- fixed bug which caused the distance traveled statistic to not be tracked correctly - removed the experimental "ambience track" feature/option from the game and sound-menu. (It was used to break-up the playback of ingame soundtracks with a silent/windy atmosphere but it was ofte
- fixed bug which caused the distance traveled statistic to not be tracked correctly - removed the experimental "ambience track" feature/option from the game and sound-menu. (It was used to break-up the playback of ingame soundtracks with a silent/windy atmosphere but it was often confused with the music playback to be broken.) - fixed one spelling mistake in the tutorial
In case any issues arise with the 1.4.2 update, post your issues on the steam-forums or on the games Discord
As a fallback you can also downgrade to the previous version (1.4.1) by right-clicking on the game in your steam-library, clicking on "Properties" > "Betas" and selecting "Celaria 1.4.1"
Update 1.4.0 added some under the-hood changes to the codebase to implement support for skin/helmet variations of the player character. With that the source code of the standalone multiplayer server software was also released. Player helmets Two new Helmet variations are introduc
Update 1.4.0 added some under the-hood changes to the codebase to implement support for skin/helmet variations of the player character. With that the source code of the standalone multiplayer server software was also released.
Player helmets
Two new Helmet variations are introduced: the "Collector" and "Runner" helmet both of which can be unlocked ingame:
Runner
The runner helmet can be unlocked by playing and finishing one of the speedrun playlists in the game. (Either the Any%- and/or the "All Spheres" category.) You don't have to beat a specific time/medal to recieve this helmet. Simply finishing a run is enough to unlock it.
Collector
The collector helmet will be unlocked once the player collects all collectable spheres on all singleplayer/campaign maps in the game. (The same requirement as the "Collector" achievement.)
The multiplayer server as well as the replay formats for the leaderboards were all updated to support the new helmet/skin variants.
The helmet can be changed under options > profile > skin under the color adjustement options:
More variations might be added in the future.
Multiplayer server source code
With the 1.4 version of the game client the source code of the (standalone) multiplayer server software was also released on GitHub. This was done mostly for those who want to check out how a game server is written and for the purposes of modding so those with a programming background can experiment and/or modify the server functionality. The server software is entirely written in the Java programming language.
Link: The link to the github can be found here: https://github.com/DevLewa/Celaria-Server
Feel free to check it out and/or experiment with it.
From now on this will be the main repository of the server source code so fixes/adjustements (bugfixes,modifications, feature additions) will also be pushed onto this public github repository.
See you in the next update.
Changelog: - minor UI tweaks - fixed bug where a map reset wouldn't correctly reset camera orientation - fixed bug where edge coloring would occur in the freecam mode - adjusted outline rendering on collectable spheres to increase visibility from the distance - fixed bug where Speedrun UI could under specific circumstances appear in multiplayer mode - fixed bug where tabbing out/loosing focus during multiplayer end screen would cause the pause menu to be overlayed over existing ui elements. - fixed bug where tabbing out/loosing focus in the map-editor playtest mode would initialise the wrong pause menu. - adjusted character shading - adjustements to profile save format - added 2 new character model variations - updated replay format - updated server to support the newly introduced skins/helmet variations (v1.0.8) Note: existing servers need to be updated as they will be incompatible with the 1.4.0 version of the game client! - adjusted SSAO effect to reduce performance impact when camera is placed close to geometry - added warning/error-message if a server listed in the serverbrowser is incompatible with the game client version.
Changelog: - lighting & post-processing adjustements - replaced old SSAO shader with a newer higher quality one (SSAO with normal oriented hemisphere). - fixed minor UI bugs - fixed crash in the map-editor related to the recoloring tool - fixed crash related to generated ligh
Changelog: - lighting & post-processing adjustements - replaced old SSAO shader with a newer higher quality one (SSAO with normal oriented hemisphere). - fixed minor UI bugs - fixed crash in the map-editor related to the recoloring tool - fixed crash related to generated lightmaps of custom maps (due to lightmap corruption on cached lightmaps) The game now automatically detects potentially corrupted files and cleans them up/regenerates them if nessecary - internal restructuring of some game-assets - added small loading animation in the lower left corner of the scren during map loads/map transitions - fixed random connection failure of the game server to the masterserver. (Released new server version 1.0.7)
Update 1.3.1 is a smaller patch which makes some experimental changes available in the public build. - floor reflection shader was replaced with a new experimental one. The floor is more reflective with an adjusted specular shine. Reflections have a small blur applied to them to
Update 1.3.1 is a smaller patch which makes some experimental changes available in the public build.
