Wow, together we've created over 20,000 pieces of downloaded content for Liftoff, all available to explore and try on the Steam workshop for free! This is truly a massive milestone, and one of the biggest achievements in the FPV community.
The sheer amount of content available in Liftoff is truly staggering, and it's a testament to the creativity and passion of the community. From custom tracks and challenging obstacles to unique drone designs, there's an infinite amount of content to explore and enjoy in Liftoff.
But what's truly special about this milestone is that it shows how Liftoff is an FPV sim for and by everyone. Whether you're a seasoned pro or a brand-new pilot, there's something for everyone in the Liftoff community. And with so many amazing pieces of content available, you'll always have something new to discover and enjoy.
So let's all raise a toast to the Liftoff community for this amazing achievement. You've truly made Liftoff a sim like no other, and we can't wait to see what incredible content you'll create next!
Update 1.5.6
Fancy cars✓ Icelandic landscape ✓ Camera drone ✓ Get ready to take your drone racing experience to the next level with Liftoff®: Slipstream's latest update.
Changelist 1.5.5:
Fixed: fixed drone setups in multiplayer rooms were not applied in-game.
Fixed issues where audio cues of sustained stunts would continue playing while the menu was open or the score screen was visible.
Fixed issue where the audio cue and text display of sustained stunts would remain visible and audible.
Fixed issue where the game triggers did not react properly to the user preference of enabled/disabled visuals.
Changelist 1.5.6:
Added: vehicles to the Surtur environment as part of the Slipstream DLC.
Fixed: too many requests retrieving a player's unlocked skins when entering/leaving a multiplayer game.
Fixed: issue where a multiplayer game could not start if one or more players had blocked each other on Steam.
Updated: a player can not enter a multiplayer game anymore if one or more players have that player blocked on Steam.
Updated: when joining a multiplayer game that includes one or more players that you have blocked on Steam, Liftoff will now warn you before you enter the game.
Slipstream DLC
Chase a variety of vehicles in a range of stunning Liftoff environments, from the speedy time trial on Short Circuit to the thrilling drag race in Bando City, and even mining trucks at work in The Pit. And, with the addition of off-road cars in the rugged terrain of Surtur, the possibilities for high-speed drone chases are endless. Don't miss out on this exhilarating update - download Liftoff®: Slipstream today.
Players of Liftoff have undoubtedly noticed Ukraine listed as one of our new partners in the startup screen of the game. This partnership is not some random political statement, but a reflection of the true alliance we've been cultivating since February last year.
Our partnership with Ukrainians has been a two-way street. We have supported various educational organizations in establishing drone schools throughout Ukraine. We’ve provided them with our expertise and technology. They have helped us establish connections and even volunteered to translate Liftoff into Ukrainian.
We're happy to announce that Liftoff is now available in Ukrainian, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Ukrainian SBT Localization team. Over the past months, they've worked diligently to translate over 12,000 words, a feat made even more impressive by the challenges posed by regular blackouts resulting from attacks on civilian infrastructure. We are incredibly grateful to the SBT Localization team for their hard work and dedication.
The Ukrainian language can now be selected in the the game options or through the "Getting started" menu, offering you a chance to try out a first version of the translation (95% complete) that will be further improved and expanded in future updates.
Changelist v1.5.4
Added: Ukrainian as a supported language. Some aspects are still untranslated and will de displayed in English.
Fixed: When finishing a freestyle session while performing a sustained stunt (lawn mower or dive), the audio cue would keep playing.
Fixed: The level selection background for the Surtur Night Fever environment did not fit well on screen.
Changelist v1.5.3
Added: custom music playlists now support .mp3 files.
Optimised: synchronising data in multiplayer is a little more efficient now.
Fixed: a race replay would not sync up the recordings properly.
Fixed: race ghosts would spawn and start a little too far ahead.
Fixed: could not view another player's drone configuration in multiplayer.
Fixed: custom music playlists not working.
Fixed: entering a path for custom music playlists now starts playing if it's a valid folder path.
Fixed: some small memory leaks while fetching leaderboards.
Fixed: saving a recording before taking off would cause some internal errors.
St. Patrick's Day
Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day.
Find 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event and unlock the "Leprechaun Madness" achievement. Pro tip: rainbows are a lucky charm! ;)
May every petal on the shamrock bring you joy and good luck.
Update 1.5.2 released
Surtur becomes even more magical with the inclusion in the Night Fever DLC. A starry night sky, Icy lakes, and epic northern lights make this the ultimate version of our biggest Liftoff level to date.
Changelist
Added Surtur Night Fever DLC version.
Added: option to disable festivity items in levels.
Updated: the drone selection is now directly available from the pause menu and will reload the drone immediately instead of going out of the level.
