As is a somewhat coincidental tradition, here is a yearly collection of fixes and QOL improvements:
Implemented a fix that should stabilize performance and framerate on Windows 10. Big thanks for the heads-up in our Steam Community Bug Megathread!
Fixed a bug where a rounding mistake was able to decimate an entire high score table. Sorry about that 💦
Revised [ROCKET TECH] input & timing. Now requires full tilt on analog stick, but can also be suppressed by holding SLOW.
Added settings for fine tuning analog stick sensitivity. (If you were attached to how the analog stick felt in the previous version, the values were 30% for deadzone & 60% for full speed!)
Game now pauses when a gamepad in use disconnects.
Paintjob
That's all fine and dandy, but surely you can share some info about Black Onion?
Until next time!
Third Anniversary Update: Steam Cloud and more! (28/09/2021)
It's the third anniversary of ZeroRanger's release! For the occasion, we've prepared an update with new features, small QoL improvements and bugfixes:
FEATURES:
Steam Cloud saves!! Your save files and scores can now transfer between different machines. (NOTE!: if you purposefully had different saves on different machines, turn off Steam Cloud if you wish to retain them!)
Lock-on buff?! Previously an all-offensive tool, Lock-on has gained some defensive properties! Upon releasing a group of locked-on lasers, a bullet-cancelling shockwave is emitted. How this shockwave works exactly depends on the ship.
3-button combination input leniency: It can now be activated regardless of when each button was pressed, as long as all of them are eventually held down together. The old, stricter input method can be selected from OPTIONS -> CONTROLS if preferred.
Added FPS display option to VISUALS menu. (Previously only available through pressing F2)
Revamped CONTROLS menu a bit for better clarity.
A bunch of visual flair and clarifications.
Masher's Curse
BUGFIXES:
Executable no longer needs to extract itself: Resolves some cases of the game not running due to machine permissions stopping either the extraction process or the extracted files.
GREEN ORANGE co-op life gain was simultaneously broken in two different ways that somehow cancelled each other out and it kind of worked...? Fixed that (both of them)
Stage 4 SE-bonuses can no longer be collected too early so that they disappear from the SE-bonus tally.
A bunch of small, yet not exactly innocent bugs
As always, your bug reports are being heard, so keep 'em coming if you run into any problems!
Fly high!!
Second Anniversary Update (28/09/2020)
ZeroRanger turns two! Mostly and completely coincidentally, it also gets an update:
FEATURES:
Your score now gets recorded when facing [????]
A special trial now opens for those who have reached LIGHT...
BUGFIXES:
Game now properly recognizes your old version's settings file (SETUP.zr / SETUP2.zr) if you don't have the July 2020 version's settings file (SETUP2-2.zr) around.
Fixed some inconsistencies in recognizing achieved challenges
Fixed WHITE VANILLA grades spilling over to GREEN ORANGE in the RESULTS
Fixed some crashes... But there are still some known ones. Your bug reports are being heard, so keep 'em coming!
