- New setting: "Disable Online Player Particles" - New setting: "Enable Particle Collisions" (used to be enabled by default, new default is off) - Braking whiled soaped now slows your rotation, just like air controls - Adjusted simpleboost aesthetic - Spectated players are now always visible, even if drawing online players is disabled
Zeepkist Awesome Alpha - Version 15, Patch 42
- Fixed a major performance issue during online play
Zeepkist Awesome Alpha - Version 15, Patch 41
- Added "Disable Forcefield Animation" setting to Graphics > Post Processing, should help performance
- Added "Remember Steering Limit Between Runs" to gameplay settings
- Changed texture of level editor feather forcefields
Zeepkist Awesome Alpha - Version 15, Patch 38
Hey everyone!!
It's time for a proper update!!!
⚠️ Beware!! If you have mods installed, online might not work until your mods are updated!! It's probably best to uninstall your mods until then!! Ask on the modding Discord for further info. ⚠️
Anyway, the update! It's quite a big one!
Changelog:
🔸Voteskip is back!! use command /voteskip on to turn voteskip on and /voteskip percentage [number] to set a voteskip percentage (default 100%). Use /voteskip or /vs to vote. 🔸/servermessage [colour] [time] [message] command to display messages in your server room 🔸/joinmessage [colour] [message] command to automatically display join message in your server room 🔸Checkpoints, finishes, camera changer and zeepkist changer gates now have slightly glowly forcefields with icons that indicate what they are 🔸Settings to disable checkpoints/finish forcefields and other forcefields 🔸New hotkeys to toggle whether forcefields are enabled/disabled in-game
🔸Added a new "soap wheels" game mechanic! 🔸Added 4 "Soapy" materials 🔸Added "Soap Wheels" & "Reset Wheels" gates 🔸Added "Soap Wheels" & "Reset Wheels" forcefield blocks 🔸Added camera changing forcefield blocks 🔸Added checkpoint forcefield blocks 🔸Added finish forcefield blocks 🔸Added 3 "ring" blocks 🔸Added "bubble blower" block with particle effects
🔸6 new adventure levels 🔸24 new player cosmetics (including 3 new character colors!)
🔸Added font support for Japanese text 🔸"Particle Max Distance" setting for better particle performance control 🔸Various minor changes and bugfixes
Hotfix v15p39: 🔸Fixed the player.log being spammed with a useless message 🔸Fixed not being able to pass host to other players
Hotfix v15p40: 🔸You can now add the new adventure levels to online lobbies!
Reverting to Version 15, Patch 36
So I broke a thing and now we're back at the previous version!
I know what went wrong so I'm on it!
Zeepkist Awesome Alpha - Version 15, Patch 37
- Broken levels in online will no longer lock your game, and instead boot you to the main menu. I'm looking into catching this on the server-side but for now this will be an improvement already, no more Alt-F4ing :)
We will be competing on 15 of the 34 level submissions from the Wild West level contest held earlier this month. You can checkout all submissions on the Steam Workshop!
The rooms will open around 10 minutes before the event starts and is scheduled to last around 2 hours (7 minutes per level) with a rest period half way through. The first timed level will begin on the hour (~10 minutes after rooms open)
The leaderboards in all rooms will be tracked and will be combined into a single overall leaderboard post-event on zeepki.st/super-league!
Top 3 with the most points will receive a special racing helmet IN-GAME, a Discord role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server!
Who can join?
The Super League is open to all! Open Zeepkist and hop in to one of the Super League rooms hosted by Akane (Timeslot 1) or Socks242 (Timeslot 2). Rooms are filled on a first-come-first-served basis.
Look out for the following rooms hosted by either Akane or Socks242:
After the Super League event, we will be opening the community vote to everyone on Steam and our Discord server. You will be able to pick your 3 favourite levels from the Wild West theme!
- Akane
Level Contest - Compact
THEME: Compact (7x7x7)
Build a level that has players racing within the confines of a 7x7x7 wide cube.
⚠️ This is the first official contest that requires downloading a template level. Please see section below on how to download it ⚠️
Looking for ideas? How about a tiny race track, using all surfaces of the cube with fans or twisty wall rides!
DEADLINE
Your track should be complete and submitted by Sunday, 24th September 2023 at 18:00 UTC+1
Submissions will be combined into a single workshop item after the deadline above
DOWNLOAD 7x7x7 TEMPLATE
Download the template for the level contest! This provides the outline of the 7x7x7 grid boundries.
Do NOT remove the outline blocks
You CAN NOT place decoration or track pieces outside of the 7x7x7 grid boundary
You CAN paint the outline blocks a different colour
You CAN remove the cube's grass baseplate
You CAN change the skybox (P cycles them, or use track options menu)
How to get the level in the editor
Open %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Zeepkist\Levels in File Explorer
You can only submit one level (you can modify or replace your submission as much as you like until the deadline)
Level collaborations are permitted (this counts as a level submission for each individual creator)
The name of the level MUST start with "ZSL - " (e.g "ZSL - My Level")
LEVEL RULES
Scaling track pieces is permitted (within the 7x7x7 grid)
Level MUST follow any theme requirements set
Level MUST be under 4000 blocks
Level MUST have an author time above 30 seconds
Level MUST have an author time under 1 minute 30 seconds (90s)
Level MUST have at least 2 checkpoints. Consider adding additional checkpoints for split timing or where it would prevent a cut, as cuts do not make for good tournament tracks!
Level MUST NOT have hidden finishes/shortcuts (e.g using no-collision or invisible blocks to hide a secret path that is NOT the intended route)
Don't have Discord? You can submit your entry by linking it in the Steam forum thread for this announcement!
WINNERS & PRIZES
Up to 15 of the submitted levels will be used for the next Zeepkist Super League event
The community will vote on their favourite maps from the theme after the ZSL event
Top 3 in the community votes for Best Decor and Best Track Layout will each win a special hard hat cosmetic in-game. Discord users will also get a `Level Contest Winner` role and 3,000 chat EXP in our Discord server.
BANNER CONTEST
We're also hosting a themed banner contest for our discord server banner image!
This patch is basically the same patch as last time, except back then it broke the server. So I went back in the code, fixed some stuff, enabled better logging, and I hope everything works now!!
⚠️ Beware!! If you have mods installed, online might not work until your mods are updated!! It's probably best to uninstall your mods until then!! Ask on the modding Discord for further info. ⚠️
Anyway, the update! It's quite a big one!
Changelog:
🔸 Added "Steering Limit Keys", which you can use to limit your max steering angle
🔸 Added "Time" and "Input" displays to online photo mode 🔸 Updated the input display with extra info
🔸 Added a "Tag" option to online settings, allows you to add a 4-letter tag to the front of your name, without having to change your Steam name (Blame Ronan for this idea, it caused the update to take a while lol)
🔸 Awarded special influencer hats to 4 influential influencers ❤️ 🔸 Awarded special "I helped!" hats to a bunch of people testing the update 🔸 Various small fixes
Happy Zeepkisting!!!
Rollback To Version 15, Patch 34
Hey everyone!!
There were issues with the server in the new patch, so I'm rolling back to patch 34 until I can fix it!!