Apr 12, 2019

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were recently reported.

Changes

Ball Race: Event Horizon - Changed some death walls to not punish shortcutters as much (Mostly in Levels 1,3,11)
Ball Race: Event Horizon - Changed an accidental WAY too good shortcut on Level 12, it will still be possible, but much more difficult
Plaza: Detail pass for Rob's Imports

Bug Fixes

Ball Race: Event Horizon - Fixed Death walls overlapping platforms on Level 14
Ball Race: Event Horizon - Reduced chance of flying through the finish line without actually finishing on Level 13
Minigolf: Alpine - Fixed hole 18 missing ice material
ZM: Fixed a bug where the camera wouldn't always switch off the upgrades camera during a boss battle
Fixed teleporters not teleporting RC vehicles or orbs properly sometimes
Fixed Dampe achievement issues
Fixed achievement: Laser Tag Master
Fixed minigames not loading teleport arenas (snowball battle fix)
Fixed RC dragon inventory collision issues
Fixed RC helicopter player name position
Fixed RC plane controls being inverted (also added plane sound effects)
Fixed RC plane turning issues when turning and going down at the same time
Fixed RC vehicles bleeding
Fixed ferris wheel carriages popping off sometimes
Optimized teleporter items
Optimized RC dragon, RC orb, and orb milestones
Fixed an exploit with minigames

You can follow our current developments on our Trello:
https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap

You can follow our weekly developer logs here:
http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/devupdates/weekly-dev-logs

You can report bugs on our forums:
http://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report

Or you may also report bugs on our Steam community, but please expect slow response time.

Apr 5, 2019

Event Horizon (0.7.1.0)

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

Event Horizon - a new Ball Race map!

Major Changes

Added new Ball Race map - Event Horizon!
Plaza: New Bait Shop & Boat Rental (for the upcoming fishing update)
Plaza: Added detail to Fresh store (part 1)
Plaza: Added new upgrades store window displays
Plaza: Added private theater entrance area (for upcoming private theater feature)

Changes

Plaza: Moved the boat launch building over to give the new bait shop & boat rental building more space
Plaza: Cleaned up the railings around the boardwalk
Plaza: Added more night lighting around boardwalk
Updated the targets in Target Practice to be visible during night time better (they no longer appear dark at all). Also updated the effects for the special targets
Added target lifetime indicators to Target Practice so you can tell when a target is about to remove itself
Updated the lighting in Minigolf - Forest to look much better
Updated leaderboard scoreboards screens in Plaza to show top 10 instead of just top 5
NPC item no longer shows prompt for talking to them if they have no dialogue lines at all
NPC item no longer shows leave dialogue if there is no dialogue lines
NPC item no longer shows talk button if there is no dialogue lines
Collection book now remembers the last scroll bar position after you've closed it and reopened it
Improved the look of the diamond golf ball
Updated engine sounds for RC golf cart
Added a setting to enable dynamic weapon scopes (like the crossbow) for better performance
Added a gameplay reset option to reset all plaza trackers (plushies, info markers, and camera spots)
Updated diamond jetpack trail
Reduced the scale of the RC car

Bug Fixes

Plaza: Added collision to the plaza road's trim so players can no longer fall through it when using the tiny potion
Plaza: Reduced texture data from ~760MB to ~740MB which will very slightly improve load times (ongoing process)
Plaza: Added collision to a metal wall behind the tower that did not have collision
Plaza: Fixed a gap in the escalators
Fixed a bug leading to plaza minigame payouts not always working
Minigolf - Sweet Tooth: Fixed the tubes getting players stuck by redoing them entirely
Minigolf - Altitude: Fixed Hole 18 being the absolute worst
Ball Race - Khromidro: Reduced the chance of falling through the finish circles without actually finishing
Ball Race - Summit: Fixed various different areas where you could get stuck
Virus - Hospital: Fixed an issue where you couldn't infect players in certain areas
Virus: Fixed workshop models sometimes loading in after the virus player model is set, causing infected players sometimes not being the infected model
Fixed a couple exploits with vote kicking
Fixed a couple exploits regarding upgrade items
Fixed Throwable Popcorn and Camera weapon shadows drawing when they shouldn't be
Fixed Casino anti-macro check breaking equipables when it failed to verify
Fixed first person legs causing players to be headless while using RC vehicles
Fixed monster potion creating lag and preventing switching monsters after doing the attack animation
Fixed achievement: Ribs Grow Back You Know
Fixed achievement: Big Bucks
Fixed achievement: Casino Addict
ZM: Optimized boss intros
ZM: Optimized monster materials and textures

Mar 22, 2019

Hot Fix 0.7.0.4

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were recently reported.

