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Hot Fix 0.7.1.1

This update addresses several issues that were recently reported.

Changes

Ball Race: Event Horizon - Changed some death walls to not punish shortcutters as much (Mostly in Levels 1,3,11)
Ball Race: Event Horizon - Changed an accidental WAY too good shortcut on Level 12, it will still be possible, but much more difficult
Plaza: Detail pass for Rob's Imports

Bug Fixes

Ball Race: Event Horizon - Fixed Death walls overlapping platforms on Level 14
Ball Race: Event Horizon - Reduced chance of flying through the finish line without actually finishing on Level 13
Minigolf: Alpine - Fixed hole 18 missing ice material
ZM: Fixed a bug where the camera wouldn't always switch off the upgrades camera during a boss battle
Fixed teleporters not teleporting RC vehicles or orbs properly sometimes
Fixed Dampe achievement issues
Fixed achievement: Laser Tag Master
Fixed minigames not loading teleport arenas (snowball battle fix)
Fixed RC dragon inventory collision issues
Fixed RC helicopter player name position
Fixed RC plane controls being inverted (also added plane sound effects)
Fixed RC plane turning issues when turning and going down at the same time
Fixed RC vehicles bleeding
Fixed ferris wheel carriages popping off sometimes
Optimized teleporter items
Optimized RC dragon, RC orb, and orb milestones
Fixed an exploit with minigames

You can follow our current developments on our Trello:
https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

You can follow our weekly developer logs here: http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

You can report bugs on our forums: http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report

Or you may also report bugs on our Steam community, but please expect slow response time.

Event Horizon (0.7.1.0)

Event Horizon - a new Ball Race map!

Major Changes

Added new Ball Race map - Event Horizon!
Plaza: New Bait Shop & Boat Rental (for the upcoming fishing update)
Plaza: Added detail to Fresh store (part 1)
Plaza: Added new upgrades store window displays
Plaza: Added private theater entrance area (for upcoming private theater feature)

Changes

Plaza: Moved the boat launch building over to give the new bait shop & boat rental building more space
Plaza: Cleaned up the railings around the boardwalk
Plaza: Added more night lighting around boardwalk
Updated the targets in Target Practice to be visible during night time better (they no longer appear dark at all). Also updated the effects for the special targets
Added target lifetime indicators to Target Practice so you can tell when a target is about to remove itself
Updated the lighting in Minigolf - Forest to look much better
Updated leaderboard scoreboards screens in Plaza to show top 10 instead of just top 5
NPC item no longer shows prompt for talking to them if they have no dialogue lines at all
NPC item no longer shows leave dialogue if there is no dialogue lines
NPC item no longer shows talk button if there is no dialogue lines
Collection book now remembers the last scroll bar position after you've closed it and reopened it
Improved the look of the diamond golf ball
Updated engine sounds for RC golf cart
Added a setting to enable dynamic weapon scopes (like the crossbow) for better performance
Added a gameplay reset option to reset all plaza trackers (plushies, info markers, and camera spots)
Updated diamond jetpack trail
Reduced the scale of the RC car

Bug Fixes

Plaza: Added collision to the plaza road's trim so players can no longer fall through it when using the tiny potion
Plaza: Reduced texture data from ~760MB to ~740MB which will very slightly improve load times (ongoing process)
Plaza: Added collision to a metal wall behind the tower that did not have collision
Plaza: Fixed a gap in the escalators
Fixed a bug leading to plaza minigame payouts not always working
Minigolf - Sweet Tooth: Fixed the tubes getting players stuck by redoing them entirely
Minigolf - Altitude: Fixed Hole 18 being the absolute worst
Ball Race - Khromidro: Reduced the chance of falling through the finish circles without actually finishing
Ball Race - Summit: Fixed various different areas where you could get stuck
Virus - Hospital: Fixed an issue where you couldn't infect players in certain areas
Virus: Fixed workshop models sometimes loading in after the virus player model is set, causing infected players sometimes not being the infected model
Fixed a couple exploits with vote kicking
Fixed a couple exploits regarding upgrade items
Fixed Throwable Popcorn and Camera weapon shadows drawing when they shouldn't be
Fixed Casino anti-macro check breaking equipables when it failed to verify
Fixed first person legs causing players to be headless while using RC vehicles
Fixed monster potion creating lag and preventing switching monsters after doing the attack animation
Fixed achievement: Ribs Grow Back You Know
Fixed achievement: Big Bucks
Fixed achievement: Casino Addict
ZM: Optimized boss intros
ZM: Optimized monster materials and textures

Hot Fix 0.7.0.4

This update addresses several issues that were recently reported.

