Dakar 18 - Update v.05

Dakar 18 · published 8 years ago

We are releasing the fifth update allowing now the users to manually configure your own devices, such as Steering Wheels, shifters, etc; we also included generic improvements and bug fixes.

Regarding the Steering Wheel devices, our plan is:
- Support as many steering wheels / pedals / shifters / handbrakes as we can by default
- Achieve a simple and robust way of allowing any other devices to be configured by the user
- Allow users to share their configuration presets with others (even with us in case you would like to see it in the official game)
- Allow default and custom device presets to be fully customizable in the game settings (remove the need to edit text files)

You can find all supported devices at: %appdata\Local\Dakar18Game\Saved\SteeringWheelConfigs, after running the game with v.05 patch.
If you do not see a file with your device vendor / product id, please check on our official guide for information on how to add it.

Devices supported:
- Improved device management and customization
- Steering wheel configuration files are now exposed (%appdata%\Local\Dakar18Game\Saved\SteeringWheelConfigs) after running the game for the first time after applying the patch

Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed: Vehicle steering input was not linear
- Fixed: Issues with manual gear setting in multiplayer for remote vehicles
- Fixed: In multiplayer, spectating a player using manual gearbox would cause the vehicle to look like being stuck in neutral gear
- Fixed: If a driverless player vehicle would enter a CP (pushed by another player), the owner of the vehicle would be stuck in character without input
- Fixed: Clients in multiplayer could not change truck high / low gear (or even see the state in the UI)
- Fixed: When changes are made to the lobby settings, the session metadata is now updated (no visible effect yet, but part of further improvements to server list that are incoming!)

Improvements:
- Improved: Vehicle replication is now smoother in multiplayer
- Improved: Optimized vehicle network traffic

See you in the Dunes!