Changes

Little Crusaders: Disabled bhopping
Little Crusaders: Updated dragon bite to account for knights that are above the dragon
Virus - Overtime: Added an extra route up to a known camping spot
ZM: Increased blade rotation rate for blade trap level 4

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug leading to plaza minigame payouts not always working
Fixed join player messages not always showing the player names
ZM: Fixed helicopter decal missing material issue
ZM: Fixed player rotation in Gasoline being offset
Little Crusaders: Fixed dead knights blocking bites sometimes
Little Crusaders: Fixed being able to tailwhip dead knights
Little Crusaders: Fixed bird not flying away when bitten
Little Crusaders - Toy Room: Fixed a camping spot
Little Crusaders - Market: Fixed a couple camping spots
Highrise: Fixed weird dark shadows and updated lighting

Mar 17, 2019

Hot Fix 0.7.0.3

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were reported. All unit transactions have been moved to the new backend which should make everything a lot more stable now.

New Payout System

We've reworked the payout system to use the new backend, ensuring you'll be getting payouts for all games properly from now on.

This change also should see faster connections to the new backend.

New Store Buy and Sell System

With this change we also reduced store transaction errors and made the store transactions better by using the new backend.

You can also sell multiple of an item thanks to this new backend from your inventory directly in the game. A feature many of you have requested for a long time now!

Changes

New payout system
New store buy and sell system
Added the ability to sell up to 10 of an item at a time
Optimized start up load time
Updated client system to handle backend downtime better (queuing up achievements and exp so you'll never lose track of them when the backend goes down)
Ball Race: Added golden melon HUD element so you can better track which ones you've gotten
Updated Housewarming achievement description to be more descriptive
Updated Human Blur achievement description to be more descriptive
Updated "I Can See My House From Here" achievement description
Added RC controller icon for remote controller items (such as RC orb) to avoid icon confusion
Added display types for achievements that have seconds or meters
Increased EXP earn rate for Typing Derby and Trivia
Added ability to jump with RC orb milestone
Added new effects for Gold and Diamond jetpacks

Bug Fixes

Fixed lag related to displaying server lists
Fixed first person legs breaking when holding a weapon
Fixed Minigolf par achievements (like actually this time)
Fixed achievement: Around The World
Fixed achievement: Socialite
Fixed achievement: It's a Party
Fixed achievement: Get Together
Fixed achievement: Movie Night
Fixed achievement: Count of Amphitheatre
Fixed achievement: Amphitheatre Beast
Fixed achievement: Long Putt
Fixed achievement: Long Drive
Fixed achievement: Trivia Brainiac
Fixed achievement: Long Shot
Fixed achievement: Fields of Green
Fixed achievement: Weird Science
Fixed achievement: Homerun
Fixed achievement: Ribs Grow Back You Know
Fixed achievement: Wheel of Nothing
Fixed achievement: Drop And Roll
Fixed achievement: Kingpin
Fixed achievement: Smarty Pants being the incorrect amount
Fixed achievement: Trivia Show Off
Fixed being able to sell Sonic Shotgun milestone
Fixed TNT milestone issues
Fixed Ball Race orb milestone jump not working in Plaza
Fixed Galaxy Orb textures missing when broken
Fixed Galaxy Orb missing icon on Steam
Fixed laser tag symbol milestone taking input away from reload
Fixed Zombie Massacre trophies missing collision
Fixed Plasma Autorifle milestone ammo issues
Fixed Typing Derby HUD "ending typing derby" element colliding with EXP HUD element
Fixed Bowling Ball Rack duplicating itself when moving it

Mar 12, 2019

Hot Fix 0.7.0.2

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were reported, including many of the crashes people have been reporting.

In this patch we focused on fixing several of the crashes related to achievements.

