Trailmakers News

[p]PvP Part 2 is out now and so are the DLCs;[/p][p]Packing Heat and Supply Pack: Frontline.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]There is A LOT to jump into so we’ll make this brief:[/p][p]When we did PvP Part 1 back in December we purposely called it “Part 1” as a way to force ourselves to make another one. The PvP Community in Trailmakers is big and contributes to keeping the game alive, so an aiming servo and a new map wasn’t quite gonna cut it.[/p][p]So today we are releasing Deathmatch, Flak Cannons, and two new underwater weapons for everyone. For those thirsty for more, consider buying Packing Heat for more weapons or Frontline for incredible new skins and sounds. Buying those DLCs actively funds the development of Trailmakers![/p][p]Thank you all so much for the hype you have shown for this update as we have been developing it. It has ignited our ambition to maaaaybe do a third one? Anyways, that’s for the future! [/p][p]At 14.00 today we will be doing some server-hopping live on Twitch and YouTube.[/p][p]So get some Deathmatch servers up and running![/p][p]Love you all,[/p][p]Flashbulb Games
[/p][p]Full patch notes for the nerds:[/p][p][/p][p]Highlights:[/p]

• [p]DEATHMATCH - Deathmatch game mode is now available in the Great Carrier Reef![/p]
  • [p]Choose from a long list of server configurations to tailor the game mode exactly to your needs.[/p]
• [p]GREAT CARRIER REEF - Level design changes to balance the map for Deathmatch.[/p]
• [p]UI - We heard you like UI changes so we changed the UI of the server browser (no there won’t be a toggle, please don’t kill us. The server browser was old and sick. Had to be put out of its misery. It was mercy. MERCY.)[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Okay, we were really proud of the tutorial we made and we just wanted everyone to see it. But when you skip it now you will no longer be forced into it when booting up the game (please play it though, it’s so cool. It got talking frogs and shit, I mean come on)[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - The weapons have hit the gym and gotten some shiny new muscles (It’s actually the muzzle flashes that have changed but cba with making a better pun).[/p]
• [p]TOGGLES?!?! - Distance Sensor now has a “Detect Only Blocks” toggles.[/p]
• [p]NEW FREE BLOCKS[/p]
  • [p]Small Flak Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Flak Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Underwater Torpedo[/p]
  • [p]Mini Torpedo Launcher[/p]
  • [p]Modern Stabilizer[/p]
• [p]NEW DLC BLOCKS[/p]
  • [p]Flamethrower[/p]
  • [p]Small Tank Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Land Mine Dispenser[/p]
  • [p]Sea Mine Dispenser[/p]
  • [p]Air-to-Surface Torpedo Dispenser[/p]
  • [p]Depth Charge Dispenser[/p]
  • [p]Retro Stabilizer[/p]
  • [p]Propeller Engine[/p]
• [p]DLC BLOCK SKINS - New looks and audio for existing blocks![/p]
  • [p]Tiny Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Smart Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Mini Gun[/p]
  • [p]Small Flak Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Flak Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Bulldawg Engine[/p]
  • [p]RAW Engine[/p]
  • [p]Dragon Engine
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[p]Full Patch Notes:[/p]

• [p]GENERAL - Improved water surface bullet impact effects.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Improved auto aim priority. If you are shooting at a player target now and chunks of the structure break off, the auto aim will now better priortize aiming at the section the player is still sitting in rather than the debris.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - When using the Time of Day slider in Session Settings the UI will now fade out for a better preview of how that setting will look.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Added Steam Rich Presence to more maps/game modes.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Added a DLC Carousel to Main Menu.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Removed the Quick Join Multiplayer flow. No more joining into a random server and getting kicked because you didn’t read the server rules that you couldn’t see before joining![/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Added the new blocks so they unlock at level 25 in Pioneers Campaign.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Changed the Craft Key from E to F. Unchanged for Controller.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Reorganized the sub categories within the Weapons Category.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Changed Default Keyboard Input on the Underwater and Outboard Boat Engine from W/S to Space and CTRL. Structures that have had custom bindings set will not change, only those that have been left with Default input.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Changed Default Keyboard Input on the Helicopter Engine and Stackable Helicopter Engine from W/S to Space and CTRL. Structures that have had custom bindings set will not change, only those that have been left with Default input.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Increased Power Core Cost of the Minigun from 4 > 5.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Increased the fire rate from 0.1s > 1s  on the Metal Crate Dispenser. Also made the crates able to be destroyed.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Smart Cannon[/p]
  • [p]Max Horizontal Aiming Angle changed from 95 > 45[/p]
  • [p]Max Up Aiming Angle changed from 70 > 45[/p]
  • [p]Max Down Aiming Angle changed from -70 > -20[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Shotgun[/p]
  • [p]Damage per pellet changed from 50 > 40.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Space Blaster[/p]
  • [p]Max Horizontal Aiming Angle changed from 60 > 40[/p]
  • [p]Max Up Aiming Angle changed from 60 > 45[/p]
  • [p]Max Down Aiming Angle changed from -60 > -30[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Mini Grenade Launcher[/p]
  • [p]Reduced Reload Cooldown from 5s > 3.5s[/p]
  • [p]Blast Pushback Force reduced from 800 > 150[/p]
  • [p]Max Down Aiming Angle changed from -5 > -10[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Updated sound design and audio set up of the old Dispenser Blocks (Beach Ball, Snowball, Concrete Wall, Metal Crate and Dice Dispensers).[/p]