- floor reflection shader was replaced with a new experimental one. The floor is more reflective with an adjusted specular shine. Reflections have a small blur applied to them to reflect the roughness of the material and to make blocks stand out more from the floor in order to improve visual feedback.
- minor adjustement to outline rendering and lighting values.
Those changes are experimental and can be adjusted in future patches. (More in-depth information will be shared on the next patch notes with a major release.)
Update 1.3.0 includes a new playable singleplayer map, visual adjustements, new features/enhancements as well as bugfixes. New Map Update 1.3.0 brings a new playable map called " Bridge ". It's one of the bigger maps and harder maps in the game, featuring guite a lot harder/more
Update 1.3.0 includes a new playable singleplayer map, visual adjustements, new features/enhancements as well as bugfixes.
New Map
Update 1.3.0 brings a new playable map called "Bridge".
It's one of the bigger maps and harder maps in the game, featuring guite a lot harder/more precise shortcuts which will require a fair bit of practice from the player. The map was still designed to be beatable by less-experienced players but it's recommended to play some of the main campaign maps first before tackling this one. (Especially if you want to go for the medals.)
This map also has 5 collectable spheres scattered around the environment with little platforming puzzles/challenges for those of you who like to explore the map and go off the beaten path. ;)
You may have noticed a new orange colored element on the left side of the first screenshot. Those are new barrier objects which are being introduced in the 1.3.0 update and are first featured in this new map. Barriers are not solid and can be run through. However, by doing so you loose temporary power-ups of the green and yellow block. (Passing through the barrier caps/reduces your running speed & jumping distance back to normal.)
They were mainly introduced for balancing reasons to give map-creators the ability to somewhat control in which areas of the map speed & jump boosts can be utilized.
Those barriers can also be placed in the map-editor so custom map makers can use them too. They can be either placed in a vertical orientation (like a wall) or a horizontal one (floor).
The new map can be accessed from the singleplayer menu in the new "Post-Launch Maps" option. In the future all officially released maps will be added to this submenu.
Refinements
Shaders
Lighting shaders were further updated. Size of the (visual) sun was reduced and the volumetric lighting/godrays effect was adjusted.
Ghost format & player skins
The ghost/replay format was updated to also store the player colors/skin set in the profile menu. So the next time you race agains a newly created ghost you will be able to see the skin/color configuration of the recorded player.
Ambience Track
To avoid repetetiveness in the soundtrack playback, a new ambience track (simulating a windy weather condition) will play in between regular music-tracks. (Essentially alternating between ingame soundtracks/music and ambience back and forth.) This feature is by default enabled but can be disabled in the sound settings.
Jump buffering
An experimental jump-buffer of around 150 milliseconds was added so that pressing (&holding) the jump-key will still cause jumps to be registered after this small time period. (This can be adjusted depending on player feedback.) This buffer only works on jumps performed from geometry underneath the player. Walljumps are ommitted as it would interfere with the wallrun controls.
Game settings in the pause menu
Now the sound- and control settings can be accessed from within the pause menu. Video settings were ommitted for the time being as switching resolutions can cause timeouts in multiplayer modes. (This will be added in a future update.)
Internal updates
Behind the scenes updates include several bugfixes and refactoring work. One other noteworthy change is the update of the gamemap file format (.cmap and .ecmap files) which changed how coordinates are stored inside those files. Update 1.3.0 also includes an important bugfix which fixes reduced framerates/CPU utilisation on some PC configurations since one of the recent Windows updates.