Changes

Plaza: Adjusted trees' leaf color to be a bit more green and less yellow, and slightly more colorful
Plaza: Subtly warmed the lighting in the outdoor areas of the plaza (less "blue tint")
Plaza: Added night lighting around the plaza
Plaza: Converted the event-Tower Lobby doorway to an open-air design
Plaza: Changed the plaza roads on either side of the gameports building to follow the buildings more elegantly

Bug Fixes

Fixed additional crashes related to achievements/EXP
Fixed Trivia join issues when joining from a game invite
Fixed player ghosts displaying in Bowling
Added a spawn point for Birb milestone and also fixed the Birb not removing when you remove the item
Fixed coming soon leaderboards not being that great looking UI wise
Updated gold melon collect description text to be more informative
Fixed 9MM milestone not having a world model and also running out of ammo
Fixed RC plane remote model issues
Fixed gold melons for Khromidro being out of order
Fixed achievement: Stuffed Discovery
Fixed achievement: Explorer
Fixed achievement: Photographer
Fixed achievement: Housewarming
Fixed achievement: Natural Jackpot
Fixed achievement: Pianist
Fixed achievement: Drumm
Fixed achievement: You Are Dead
Fixed achievement: Drunken Afterlife
Fixed achievement: Socialite
Fixed achievement: Float Denier
Fixed achievement: Wordsmith
Fixed achievement: Gone In 60 Seconds
Fixed achievement: Derby Winner
Fixed Survived [insert Virus map] achievements being the incorrect amount
Fixed achievement: Taunting Death
Fixed achievement: Casino Addict
Fixed achievement: Overdose
Fixed achievement: Druggie
Fixed Master of [insert Ball Race map] achievements
Fixed achievement: Count of Amphitheatre
Fixed achievement: Amphitheatre Beast
Fixed finished achievements showing the wrong percent sometimes
Fixed achievement: Ultimate Devourer
Fixed achievement: Quick Draw
Fixed achievement: Dodge This
Fixed achievement: Long Putt
Fixed achievement: Long Drive
Fixed achievement: Speedster
Fixed achievement: Home Away From Home
Fixed achievement: Coaster Addict
Fixed Minigolf par achievements
Fixed Ball Race leaderboards being off by one level (once again)
Plaza: Fixed several holes and collision issues
Plaza: Fixed a viewfinder on the monorail bridge facing the wrong way

Mar 10, 2019

Hot Fix 0.7.0.1

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were reported and brings achievements and EXP back online.

Please keep in mind that the servers are currently being hammered and we're still working on the backend to make it an enjoyable experience. As such, we'd like to let you know a couple things when this patch is out:

Please wait until you see a green dot in the top right of the pause menu before attempting to collect achievements or EXP. The green dot is right next to the build number.
When the update first releases, it could take about 10-20 minutes for the systems to be fully functional due to the initial traffic. So please be patient. Again, if you see the green dot, you're connected.
If you unlock an achievement in-game and it's not unlocked on Steam, please wait about 10-20 seconds until it unlocks. During this time, try not to close your game as it it'll sync your status with Steam automatically. We are working on making this better in the backend.
We're constantly monitoring the backend and making adjustments to improve stability, but we can only do this while it's live.

Thank you for your patience and understanding. We love you all.

Changes

Re-enabled achievements and EXP systems

Bug Fixes

Backend only: Solve achievement connection issues
Fixed crashes related to achievements
Fixed player ghosts showing up in Trivia
Fixed player ghosts showing up in Theater
Fixed player ghosts showing up in Minigames
Fixed theater media player bounds
Fixed being able to walk through a wall in trivia
Fixed being able to walk through a wall in bowling (shoe rack)
Fixed achievement: "Ultimate Cape Crusader"
Fixed achievement: "Eat All the Knights" achievements
Fixed achievement: "Ultimate Devourer"
Fixed achievement: "Behind The Scenes"
Fixed EXP in Little Crusaders
Fixed "Gold Golf Ball" not being on the milestone list
Fixed player names colliding with badges in Minigolf scoreboard
Little Crusaders: Fixed camping spot in Market
Fixed leaderboards in collection book only listing 5 entries (now lists 50) and also shows your current ranking
Fixed Ball Race leaderboards being off by one level
Fixed being able to enter games while in a remote-controlled vehicle from game invites

Mar 8, 2019

Lobby 3 and Achievement/Milestones/EXP/Stats/Leaderboard Update (0.7.0.0)

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6tgL1te1PU

Lobby 3 is here!

