The Long Drive

• Added Milk ( With all it's cool benefits, just like in real life! )
  
• Liquids are now visible in the Bucket
  and they pour from it's edge, not the middle
  
• Ragdoll sync got better
  
• Fixed an error when restarting in multiplayer
  
• Fixed Auto Continue not doing anything
  
• Added Button to set the selected save as the one which will be continued when Auto Continue
  happens
  
• Load Last Save Button (and Auto Continue) no longer ignores save with different version
  
• Filling with LMB now choses the closest cap to the cursor, not the player, so it's easier to fill the
  correct one when there are more next to eachother
  
• Added a few more BSP entity handling
  
• Fixed Distance Driven Reset Button
  
• Rusty ship less shiny
  

• Added Auto Run setting in the contorls
  
• Added Player Damage Direction Indicator
  
• Taking Damage now only shows the HP bar instead of all of them
  
• Added Restart and New Start Button when pressing Exit
  Restart: Same Map, Same Seed
  New Start: Same Map, New Seed
  
• Computer on the FPS Dungeon map spawns further away from start
  
• FPS Dungeon now starts with all of the Weapons available
  
• Added more room types to FPS Dungeon
  
• Fixed FPS Dungeon sometimes generating unnaccessible rooms?
  
• Fixed FPS Dungeon generating half door frames in the middle of some rooms
  

• Parts and Attachables are now using the same script!
  (This should make things easier and more stable in the future, as well as open up new possibilities!)
  
• But be aware this also now broke old saves, and saved cars!
  
• Fixed sometimes not being able to drive forward until releasing and pressing forward again.
  This was a long standing and very annoying thing, and is now gone.
  
• Cars no longer hitch when pausing the game. This was again a bug that was annoying players for a
  while now, it is now also gone.
  
• Fixed Reflections not turning on-off based on distance
  
• Settings files and saved cars in the dev menu are now saved with JsonUtility
  (They should be more tolerant to changes, and are more readable)
  
• Fixed sometimes dropping stuff instead of equipping
  
• Added item spawn history in dev menu showing the last 40 items ( no, you can't clear it )
  
• Tape measure sticks to surfaces a little bit more reliably!
  
• Added toggle to dev menu to save using Json
  (It is now possible to load both Json and Binary which was used so far)
  
• Added buttons to dev menu to delete not generated POI and destroyed Ojb data
  (POI=Buildings, Obj=cacti, rocks...)
  
• Autosave is a lot less noticable!
  
• Stabilized some starting item spawn things
  
• Buried stuff spawns again
  
• Added ability to make an autosave with [ Home ] when dev mode is enabled
  
• Pumpkin on-off save fixed! (And new ones are randomly on-off)
  
• Snowballs and snowalls can be now made looking through the wheel also, now less "accidents" will
  happen related to this feature.
  
• Bats are back! Yay!
  
• Fixed some very big, major save-load errors
  
• Dev menu car save-load works again!
  
• Fixed lights not being able to turn on-off after dismount
  
• Adjusted Van Physics Lock
  
• Fixed empty tanks and ammo resetting to being full on save-load
  
• Fixed coffin Physics Lock not working
  
• Fixed some attached stuff jumping to it's previous attached position when attached
  
• Fixed random type selector not using seed at POIs
  (Like the big grass a round the old house appearing/dissappearing on save-load )
  
• You can now select your starting car from the Dev Menu!
  
• Fixed dev menu car save-load attaches spawning mirrored!
  
• Fixed paint cans spawning empty
  
• There are now 3 autosave slots, these should come in handy for you guys, and should make life
  easier.
  
• Save name increment when opening the save screen if it already exists,
  so it is now faster to save multiple times within the same minute,
  because it doesn't want to overwrite it!
  
• Fixed stuff spawned in boxes not staying in it
  
• Fixed teleporting far away if the held tape measure is stuck to a gib that dissappears
  
• Start items are saved on other maps! (func_pushables in bsp maps too)
  
• Fixed cacti destroy load
  
• Hopefully more varied building spawn!
  