[p] [/p][p]Fixes[/p]

• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug in the For Sunreach! mission where some Dogfighters would spawn in the wrong location at the Passenger Step.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a MP bug where if you were 500+m away from another client completing a Mission that you were both on you would not get the Mission Outro Dialogue.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a MP bug which meant you could not decline a Mission Invite, if you had previously completed it.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug with the light from the BOTNAK Shields around BOTNAK Camps not correctly being removed when the Shield was destroyed.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug where the Cargo Delivery Zone marker and Cargo would re-appear after Mission completion.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug where the drill part of the Mega Drills would not do as much damage as intended.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug where an empty Mission step would appear in the Active Mission UI.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed a bug where a repair would not occur if in Test Drive state with unowned Textures but a Repair Token was still consumed.[/p]
• [p]PIONEERS - Fixed some assets in Withering Heights that had missing faces.[/p]

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• [p]GENERAL - Fixed a bug where setting custom Graphics in a session would not correctly restore them until you changed a setting again in a new session. [/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Fixed a bug where an incorrect “In Passenger Seat” message would appear when transforming from a structure with a Passenger Seat to one without a Passenger Seat.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Fixed a bug with the Block turning to scrap shader being incorrect.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Fixed a Controller bug which prevented scrolling if selection was on a slider.[/p]
• [p]GENERAL - Fixed an Oh No that would occur if a seat was entered more than 1024 times in a single session.[/p]

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• [p]BUILDER - Fixed an Oh No that could occur if leaving the Builder with a multiseat structure that detaches into two, taking one part of it into the Builder, deleting it and then Undo’ing.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed an Oh No that could occur if switching between Build Slots and Undo’ing.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a Controller specific bug with Cherry Picking Blocks and then being able to navigate into the Inventory and using the Right Stick moving both the Inventory selection and Builder camera at the same time.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a Controller specific bug with deleting a block via the Builder Locked UI and then moving the Right Stick both moving the selection and the Builder camera.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug where you could get stuck in the Builder if a structure outside of Build Slots was completely destroyed, you respawn without it and then you attempted to Undo in the Builder to get it back.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug where a change to Delay, Duration or Pause in the Configurator would require multiple Undo Inputs to actually Undo.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug where Transform repairing a structure in the Test Drive state would remove the unowned blocks.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug where the new Block notification shown on a category tab would not correctly update until you navigated into a category.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug where the bottom UI for the Configurator would not correctly be displayed if opening it with multiple different block types selected.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug which would prevent you from entering the Builder under specific circumstances.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a Controller bug where some invisible buttons would appear outside of the Builder Locked UI that could be navigated to.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Improved the UI around the Texture Picker.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a bug in the Blueprint History view where the Blueprint Preview would be a white square if exiting and entering the Builder with this being the open panel.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed an Oh No that could occur if another player was sat in a structure owned by another player, that was in a Build Slot, and then the owner moved away from the structure and used the Transform shortcut to get their structure back.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a Controller bug where you would lose selection on selected blocks but not correctly exit the Colour Picker, Configurator or Decals menu when clicking an empty space in the Build Context.[/p]
• [p]BUILDER - Fixed a Controller bug where if using a Shortcut to navigate into UI elements it would deselect any selected blocks.[/p]