Updated: the custom playlist of the music player now streams the music files from the disk instead of loading and processing the file in one go.
Fixed: exploit that would allow drone setups with conflicting parts set highscores on the leaderboards. A warning is now shown in the drone selection.
Fixed: the performance warning popup in the main menu would not be properly cleared.
Fixed: several small memory leaks of tournaments ghosts.
Fixed: ghost drones or A.I. opponents would sometimes report the wrong time when completing a race.
Optimised: the drone selection screen is now a lot more memory efficient.
Optimised: freestyle and race game modes have had slight internal tweaks to reduce CPU spikes when flying through checkpoints or completing stunts.
Night Fever DLC
Want your Liftoff experience to be even more epic, consider getting the DLC and support the Liftoff team in the process. Thank you so much!
Just a quick reminder that we are consistently organizing tournaments on the Liftoff Pro League. In this season, we are specifically highlighting Surtur, with one tournament already completed, one currently ongoing, and two more scheduled to commence in the upcoming weeks. In addition, we have an exciting competition planned together with our partners at Dquad. Stay tuned for more information on that soon!
Love is in the air!
Love is in the air!
Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement.
Thank you for being being a part of the Liftoff community, we love you all!
Update 1.5.1 released!
Liftoff just got a shot of caffeine! A quickfix update is now available, including a short list of improvements.
Changelist
Added: report function in multiplayer to report on on toxic players.
Fixed: the foliage and rocks in Surtur did not receive any shadows.
Fixed: multiplayer voice chat.
Fixed: No shader pre-loading is done anymore on Metal and Vulkan rendering as it's not needed. This may save a couple of seconds of loading times and may fix issues loading environments on Vulkan.
Fixed: The replay selection would not show recordings saved during tournament tryout or practice runs.
Fixed: The replay selection would not show the correct environment background.
A no-fly zone for negativity.
Trolls, you're not cleared for liftoff.
We are proud to boast of a close-knit and supportive community of pilots and enthusiasts. Our goal has always been to foster an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued. To this end, we have recently taken steps to ensure that this remains the case.
We've got new in-game moderators on board, and our in-game reporting feature makes it easier for players to bring abusive behaviour to our attention. We take a zero-tolerance stance against anyone who seeks to make Liftoff a negative experience for others, and we are committed to preserving the friendly and supportive spirit that has made our community what it is today.
The report feature has been conveniently located in the multiplayer lobby. To access it, simply click on the three dots located adjacent to the player's username.
Milestone 1.5.0 public release!
After a lot of development work spanning half a year, and a period of thorough testing on the Experimental Branch, the long-awaited 1.5.0 Milestone update has finally been released to the public.
Changelist
For those who have previously explored the Experimental Branch, some aspects of this public release may appear familiar. However, it should be noted that various improvements and new features have been added.
Added: Surtur environment. 3 times bigger than all other Liftoff levels combined!
Added: 4 official racetracks for Surtur.
Updated: new in-game interactive tutorial.
Updated: switching to a different game mode, track or race within the same environment in single player will reload the game instantly, without going through a loading screen.
Added: a couple more Steam achievements.
Added: test your track and race right from within the track editor.
Added: a new track item to place the player character position on the track.
Updated: in the multiplayer lobby, your times are displayed first now in the leaderboard ticker, followed by the top 3 pilots.
Updated: The game engine received an update. This should include some fixes regarding input latency on Linux while using Vulkan rendering.
Added: A.I. opponents for The Green Race 06.
Added: Popup warning when a game shortcut is made outside of Steam. The game now checks whether the connection with Steam has been successfully made and warns the user otherwise.
Updated: multiplayer service plugin to reduce small memory allocations.
Updated: the Short Circuit environment to include the Pitlane tournament winner's names on the paddocks.
Updated: the track editor now provides more feedback to user actions (e.g. popup when saving) and shows proper warnings when leaving when there are unsaved changes.
Updated: when walking around in the track editor or in free flight, you can adjust the movement speed by scrolling up/down to get across maps faster.
Updated: the trigger boxes now have a highlight at its outline when touching other objects.
Updated: the memory footprint has been greatly reduced by loading assets more on a need-to basis rather than always staying in memory. Several textures and audio files have also been updated to require less memory. This reduces the memory pressure by a total of ±2GB.
Updated: the level loading process to perform less full-level scans to find certain objects. This should reduce loading times.
Updated: on Apple Silicon devices, Liftoff will now run natively instead of through the Rosetta translation layer.
Fixed: several audio sources in levels would not be correctly linked to their audio volume setting.
Fixed: a memory leak caused by track items and race checkpoints not being cleaned up properly after leaving a level.