Up Next
The intention is to release the source code of the multiplayer server to the public for modding purposes. As of right now, the server has a relative simple game-structure/featureset (a time-trial round-based gamemode) so in order to allow more freedom on the modding side of things, additional code refactoring is being done to increase customisability. (To allow for example enabling/disabling roundtimers, additional servercommands to display UI elements on the screen, player teleportation, etc...)
Update 1.3.0 already has some of those internal changes built in in preperation for the open-sourcing of the server code. There is still work left to do but it's on a good path the be released with the next update.
There are also some unfinished maps in the works so stay tuned for new map releases in the future. (And maybe one or two other surprises.)
The game is still constantly evolving & being adjusted accoding to player feedback. So i hope to see you in the next update. :)
Version 1.2 of "Celaria" was released and introduces a highly requested feature by the community: The speedrun gamemode. In addition to that this update also adds a daily featured playlist as well as ingame maprating/mapvoting. For a short overview over those features you can che
Version 1.2 of "Celaria" was released and introduces a highly requested feature by the community: The speedrun gamemode. In addition to that this update also adds a daily featured playlist as well as ingame maprating/mapvoting.
For a short overview over those features you can check the most recent video update of the game:
So let's get into the details of each new feature.
Speedrun Mode
The speedrun mode is a highly requested addition to the game and consists of not only one but two playstyles/submodes: "Any%" and "All Spheres" Both speedrun modes have dedicated online leaderboards and support online replay/ghost as it is case in single-map runs.
Your whole playthrough of the speedrun will be recorded and uploaded as a ghost/replay to the leaderboards so that other players can download and run against your replay.
Any%
The goal of Any% is simple: Run through all campaign maps in sequence as fast as possible. (All checkpoints have to be activated in the same order as they do in the campaign.) Your time across all maps will be added together to calculate your total runtime. No breaks/pauses are possible (this has to be done in one go.)
The speedrun mode also has predetermined medal-times (bronze, silver, gold and platin) which you can chase after. Compared to the campaign and custom maps, the speedrun mode has unique looking medals and thus also unique steam-achievements for beating those times:
All Spheres
"All Spheres" is a bit different compared to "Any%". You still have to run through all campaign maps in sequence as in "Any%". But in order to be able to advance to the next map you first have to collect all spheres (which are the collectables in the campaign mode) on the given map. (The goal/finish of the given map will not activate unless all spheres were collected.)
Spheres are marked with a red light beam similar to checkpoints. How or in what order you reach them doesn't matter. It's up to you to find the fastest/most efficient route.
Here an example how one of those spheres looks like:
And here an overview of one of the maps in the campaign:
This is definitely the harder speedrun mode and will require a fair bit determination to get through.
As it is the case with the Any% speedrun mode the "All Spheres" speedrun also has unique looking medals with its own Steam-achievements:
Daily Featured Community Map
The goal of this new feature are:
Make custom maps easily accessible within a few clicks
Give players a daily goal to strive towards
Increase visibility of workshop maps
Bring the community closer together
Every 24h one community map from the steam workshop will be featured in the daily featured menu (which is accessible from the singleplayer menu). Each map featured in the daily playlist will also recieve a daily leaderboard which will reset every 24h. Playing the daily featured map will grant you bonus multiplayer experience points if you finish your run (once per day).
Also runs perfomed on the daily map will also be submitted to the global leaderboards. So in case you manage to pull of a world record, fear not as the game will also submit your run to the regular map leaderboards. :)
An example of the daily featured menu is shown here:
It displays the name of the map, the name of the map-creator, the day/number of the current daily map as well as a timer which displays when then next map-rotation will happen.
From this screen you can either Load the currently displayed map, open the steam workshop page (opens the steam browser ingame) or check the daily leaderboard from the previous day.
Opening the leaderboard in the daily featured menu will display two additional filter options (alongside the regular "Global" and "Friends" filter.)
You can easily filter between the daily (global), daily (friends), the regular global and friends (global) leaderboards.
