Solaroids News

Minor feature updates and/or bug fixes.

[h2]New Features / Tweaks[/h2]

• Localization updates:
  
  • Hungarian - now current
    
  • Portuguese - in progress
    
  • Romanian - in progress
    
• Updates to FNA used on Linux/OSX versions.
  

[h2]Issues Addressed[/h2]

• Fix duplicate sound on menu selection.
  
• Fix failure to save options when only controls are re-bound and no other option changed.
  
• Fix issue where resetting the layout wasn't refreshing the visuals.
  

Welcome new and veteran players! Thank you for playing and competing in the :solaroidsS::solaroidsO:ːsolaroidsLːːsolaroidsAː:solaroidsR::solaroidsO::solaroidsI:ːsolaroidsDː:solaroidsS: monthly high score challenge.

Congratulations to all!

[h3]1st - Piegos / 80,403,390[/h3]
With a two-month streak and slip to 3rd last month, Piegos is back on top this month with a score of 80,403,390. Piegos continues to hold 10th place in the all-time boards.

[h3]2nd -Fish- / 67,854,975[/h3]
Something is fishy... nah, it's just recent newcomer -Fish- climbing the leaderboard "ladder" to 15th place, while taking 2nd place this month with a score of 67,854,975. Congrats!

[h3]3rd - Kiates / 48,220,650 + 4th - Starcrunch / 28,504,315[/h3]
What, yours truly? I forfeit which leaves Starcrunch taking 4th with a score 28,504,315. Starcrunch continues to hold 9th place in the all-time boards - but Piegos is close to overtaking that slot.

If any of you top players have the hardware and want to stream your attempts to the Steam Store page, let me know and I can work with you to get you access.

Note: Only the First Credit leaderboards are used for the monthly challenge.

Unlike last month, note that all three top players this month were competing with the Modern (dual-stick) control style.

[h2]Extra Challenge - COMPLETED ːsteamhappyː[/h2]

We made it again -- The monthly boards are full. I have Solaroids OST digital cards/keys for those in the winner’s circle. Use it yourself, give it away, or sell it if you can. The soundtrack is no longer tied to the game, it's been freed from DLC prison.

I've figured out an easier way to communicate to individual players is through the Steam Group Chat feature in the Community Hub ːsteamhappyː. Join the group chat and let me know, and I can transfer the card/code to you via a direct message. If you already have one and don't want another, also ping me in the Group Chat in the Steam Community HUB, or like I said, pass it on to someone that might enjoy it ːsolaroidshaloː.



I'll be keeping this extra challenge open for a while, so we'll see if there are enough competing players next month!

Cheers!

Chad (kiates)

[h3]Have a Feature Request or Discover a Lingering Issue?[/h3]
Do you have a feature request or find a lingering bug/issue? If so, then post it to the Steam Solaroids Community. Many of the tweaks, features, other additions, or future plans for Solaroids have originated with the community.

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Minor feature updates and/or bug fixes.

[h2]New Features / Tweaks[/h2]

• Re-introduced a Full Screen Exclusive (FSE) mode
  
• Add a few missing mipmaps to improve GPU performance and texture clarity -- the new background stars shouldn't "sparkle" anymore.
  
• Localization updates:
  
  • Hungarian - in progress
    
  • Greek - 99.9% complete
    
  • French - 99.9% complete
    
  • Italian - 99.9% complete
    
  • Japanese - 99.9% complete!
    
  • Dutch - now current!
    
  • Brazilian Portuguese - now current!
    
  • Portuguese - in progress
    
  • Simplified Chinese - in progress
    
• Updates to FNA used on Linux/OSX versions.
  

[h2]Issues Addressed[/h2]

• Improve processing of Steam Leaderboards which due to increased size (a good thing) could result in frame skips (a bad thing) during background leaderboard refreshes (approximately every 5 minutes).
  

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Welcome new and veteran players! Thank you for playing and competing in the :solaroidsS::solaroidsO:ːsolaroidsLːːsolaroidsAː:solaroidsR::solaroidsO::solaroidsI:ːsolaroidsDː:solaroidsS: monthly high score challenge.

Congratulations to all!

[h3]1st - Morg556 / 257,462,365[/h3]
Morg556 who holds 4th place in the all-time charts, got back into the game after a bit of a break to take 1st place this month with a score of 257,462,365. Welcome back!

[h3]2nd - Harnulfson / 203,007,285[/h3]
Stop the press. I remember chatting with Harnulfson in the Solaroids Group Chat and it seemed they were tapping out in the under 100M camp. You can imagine my surprise to see them more than double their all-time high score to 203,007,285 which firmly roots them in 7th place overall. Congrats on blowing through your personal best this month!

[h3]3rd - Piegos / 114,059,790[/h3]
The competition really upped the ante this month. Previous two-time monthly champion Piegos was dethroned in what appears to be a surprise attack this month. Still a very respectable score of 114,059,790 and a solid 3rd place.

Hello Solaroids players around the world - literally. It was high time that the supported languages get an overhaul after adding so much TEXT to the game. So, with this release I'm happy to announce that all major supported languages will be complete once again - now or very soon. They are actively being worked on by localization experts around the world so expect a few small patches to complete to the work over the coming weeks.



Oh and another thing... It's also time to drop the Prologue from the title and branding. I conceived of the Prologue sub-text as my way of introducing an incomplete game to the Steam Early Access community. While I still plan more updates before leaving Early Access, the game has grown out of its Prologue moniker. In addition, I've noticed a lot of demos being branded as Prologues over 2020, and Solaroids: Prologue is not a demo! Hopefully, this reconciles that annoyance as well. I still have to make a new trailer and update screenshots, but if you see any references to Prologue lurking about, let me know!

Those are the big things this round, but on a smaller scale I've tweaked the default options to something that I think will improve the first player experience. If you want to "trust me" and try them for yourself, just go to the Miscellaneous menu and hit that Reset button ːsteamsaltyː.

Enjoy!

Chad (Kiates)

• Add back button to difficulty selection screen.
  
• Optimization to the vector renderer.
  
• High score listing now shows up after 5 seconds instead of 10.
  
• Allow rebinding of ENTER and ESC keys for use in-game.
  
• Language option is sorted by popularity now.
  
• Switch from Solaroids: Prologue branding to Solaroids.
  
• Change default zoom level from 100% to 130%.
  
• Change default inertial dampening from 20% to 50%.
  
• Change default HUD size from 100% to 125%.
  
• Change default reticle size from 100% to 150%.
  
• Change default controller vibration to 50%.
  
• Change default music volume from 60% to 40%.
  
• Change default vector focus from 100% to 80%.
  
• Updates to FNA/SDL libraries under the hood.
  
• Language updates:
  
  • German - now current!
    
  • Spanish - now current!
    
  • French - now current!
    
  • Portuguese (Brazilian) - now current!
    
  • Serbian - now current!
    
  • Russian - in progress
    
  • Simplified Chinese - in progress
    
  • Japanese - in progress
    
  • Italian - in progress
    
  • Polish - in progress
    
• New languages:
  
  • Greek - complete
    
  • Hungarian - in progress
    
  • Traditional Chinese - in progress
    

• Fixes to the vector renderer related to color/thickness.
  
• Fix a regression that would cause the game to exit when a controller was disconnected.
  
• Fix issue where key icons were not responding to language changes.
  
• Fix issue with demo expiration screen (DEMO build only).
  
• Fix some typos in English text.