A love letter to the Elite Dangerous racing community ❤
Note! This is the non-steam build without leaderboards etc, it is also available free here https://store.steampowered.com/app/1781750/Fly_Dangerous/
0.6.0 New:
* Fully rebuilt biome terrain world graph with new biomes:
* Desert (red, dunes)
* Tropical
* Coastline
* Arctic Tundra / Ice
* Rebuilt rocky biome
* Reworked mountain biome from GPU test
* Ocean / Rivers (with submersible mechanics)
* Added new boost pad modifiers to level format
* Added decorative billboards to level format
* Added two new game modes - laps and puzzle
* Added 18 new time trial sprint maps and deprecated the old ones (still playable, see collisions feature below!)
* Added 5 new time trial circuit / laps maps
* Added 3 new puzzle maps
* Ship Collisions (Change in collision gameplay means maps reliant on checkpoint rebounds at high end are deprecated)
* Added visual shield effect for collisions (#183)
* Added engine capacity penalty on collision proportional to impact (#183)
* Added boost cancel on collision (#197)
* Added collision, shield activate and boost cancel sfx (#197)
* Added bHaptics support for Vest, Arms and Head (#194)
* Added support for OpenTrack head tracking (#65)
* Added support for TrackIR head tracking (#65)
* Added UDP telemetry support for generic motion simulators etc (#65)
* Added "Drift Cam" option which attempts to look in the direction of travel (within a sensible arc)
* Added associated options for head snap, smoothing and max rotational extents
* Added a bit of spit and polish to the title screen
* Player profile ship is now shown on title screen
* Added lens flare shaders to ship rear exhausts
* Note this is disabled in VR (#200) and with MSAA (#199) active.
* Added support for ultra-wide displays by constraining the UI to a max width (#184)
* Added Ability to disable VSync (#185 )
* Device hot-plugging now supported (#153)
* Added hold binding for alternate flight controls (#177)
* Added Ultra reflection quality for refresh rate locked to frame rate (use at your own risk :P)
* Added descriptions to locations in Free Roam menu
* Added ability to set music volume on main menu independently (as a percentage of music volume)
* Added wait to beginning of time trials prompting users to hold boost (teach that boost can be early!)
* Added pride flags and changed "Country" label to "Flag" for profile dropdown (#203 partial)
* Added ability set music track in Free Roam mode
* Added six new music tracks
* Added map and music track name to first level start
* Added ability to preview environment and music in Free Roam menu
* Added track name, author and music track / artist on level load
* Added bonus surprise terrain
* Added 3d indicators to ghosts and other players in multiplayer
* There is no manual targetting system as of yet, you must look directly at a target to initiate the 3d indicator
* Added new indicators to Calidris cockpit (and only that ship + view, for now) to show proximity alert and overcharge from boost singularities
Changed:
* Ship lights now operate as night vision
* Flight assist rotation correction strength buffed slightly
* Interior Calidris cockpit glass reflectivity not quite so glaring anymore
* Advanced input mode renamed "Custom" because some people assumed there was no way to rebind controls
* Increased and standardised primary collider size across ships (shield)
* Update target overlay font and graphic
* Level panels load data in once per frame (Level UI element, ghosts, leaderboard entries) to eliminate stutter during menu transitions
* Moved testing objects scene to new location ("Proving Grounds"), Space scene is now actually empty for map creation
* Minor rework for leaderboards / ghosts panels, added loading state UI and auto-select players' PB (vs top ghost)
* Renamed `Throttle Increase / Decrease` to `Throttle Cruise Control Increase / Decrease` for clarity
* Added right stick click as a default VR calibration input (you're welcome, oddly angry self-important person)
* Removed GPU test terrain (thank you for feedback! will circle back to this)
* Better handled fog near distance - should have more terrain visible now
* Added the ability to push out to 4 max terrain tiles - recommended ONLY with new terrains, legacy terrain will take an eon to load!
* Finally added loading text to the VR view, it only took a YEAR...
* Updated to Unity 2022.1.20f1
Fixes:
* Possible fix for VKBs always reporting "Hat Up" on rebind (thanks to the painful manual debugging efforts of Giskard for this fix!)
* Was previously possible to unset protected bindings (which cannot then be rebound!)