This daily feature playlist will not only give players easy access to a new map to play/compete on every day but also increase the visibility of custom maps. A win-win situation for both players and mapcreators. :)
In summary:
every day one map from the steam workshop will be featured (24h rotation cycle)
the given map will have a daily leaderboard which resets with each rotation (every 24h)
Participation grants multiplayer experience points (once per day)
Runs performed on the daily playlist will also count on the global leaderboards
Integrated Map Voting
Previously if you wanted to give feedback to a workshop map you needed to open the workshop page of the game in the steam browser, navigate to the given maps steam-page.
Now vote submissions are integrated into the game. At the end of a run on either a workshop/custom map and/or in the daily featured map playlist a "submit vote" popup will appear at the bottom half of the screen:
Here is a close-up of those UI elements:
You then can either give the map a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. You can also open the steam-workshop page of the map in the steam-overlay in case you want to check out the map-creator and/or leave a comment there.
Full Changelog
- updated look of platinum medal - adjusted design of the platinum medal - reworked visuals of the checkpoint counter during gameplay - added map-leaderboard in pause menu - added speedrun gamemode (with 2 submodes) - added daily featured workshop playlist - added the ability to vote on workshop maps ingame - updated networking communication with masterserver - various minor bugfixes on the client side - minor bugfixes in the multiplayer server software
The 1.1.9 update brings further visual/stylistic improvements, a menu UI update, bugfixes and some underlying technical upgrades in preperation for upcoming features. Menu/UI update: The Menu/UI was updated and now features unique icons for each menu-entry. In addition to that th
The 1.1.9 update brings further visual/stylistic improvements, a menu UI update, bugfixes and some underlying technical upgrades in preperation for upcoming features.
Menu/UI update:
The Menu/UI was updated and now features unique icons for each menu-entry. In addition to that those buttons scale with the ingame resolution so that they utilise most of the available space in the menu. This should help with navigation and make the UI more intuitive.
Furthermore the ingame visuals were also updated. For one, the skybox was changed to a perspective correct cubemap. (Previously it was a cylindrical projection.) Outline rendering was also adjusted by doubling the line width (from 1 to 2 pixels) and reducing the outline transparency to increase contrast.
The small video-previews/animations in the tutorial were also replaced to be up-to-date with the current visuals. The framerate was also slightly improved to make them appear a little bit smoother compared to before:
Furthermore a new animation was added which is used while the player is in a falling state. At some point the character will "stretch" the legs forward to prepare for impact. This animation tells you the point at which you have to initiate a roll.
Upcoming updates/features:
The 1.2.0 update is already in the works and will introduce a new dedicated "Speedrun" gamemode as well as new features related to steam workshop custom maps. Stay tuned for the upcoming announcement. :)
Changelog:
replaced/updated video animations in the tutorial
updated ingame menu UI
Outline rendering adjustement
replaced/updated skybox and improved skybox rendering
updated replay format
added roll indicator to help with timing of the roll move
removed Supersample Antialiasing (SSAA2X) from the video options menu due to bad performance scaling on most hardware/resolution configurations.
fixed mouse button moveset toggle in the control options menu
fixed the ability to enter a port number in multiplayer under DirectIP (example: IP "127.0.0.1" and Port "6510" being "127.0.0.1:6510")
added additional confirmation step on exiting the game to menu in multiplayer to avoid accidental buttonpresses
adjusted mouse sensitivity slider in the controls menu
Outline Rendering Instead of trying to chase realism this patch further embraces the more colorful/abstract artstyle. The rendering of outlines was adjusted (the intensity was increased) to make them more pronounced and further help distinguish between seperate objects in the sce
Outline Rendering
Instead of trying to chase realism this patch further embraces the more colorful/abstract artstyle. The rendering of outlines was adjusted (the intensity was increased) to make them more pronounced and further help distinguish between seperate objects in the scene and enhance the overall look of the game.
Multiplayer Experience System
One of the big features added with this patch is the new multiplayer experience system. Your experience points will be displayed in the top right bar on your screen (In the menu/pause menu):
Here is a close-up:
How does this system work?
