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RetrocyclesNews0.2.9.1 preview set live for everyone
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0.2.9.1 preview set live for everyone

Retrocycles · published 5 Aug 2020, 16:11 UTC

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Hello Grid People,

Users coming from Armagetron Advanced 0.2.8 and new users were unhappy about the addition of the tutorial-like 'press X to turn' messages. And they were right, they were quite obnoxious. We toned them down now, made them repeat less often if you choose to follow them, and they all go away at once if you enter the keyboard layout menu. Almost all. The one pointing to the ingame menu is unaffected.

Also, the opening game against a single AI has been modified a bit with a smaller arena and finite trails, that should make it less frustrating; you no longer end up separated from the AI, waiting who will survive longer.

Because those changes affect new users and we expect their influx to reduce in the coming weeks, these changes are now published a bit early so as many as possible can benefit from them. Full patch notes below:

Changes since 0.2.9.0:

New Features

  • Make SIZE_ and SPEED_FACTOR floating point instead of integer (#20)
  • Do not show a player’s own IP on the client (#27)
  • Make –playback optional so recordings can be more easily played back (#37)
  • Steam on Windows: Add playback registry keys so .aarec files automatically playback with a doubleclick (#38)

Other Changes

  • Turn down tutorial tooltip spam (#36)
  • Onboarding game improvements (#39)

Contributors


Armanelgtron, Manuel Moos, SwagTron

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