Trailmakers News

Hey builder!

We are happy to share with you that we will be restreaming the legendary Stranded in Space campaign by ScrapMan on our Steam Store Page. We continue in our efforts to give a more than deserved spot to all those who bring out the best in Trailmakers. We hope you enjoy (if you haven't already) a true pro playing our beloved campaign.

You can enjoy the content in our Steam Store Page on the following dates:

• Starts: May 27, 2021 @ 10:00am Pacific
  
• Ends: May 31, 2021 @ 10:00am Pacific
  

And once again, thank you ScrapMan for your disposition and work. We hope you continue to inspire many more builders for a long time to come.

*Make sure you check his YouTube channel, Twitter and website.

Hey builder!

Congrats to @Mikauo_Xblade and Exo Tango 9 for winning the ENERGY Challenge!

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The next Weekly Challenge theme is Playstation!
DEADLINE: Thursday May 27th 2021 1PM CET (1 hour before Stream)
Entry Limit: 1

If you would like to participate but do not know how, keep reading 😙

Energy topic at its peak. Awesome:





Is it the first time you hear about our weekly challenge?
Every Thursday, our dev team try cool creations by the community with a weekly topic. Last week we saw some awesome builds by the topic "Energy" and this Thursday May 27th 2021 1PM CET we will be trying new cool creations made by you with the topic "Playstation" live on our Twitch.

Challenge? Is there a prize?
Yep! The winners get an exclusive trophy block 🏆 only available for the weekly challenge winners. You'll be able to proudly display your trophy on your creations as you want.

Want to participate?
You just have to let your creativity run wild with the next topic: "Playstation". It is easy to share your entries to the challenge through Steam Workshop naming it with the weekly hashtag (#PlaystationChallenge this week).

If you are interested in participating, we recommend you go to our Discord server, where you'll find all the info on how to submit your best creations and let our dev team try them live. We have an amazing community & mod team ready to help newbies, so if you're just starting out at Trailmakers, this is your place.

Thank you for participating and sending us such impressive creations, see you next Thursday builder 🛠️

Hey Trailmakers!

We've another Mod Makers update releasing today that includes more fixes and even some expanded Mod functionality!

New Mod Functionality
- ModGameObject.Exists()
- ModGameObject.SetScale() per axis
- ModGameObject.GetScale()
- ModGameObject.GetIsRigidbody()
- ModGameObject.GetIsStatic()
- GetMapName()
- Block.Exists()
- Default rays should now ignore triggers.
- Fixed collision layer on PFB_KungfuFlaglol
- Fixed collision layer on PFB_ChallengeCheckpoint_Floating_Expedition2

Changes
- Updated PioNet. This should lead to improved Multiplayer stability/performance!
- There's a browse workshop button in the Session Options now for even easier access to Mods.
- Added a Report Button to the in game Steam Workshop. This will bring up a new dialog which will allow you to copy the workshop ID for easily pasting into a new channel we'll be setting up on the Discord when reporting a Blueprint.
- Tidied up the Keyboard and Mouse controls help screen (not localised yet).

Fixes
- Fixed a Unity Crash that was occuring for some people when quitting to Main Menu/game.
- Fix for an Overflow when spamming events.
- Fix for a "baseline" error that would occur quite regularly in very aggressive multiplayer sessions.
- Fixed an issue that would cause zooming in and out in the builder to "skip" steps if you were playing at high frame rates.
- Fixed Dynamic Resolution not working.
- Further builder optimisations around nub rendering on groups of blocks and moving the camera at specific angles (this is most noticeable on lower end hardware).
- Made some optimisations to hover block behaviour.
- Optimised the Aerodynamic Arrows in builder.
- Some localisation changes for "Disable Air Control" in German and "Race" in game mode drop down in Italian.

Hey builder!

Congrats to @PudelNudel and @Mightynight for winning the Alien Challenge!

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The next Weekly Challenge theme is Energy! ⚡
DEADLINE: Thursday May 20th 2021 1PM CET (1 hour before Stream)
Entry Limit: 1

If you would like to participate but do not know how, keep reading 😙

"Alien" creations that deserve an spot:





Is it the first time you hear about our weekly challenge?
Every Thursday, our dev team try cool creations by the community with a weekly topic. Last week we saw some awesome builds by the topic "Alien" and this Thursday May 20th 2021 2PM CET we will be trying new cool creations made by you with the topic "Energy" live on our Twitch. Electrifying topic, right?

Challenge? Is there a prize?
Yep! The winners get an exclusive trophy block 🏆 only available for the weekly challenge winners. You'll be able to proudly display your trophy on your creations as you want.

Want to participate?
You just have to let your creativity run wild with the next topic: "Energy". It is easy to share your entries to the challenge through Steam Workshop naming it with the weekly hashtag (#EnergyChallenge this week).

If you are interested in participating, we recommend you go to our Discord server, where you'll find all the info on how to submit your best creations and let our dev team try them live. We have an amazing community & mod team ready to help newbies, so if you're just starting out at Trailmakers, this is your place.

Thank you for participating and sending us such impressive creations, see you next Thursday builder 🛠️

Hey builder!

This is us, Flashbulb Games. And we would like to use this post for you to meet some of the most amazing creators who are playing Trailmakers (in case you don't love them yet). There are many content creators that deserve a mention and thanks from us. For having fun and entertaining their audience by bringing out the best of Trailmakers.

There are so many, that it has been difficult to choose who to start with. So for future posts please help us, which content creators do you think we should share? Let us know in the comments (spoiler: don't worry if they don't speak English).

We dedicate this first Content Creator Showcase 📺 to Scrapman, Kosmonaut and kAN Gaming. Three true experts creating incredible vehicles. They have dared with everything: submarines, racing cars, helicopters, motorcycles... They always surprise with their evolution challenges and demonstrate the creativity (and friendship) of these three builders.

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Honorable mention also for the Stranded in Space campaign that Scrapman and Kosmonaut are now playing, hand in hand.

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And, if you still haven't seen what you can do with Mods on Trailmakers, maybe you should stop by this Scrapman video 😁

That's it for now, builder. Hope you enjoyed the first Content Creator Showcase 📺 and remember to comment on your favorites, so we can give a well-deserved spot.