Playing on multiplayer servers with other players will grant you experience points.
The amount of experience gained depends on your rank on the leaderboard at the end of a round, the number of players on the server (which have set a record in the current round) and your time spent in the given round.
Depending on the number of experience you will recieve a rank with its own badge.
Here is a sample of the currently available badges:
Community Map Showcase
In the future there will be community showcases (Videos as well as shoutouts via Twitter) which will show off some of the awesome maps created by the community. The first one was released on Youtube:
Want to have a chance at being featured in a video and/or on Twitter? Create a map in the ingame editor and upload it on the workshop :)
Server update
Due to some updates and changes to the way the server communicates with the client a new server update was released. (1.0.3) Make sure to update your server if you want to connect with the latest version of the game client.
Changelog:
- adjusted outline rendering - added new multiplayer experience system - fixed crash related to lightmap corruption during the caching stage - implemented the ability to load leaderboards and start a map from the menu without having to wait for the map-preview - fixed potential connection error in multiplayer - fixed duplicate UI sprites appearing in the leaderboard summary at the end of multiplayer sessions - fixed wrong UI sprite in the map-editor - fixed duplicate leaderboard entires which could appear on multiplayer leaderboards - fixed incorrect sprite being displayed in the editor - updated server to version 1.0.3. (Bugfixes and updates to the server-client protocol) - fixed resolution/fullscreen bug which allowed the player to set a render resolution that was higher then the physical display resolution. (Which caused the game to be cropped on screen.)
NOTE: if you were affected by the lightmap corruption bug in one of the previous patches (game crashes upon loading a specific custom map) make sure to delete the "lightmapCache" directory in the localappdata directory of Celaria. (C:\\Users\\\\AppData\\Local\\Celaria). This will delete potentially corrupted lightmaps and allows the game to regenerate them at runtime.
Known Issues:
- Joining a server during a map-transition state can freeze the newly joined player in place without the ability to move even after the multiplayer map has been successfully loaded. A temporary fix is to press "ESC" to open and close the pause menu which enables player movement again. This will be fixed in the next patch / an upcoming hotfix.
Update 1.1.7 aims to bring improvements related to the UI, Quality of Life and multiplayer. One of the improvements which might be noticed right away was a change to the look of the ingame-medal icons: The lighting and material was upgraded to make them more vibrant and stand out
Update 1.1.7 aims to bring improvements related to the UI, Quality of Life and multiplayer.
One of the improvements which might be noticed right away was a change to the look of the ingame-medal icons:
The lighting and material was upgraded to make them more vibrant and stand out more even if the images are scaled down.
Another improvement that was made is the checkpoint number and timer display at the bottom of the screen:
Here is a closer look at the UI at the bottom center of the screen:
Activating checkpoints now displays 2 times above the checkpoint counter. On the left (on the darker background) you can see the total time which was achieved on the currently activated checkpoint. On the right (on the blue background) you can see your relative time difference. If you improved your time the background will be blue. Otherwise it will be displayed in red.
The checkpoint counter ("CP: 1/2") was also changed to exclude the last checkpont/finish.
You may also notice that the font recieved a white rim on the edge to help it stand out more from the enviroment.
The client also recieved a couple of bugfixes. Two of the more notable ones were a potential gameplay lockup in multiplayer and a replay offset/delay which caused downloaded replays to be delayed by a couple of frames. (Check the full changelog for all bugfixes.)
Multiplayer
Multiplayer recieved UI and quality of life improvements.
The leaderboard in multiplayer was completely reworked to make it look and function the same as the leaderboard in the menu. By holding the "TAB" key in multiplayer you can open the leaderboard during gameplay:
Holding "TAB" will disable camera movement and enable the mouse cursor so that you can easily click through the leaderboard with ease.
One new feature is that the multiplayer leaderboard also includes the ability to swap to the global- and friends leaderboards from Steam. So you can always check how your time compares not only with the local multiplayer party but also with the global playerbase as well.