That's right, Lobby 3 is finally here! This is the first phase of Lobby 3. That’s right, while we’re ready to release this phase of Lobby 3, there is much more detail and optimizations in the pipeline for future phases. This is by no means the final version of Lobby 3.

Faster Load Times
The Plaza has been created completely from scratch, which let us spend lots more time optimizing the models and materials, something that was difficult to do with the old Plaza.

Complete Redesigns
Including optimizations, the Plaza has been completely redesigned with a brand new layout, which helps brings all of our plaza activities to the forefront, while cutting down on wasted space.

New Pool Area
Lobby 3 introduces a brand new pool area, complete with a lazy river and the waterslides back from the GMT days.

Achievements & Milestones are here!

Achievements
No longer will your accomplishments in Tower Unite be ignored, with achievements, you’ll get a shiny new badge when you perform amazing tasks. There are a total of 348 achievements so far!

Collection Book
The collection book allows you to see all your achievement, badge, milestone, and stat progress all in one convenient place. We'll be using this book more in the future!

EXP & Badges
Level up per game by earning EXP from playing the games or getting achievements. As you level up, you'll earn badges which will display next to your name on the scoreboard for all to see. Each game has dozens of badges to unlock.

Milestones
Once you level up, you'll also be rewarded with milestone items. Milestones are items that are unique to each game and are highly interactive items such as an RC dragon from Little Crusaders or a drivable helicopter from Zombie Massacre. There's over 70 unique milestones to earn.

Leaderboards
In this update we've also added leaderboards. You can view the leaderboards in the Plaza, but also in the collection book. There's quite a few for each game.

Stats
And if that's not enough, we also track tons of various stats in the game now. You can see how many catsacks you've opened, how many steps you've taken, and tons more!

RC Cars and Boats!

Remote-controlled cars and boats are now available at the Toy Shop. We've also added an RC plane and an RC UFO. You can drive all the remote-controlled vehicles in both Plaza and Condos!

This is a Massive Update!

This is one of our largest updates to the game yet! Many of our backend services had to change to make this update possible. As such, please be aware there could be some bugs and some issues. So please report any issues and we'll fix them as soon as possible! Thank you all!

Changes

New plaza - Lobby 3!
Completely redesigned all of the plaza
Optimized the plaza
Added achievements
Added milestones
Added EXP & badges
Added stats
Added leaderboards
Added an option to draw your legs in first person (experimental and still has some issues, but working for the most part)
Pool tubes now have unique poses while swimming in water
Added a new store, D.I.Y. which now has all the canvas and building blocks items
Added Camera item to Electronics store
Added upgrades menu to appearance, for when upgrades is available. Some milestones use this menu already
Implemented the internal upgrades system, stores are coming soon as we are still making upgrades

Feb 19, 2019

Hot Fix 0.6.6.4

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were reported. This update was primarily to prepare for the achievement update as it has several backend changes.

Vote Kick

You can now vote kick players out of Game World servers. Vote kick requires a 2/3 majority to confirm the kick. You can start a vote kick by clicking on a player's name in the scoreboard and clicking on Request Vote Kick. After that, other players can vote yes or no with F1 and F2 keys.

Changes

Snow has melted in the Plaza
Added the ability to vote kick in Game Worlds
You can now see the name of the player who is hosting a game server from the server browser
Condo chat now defaults to local chat
You can now toggle which global chat Plaza regions you'd like to see (default all on)
Reworked official server list so we can easily add/remove official servers without needing to push out an update
Updated Minigolf customize UI, now more widescreen than tall
You can now use the appearance editor in games, but it disables all the tabs except for the upgrades tab
Added current players / max players to the active server information UI (shows player count on waiting for players and scoreboards)
Reworked Game World voice system to always work regardless of game states (fixes waiting for players or post game voice not working)
Reversed wording for disable chat filter and disable chat
Appearance editor was updated to show more upgrades for each game, in preparation for the upgrades update
You can now zoom with the crossbow in the Balloon Shoot minigame
Typing Derby: Pressing space on a incomplete word will no longer wipe all word progress.

