading on surfaces even if you have already trusted the player
Condo - Condo: Fixed a rock cutting into a floor underground
Minigolf: Preview camera no longer stutters due to networking desyncs
Laser Tag: Fixed several Laser Tag exploits
Fixed third person camera being really low while in seats, now it'll be tied to your head a lot better and adjusts with potions
Fixed leaving seats resetting your camera to the wrong direction, now it'll reset your camera back to what it was before you entered the seat
Fixed blocking a player model while in a condo causing all workshop models in the condo unloading (becoming boxes)
Fixed pause menu inventory clearing the current search after selling an item
Fixed Pilot Hat model
Fixed not being able to color the bedside table lamp
Resolved some issues where tutorial prompts (game splash screens) don't get saved upon game restart
Optimized and improved inventory pause menu list (now loads results instantly)

Weekly Dev Log for March 1st, 2021

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for March 1st, 2021, detailing all the changes that have happened since February 22nd, 2021. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.

[h2]Update 0.13.5.0[/h2]
We're finishing work on Update 0.13.5.0, which includes tons of numerous fixes and improvements for Condo Building, as well as the Sweet Tooth art pass. You can view all the details of this update here.

Highlights:
* The bug where wearables would resize when a player sits in a seat has been fixed.

* The bug where cosmetic items would become invisible when sitting in a seat and switching between first and third person was fixed.

* A bug where blocking a player model in a condo would cause all workshop models in the condo to unload was fixed.

* Leaving a seat will now reset the player's camera to its view before sitting in the seat.

* The third person camera is now better placed with the player's head while in a seat, and adjusts with potions/small models.

* The player will now be prompted if they wish to return to the Game Worlds Ports if a Game World closes unexpectedly.

[h2]February 2021 Condo Contest Winners[/h2]
The February 2021 condo contest has finished! Congratulations to "twitch.tv_caat96" and "Snuffles" in 1st place, along with "No4Delirious" and "Mementomori_Mohalovi" for their 2nd and 3rd place wins. You can view all the condo submissions here.

[h2]Accessibility Suggestions[/h2]
We've created a forum post asking the community for suggestions on how we can improve gameplay for players with certain conditions such as colorblindness, dyslexia, or anything else that might affect a players ability to use the standard presentation and controls of the game.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, and possible solutions on how to solve a particular issue, please check out the forum post here.

[h2]Condo Improvements[/h2]

macdguy worked on various fixes and improvements for condo building.

Highlights:
* Players can now use Shift + Drag to quickly spawn duplicate items using the Gizmo.

* Players can add areas in their condo for fish to swim with the new placeable Aquarium Volume.

* The Inventory UI can now be resized.

* The Nature category was moved out of the Furniture category into its own category.

* The bug where the trust canvas prompt would appear in condos the player already has trusted has been fixed.

* The bug where canvas images would not load even if the player had trusted the host has been fixed.

[h3]Shift + Drag Item Spawning[/h3]

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[h3]Placeable Aquarium Volume[/h3]

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[h3]Resizable Condo Inventory UI[/h3]

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[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

Johanna finished working on the Sweet Tooth polishing pass. She also optimized various places in the Plaza and Arcade.

JJosh continued working on items for the Arcade. He also worked on redoing the elephant plush.

Lifeless continued working the new condo map.

macdguy fixed an issue where wearables would resize if a player sat down in a seat. He also helped optimize wearables, and worked on upgrades. He added "Random" and "Return to Game Ports" buttons to the map vote screen, and added Join functionality to the friend's list on the main menu.

Madmijk continued working on Planetary Piano, along with working on Upgrades.

Wheezwer continued working on the concept art design for Fresh, along with the concept art and dialogue for the new Upgrades NPC.

Will continued working on various pieces of music.

[h3]Fresh Store Redesign Concept Art WIP[/h3]

[h3]Upgrades NPC Redesign Concept Art WIP[/h3]

[h3]New Condo Landscape WIP[/h3]

[h3]Random & Game Ports Options on Vote Map[/h3]

[h3]Join Button on Friends List in Main Menu[/h3]

[h3]Old / New Elephant Plush[/h3]

[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since February 22nd, 2021 at PixelTail Games. We'll see you all next week!

