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Alpha Branch Update - 24.12.5 & 24.12.6

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Happy New Year, everyone!

24.12.5

Patch notes

New features

  • ]Added fireworks for new years~ 🎆
  • Added support for local custom levels (WIP).
    • This feature is still in development, so feedback is appreciated. You can use it by placing a level folder in /beatmaps/arcade/.

Improvements

  • Improved performance and consistency of level sorting in arcade.
  • Improved arcade glitching effects.

Changes and bug fixes

  • Fix issue with pause & save UI becoming unresponsive / unusable.

24.12.6

Patch notes

Improvements

  • Improved preloaded asset RAM usage.
  • Improved GC in some key high use areas.
  • Added NAudio for editor file loading to ensure greater compatibility with more audio formats.
  • Prefab timeline objects now take collapsed contained objects into account when calculating their size.

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