Vangers
Minor Technical Update
Enabling Cloud saves
Important announcement, please read till the end.
Starting February 1st, we will enable Cloud saves.
This will enable automatic save-files transfers between all you steam-connected devices
However, if you are playing the game from different devices and have separate set of save files, Steam will ask you to choose between those sets (you CAN NOT save both save files sets automatically!).
There are two possible solutions to resolve save file conflicts.
1. Copy current saves to a safe place.
Go to Steam, go to the library, right-click on the game Vangers, select the "Manage" menu item, select "Browse local files" go to the data/savegame/ folder and copy all save files to some other folder.
2. Disable cloud synchronization.
Go to Steam, go to settings, select cloud, and disable the first option "Enable Steam cloud".
At the same time, if you used Cloud saves in other games, they will also be disabled.
3. Turn off cloud saves for the Vangers only. (This option will appear only after Feb 1st)
Open Steam, go to the library, right-click on the Vangers game, select the menu item 'Properties', turn off the 'Cloud Saves' switch.
If you are concerned that you may have save conflicts, do one of these steps before the end of January.
Good Luck on the Road!
Update Notes for August 27
Also, the minimum version now is macOS 11.
25th Anniversary of the Vangers Release
Vangers have turned 25 years old on June 19th.
Hundreds of thousands monades passed through the Infernal Conveyor during these years. Not to say how much Cirt was collected - it's unthinkable!
In an amazing way Creature Soup went beyond the UniVang Universe and all of us have been boiling inside it for a quarter of a century, mutating and evolving.
On many people the game has made an irreversible impact, but the fans have made an impact on it as well: they researched and improved the game, and created lots of unique art pieces.
And these processes are still going strong. The Soup is boiling!
Well!
Cheers to the devs who created this crazy splendor! ✨
Cheers to the gamers and the Community for the game’s longevity 💫
Take care of Your Self, Your Mechoses and Your eLeeches 🐛
Happy Anniversary to all of us! 🍾🍾🍾
This update prepared by [W]DimON supported by virosu
Art for this update made by [W]DimON & [kiv]X-winger
Our Community is happy to meet international Vangers.
Right now you can join us here:
Discord (Press the Red Beeb in "Подиш" after joining and after that you can find International Channel)
FB
Spring BugFix
To make sure your adventures in the Chain of Worlds are free from any hindrances we’ve captured and destroyed a bunch of Bugs.
See you on the bumpy roads of the Univang!
List of changes:
💠 Video fixes for MacOS
💠 Fixes for memory issues
💠 Prevented infinite loop when handing out eLeech if Eleerection is the only cycle left
💠 Prevented "permanent" UI block after using Boot Sector
💠 Window aspect ratio now calculated dynamically
💠 Fixed game crash when trying to use Protractor under some circumstances
💠 Error messages are more informative in certain cases
💠 Fixed game crash when window height is less than 600
💠 Prevented unwanted mouse cursor position changes in certain cases
💠 Fixed texts alignment for game ending screens and items with associated text screens (tabutasks, passengers, poponkas)
💠 Multiple fixes for game chat in multiplayer: init scroll position, alignment, size at different resolutions
💠 Fixed multiplayer chat closing upon any attempts to type
💠 Fixed multiple errors in Mechosoma game mode on Necross
💠 Multiple changes to make working with code easier
We’d like to thank everybody who was working on this update:
devnexen, stalkerg, Fenex, caiiiycuk, Haedes, lpenguin, DileSoft, FeeeeK, XiadaOku
Leave your feedback and emotions in comments!
Do not forget that Open Source lets you join the game's development.
GitHub: https://github.com/KranX/Vangers
Art for this update: innermars
Steam News by [W]DimON with huge support of Haedes and virosu
Our Community is happy to meet international Vangers.
Right now you can join us here:
Discord (Press the Red Beeb in "Подиш" after joining and after that you can find International Channel)
FB
Bad Mechous Jokes League
Meet the collection of jokes on their names and descriptions.
Can you spot them all?
