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HOTFIX 0.0.0.4a

Good Monday everyone,

Thanks for your patience! We decided to wait until Monday to drop a Hotfix so we could squeeze in more at once.

Here are couple of elements that have been reworked/fixed:


GAMEPLAY
  • Manual catch mode ollies are now behaving as designed
  • One foot ollies are now doable in manual catch mode
  • Pressure flips have been reworked
  • Pressure flips in manual catch mode have been fixed
  • Pressure flips in Goofy have been fixed
  • Front/Back Foot input mode with board control should now work as designed
  • Front/Back Foot input mode late tricks now work as designed
  • Front/Back Foot input mode flip speed now works as designed (input speed)
  • Local Filmer camera is now saved when saving replays
  • Local Filmer no longer makes the skater fall
  • Falling after re-spawn issue has been fixed



ART
  • Lighting should be brighter and colors more vivid



Cheers,
The crea-ture Team

Update 3



Update 0.0.04 is here! We can read your minds... “Another update so soon?” yeah, for real, another update for y’all to sink your teeth into.

What have we done this time we hear you cry. Well…

A new level, but not just any old level. We’re giving you the legendary Pyramid Ledges of NYC! You may recognize it from such videos as “Mindfield”, “Fulfill the Dream” “Short Ends” “Verso” and The (L) Train. Who’s going to be the “King of New York”?

We’ve also added 14 new historical challenges to this new level as well… it’s time to do some research y’all.



A sight of beauty!

**New Flips Tricks**

Impossibles!

For Regular, Switch, Nollie and Fakie



Now, these aren’t impossible to do at all, they’re pretty damn easy.
Just scoop round with your back foot stick and flick down with your front foot stick!

Late Flips and Shuvs!

Now your skater has learned late flips! Go into the ‘Flip Tricks Settings’
And turn them on!


(Nollie Late Flip)


(Front foot Late Heel)


(Late Front Foot Shuvs)


(Late Back Foot Shuvs)

10 late tricks for each stance, both feet and all control settings!

WAIT, that’s not all!

We’ve unglued your front and back feet from your deck, so now you can do sexy Ollies One foot (or Ollie Norths, depending on the age) and Souths, as well… if that name even exists...

We don’t know anymore nowadays!


(Northern Ollies)


(Southern Ollies)

**Board Control**
We have now made Session even more unique for your play style by adding the Board Control feature which allows you to have more control (believe it or not) over the board! When Flicking the sticks the board can now be tweaked depending on the input on the stick.
(This is not supported with the Legacy input mode)

Flick the stick more vertically down and the board will rocket.



Flick the stick vertically up will cause the board to dip downwards.



That’s just the flips, we’ve done the same with pop shuvits, late flips and the age-old Ollie, so depending on where your stick input was made the board will tweak.





This isn’t just for pure style and aesthetics pleasure, it’s much more than that. It’s a great mechanic to achieve more control and precision when getting into your grinds and slides. But it does also look very damn steezy.

**Local Filmer Mode**
It's time to make friends and make some skate footage with the new Local Filmer Mode! With an additional controller or using Steam Remote-play-together, a second player can take control of a second camera and then watch what you've filmed in the replay editor!

You can try this out by going to the Experimental / Local Filmer Mode menu!



We'll be sharing more information about this new feature and its controls in a later post!

* The Local Filmer Mode is an experimental feature and early in development. It has not been optimized yet, so you'll need a pretty strong machine to keep that FPS up. ;)



From here at crea-ture studios, we want to thank everyone for the ongoing support, love and feedback and don’t forget to join us on our Discord server https://discord.gg/hrgBJPT! So that’s What’s up and what’s gone down since the last update.
keep shredding and stay rad!


The crea-ture Team.


MODDING:

To anyone who modded pre-0.0.0.4 patch.
You'll most likely get FATAL ERROR when launching the new update.
Key is to unpatch the EZPZ patch, just like we did for patch 0.0.0.3. If that still fails, Backup/Delete the game files and install fresh.
If the EZPZ Patch is not working:
Uninstalling the game and also manually delete local files seems to be the solution (for those who don't have mods installed)
To do so, Hit Win+R, paste %userprofile%AppDataLocal and backup/delete the SessionGame folder.
Then, in the STEAM installation folder, backup/delete your Session folder under
...Steamsteamappscommon
Then reinstall the game.

Hotfix 0.0.0.3b

Sup all!

We felt we needed an additional hotfix because of a few "annoying bugs" that were popping up too often and was diminishing the experience.

Here's an overview of the fixes / changes for this hotfix patch:

  • Fatal Error crash when playing (related to audio) has been fixed
  • 360 shuv input bug has been fixed
  • Random stalls on grinds no longer happen
  • Eternal flip loop of death (kickflip from manuals) has been fixed
  • Graphic downgrade has been restored
  • Moonwalk push has been vanquished!!!
  • Goofy (switch) 50/50 / boardslide issue fixed
  • Front / back foot input mode remaining broken grinds / slides are fixed
  • All supported video resolutions can now be used in Video Settings


That's it for now! Hopefully these changes make things a little better for now :)


Cheers,
The crea-ture Team

Hotfix 0.0.0.3a

Sup all!

After releasing update 0.0.0.3 yesterday the feedback has been great! Thanks again everyone!

