Liftoff News

Players of Liftoff have undoubtedly noticed Ukraine listed as one of our new partners in the startup screen of the game. This partnership is not some random political statement, but a reflection of the true alliance we've been cultivating since February last year.

Our partnership with Ukrainians has been a two-way street. We have supported various educational organizations in establishing drone schools throughout Ukraine. We’ve provided them with our expertise and technology. They have helped us establish connections and even volunteered to translate Liftoff into Ukrainian.

We're happy to announce that Liftoff is now available in Ukrainian, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Ukrainian SBT Localization team. Over the past months, they've worked diligently to translate over 12,000 words, a feat made even more impressive by the challenges posed by regular blackouts resulting from attacks on civilian infrastructure. We are incredibly grateful to the SBT Localization team for their hard work and dedication.



The Ukrainian language can now be selected in the the game options or through the "Getting started" menu, offering you a chance to try out a first version of the translation (95% complete) that will be further improved and expanded in future updates.


[h2]Changelist v1.5.4[/h2]

• Added: Ukrainian as a supported language. Some aspects are still untranslated and will de displayed in English.
  
• Fixed: When finishing a freestyle session while performing a sustained stunt (lawn mower or dive), the audio cue would keep playing.
  
• Fixed: The level selection background for the Surtur Night Fever environment did not fit well on screen.
  

[h2]Changelist v1.5.3[/h2]

• Added: custom music playlists now support .mp3 files.
  
• Optimised: synchronising data in multiplayer is a little more efficient now.
  
• Fixed: a race replay would not sync up the recordings properly.
  
• Fixed: race ghosts would spawn and start a little too far ahead.
  
• Fixed: could not view another player's drone configuration in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed: custom music playlists not working.
  
• Fixed: entering a path for custom music playlists now starts playing if it's a valid folder path.
  
• Fixed: some small memory leaks while fetching leaderboards.
  
• Fixed: saving a recording before taking off would cause some internal errors.
  

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day.

Find 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event and unlock the "Leprechaun Madness" achievement. Pro tip: rainbows are a lucky charm! ;)

May every petal on the shamrock bring you joy and good luck.

Surtur becomes even more magical with the inclusion in the Night Fever DLC. A starry night sky, Icy lakes, and epic northern lights make this the ultimate version of our biggest Liftoff level to date.

[h2]Changelist[/h2]

• Added Surtur Night Fever DLC version.
  
• Added: option to disable festivity items in levels.
  
• Updated: the drone selection is now directly available from the pause menu and will reload the drone immediately instead of going out of the level.
  
• Updated: the custom playlist of the music player now streams the music files from the disk instead of loading and processing the file in one go.
  
• Fixed: exploit that would allow drone setups with conflicting parts set highscores on the leaderboards. A warning is now shown in the drone selection.
  
• Fixed: the performance warning popup in the main menu would not be properly cleared.
  
• Fixed: several small memory leaks of tournaments ghosts.
  
• Fixed: ghost drones or A.I. opponents would sometimes report the wrong time when completing a race.
  
• Optimised: the drone selection screen is now a lot more memory efficient.
  
• Optimised: freestyle and race game modes have had slight internal tweaks to reduce CPU spikes when flying through checkpoints or completing stunts.
  

[h2]Night Fever DLC[/h2]
Want your Liftoff experience to be even more epic, consider getting the DLC and support the Liftoff team in the process. Thank you so much!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020100/Liftoff__Night_Fever/


[h2]Pro League Tournaments[/h2]
Just a quick reminder that we are consistently organizing tournaments on the Liftoff Pro League. In this season, we are specifically highlighting Surtur, with one tournament already completed, one currently ongoing, and two more scheduled to commence in the upcoming weeks. In addition, we have an exciting competition planned together with our partners at Dquad. Stay tuned for more information on that soon!

Love is in the air!

Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement.

Thank you for being being a part of the Liftoff community, we love you all!

Liftoff just got a shot of caffeine! A quickfix update is now available, including a short list of improvements.

[h2]Changelist[/h2]

• Added: report function in multiplayer to report on on toxic players.
  
• Fixed: the foliage and rocks in Surtur did not receive any shadows.
  
• Fixed: multiplayer voice chat.
  
• Fixed: No shader pre-loading is done anymore on Metal and Vulkan rendering as it's not needed. This may save a couple of seconds of loading times and may fix issues loading environments on Vulkan.
  
• Fixed: The replay selection would not show recordings saved during tournament tryout or practice runs.
  
• Fixed: The replay selection would not show the correct environment background.
  

[h2]A no-fly zone for negativity.[/h2]
Trolls, you're not cleared for liftoff.

We are proud to boast of a close-knit and supportive community of pilots and enthusiasts. Our goal has always been to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued. To this end, we have recently taken steps to ensure that this remains the case.

We've got new in-game moderators on board, and our in-game reporting feature makes it easier for players to bring abusive behaviour to our attention. We take a zero-tolerance stance against anyone who seeks to make Liftoff a negative experience for others, and we are committed to preserving the friendly and supportive spirit that has made our community what it is today.

The report feature has been conveniently located in the multiplayer lobby. To access it, simply click on the three dots located adjacent to the player's username.