* Fixed (hopefully!) occasional rare crash on terrain load (#190)
* Collision detection should be more accurate at high speeds (speculative detection mode increased collision size with velocity!)
* Incorrect dimensions on some flags in dropdown (#196)
* Fixed toggling alternate flight controls resetting axes (#178)
* No longer possible to ever be underneath the terrain (e.g. through a crack in the tile margins), ship is always pushed up to compensate
* Bug causing camera damping to be forgotten on restart when using Arcade control scheme
* Fixed ship params not sticking between levels
* Fixed relative mouse mode applying return rate before sending input (leading to effectively no input at high return rates)
* Culled UI elements from real time reflection probe (whoops!)
* Fixed geometry reflecting from the ship perspective when realtime reflections are enabled (just don't ask how, I beg you)
* Fixed pause menu failing to open first time after restarting after showing results screen
* Hopefully fixed another enormous pile of input binding bugs + updated to latest input system
* Sliders now work better with controller / keyboard input with pre-defined increments and horizontal nav locks (UI is paaaaaain)
* Honestly so many more little fixes that I just didn't bother to detail, this list is already too long
Note! This is the non-steam build, it is also available free here https://store.steampowered.com/app/1781750/Fly_Dangerous/
0.5.4 New: * Drift hold key binding which does a few things for pilots using various forms of Flight Assist. (FA-OFF this binding does nothing!) * Disengages both vector and rotational flight assists * With auto-roll enabled, disables vector thrust * With auto-roll enabled, disables auto-roll (both in terms of input and correction-to-plane) * Added mouse to Time Trial results screen * Added toggle vs hold setting for each flight assist binding (default toggle) * Added current graphics API to version number to aid in debugging * Preliminary support for half-speed training mode (Thank you, Lueces!), currently hidden * Added support for gamepad to the profile / colour selection screen * Added roll to shoulders / arrow keys when in Arcade mode (not specified in controls diagram, probably not needed!) * Switched to a system of including the distance to the checkpoint in the split timer calculation - this means all time trial timers are now far more accurate than 0.02 second splits
Changes: * On map end, player and replay ships now come to a stop via flight assist rather than either bounce around erratically or just stop at the checkpoint * Smoke trails generating multiple particles at the exact same position (per-frame random vs per-particle random), this makes smoke look a lot more natural * Added notice on multiplayer selection making it clear it's a technical preview * Smoke trails now clear on map restart * Drastically increased visibility of trails at speed - stationary ships now produce LESS smoke * Added non-vr camera tweaks: * Camera now has greater flexibility to pull away during a boost effect - this is more prominent with external cameras * External cameras shake during boost * Ship shake effect now occurs while charging a boost (thanks, sanderling!) and is slightly more pronounced during the boost * Moved Snake to later in the list due to surprising difficulty of the tight corners * Moved Snake to later in the list due to surprising difficulty of the tight corners
Fixes: * Swap default roll bindings from arrows to Q and E - arrows are camera! * Fixed displaying lights in replays * Properly shut down Steam API on application close * Incorrect start position on some Time Trial maps due to attempts to correct for proximity to terrain floor * ERRANT APOSTROPHE * Options / Profile Menu tooltips could get into an invisible state * Collision checks on checkpoints use a new system which hopefully dramatically reduces the chances of missing a checkpoint * New system should be marginally (very marginally) faster to set new times so a leaderboard reset isn't needed * Stretched flag on profile screen on ultra wide resolutions * Fixed localised float string causing different level / leaderboard hash (forces invariant) * Slowdown on multiple retries caused by uncleared debug log text buffer (backtick key shows in-game console) * Fixed multiplayer failing to connect due to unregistered prefab (no idea how this happened, honestly!) * Fixed possible soft-lock on results screen by clicking download and immediately selecting a ghost - the refresh replaced the element in a non-selected state
0.5.0
New:
* Added in-game patch notes (oooo how meta, hello!)
* Added Steam integration (Steam version features only, obviously ...)
* No need to forward IPs on steam!
* New server browser shows games in progress (steam version only)
* Steam Leaderboard integration for Time Trial!