That said, we felt that a few things deserved a quick fix in light of some of the changes to the last update. We know there are plenty more to fix, and worry not, they will all come in due time. :)

So enough of that, here's an overview of the fixes / changes for this hotfix patch:


Game play / Features
  • Legacy tricks should now be more consistent and easier to call on all stances
  • Small and Normal scoop input mode flip tricks have been tweaked making it easier to do scoop tricks in each mode.
  • Flip tricks speed has been normalized (was too fast for some)
  • Switch flip trick input speed now works and affects all flip tricks.
  • Front / Back foot input issues with Switch 360 flip tricks fixed (tre's, laser flips, shuv's, etc.)
  • Front / Back foot input issues with Grinds
  • Fixed issue when not being able to flip out after a revert while in a manual
  • Input is more responsive after completing a powerslide
  • Fixed some issue with moving objects in object placement, objects no longer move up walls.
  • Radio station are now selected randomly


Visuals / Art
  • Reduced shadow draw distance and amount of cascades to help performances
  • Darken NYC sky light strength
  • Lighten indoor park overall ambient light
  • Added funny "At your own risk" sign near the mini-ramp because its barely "skateable" at this point. :)
  • Switch Smith and Feeble animations were fixed


That's it for now! Hopefully these changes make things a little better for now :)


Cheers,
The crea-ture Team

Update 2



Here are the update notes for the Session 0.0.0.3 update!
(It’s a good one!)



A New level to shred! (you may recognize it) – The police barriers in the Brooklyn Banks Archways have been removed, which now gives you access to the crea-ture park! From a long hiatus and with the help from the NYC locals the crea-ture park has had a little face-lift.



New grinds & slides animations
With better physics into transitions (flip tricks do not break at the apex anymore and have much better momentum to catch up with your skater to make you a legend!)

Smiths, Feebles, Willys & Over Willys are now more stable and lock-in easier than before. So if you bail, it’s on you!

The new trick system allows the controls to feel more responsive and accurate.
Your skaters’ orientation when landing now affects your speed and the chances to slam your face on the concrete.
The skater will now look forward after landing 180's into grinds and landings… DAMN!

The Skater now adapts to grinds as they change.
Grinds & slides into slides & grinds are now supporting a wider range of combinations without popping.

New level layout feature. Choose between a fictional scenario of the Brooklyn Banks or the real-life counterpart configuration.





Since you can now bail when landing off rotation, Reverts now have 2 additional options to adapt your play style;
- Reverts on: bail, saves you from bailing when landing off rotation by auto reverting.
- Always On: to always keep you in the optimal direction.
Now y’all be able to have auto reverts to get those steezy 180s you’ve always wanted.



There’s a new Radio Station in collab with Chillhop Music. Chillhop Music is the leading label/curator for lo-fi and “chill” instrumental hip hop music which Generated over 1.2 billion streams in 2019. There are now 22 Lo-Fi tunes to sit back and skate too.

6 more indie artists and 11 new tracks have been added to our highly popular Community Radio Station!
Escante
Hiraeth Bokyo
Jpdreamthug
MITUS
SkyBlew
Whisker Biscuit

Remote play together integration.
Now you can play your games of skate online through the STEAM streaming feature with the same name. WOAH!

You now have more control over your objects from the object dropping. You can now rotate AND move your objects up and down for better and easier DIY spot creations.

A new hardcore feature called Big Drop Landings.
No more dropping from any height and landing without consequences. Now you must work on your landings from high heights, by flicking the stick in opposite vertical directions in sync with your impact on the ground.
We expect some heavy slams while you get used to this new mechanic.



For all you San Van vacationists, our new Legacy inputs AKA "Skate-like controls" are just what you’re looking for! Now you can play Session in a more familiar manner using the left stick to navigate and the right sticks for tricks and grinds.
We hope you enjoy your stay in Brooklyn!
(Please note that this feature is still in early stages of development, so some features, like grinds like Feeble/Smith grinds, Willys & Overwillys will not be working properly yet!)



Various Bug fixes and level optimization.
We’re skipping all the boring details, but some of the nasty bugs (ie: sticky pop slams) got sorted out and the overall experience should feel much more pleasant!

XBOX News! Double up the effort!
We have teamed up with a local experienced studio named iLLOGIKA. They’ll be working with us on the XBOX version! This will help get the game on your consoles this spring! Now we have a dedicated team working on the Xbox version, while we remain focused on improving and building Session. Many hands make little work!

From here at crea-ture studios, we want to thank everyone for the ongoing support, love and feedback and don’t forget to join us on our Discord server https://discord.gg/hrgBJPT! So that’s What’s up and what’s gone down since the last update.
keep shredding and stay rad!

The crea-ture Team.


MODDING:

To anyone who modded pre-0.0.0.3 patch.
You'll most likely get FATAL ERROR when launching the new update.
Key is to unpatch the EZPZ patch, just like we did for patch 0.0.0.2. If that still fails, Backup/Delete the game files and install fresh.
If the EZPZ Patch is not working:
Uninstalling the game and also manually delete local files seems to be the solution (for those who don't have mods installed)
To do so, Hit Win+R, paste %userprofile%\AppData\Local\ and backup/delete the SessionGame folder.
Then, in the STEAM installation folder, backup/delete your Session folder under
...Steam\steamapps\common\
Then reinstall the game.