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Update v0.43 for Sky Riders
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Release Notes:
- What's New:
- Rider equipment panel:
- Displays currently equipped gear.
- Green indicators show where your new gear is.
- Gear listings moved so that you can always see the stat display.
- Gear listings indicate currently equipped item.
- Optimized network usage while in the basecamp and added more flood protection.
- Added a new shader type that can more efficiently batch certain objects.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a server crash when players leave during specific processes.
- Fixed clothing changes being reset when leaving the basecamp.
- Fixed clothing changes being rejected by the server.
I had some Flash 11 tutorials up on the previous version of this site. The project files for those tutorials are gone, but I've re-uploaded the articles & code snippets into a reference archive for anyone who is interested.
Update v0.4 for Sky Riders
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- Gameplay:
- New gear: Skyblade mods. Mods are split across four slots (boots, blades, intakes and jets) and have +/- stats. They are gained by completing goals.
- Ghosts now remain in the database to challenge for two weeks, up from two days.
- Ghosts now use the equipment & stats of the rider when they posted their time, rather than their current state.
- Guests can now use the feedback panel.
- Temporarily disabled the gear time limit as it's confusing while the UI is incomplete and options to extend/remove the limit are unavailable.
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed a typo which was setting off most of the crashes last version.
- No longer give out duplicates of shirt/pants style 01 and the non-existent style 00.
- Fixed various fullscreen crashes.
- Fixed various guest crashes.
- Known Issues:
- Fullscreen mode may still crash or work incorrectly on some systems.
- It's currently hard to tell what equipment you've gained, where it is, and what's equipped. Some improvements should come in the next update, with more after that.
- Current gear has an extremely minor impact on stats.
Update v0.37 for Sky Riders
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Release Notes:
- Features Added:
- Rider stats are now working.
- Ride Styles. Every 5 levels you gain 1 customization point which can be used to min/max stats.
- League dailies (individual). Records up to 2 scores on the individual daily track.
- Basecamp notifications. Rider and Goals tabs show number of new additions.
- Bug Fixes:
- League dailies (individual). Now correctly limited to 2 attempts.
- Fixed issue where obstacles could slow you down more than intended.
- Fixed various server errors after sudden disconnects.
- Fixed several fullscreen-related crashes.
- Fixed several minor memory leaks.
- Known Issues:
- Rider stats have extremely little impact at low values.
- Changing in and out of fullscreen mode still causes crashes on some systems.
Sky Riders is in public alpha again, so you can try it for yourself right now. It's coming together day-by-day and soon it'll be the sort of fun, social experience I originally envisioned. In the meantime, let's crash the crap out of it.
Welcome to the new HTML5-based site. It's still a work in progress but I replaced all the content and features with rounded corners and custom fonts, so the important part is done.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.