* Added ghost recording for Time Trial:
* As many ghosts as you wish may be enabled
* Personal Best is always recorded as a new ghost, and the fastest time is always enabled by default
* Added sound mixer slider in options menu to reduce or disable sound of ghosts (default 25%) - this acts as a percentage of sound volume
* On Steam version, ghosts are automatically uploaded and retrievable from Leaderboard
* Ghosts can still be shared without steam, IF you can find the file. It must be placed in app data folder,
/StarGoat/FlyDangerous/Save/Records/[levelhash]/[filename].fdr, where levelhash is the same as the associated record time file. Uh, good luck?
* Added ending screen for Time Trial with next level, retry and medal awards.
* Added new ship camera rig
* 5 camera positions + cycle binding: nose, bonnet, cockpit, external, external-far (default keyboard C or pad Y / triangle)
* Added bindings for rotating the camera or looking around in first person (default numpad arrows)
* Added ability to switch between absolute and relative camera rotation
* Added camera controls toggle button (default unbound, default state ON)
* Added mouse look toggle button (default keyboard M, default state OFF)
* Added mouse look bind type (hold vs toggle)
* Added new Arcade control scheme
* Introduces and enables Auto Rotation by default - this applies pitch, roll and yaw based on orientation and lateral inputs
* Uses an entirely separate binding set - this means you can freely switch between the two but Arcade cannot be customised (except for Y axis invert, as that's just always down to preference)
* Added user on-boarding screen to include a brief explanation
* Added Music
* 5 Tracks + Main Menu
* Music manager handles global music state:
* Fade out on change
* Maintain music on level change if next level is same music track
* Ability to have intro + loop section
* Low pass filter on pause
* Added three new time trial maps
* Added country flag dropdown to profile menu - this is shown in multiplayer, leaderboards and ghosts
* Added third person cam FoV slider alongside first person FoV slider
* Added new Checkpoint 3d model (much larger, circular)
* Added Server Browser (Steam only)
* Added Real-time reflections - quite expensive, low by default. Can be disabled entirely.
* Added Soft Shadows - off by default
* Added text explanations for EVERY. SINGLE. THING. in the options menu. Yes, this was tedious. You're welcome.
* Greatly improved options panel non-mouse navigation - still work to be done here (especially tabs and bindings screen!) but much more usable in general.
* Added UI Cancel navigation behaviour (navigate back one page) in main menu
* Ability to set max angular velocity in dev options
* Added new test GPU foliage terrain - performance feedback welcome please!
* Added Free Cam system
* This is NOT a finished feature and was built primarily to capture game footage for a trailer but it's here if you wanna play with it.
* Bindings are no configurable - press F5 to toggle.
* WASD / Gamepad left stick: Move
* Arrows / Gamepad right stick / Mouse : Orientation
* Space, Ctrl / Gamepad triggers: Height
* R / Gamepad north face button: Lock orientation to face ship
* Pause Break / Gamepad start: Freeze time
* -/+ / Gamepad shoulders: increase or decrease movement speed
Changes: * Pre-calculate terrain on time trial load (all terrain near checkpoints is pre-loaded) * This should drastically reduce stuttering but with the trade-off that more is being rendered at any one time. Performance feedback welcome on this please! * Replaced basic light trails with GPU physics smoke particles based on thrust * Replaced space dust particle sprites with velocity-dependent line particles * Tweaked layout of lobby + time trial menus * Converted ray check to box check for checkpoint collision * Thruster luminance capped at minimum 50% * Rotational torque tweaks for a more responsive flight model - feedback welcome here! * Doubled rotational torque * Reduced rotational flight assist force (30% interpolation zone => 100% interpolation zone) * Rotational flight assist max rotation speed increased by 50% (3 rotations / sec) * Removed the "glass" renderer for UI elements - it was very expensive for very little gain, UI elements (e.g. mouse widget) are now always drawn on top * Update to Unity 2021.2 (bold or stupid? you decide)
Fixed: * All supported Gamepads + Joysticks can now be used in main menu UI navigation (still some work to do here, navigation in options menu is awful and may get stuck on textboxes etc) * Incorrect shadows on terrain worlds (light source below the generated terrain meant no shadows - fixed by making terrain two-sided for shadow generation) * Thruster lights emitters now respects user color selection * G force indicator now correctly calculates individual axes * Updated Unity Input System, should resolve issues with certain HID joysticks (e.g. Virpil) with weird path descriptors * Boost sfx occasionally being mistimed / too fast * Axis dead zones failing to save * Axis dead zones not respecting defaults (0.05) unless overridden by user * Optimisations around component lookups in update loops (yes I was lazy and yes I paid the price, shut up) * Were you getting occasionally faster times for the first checkpoint? You probably weren't going mad: converted all game-critical timers to fixed-physics-frame tick counters. * Fixed mouse position being tied to HMD orientation in VR pause menu * Thruster UVs rendering incorrectly (rendering both sides)
Fixes:
0.4.0 New:
* Added new ship, the Calidris!
