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Merry Christmas from Refract

Happy holidays! Today we've got a minor update that adds a bit of holiday flare while sneaking in a few improvements. Check out the full changelog below!

In checking out the new build I recommend playing through the incredible Distance Advent Calendar releases from this year:

If you missed last week's live stream you can also check that out where a few of the devs play through 21 of the levels in a mini marathon:

  • https://twitch.tv/videos/211537322

THE CHRISTMAS UPDATE: Build 5930

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS

  • Updated loading screens and main menu with a winter holiday theme
  • Improved load times and memory use
  • Added snow on the car screen (toggle in General settings)
  • Improved default replay download behavior for Near My Ranking so if you've never played the map before it grabs a wide variety of replays
  • Restored trick text in Adventure mode and simplified it further
  • Level authors and devs are now tagged in leaderboard listings
  • Upgraded splash/idle screen functionality in the main menu
  • Improved error checking and handling of edge cases where connection to Steam Workshop is poor
  • Warning messages in the Graphics options now pulse to grab your attention
  • Changed level select behavior so that it auto selects the last played level instead of the last selected
  • Press Back to Reset is now hidden if All Abilities in Adventure Mode is enabled
  • Improved level preview texture settings so it looks better in VR
  • "Regenerating" text now matches color of checkpoint
  • Loading the main menu is now asynchronous

LEVEL EDITOR

  • Objects in frozen layers are now hidden in the Level Objects Tab
  • Added default cubemaps for levels which don't use LevelCubeMapRenderers
  • Added delay on EventListeners
  • Changed object preview for Biodome and LevelCubeMapRenderer

BUG FIXES

  • Fixed issues with rendering of background layers on HTV Vive
  • Fixed bug with replays going through teleporters and seeing a weird camera angle
  • Fixed issue where if All Abilities in Adventure Mode is enabled text near the car wouldn't appear in Arcade
  • Fixed bug where when using Trigger Distance on TurnLightOnNearCar and exploding within that distance the lights are not turned off
  • Fixed bug where components like PulseAll would be culled in the background layers
  • Fixed bug where loading bar was indicated incorrectly sometimes
  • Fixed bug where popup blocker would sometimes not popup when it should
  • Fixed bug with lens flare multiple always disabling lens brightness
  • Fixed bug with Detailed Lights option in Graphics menu not linking properly with other buttons
  • Fixed bug where popup-blockers are stuck below the road after restarting the level
  • Fixed bug where menus were broken when viewing a replay on a Trackmogrify Level
  • Fixed bug where objects would sometimes use the wrong cubemap
  • Fixed issues with news box in main menu when offline

- Jordan (@torcht)