Multiplayer already synchronizes your runs with the steam-leaderboards as it is the case with the singleplayer- and cutom maps mode. So now it's even easier than before to go on a record hunt while playing with other players over the network.
Server update 1.0.2
For the first time since release the communication protocol which is used to transfer data between the server and the client was updated. This means that you need to update the server software to the new version 1.0.2 if you want to play multiplayer in the newest version of the game. Attempting to connect older versions of the client with new servers might display "incompatible server version" errors.
Internally, the server recieved bugfixes especially with regards to error handling. So the overall server stability should be much higher.
On the UI side the console recieved a checkbox called "console autoscroll" on the bottom right corner of the window which is enabled by default. This checkbox is enabled by default and causes the console to automatically scroll down so that you can always see the most recent messages in the console.
This update also introduces the ability to change the port for the multiplayer server. (By default this port is set to "6510" for both TCP and UDP.) This makes it now possible to host multiple servers from the same machine/ip-address. (By giving each server its own port.)
The port of a server can be configured by changing the port = 6510 value in the "server.conf" file which is located in the same directory as the server software.
Future updates and features
There will be more announcements with regards to upcoming updates and features made here on Steam soon. Some unannounced features are already in the works behind the scenes and will be revealed once the time is right.
Full Changelog:
- replaced medal sprites/icons - updated replay format. - replaced checkpoint time indicator - increased upload retry limit for steam-leaderboard runs - added white outline around timer at the bottom of the screen - replaced multiplayer leaderboard. Allows now to load local server- as well as global leaderboards - leaderboards are now displayed at the end of a run in multiplayer - loading process is properly displayed in multiplayer and displays additional loading steps - updated server-client communication protocol. (Server update is nessecary and required to play multiplayer on the new version) - improved precision of the collision detection in some areas (specifically wallruns) - added smooth freecam movement - adjusted checkpoint display to exclude the last red block and to display "-" instead of "0" - added toggle to enable/disable autoscrolling in the server console - added the ability to change the network port of the server application. This opens up the ability to host multiple servers from the same machine/ip-address. - adjusted server tickrate to avoid unnessecary cpu workload
Bugfixes: - general server bugfixes - fixed replay offsets/delays. - fixed bug in multiplayer which depending on the map and server configuration could freeze the player in place - fixed occasional replay character transition bug on resets caused by improper handling of frame interpolation - fixed bug where replay characters would use the same skin as the individual users. - fixed fresnel and specular reflections of the character on the mirrored floor
Update 1.1.6 aims to enhance the visuals with additional upgrades to lighting and post-processing. Visual enhancements: High-quality atmospheric bloom A high quality bloom implementation was added to the post-processing pipeline. Fresnel and specularity The shaders of the map-geo
Update 1.1.6 aims to enhance the visuals with additional upgrades to lighting and post-processing.
Visual enhancements:
High-quality atmospheric bloom
A high quality bloom implementation was added to the post-processing pipeline.
Fresnel and specularity
The shaders of the map-geometry were upgraded to include specular- and fresnel effects.
The floor recieved specular reflections as well as proper normal mapping support
Character shading
The character shading model was upgraded. The specular shine was fixed and improved. Fresnel effects were added to highlight the edges of the character silhouette.
The video options menu was restructured to give a better overview over all possible settings.
Full Changelog:
Bugs: - fixed lightmap bug on some singleplayer maps if the lightmap size was selected to "2048" - fixed error which prevented the game to submit runs to the leaderboards which were performed in the multiplayer mode Other: - added high-quality atmoshperic bloom in the video options menu - reworked shaders/materials for the floor and map-geometry by adding fresnel and specular effects. - reworked lighting/shading calculations on the player character model. - restructured video options menu for better visibility
- fixed crash in the map-editor - added FXAA as a new anti-aliasing option in the video options menu (FXAA doesn't have the same quality as "SSAA 2x" but it's significantly less taxing on the GPU.)