* Some much-needed Time Trial TLC
* Added some new PLAYABLE MAPS and it only took six months
* Added new Time Trial map selection + Level data system
* Added target medal times to map data
* Added saved / loaded personal bests
* Added split time comparison to previous best
* Added target (medal) times and personal best in-game
* Added snapshot sfx to checkpoint
* Added ability to select ship and colors (in new Profile section from main menu)
* Added additional cockpit indicators to calidris (g-force, assist status, limiter, lights, boost status)
* Added independent thrusters with shader effect + spacial audio emitters
* Lots of new sound effects in the cockpit and multiplayer-aware boost + thruster sounds
* Added ship thruster trails (thank you very much to Tavi for spending time with me on that!)
* Added new biome test world with 8k textures, let me know how this performs!
* Ship lights and thrusters are shown on other ships in multiplayer (local player lights are prioritised in renderer)
* Added basic support for gravity
* New Throttle input options:
* Ability to use the full throttle axis ("Forward Only" mode)
* New binding to toggle reverse for forward only mode
* Ability to bind buttons to increase or decrease a virtual throttle (note: this is immediately reset if any continuous axis input is received)
* New mouse input options:
* New binding to recenter the mouse on demand
* Mouse relative return rate - the higher this value, the faster the mouse will return to the centre
* Mouse power curve - from 1 to 3, this raises input to the power of the slider to follow tighter curve
* Added ability to force relative mouse on when rotational flight assist is disabled
* Added audio volume preferences - master, music, sound effects and ui can be set independently
* Cockpit camera FOV increase in non-VR mode under forward acceleration
Changes:
* Updated to Unity 2021.1.17f1
* Flight model changes to improve maneuverability while not boosting (thanks, Carda!)
* Halved the default boost multiplier
* Halved the torque multiplier
* Doubled the base thrust force to compensate
* Increased terrain world draw distance by 1 tile in all graphics scenarios (so anywhere from 33 to 100 percent increase)
* Free roam now has ability to select location (removed experimental terrain flag)
* Updated Cloudy terrain to have a more interesting skybox
* Split boost sound between front and back and made boost action + sound multiplayer-aware (the doppler effect is *AWESOME*)
* VR HMD position => input bind (default F11) now works in pause menu etc, should *always* restore position from preferences
* Checkpoint collision checking now uses velocity-based raycasts and should work with any arbitrary speed
* Cleaned up the bindings UI - now within one tab with related bindings grouped together
* Minor change to options UI - small `+` button replaced with full header with animations - people were missing it and it's a lot more obvious now.
* Tweaked exact positions of sun light sources
Fixes:
* Fog no longer interacts with transparent objects (e.g. checkpoint)
* VR view no longer brighter in right eye on terrain v1 (?!)
* Cockpit camera position is now clamped for ridiculously fast builds
* Options menu correctly re-initialises on show (previously maintained unsaved changes)
* Space dust no longer fails to move origin with ship
* Split timer fade out works correctly if two checkpoints are hit close together (would fade out super fast as an extra co-routine would start)
* Fixed race condition with floating origin as it previously updated outside the physics update loop (oops!)
* Mouse widget UI elements resets to center if mouse input is disabled (Thank you Lignar!)
* [Linux] Mouse constrains to window correctly (Thank you Lignar!)
* [Linux] Scroll speed + direction now consistent with windows build (Thank you Lignar!)
* Converted mouse widget to proper unity sprites - should no longer have white fringes :|