Changes

Little Crusaders: Disabled bhopping
Little Crusaders: Updated dragon bite to account for knights that are above the dragon
Virus - Overtime: Added an extra route up to a known camping spot
ZM: Increased blade rotation rate for blade trap level 4

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug leading to plaza minigame payouts not always working
Fixed join player messages not always showing the player names
ZM: Fixed helicopter decal missing material issue
ZM: Fixed player rotation in Gasoline being offset
Little Crusaders: Fixed dead knights blocking bites sometimes
Little Crusaders: Fixed being able to tailwhip dead knights
Little Crusaders: Fixed bird not flying away when bitten
Little Crusaders - Toy Room: Fixed a camping spot
Little Crusaders - Market: Fixed a couple camping spots
Highrise: Fixed weird dark shadows and updated lighting

Hot Fix 0.7.0.3

This update addresses several issues that were reported. All unit transactions have been moved to the new backend which should make everything a lot more stable now.

New Payout System

We've reworked the payout system to use the new backend, ensuring you'll be getting payouts for all games properly from now on.

This change also should see faster connections to the new backend.

New Store Buy and Sell System

With this change we also reduced store transaction errors and made the store transactions better by using the new backend.

You can also sell multiple of an item thanks to this new backend from your inventory directly in the game. A feature many of you have requested for a long time now!

Changes

New payout system
New store buy and sell system
Added the ability to sell up to 10 of an item at a time
Optimized start up load time
Updated client system to handle backend downtime better (queuing up achievements and exp so you'll never lose track of them when the backend goes down)
Ball Race: Added golden melon HUD element so you can better track which ones you've gotten
Updated Housewarming achievement description to be more descriptive
Updated Human Blur achievement description to be more descriptive
Updated "I Can See My House From Here" achievement description
Added RC controller icon for remote controller items (such as RC orb) to avoid icon confusion
Added display types for achievements that have seconds or meters
Increased EXP earn rate for Typing Derby and Trivia
Added ability to jump with RC orb milestone
Added new effects for Gold and Diamond jetpacks

Bug Fixes

Fixed lag related to displaying server lists
Fixed first person legs breaking when holding a weapon
Fixed Minigolf par achievements (like actually this time)
Fixed achievement: Around The World
Fixed achievement: Socialite
Fixed achievement: It's a Party
Fixed achievement: Get Together
Fixed achievement: Movie Night
Fixed achievement: Count of Amphitheatre
Fixed achievement: Amphitheatre Beast
Fixed achievement: Long Putt
Fixed achievement: Long Drive
Fixed achievement: Trivia Brainiac
Fixed achievement: Long Shot
Fixed achievement: Fields of Green
Fixed achievement: Weird Science
Fixed achievement: Homerun
Fixed achievement: Ribs Grow Back You Know
Fixed achievement: Wheel of Nothing
Fixed achievement: Drop And Roll
Fixed achievement: Kingpin
Fixed achievement: Smarty Pants being the incorrect amount
Fixed achievement: Trivia Show Off
Fixed being able to sell Sonic Shotgun milestone
Fixed TNT milestone issues
Fixed Ball Race orb milestone jump not working in Plaza
Fixed Galaxy Orb textures missing when broken
Fixed Galaxy Orb missing icon on Steam
Fixed laser tag symbol milestone taking input away from reload
Fixed Zombie Massacre trophies missing collision
Fixed Plasma Autorifle milestone ammo issues
Fixed Typing Derby HUD "ending typing derby" element colliding with EXP HUD element
Fixed Bowling Ball Rack duplicating itself when moving it