- fixed crash in the map-editor - added FXAA as a new anti-aliasing option in the video options menu (FXAA doesn't have the same quality as "SSAA 2x" but it's significantly less taxing on the GPU.)
- fixed bugs where repeatedly refreshing the leaderboard (by clicking on global/friends) would cause duplicate entries to appear - added leaderboard to the end screen of a run so that you can easily compare your times with the rest of the community. (without having to go back to
- fixed bugs where repeatedly refreshing the leaderboard (by clicking on global/friends) would cause duplicate entries to appear - added leaderboard to the end screen of a run so that you can easily compare your times with the rest of the community. (without having to go back to the map/level selection screen) - added the ability to invert/mirror the Y axis on mouse movement at the request of the community - fixed minor physics bug - selecting a map on the map-selection screen will automatically preselect your personal best time to race against if such a record exists. (Previously it selected the next higher ranked medal compared to your personal best time.)
Update 1.1.2 fixes crashes related to some specific (non-standard) characters in steam usernames and crashes related to vram allocation limits on lower end machines: Patchnotes: Fixed crashes at startup related to steam usernames with non-standard characters. Usernames with chara
Update 1.1.2 fixes crashes related to some specific (non-standard) characters in steam usernames and crashes related to vram allocation limits on lower end machines:
Patchnotes:
Fixed crashes at startup related to steam usernames with non-standard characters. Usernames with characters which are not recognized by the game will be displayed as a "?" character.
Fixed potential crashes related to low-end (intergrated) GPUs which fail to allocate the default lightmap texture size of 4096*4096 pixels. The default size was reduced to 2k (2048 * 2048) pixels. (For optimal lighting quality, it is strongly recomended to increase this to 4096 if the gpu allows for it.)
added the option to change the lightmap texture size in the video options menu.
If you have been affected by the lightmap texture crash, make sure to delete the .config.ini file in the localappdata/savegame directory before you restart the game: (under C: > Users > (username) >AppData > Local > Celaria )
Upadte 1.1.1 further updates/changes the lighting model of the game. This update is more experimental in nature. Ambient occlusion was altered. Areas which are in shadow (but are more exposed to the sky light) recieve a blue tint while areas which are more enclosed recieve a more
Upadte 1.1.1 further updates/changes the lighting model of the game.
This update is more experimental in nature.
Ambient occlusion was altered. Areas which are in shadow (but are more exposed to the sky light) recieve a blue tint while areas which are more enclosed recieve a more neutral dark/greyish color. This should help with grounding the geometry more into the scenery.
Here is a comparison:
Before (update 1.1.0)
After (update 1.1.1)
You should notice that the shadows in the new update appear a bit darker and have a slight blue-ish tint to them. (You can also see the change on the blocks in the distance on the right side of the screen.)
Upon request this update also removed the Backspace-key function which could be used for deleting blocks in the map-editor. (Use the "Delete" key do delete entities instead.)
With the 1.1 update the game recieved a visual overhaul as well as a few graphical enhancements. Soft-shadows and Ambient Occlusion The main addition to this update is the shadow and AO system which bakes soft-shadows and approximated world-space ambient occlusion at runtime (dur
With the 1.1 update the game recieved a visual overhaul as well as a few graphical enhancements.
Soft-shadows and Ambient Occlusion
The main addition to this update is the shadow and AO system which bakes soft-shadows and approximated world-space ambient occlusion at runtime (during gameplay) on the GPU.
Shadows (Debug view)
Shadows are more or less straightforward, shading areas darker where light from the sun is occluded by geometry. It's noteworthy to mention that shadows get softer with distance mimicking the behaviour of light in real-life.
Ambient Occlusion (Debug view)
(World-space) ambient occlusion attempts to shade areas darker which are occluded from the sky/enviroment light. (The less visible an area is for the skybox, the darker the area gets.) For example overhangs, corners or holes get darker as less light from the enviroment can reach those areas.
Due to some limitations which are related to the way AO is calculated it's only a rough approximation but the advantage is that this information can be calculated relatively fast on the GPU.