• Buildings now again spawn further from the road too
  
• Fixed buildings not spawning in the first chunk
  
• Fixed bike03 tank not spawning in the starting house
  
• Water towers are now back too!
  
• Buried item spawn at water towers and such
  
• Some part lerp fix
  
• Fixed Mountains, cacti, rocks... random scale
  
• Some buildings now spawn along side roads, some only along main roads, and some only further
  away from roads! (This should make things more interesting, especially in the future!)
  
• Fixed car door and window not affecting the outside sound volumes correctly
  
• Fixed multiplayer attach, local pos something
  
• Fixed multiplayer item pos something
  
• Better multiplayer client item positioning (Important, if you want to have fun in multiplayer!)
  
• Fixed height map maps not working
  
• Mouse Driving now only Steers by default, you can Toggle it to affect the pedals too by holding [ U ]
  (And yeah, don't forget that we have this feature - it can be really fun!)
  
• Fixed attached stuff to surfaces not being in the same place in multiplayer
  
• Some worn concrete material is now less shiny and is more bumpy!
  
• Fixed not having a Start House on Village map
  
• Light switch and such Save and Sync on FPS Dungeon map
  
• The FPS Dungeon Map now has corridors, rooms, has enemies, and has imaginary goals : Kill all the
  enemies, find the computer and bring it back to the start room! You can have fun with this in
  multiplayer also!
  
• We have a new shelf with Physics Lock system, it is in the starting room in the FPS Dungeon Map,
  but you can also spawn it in the normal game mode using the Dev Menu (it will spawn naturally
  later)!
  

• All Headlights and Bulbs can be turned on by hand when they aren't in their slot
  (Yes, later they will need batteries for that, but we don't have those yet)
  
• Metal bar got thin Physics Lock around it
  
• Pumpkin got better and it is possible to turn it on-off again
  
• Fixed explosive stuff not exploding when shot (like paint can)
  
• Fixed very weak guns not being able to destroy bulbs at all
  
• Fixed bulb and big mirror slices being purple
  

• Fixed Tape Measure pulling player to the left
  
• Added more road types (was 4, now it's 12)
  (currently just visual)
  
• Fixed texture seam on the roads near their side
  
• TV now has a Light Source when it's On
  
• Adjusted car10k coolant slot collider so it's less in the way
  
• Tall Grass is back, and it looks better!
  

• Fixed some major Tape Measure inconveniences
  (It is more fun now!)
  
• Fixed accidentaly getting into the car just by opening the door
  
• Fixed disabling Heat Haze not disabling it (in 3D too, not that anyone cares)
  
• Added Tape Measure Inventory Icon
  
• Fixed Custom Radio Stutter finally?
  (And it supports more formats like flac, and possibly some others I have never heard of)
  
• Adjusted some Physics Lock triggers (We really do have a lot of vehicles)
  
• Multiplayer notification letter disappears after 20 seconds
  (because I got tired of seeing it all the time in TLD videos)
  

• Added Tape Measure (Be sure to test this..you will be surprised)
  
• Wheel mounting made easier (Yes!)
  
• Can make Snowballs and Snowwalls in the snowy biome (Double yes!!)
  
• Fixed not being able to sit down if the seat is attached to some usable thing
  
• Holding Down X with Developer Menu Enabled will now delete objects quickly,
  don't have to tap it for every object (Very useful!)
  

• Added cacti, rocks and such!
  
• Draw Distance Setting Works Again
  
• Removed Distant Terrain Setting, now its On if the Draw Distance is not Minimum
  
• Tumbleweed only spawns in the desert
  
• Fixed wells' hole being next to it when not spawned next to a building
  
• Heathaze at the edge of nearby objects maybe a bit better
  
• Fixed buildings not saving their state if you go very very far and save-load twice
  
• Removed distance limit from F4 Drop Cam
  
• Fixed F4 Drop Cam getting destroyed if a car it's parented to is destroyed
  
• Slapped some try-catch in the save part of the code, so maybe saving will work even if there is an error
  

• Physics Lock now works in trunks and such even with opened or missing trunk
  
• With the Developer Menu it is now possible to bring cars from different saves:
  