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• [p]BLOCKS - Fixed a bug where the light on the Bomb Bay would not correctly light up green after leaving Builder and respawning.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Fixed a bug where the Ammo UI on the Bomb Bay would remain red when it was reloaded and ready to use again.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Fixed a bug where crosshairs from a weapon would not correctly be restored after repair if it was broken off a structure without it being fired.[/p]
• [p]BLOCKS - Fixed the Simple Ladder having a Build Bounds that was larger than the Block.[/p]

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• [p]AIRBORNE - Fixed a bug where Repair Tokens would incorrectly be immediately refreshed after use in Campaign.[/p]
• [p]DANGER ZONE - Fixed a bug which would cause an Oh No when loading into Danger Zone in cases where the playtime stored in the save game was more than a thousand hours.[/p]
• [p]DETHRONE - Fixed a bug with Controller where navigation could be moved into the Builder at the very start of the game which would prevent you from dismissing the start UI.[/p]

[p]The 4th edition of Devs vs. Creators went down on June 12, this time in the brand new Deathmatch gamemode.[/p][p]Being up 3-1, Yzuei shockingly offered an all-for-nothing in the final round which the Devs then won.
Soooo….. Devs win? But not really. Devs actually got their butts kicked. But it was fun!

You can watch the entire fight here:[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Remember, the update and two DLCs release next Tuesday, June 17![/p][p]Wishlist Packing Heat and Supply Pack: Frontline to get notified:[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]

[p]The last real Dev Diary before the Devs vs. Creators showdown was broadcasted last Wednesday. [/p][p]We went on a deep dive into the Frontline DLC and showcased all of the new block skins and sounds.
[/p][p]As always you can get a recap here:[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]... and for all the juicy details watch the full Dev Diary here.
[/p][p]The price was also revealed during the stream:[/p][p]$9.99 for Packing Heat.[/p][p]$4.99 for Supply Pack - Frontline.
[/p][p]Release date for everything (Free and DLCs)  is June 17!
[/p][p]The criticism of the amount of DLCs we put out has not gone unnoticed. [/p][p]Fact of the matter is that no one at Flashbulb is lining their pockets with the revenue from these DLCs.
We are not doing it to buy mansions and private jets. We are doing DLCs because otherwise the studio can’t operate anymore. We are doing it to fund Trailmakers into the future so we can continue working on it and provide updates. We hope you find the pricings fair!
[/p][p]Also, we split the DLC into two this time to give you more of a choice to buy exactly what you want for less without having to buy one big DLC when you only want half the content. [/p][p][/p][p]We hope you will help us by wishlisting Supply Pack - Frontline.
It helps way more than you think!
[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]See you next week when we take on ScrapMan and Yzuei in the new Deathmatch game mode![/p][p]

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We just unveiled the next batch of armaments coming in the Packing Heat DLC.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3708690/Trailmakers_Packing_Heat/

The following blocks are included:

• Propeller Engine
  
• Landmine Dispenser
  
• Sea Mine Dispenser
  
• Depth Charge Dispenser
  
• Flamethrower
  
• Torpedo
  
• Small Tank Cannon
  
• Retro Stabilizer
  

You can watch the full Dev Diary here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Watch a short recap here:
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

[h3]Steam Cloud Support [/h3]
Today we are rolling out Steam Cloud Support:

• We are cloud saving save games, transformation slots and blueprints.
  
• We support up to 10,000 files and up to 1500MB, whichever comes first.
  
• If you exceed any of these numbers, we cannot guarantee which files will be cloud saved, but none of your files should be deleted.
  
• Cloud syncing 10,000 blueprints took ~20 minutes the first time I closed the game, but is instantaneous after that.
  
• If you add blueprints to the blueprints folder while not in-game, they will not be sync'd until you start and then exit the game, due to how Steam Cloud save works.
  
• We are "only" syncing the real save location, meaning that if your game uses the backup location in the installation folder, those will not be cloud saved.
  

Shed your winter clothes because things are about to get very hot!

We just announced both the free content coming with PvP Part 2 which includes Deathmatch, Underwater Weapons, and Flak Cannons. You can watch the recap here

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]

Alongside the exciting new features and blocks we also announced the next Trailmakers expansion: Packing Heat! Much more information will follow on May 28 where we do a Dev Diary deep dive into the new DLC weapons.

In the meantime, please go wishlist Packing Heat. It helps us more than you think!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3708690/Trailmakers_Packing_Heat/

To get sneak peeks of the update remember to follow our social channels:
https://www.instagram.com/trailmakersofficial/ https://www.tiktok.com/@playtrailmakers https://www.youtube.com/@FlashbulbGames