Baking at runtime
The game ships with precalculated lightmaps for shadows and AO for all singleplayer/campaign maps. However, custom maps downloaded from the workshop don't. (The lightmap information is not stored in the mapfiles.)
This means that this lightmap information needs to be baked/generated on your local machine. However you don't have to wait for the lightmap baking process to finish. You can start playing a map without having to worry about the generation process. The game will generate the shadow and AO information behind the scenes while you actively play the game. Once the baking process finishes, shadows and AO will fade in and be visible on the map-geometry.
You can keep track of the generation process by checking the progression in the top-right corner of the screen:
The game will cache lightmaps on the HDD/SSD to avoid having to rebake them in case you want to replay a map.
All lightmaps are stored in 4K by default (texture size of 4096*4096 px).
Other additions in the 1.1 update:
Adjusted overall look and tone of all block-colors
Purple checkpoint block was recolored to red (same as the goal block)
Added Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion ("SSAO". Can be enabled in the video settings)
The upcoming patch (version 1.1) will add a new lighting system into the game which introduces (soft) shadows and approximated world-space ambient occlusion. Baked lightmaps The goal was to have high-performance shadows which are still rendered at the same quality at long renderd
The upcoming patch (version 1.1) will add a new lighting system into the game which introduces (soft) shadows and approximated world-space ambient occlusion.
Baked lightmaps
The goal was to have high-performance shadows which are still rendered at the same quality at long renderdistances. Baked shadows was the best option as it also allowed to add soft-shadows which are otherwise more expensive to render in realtime.
Ambient occlusion is a technique which attempts to simulate how exposed a given surface is to the surrounding light. (Corners or the lighting in caves are a prime example for that.) Celaria is using a very rough approximation of ambient occlusion which has some drawbacks (it works best on more open maps, less so on those which are more enclosed/obstructed by surrounding geometry) but the advantage is that it allows the game to calculate AO (Ambient Occlusion) very quickly behind the scenes.
Shadows and ambient occlusion will be stored in seperate lightmaps which will then be applied on the level geometry.
Baking during gameplay
All campaign maps of the game will be shipped with perbaked lightmaps for both shadows and ambient occlusion.
Gamemap files (.cmap) however don't store lightmap information. So custom maps which are downloaded from the workshop won't have them by default.
The game will automatically generate/bake this lighting information once you start playing a map. To minimize waiting times the baking process will run behind the scenes while you actively play the game. This means that for a short amount of time (which depends on how large the map is) you will be playing the game without shadows/AO. Once the baking process is finished they will smoothly fade in and be visible for the rest of the playsession.
To avoid having to rebake them after exiting the map, all lightmaps will be cached in the savegame directory of the game on your HDD/SSD so that they can be later loaded in if you want to replay a level.
Here is an example how this process would look like on the map "Speedline" (from left to right):
Additional changes
There are some other noteworthy changes in the upcoming patch such as:
coloring of blocks was adjusted
Purple checkpoint blocks are now colored red (same as the goal block)
Changed the appearance of the 3,2,1 counter at the start of a run.
added new options in the graphics/video settings for the lightmap generation.
Minor tweaks/fixes in the UI
Preview now
A preview build of the upcoming 1.1 update is available as a new "Beta" branch on steam. Open the properties page of "Celaria" and select the "Beta" branch under the "Betas" tab to download the preview build:
Note that the build is still work in progress so bugs/crashes can still occur. You can give feedback or report any kind of issues which you encountered in this build on the steam forums or directly on the official Discord server of Celaria.
- Fixed character limit on steam-usernames - added warning when exiting the map-editor - tutorial now refers to frontal wallruns as "wallclimbs" - Replays display the player name instead of "Replay" - fixed bug where collected spheres didn't save if the target "none" was selected
- Fixed character limit on steam-usernames - added warning when exiting the map-editor - tutorial now refers to frontal wallruns as "wallclimbs" - Replays display the player name instead of "Replay" - fixed bug where collected spheres didn't save if the target "none" was selected in the menu selection
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