• Added "main" road with poles on it's right side
  
• Parts mount, dismount are now smoothed
  
• Fixed some parts snapping close at dismount
  
• Fixed 2 Terrain hole cutting bugs
  
• Bacon option in dev menu now shows the building beacons again
  (though they are not bacons anymore :( because of practical reasons)
  
• It also shows other players and their distances
  
• Fixed multiplayer menu appearing when it shouldn't
  while naming a save and pressing it's button
  
• Fixed smaller "buildings" like phone booths and toilets
  floating or being underground
  

• Fixed item disappearing when going far away and back
  (Helps with multiplayer too)
  
• Basements are back, so the game has depth again
  
• Fixed one case of not being able to save
  
• Fixed some dev menu thing showing when it is disabled
  

• Better Terrain Performance
  
• Better Multiplayer Performance
  
• Synced player step sounds
  
• Can unfocus multiplayer window by mouse click somewhere else
  (so now it is possible to keep it open while playing)
  
• Added button to dev menu to remove all unspawned items
  (which are not spawned because they are far away)
  

• Fixed some Physics lock - Mounted item sync error
  
• Fixed some attachable loading bug
  
• Added Clear Chat button to multiplayer settings
  

• Fixed save-load while sitting
  
• Physics locked stuff save-load works again
  
• Fixed items attached to buildings moving their center
  to their attach points on save-load
  
• Fixed sitting sync at buildings
  
• Fixed two cases of ear ringing
  
• Fixed some log stuff
  
• Clients can now delete items
  
• Fixed Car09 paint selection in dev menu
  
• Added console checkbox, so you can hide it
  when the too many error messages cause performace issues in the dev menu
  

1. - Fixed save bug
   
2. - Fixed ignition, shift when sitting next to eachother ( Driver has priority ofcourse )
   
3. - Client can spawn stuff, and you can now correctly see the client manufacturing poop!
   
4. - Added 3 rotating log files in the Documents\TheLongDrive
   (log1 is the latest, log3 is the oldest )
   
5. - Added Console To Dev Menu to see error messages at runtime
   
6. - Fixed MP menu opening with T while using the computer
   

• Some changes since v2023.04.19c may be gone :(
  
• New terrain generator
  
• Multiplayer greatly improved
  
• Added Developer Mode in Settings in Misc tab
  
• Can change maps (Default, Test, FPS Dungeon...)
  
• Can load BSP maps (put them and wad files in Documents\TheLongDrive\Maps)
  
• Can load map from height maps from .png and .jpg formats
  (height map's name should end with _height)
  (color map's name should end with _color)
  (put height map and texture map in Documents\TheLongDrive\Maps)
  
• Using E+Mouse to tune no longer stops if the knob moves out of the crosshair
  
• Added lightbulb items
  
• Lights paintable
  
• Added big mirrors
  
• Better VR
  
• Can Toggle VR (In Misc Settings)
  
• Ignition/start and horn have now trigger,
  so you can look at them and press the use key to use them
  
• Changed stuff "under the hood"
  
• Some stuff gets sliced on destroy instead of just disappearing
  
• Fixed chocolate collider scale
  
• Changed Discord Server Link
  
• Changed headlight cookie
  
• New radio content
  
• New magazines
  
• New voices for Munkas
  

Known issues:

• In multiplayer: If someone is sitting next to you in the front right seat, you may not be able to start or stop the car's engine. The error does not exist if your companion moves to another seat or gets out. (This bug is being fixed)
  
• It is possible that the terrain is generated beyond the realistic limits. It is still heavily under development.
  
• There are currently no cellars or basements in any of the buildings.
  
• There are currently no cactus and electric poles.
  
• Dont save when you sit in a vehicle because it cause some error.
  
• After this update or later hotfixes, old saves and mods may become unusable in beta.
  

There are still a lot of bugs that we know about and we will fix them, and of course we look forward to your comments. So prepare for fixes in the next days or weeks or maybe years... :D

We are silent for a reason, trust me! 😃