Liftoff News

Slipstream has been an absolute blast! To celebrate we made a bunch of fixes and improvements, and highlight some of our favourite community videos!

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• Slipstream synchronisation in multiplayer games has been added. Vehicles should now behave the same for everyone in the multiplayer lobby.
  
• Fixed issue in the track editor where the terrain wouldn't be visible.
  
• Fixed issue where the 'Disarm' command did not function properly.
  
• Fixed issue with the camera noise being too pixelated when the drone was killed due to flying into a water source.
  
• Fixed issue where the race score screen would freeze when pressing 'Esc' right before the score screen would show.
  
• Fixed issue in the button mapping screen where a newly assigned button wouldn't show correctly in the menu.

The following changes have been released as quickfix updates last week, but had not been documented yet.

• Fixed issues with the Slipstream level selection thumbnails not showing correctly in the Level Selection menu and multiplayer lobby.
  
• Fixed issues with the tournaments not loading.
  
• Fixed issues with drones of other pilots not flying in multiplayer.
  
• Fixed issue with the multiplayer finish screen not working properly and not sending race times for the leaderboards.

[h2]Check these out![/h2]
by MADCHILLER FPV
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjL-FhClGro[/previewyoutube]
by nAdib FPV
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQj3gmDoI8[/previewyoutube]
by Bacon Ninja FPV
[previewyoutube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqvnvISze2M[/previewyoutube]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2019790/Liftoff__Slipstream/

The long awaited Slipstream DLC is finally here!

Don't know what Slipstream is about? It's our answer to the many "please add things to chase" question, and its effin' glorious too!

Slipstream is an optional DLC that brings a new layer of excitement to Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing: - a time trial on Short Circuit, a drag race in Bando City, mining trucks going about their business in The Pit and so much more. All of this for the sweet price of "buy us a coffee".

The Liftoff team is at Gamescom to celebrate the Liftoff franchise and its amazing community. To share the celebration, we have activated a double XP week for Liftoff!

Playing Liftoff will earn you double the amount of XP points in-game to unlock more cosmetic items!
Note: A free Liftoff Pro Account is required to earn XP and unlock gift boxes.


As an additional celebration, we have more news to share during Gamescom:
Between our regular Liftoff updates, the team at LuGus Studios has been working on a new exciting simulator. We will reveal the name and logo of the project next week during Gamescom 2022, but here's a first teaser for our fans!

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Blades spinning
A solemn cutting of the first of the corn
An offering is made

Each year we bring back the age old Lughnasadh harvest festivial, a celebration held on the first week of August, dedicated to the celtic god Lugus. Let's celebrate!

Find and harvest (activate) all LuGus cubes in a single environment during the LuGus festival event to unlock the time limited "LuGus Fest" achievement.

Fixing some long standing bugs and including a bunch of community requests, Liftoff update 1.4.7 brings some extra shine to the polish.

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• Added: Favorite content system. Mark the content you like the most as your favorite, and have it show up at the top of the lists during level selection. Content can be marked as favorite in the level selection and track selection screen.
  
• Added: A new random race can now be started with the click of a button from the race finish screen. (Requested by Krazyzock)
  
• Added: In the track builder, a tracks and races can be reloaded from file to help track builders using external tools. (Requested by Tau Muon)
  
• Added: Direct flight mode actions can now be bound to buttons/switches. You can now bind and switch to a flight mode directly. (Requested by Bravedan)
  
• Updated: LOS user interface has been tweaked. The circle indicator is bigger and should now show up further away. (Requested by Snorklingmonkey)
  
• Updated: A new splash screen sequence. A big thank you to all our brand partners, you are awesome!
  
• Fixed: Liftoff Arena Race 03: bots cheating a gate.
  
• Fixed: Sharing content on the Steam Workshop now has the 'Share' button working again. If you haven't yet accepted the Steam Workshop EULA, you will be notified with a popup.
  
• Fixed: Some network connections made with the Liftoff Pro service were made while the player wasn't signed in.
  
• Optimized: Polling for input has reduced latency.
  
• Optimized: The drone HUD has improved memory usage to reduce frame spikes.
  
• Optimized: The pause menu has improved memory usage.

The following changes were included as quick fix updates for the previous update, but weren't documented afterwards:

• Fixed: Night Fever skins not showing up to select when the Night Fever DLC was installed.
  
• Fixed: Walking around during free flight would freeze the camera after resetting the drone.
  
• Fixed: Leaving a multiplayer game to the lobby would not load the other available games properly.
  
• Fixed: The Liftoff giftbox would have its bottom-part teleport away when trying to open it.
  
• Fixed: When receiving a frame skin from the Liftoff giftbox would make the program crash.
  

[h2]Liftoff: Micro Drones Summer Brawl[/h2]
We'd like to put some extra attention to an initiative for Liftoff: Micro Drones. We are giving away up to a $1000 worth of FPV store vouchers. The only thing you need to do is play!
Want to know more? Check this out!