Better Off Tread
Patch 1.3.8 and Free Parts Giveaway!
We're having another Free Parts Giveaway on Discord to celebrate 250 Members on our Discord! Just join the discord here: https://discord.gg/JdGW7v and post your username in the #giveaways channel!
Feel free to follow us on Twitter: @pixelconstructr for more Tank news and possibly twitter-exclusive giveaways!
On to the Notes:
First and foremost we have two new levels for you to tank around in!
The first is Panopticon, a Medieval Prison with a teleporter pad that adds a whole new dimension to the game!
The second is Temple Courtyard, an ancient ruin full of traps hidden passages, and surprises!
We have added tighter, improved Controller support, and additional support for the XBOX as well as the PS4 Controller. We also now support RUMBLE on the XBOX controller!
We've done a major pass over the visual and audial feedback the game gives players, including adding a back-bar to HP Guages to make them more visually distinctive, screenshake to help inform your eyes on event, the the aforementioned controller rumble.
Our intrepid designers have done a balancing pass over all the tanks. Many of which have had a slight stat boost. Gramps should be noticably faster now!
We have fixed some issues related to camera rotations, both ingame, and in the Garage.
We have a lot of new features and fixes in the pipeline! Keep sending us your ideas, bug reports, and chatting with us on the Discord! Thanks for playing!
Server Issues 9/31 - 10/1
Players will notice that they're currently unable to log in. We're currently suffering an issue with our user accounts server and are working hard to fix it as soon as possible. We will let you know as soon as this is fixed!
Patch 1.3.6
It's been a super busy week for the in-house wizards working on implementing feedback from the userbase. This patch is a doozy and covers a lot of the most requested fixes!
Patch Notes:
The big update for this patch is a new ping indicator to help folks in deciding which host servers to connect to! We think this will make a big difference in helping fix a lot of the lag issues folks have been reporting.
We have rebuilt the leaderboard. The new board is simpler, always on, and accurate. We are continuing to refine its systems and will have further news on it at a future patch.
In response to user feedback, we have changed rewards:
1st Place: 150 Parts
2nd Place: 90 Parts
3rd Place: 45 Parts
4th Place and Beyond: 25 Parts
This should help folks who don't place highly in the leaderboard feel that their time invested is respected.
Fixed the Discord Button being cut off at some resolution sizes.
Major code cleanup across the board, resulting in modest performance gains for all users.
Fixed bug where typing [Q] or [R] while typing in chat would rotate the camera.
Added a Resolution Dropdown to allow folks to change the window resolution.
Fixed some "Match Over" issues where the match would fail to end properly.
We've got a content update in the near future, and hope folks continue to submit suggestions, bug reports, and ideas!
Free Giveaway on Discord, and We're Live in Washington DC Tomorrow
We've hit 100 Users on our Community Discord and have decided to host our first giveaway. We're entering folks who register in our #giveaways channel for the chance to win FREE PARTS.
To Join, just Enter our Discord here: https://discord.gg/6JAS6X9
Go to the #giveaways channel, and comment your account name.
We will be announcing the winner in 48 hours!
Additionally...
The company has a booth at the IGDA District Arcade in Washington DC tomorrow at 12pm at Bravo Bravo (1001 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036). Come out and meet up with us, and celebrate the awesome thriving indie community we're honored to be apart of!
Nick, one of our Developers will be on hand throughout the day to meet folks and excitedly chatter games development.
Mike, our CEO will be there in the evening.
We look forward to seeing you guys there!
Re: Network Connectivity, Laaaaaaag, and Hotfixes
We are currently looking into reports of lag from a number of users and want everyone to know we are taking it seriously and hope to have a solution out as soon as possible.
We have a number of fixes and changes on the way to help smooth the player experience, a few much requested additions, and your feedback is helping shape the game as we hammer out these remaining issues.
We've got some great big ideas over here for how to really make the game shine, and look forward to delivering them soon. New content packages are already being polished and assembled for release over the next week or so as well. Most importantly, we just want to say 'thank you' to all of you folks picking up our game and having a good time, and to let you know we're committed to taking your input and applying it toward further transforming our game into something that the entire audience can enjoy.
Remember that you can join our Discord community from the link on the garage screen, and speak directly to us via the bug and suggestion channels. We want to hear from you!
See you on the battlefield!
Updates, Fixes, Etc.
Our resident code slingers have been burning the midnight oil to resolve the issues you have brought to our attention, and we are releasing a quick hotfix that we hope will resolve the most urgent issues reported.
• Fixed a Minor Login Issue where the Incorrect Password Dialogue did not appear correctly.
• Fixed a source of Network Lag that should result in lower latency and less stress on the host machine.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes Scores would be displayed as '#' and Parts would not be properly awarded.
During our downtime at 2:30am EST a very small number of new users registered and were inadvertently pointed to the wrong Database. This has been corrected and we apologize for the inconvenience to these users and we will do our best to compensate them for this frustration if they re-register with the same account credentials and contact us through support email, or through discord.
We are looking forward to bringing everyone more Tank news in the near now!
FFA Issue Fixed
We believe that we have resolved the issue. The game was taken down for about 2 minutes, and has been brought back up. If anyone runs into this again, please let us know, but we believe it has been taken care of.
FFA Issues
Due to the amount of players coming in at once, we were able to identify an issue in Free For All mode that cause some matches to hang on completion, requiring parties to quit to lobby to play again.
We have located the source of the issue and are testing out a solution now. Hopefully this will be completed soon, and you will be informed as soon as that is done.
WE ARE LIVE!
Thank you all for the support,
-Pixel Constructor