Fixed: issue where a toggle would incorrectly appear in the freestyle score screen.
Fixed: the drone HUD of the DJI drone would still be displayed, even if different drone setup was enforced.
Fixed: not being able to sign in to the multiplayer when the splash/startup screen was skipped.
Fixed: the Liftoff Pro level value would not display correctly.
Fixed: a game crash when trying to open a gift box.
Fixed: a memory leak with lingering server calls.
Fixed: when finishing a race or freestyle session, the player's flight drone might sometimes be visible in the background.
Fixed: loading screen messages might sometimes not display properly.
Fixed: when starting Liftoff on different displays, it might sometimes start with a resolution of 0x0. This should not happen any longer.
Fixed: the Liftoff Pro credentials file can sometimes get corrupted. This would prevent the player from signing in.
Fixed: throttle issue that could result in inverse thrust.
Fixed: when switching to walking in free flight, some drone settings were reset (camera angle, flight mode).
TLDR
The release of Update 1.5.0 represents a significant advancement for Liftoff, featuring the largest map yet with mountain ranges and an active volcano. Additionally, the update includes a comprehensive new tutorial, enhancements to track building, as well as various fixes, optimizations, and overall improvements for players to enjoy.
Check out this amazing video from our long time community member BlueCheeseDK, showcasing his Surtur experience.
Disclaimer: In case you experience issues with this release, a Liftoff legacy branch has been made available that refers to the last 1.4 version of Liftoff. You can access this version through the Beta options for Liftoff in your Steam games library.
Experimental Branch: test update 1.5.0!
We are erupting with excitement to make the next milestone for Liftoff available on the Experimental Branch! Be the first to test out the new Surtur level, tutorial and many new features.
Experimental Branch
Milestone update 1.5.0 contains many key changes to the game, it means the early version might be a bit unstable. We've noticed some issues on Mac and Linux that we'd like to fix (among other things) before we do a full public release. However we don't want to keep you waiting until after the winter holidays to discover and enjoy what we have on offer. We welcome you to activate the (optional) Experimental Branch, to get an early look.
Please note that this version may contain bugs, but we appreciate your help in testing and providing feedback.
Read all about the Experimental Branch and how to get access here!
Changelist:
Feeling competitive? Turn reading this massive changelist into a race against the clock and see how fast you can get through it before your run out o..."
Added: Surtur environment. 3 times bigger than all other Liftoff levels combined!
Added: 4 official racetracks for Surtur.
Updated: new in-game interactive tutorial.
Updated: switching to a different game mode, track or race within the same environment will reload the game instantly, without going through a loading screen.
Added: a couple more Steam achievements.
Added: a new track item to place the player character position on the track.
Updated: in the multiplayer lobby, your times are displayed first now in the leaderboard ticker, followed by the top 3 pilots.
Updated: Unity engine to version 2021.3. This should include some fixes regarding input latency on Linux while using Vulkan rendering.
Added: A.I. opponents for The Green Race 06.
Added popup warning when a game shortcut is made outside of Steam
Updated: multiplayer service plugin to reduce small memory allocations.
Updated: the Short Circuit environment to include the Pitlane tournament winner's names on the paddocks.
Fixed: issue where a toggle would incorrectly appear in the freestyle score screen.
Fixed: the drone HUD of the DJI drone would still be displayed, even if different drone setup was enforced.
Fixed: not being able to sign in to the multiplayer when the splash/startup screen was skipped.
Fixed: the Liftoff Pro level value would not display correctly.
Fixed: a game crash when trying to open a gift box.
Fixed: a memory leak with lingering web calls.
Fixed: when finishing a race or freestyle session, the player's flight drone might sometimes be visible in the background.
Fixed: loading screen messages might sometimes not display properly.
Fixed: when starting Liftoff on different displays, it might sometimes start with a resolution of 0x0. This should not happen any longer.
Fixed: the Liftoff Pro credentials file can sometimes get corrupted. This would prevent the player from signing in.
Fixed: throttle issue that could result in inverse thrust.
Fixed: when switching to walking in free flight, some drone settings were reset (camera angle, flight mode).
Surtur
But I'm just here for the pretty pictures!
New tutorial
Say goodbye to our old video tutorial! Our brand new in-game tutorial is here to help you get off the ground and into the sky. Designed specifically for beginners, this step-by-step guide will walk you through all the basics of drone flying, from takeoff to landing. Liftoff has never been a better choice for beginning pilots, ensuring that you get a realistic and safe learning experience. So why wait? Start your journey to becoming the best FPV pilot today.
Happy Holidays!
Lets celebrate this wonderful time together in our 4 weeks in-game holidays event.
Spot every snowman in a single environment during the holiday event and unlock the "Snow Spotter" achievement.