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Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7

Weekly Dev Log for February 22nd, 2021

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Weekly Dev Log for February 22nd, 2021, detailing all the changes that have happened since February 16th, 2021. Note: Devs that don't appear in the weekly log are not necessarily away or not doing work, but may be working on things currently not announced or backend work that doesn't need to be detailed.

[h2]Update 0.13.4.1 / Update 0.13.4.2 / Double Ticket Weekend Event[/h2]
Last week, we released Update 0.13.4.1, which fixed bugs and included various improvements. This update also introduced the very first Double Weekend Event, our first event being Doubled Tickets in the Arcade. There will be more and more events that will occur throughout the year, so stay tuned!

We also released a smaller hotfix, Update 0.13.4.2, which fixed some issues with Billiards.

Read the release notes!
Update 0.13.4.1 Update 0.13.4.2 Double Ticket Weekend Event

[h2]Update 0.13.4.3[/h2]
We've also started working on the next update, Update 0.13.4.3, which will include numerous fixes and improvements to Condo Building. You can view all the details of the update here.

[h2]February 2021 Condo Contest[/h2]
This month, we're running a "Night Out (or In)" themed condo contest. This contest will end on March 1st, 2021. First place winner will take home at least 1,000,000 units, and all participants may be rewarded 75,000 units! You can read the details here.

[h2]Accessibility Suggestions[/h2]
We've created a forum post asking the community for suggestions on how we can improve gameplay for players with certain conditions such as colorblindness, dyslexia, or anything else that might affect a players ability to use the standard presentation and controls of the game.

If you have any ideas or suggestions, and possible solutions on how to solve a particular issue, please check out the forum post here.

[h2]Arcade: Phase 2[/h2]

macdguy worked on the networking for the "Dragon's Treasure" coin pusher game.

Madmijk worked on fixing bugs with "Captain Calypso's Planetary Piano".

[h3]Dragon's Treasure Networking WIP[/h3]

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[h3]Dragon's Treasure Coin Models WIP[/h3]

[h2]Minigolf: Sweet Tooth Polishing Pass WIP[/h2]
Johanna finished working on the polishing pass for the Minigolf map, Sweet Tooth.

[h3]Sweet Tooth Old Screenshots[/h3]

[h3]Sweet Tooth New Screenshots[/h3]

[h2]Minigolf: Kingdom Polishing Pass WIP[/h2]
Johanna continued working on the polishing pass for the Minigolf map, Kingdom.

[h3]Kingdom Hole 13 Before / After[/h3]

[h3]Kingdom Updated Art[/h3]

[h2]New Condo[/h2]
Lifeless continued working on a new condo.

[h3]New Condo EARLY WIP[/h3]

[h2]Miscellany[/h2]

JJosh continued working on items for the Arcade, while starting to make the new Infected model based off Wheezwer's concept art.

macdguy worked on finishing the event system, fixed some bugs, and started fixing bugs and improving condo building systems, adding hotkeys for gizmos.

Wheezwer finished the concept art for the new Infected model, and continued working on the concept art for the Fresh and Celebrations store overhauls. She also started on concept art for the new Upgrade Store NPCs.

[h3]Virus: New Infected Model Concept Art[/h3]

[h3]Condo: Removed Grime from Pool Steps (Before / After)[/h3]

[h3]Condo: Gizmo Key Shortcuts[/h3]

[h3]Condo: Foliage Variation Arrows[/h3]

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[h2]Wrap It Up[/h2]
That about covers everything that happened since February 16th, 2021 at PixelTail Games. We'll see you all next week!

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Join our Discord for development updates and community fun! https://discord.gg/pixeltail
We love awesome people like you!

We're also active on Twitter! https://twitter.com/PixelTailGames

Follow our developments on our Trello in near real-time: https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

Take a peek at what's being worked on every week in our weekly dev logs! There's bound to be something interesting every week! https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

Please report bugs & submit suggestions on our forums. We're active everyday & here to help.
For bug reports: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/18
For suggestions: https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/suggestions/7

Hot Fix 0.13.4.2

This hot fix addresses several issues you've reported. We got more fixes in the works as well.

Changes

Arcade: Tickets now auto pickup after 10 seconds of being spawned

Bug Fixes

Billiards: Fixed issues where Billiards gets stuck in a state where players cannot hit the cue ball
Billiards: Fixed issues where scratching doesn't reset the cue ball properly