Surfs🌊Up - v0.9 BETA

Technical Changes

• Version bump to 0.9, next major update will be 1.0
• SurfsUp now supports Mac OS X (Universal App)
• Windows build now uses DirectX 12 instead of Vulkan
  • This change fixes the "scan lines" issue reported on some AMD video cards

• Updated Steam SDK to v1.62
  
• Updated Godot Steam to v4.14
  
• Fixed all the images in Steam's Inventory
  

New Features

• Personal Best Replays

  • Personal bests now create replay files
  • Replays are loaded on run restart (R) if the file exists
  • Your ghost will automatically begin replaying once you cross the starting line
  • Player Menu (tab) allows you to watch & stop the replay in first person
  • You can disable the replay from playing back by unchecking "Replay Enabled" on the player menu
  • Due to this requiring a Personal Best record to work, all leaderboards have been reset

• Player cosmetic choices now save

  • Saved selections are chosen by default on customize menu
  • Chosen cosmetics now automatically load on the main menu

• Multiple saved locations

  • Press F to save up to 3 checkpoints
    • 4th checkpoint erases 1st

  • , (comma) - future location
    
  • . (period) - previous location
    
  
  

• Emotes!

  • Hold G to emote your surf animation

• The settings menu has been redesigned

  • You can now hide all other players
  • You can now hide all other trails
  • You can now adjust the camera's field of view
  • You can now limit the Engine's max FPS
  • Mouse settings have moved to: Keybindings & Mouse
  • Video settings have moved to: Audio & Video
  • VOIP volume can now go up to 200%
  • New bindable keys
    • Force Disconnect (F10)
    • Emote (G)
    • Next Loc (,)
    • Prev Loc (.)
    • Player Menu (Tab)
    • Freecam (F4)
    • Mouse Toggle (`)

  
  
• Discord now shows your game activity as the current map you're surfing on
  

Quality of Life (QoL)

• Changed the theme's default font
• Normalized volume of music across all levels
• Removed the .0 after units on speed label
• Your score on the leaderboard is now highlighted in green
• VOIP Volume Increased +5db
• End Game / Pause Menu / Player Menu panel updated
• You can now a join lobby by ID
  • You can copy a lobby's ID from pause menu

• Number of map clears now shows on the game over screen
  • Separator added between clears and time

• Removed rounded corners on scroll grabbers
  
• Spacing added around World Record in the top right
  
• Default mouse sensitivity lowered from 15->10
  
• Hotdog hands size increased and is now right handed
  
• Map select drop down color changed to be more visible
  
• Reduced size of chat box
  
• Resized scores shown in the top left
  
• Only top 3 scores show on screen
  
• Your score will show as the 4th card
  
• Resized input keys from 128px -> 64px
  
• Free Cam
  • No longer receives input when not in Free Cam
  • Free Cam resets position when exiting
  • Free Cam resets speed when exiting
  • Free Cam can now be mouse inverted
  • Free Cam speed can no longer go below 0

Map Changes

• Starry:
  • Resized Skip Block

• Ascension:
  • Invisible skip blocks replaced with walls

• Tutorial:
  • Lowered ramp turn on stage 4
  • Repositioned ramp after turn in final stage

• Nebula:
  • Left side skip blocked
  • Raised kill floor

• Nerdiful:
  • Reworked ending

• Mesa:
  • Song changed to trailer's track by prodtwon

• Swirl:
  • Updated level image
  • New song: "Lovers" by UMOS

• Sunset:
  • New Song by whimsicalbeats

• Stormy:
  • New Song by whimsicalbeats

• Utopia:
  • New song by whimsicalbeats

• Bores:
  • New song by whimsicalbeats

• Ruins:
  • Removed second turn ramp
  • Blocked "spawn skip"

Bug Fixes

• Third Person Camera stutter fixed
• Player Trails only add points when timer is running
• Fixed UI Scaling at larger resolutions (4k / Ultrawide)
• VOIP no longer pauses on Game Over menu
• VOIP should no longer crackle if multiple people talk at once
• Mouse input is no longer captured while spectating
• Player menu no longer shows duplicate entries
• Player menu now removes clients on disconnect
• Spectator cam near increased from 0.05->0.5 (same as pre-run cam)
• Mosue rotation input is no longer captured when spectating
• !rtv will now properly show the game over screen when ending the game
• World Boundary shape size increased from 2000->10000 (should fix kill boxes on levels)
• Turn binds no longer accept input when spectating
• Fixed character model color not updating in-game from Settings menu
• Numpad Enter now sends chat messages instead of breaking to a new line
• Opening Settings when Settings is already open no longer opens a extra Settings window
• Player color now applies to models on load
• Player menu's player count now updates when a new player connect

Thank you to everyone who has been providing feedback during the beta ❤️
-Mark