(due to the differences in naming of Rus\Eng versions some of the humour may be lost in translation)
Responsible for jokes and 3D models - John Tomson
Special thanks to tractortractor for the model converter
This In-Game Event will be active till the end of this week. It will automatically back to normal at Monday.
Here is the way to get back to a classic look if you can't wait until Monday.
Open Game list in Library.
Right Click on Vangers: Propetries -> BETAS.
Enter Password: turbospiralnab
Choose beta in the first field
VOILA!
Vangers: Now in HD!
the game now supports 1280х720 resolution!
How to activate:
Options -> Graphics -> Screen: one click and you’re good to go!
These days game's code is published as Open Source and the development is driven by enthusiasts from the game’s Community. A few years ago Nikita “lpenguin” Pryanichnikov created an HD patch, which was refined by joint efforts with the author and so now we can add the resulting upgrade to the official version of the game.
Hurrraaaaay!
List of changes:
1) after HD activation you can see world's surface in full screen. Special expanded borders were added for Menu and escaves;
2) Now you can see original arts while traveling through Passages;
3) Stability of Multiplayer mode was significantly improved.
Yes, we do play Vangers online!
4) A lot of bugs was fixed too;
5) Credits in the Menu were updated: now you can discover the names of Community members who have been improving the game over the last years.
Known Issues
After activation of HD the oxygen bar may be partially overlapped by parts of interface so you won’t see how much you have left. You may use F1 by default to turn off the interface.
This will be fixed in the next updates.
Leave your feedback and emotions in comments!
Do not forget that Open Source lets you join the game's development.
GitHub: https://github.com/KranX/Vangers
We’d like to thank everybody who was working on this update:
lpenguin, stalkerg, caiiiycuk, Aidoneus, morkowski, XiadaOku, DileSoft, EXL, exstrim401, Fenex,
devnexen, zorgrin, alehay, br0ziliy, ludwici, ZeeWanderer, Zuzon, kvark, DeltaDesignRus, [W]DimON and other developers thanks to whom the game is still alive and thriving 24 years after its release.
Also kudos to the players who were helping by testing.
Art for this update: morkowski
Steam News by [W]DimON with support of DileSoft and virosu
Our Community is happy to meet international Vangers.
Right now you can join us here:
Discord (Press the Red Beeb in "Подиш" after joining and after that you can find International Channel)
FB
April Fools' Day: Fury of the Nymbos
And April Fools' Day is the perfect day to release it!
Discover by yourself how the game changed ;)
Those are responsible for this Madness:
[W]DimON - idea
John Tompson - 3D models
xiada[kiv] - palettes
This In-Game Event will be active till the end of this week. It will automatically back to normal at Monday.
Here is the way to get back to a classic look if you can't wait until Monday.
Open Game list in Library.
Right Click on Vangers: "Manage" -> Propetries-> BETAS.
Enter Password: turbospiralnaa
Choose Alpha 60 fps and hd in the first field
VOILA!
60FPS and HD version together in alpha
Support Vangers in Steam Awards
Nomination "Labor of Love" can be assigned to games which were released before 2020.
Its description says: "continue to nurture and support their creation. This game, to this day, is still getting new content after all these years" - that's so us!
There’s just a few days left to nominate this legendary game - your support will be greatly appreciated.
It's easy to do: just click on the nomination on the top of this event (you need to be logged into Steam)
Or, as a backup option: on the Store Page find the Awards banner, click “Nominate” and choose the only option - "Labor of Love"
(If you opened this page through the LIBRARY - you may see instead of normal name #SteamAwards_Category_Title_52 - in that case try to open that Steam page)
Here are a few important news, if you missed them:
- we’ve fully reworked controls menu and default controls
- we’ve revived regular multiplayer games
- we have widescreen support and 60FPS in alpha-test stage
- we made a huge Halloween event
- lot of small bugs were fixed
And that's only a small part of what's going on in our rich Creature Soup!
Our Community is happy to meet international Vangers. Right now you can join us here:
Discord (Press the Red Beeb in "Подиш" after joining and after that you can find International Channel)
FB
Amazing Leepky art on Event cover made by Sunken Ship