Bug Fixes

Fixed not being able to right click on items that are in your hot bar
Fixed active server information not actually being accurate (server title should always display now)
Fixed change log buttons for hotfixes not disabling when switching between each
Virus: Fixed an exploit
Virus: Fixed not being able to respawn if you died by your own TNT
Little Crusaders: Fixed bug with chat not opening if you had it bound to T
ZM: Fixed helicopter damage particles

Feb 1, 2019

Update 0.6.6.2

Tower Unite - MacDGuy

This update addresses several issues that were reported.

Little Crusaders: Dragon Bite and Knight Button Press is now predicted!

Using advanced methods, we've finally predicted the dragon bit and button presses. This change will make Little Crusaders more tolerable for those who have higher pings. On top of that, the bite radius and button press radius have all been tweaked to be more reliable.

Changes

Improved player animations a bit, head movement now moves properly when rotating around in place
Added horizontal head movement while in a seat, so now you can stare at people while in your comfy seat
Updated look of action menu buttons a bit (the C button menu)
Updated look of tower express button on the pause menu to make it more clear what it is
You can now rotate your character while in the appearance editor in Plaza/Condo
If you are finished in Ball Race/Minigolf, payout will occur even if you are AFK
Added a toggle third person keybind that allows you to quickly toggle back and forth between thirdperson and first person in Plaza/Condo
When viewing yourself in Plaza/Condo, your head no longer moves
Plaza event treasure count now shows how many are left for you, instead of just the entire server
Updated teleporter visuals a bit

Little Crusaders Changes

Dragon bite is now predicted
Increased dragon bite radius
Reduced dragon bite recovery duration
Knight button press is now predicted
Dragon once again pushes Knights off when it jumps
Dragon can now tail swipe when moving/biting/roaring
Made it slightly easier to pancake knights as dragon
Reduced dragon bhopping acceleration
Reduced knight bhopping acceleration
Dragon rotation animations no longer are active when biting or roaring (prevents weird rotation issues)
Knights who are stunned by tail swipe can no longer just stop themselves in mid air
Toy Room - Removed the invisible wall of the cup (as it was not clear it was there) and added a pencil pathway to solve the cup camping spot
Taunt button is now bound to reload (default R) instead of right click to fatal avoid misclicks
Updated the HUD text for ranks a bit
Adjusted eye height offsets for first person cameras for knights and ghosts (you're shorter now and match the size of the knights)
Slays/deaths now show up for dragon and ghosts on scoreboard

Virus Changes

Sonic Shotgun alt fire blast is now predicted
Plasma Autorifle primary fire cannot be fired if you are charging alt fire
Sonic Shotgun can no longer charge while reloading
Reduced infected slash hit sound volume
Reduced infected slash trace distance
If the infected win, the round no longer freezes all player movements
Infected players no longer block damage traces by other infected players
Survivors no longer block weapon traces, so you can shoot through your friends again
Optimized spawn effects

Ball Race Changes

Optimized pickup effects

Bug Fixes

Investigated the workshop crashes, hopefully resolved some issues
Fixed a bug with the audio system stopping all sound if there are more than 32 players in a single area together
Fixed a bug with the voice audio system preventing new voice IP streams if there are more than 3-4 players talking at once
Little Crusaders: Fixed dragon being able to crouch (just effected the camera, not gameplay)
Little Crusaders: Fixed a camping spot in Ampitheatre
Little Crusaders: Fixed a bug with player rotations for ghosts and knights
Little Crusaders: Fixed a bug where ghost music would play over top of the round/spawn music
Virus: Fixed last round ending weirdly
Virus: Fixed head collision (for headshots) not matching infected animation
ZM: Fixed helicopter being damagable
ZM: Fixed bug where player zombies could be sucked up by the black hole forever
Minigolf: Fixed wearables not hiding completely when getting a HIO
Typing Derby: Fixed issue that prevented the game from ending properly
Fixed magic trampoline condo permission not working
Fixed instrument condo permission not working
Fixed pistol shoot animations reverting legs to center
Fixed square teleporter material visual bug
Fixed a bug where you could enter viewing self while in the pause menu