With this update we are extending our long-term partnership with Dquad and are finally joined by one of the biggest names in the FPV world: Gemfan!
Changelist:
Added Dquad Fixation frame and blueprint.
Added 4 Gemfan propellers: Gemfan Freestyle 4S, Hurricane 51466-3 MCK V2, Sbang 4934-3, Vannystyle 5136-3. We also rebranded some older propellers.
Added Bushmaster 2107 1960KV Motor
Added new micro Antenna
Added Redot Nano Camera
Added 3 Gemfan-branded track elements to the track editor.
Updated the calibration 'center stick' timer to 3 seconds coming from 5 seconds. Calibration should be quicker.
Fixed (hopefully) some connection issues when loading a new scene.
Fixed manual controller calibration issue where the 'Invert' toggle would not always have the desired effect.
Fixed button setup UI issue where clearing or overwriting an action would not properly reset the overridden action.
Minor visual update to the partner splash screen.
Fixed issue with the multiplayer fixed drone setup and battery limitation toggles not being exclusive.
Fixed issue where the Hangar C03 environment is always selected by default in the multiplayer room creation.
Fixed issue where the credentials file corruption could prevent players from signing in.
Fixed issue with the fixed drone setup in multiplayer not being used.
Dquad Fixation
We have the honor of presenting a brand new frame from Dquad, the Dquad Fixation, a spectacular new frame from one the best frame manufacturers in the world. Dquad has been with Liftoff since the early days and have never disappointed in offering a unique top quality experience. Try it in Liftoff first and find out why we are so excited about this news. Currently the Dquad Fixation is only available in Liftoff, but soon in real life as well!
Extending our partnerships!
With this update we are not just extending our long-term partnership with drone manufacturer Dquad, we are finally joined by one of the biggest names in the FPV world. Please welcome Gemfan to the Liftoff family!
In this update we include top-of-the-line Gemfan props, represented as the first translucent propellers in Liftoff. Track builders will also be able to find Gemfan branded gates and flags, to make your custom race tracks look more authentic than ever before. And that's not where this partnership ends, we have some exciting things in the works that we will reveal soon.
Liftoff wouldn't be here today without the help of our awesome partners. A big thank you to everyone that supports this one of a kind community!
Trick me or treat me, I don’t care what you do, just promise to give me a prop or two.
Trick all the pumpkins into giving you treats in a single environment during the Halloween event to unlock the "Trick or Treat" achievement. Want to do it in style? Don't forget to equip your Halloween Talon skin and explore our levels in the Night Fever DLC! Have a great hunt!
Don't know what Slipstream is about? It's our answer to the many "please add things to chase" question, and its effin' glorious too!
Slipstream is an optional DLC that brings a new layer of excitement to Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing: - a time trial on Short Circuit, a drag race in Bando City, mining trucks going about their business in The Pit and so much more. All of this for the sweet price of "buy us a coffee".
The Liftoff team is at Gamescom to celebrate the Liftoff franchise and its amazing community. To share the celebration, we have activated a double XP week for Liftoff!
Playing Liftoff will earn you double the amount of XP points in-game to unlock more cosmetic items! Note: A free Liftoff Pro Account is required to earn XP and unlock gift boxes.
As an additional celebration, we have more news to share during Gamescom: Between our regular Liftoff updates, the team at LuGus Studios has been working on a new exciting simulator. We will reveal the name and logo of the project next week during Gamescom 2022, but here's a first teaser for our fans!
Blades spinning A solemn cutting of the first of the corn An offering is made
Each year we bring back the age old Lughnasadh harvest festivial, a celebration held on the first week of August, dedicated to the celtic god Lugus. Let's celebrate!
Find and harvest (activate) all LuGus cubes in a single environment during the LuGus festival event to unlock the time limited "LuGus Fest" achievement.
Fixing some long standing bugs and including a bunch of community requests, Liftoff update 1.4.7 brings some extra shine to the polish.
Changelist
Added: Favorite content system. Mark the content you like the most as your favorite, and have it show up at the top of the lists during level selection. Content can be marked as favorite in the level selection and track selection screen.
Added: A new random race can now be started with the click of a button from the race finish screen. (Requested by Krazyzock)
Added: In the track builder, a tracks and races can be reloaded from file to help track builders using external tools. (Requested by Tau Muon)
Added: Direct flight mode actions can now be bound to buttons/switches. You can now bind and switch to a flight mode directly. (Requested by Bravedan)
Updated: LOS user interface has been tweaked. The circle indicator is bigger and should now show up further away. (Requested by Snorklingmonkey)
Updated: A new splash screen sequence. A big thank you to all our brand partners, you are awesome!
Fixed: Liftoff Arena Race 03: bots cheating a gate.
Fixed: Sharing content on the Steam Workshop now has the 'Share' button working again. If you haven't yet accepted the Steam Workshop EULA, you will be notified with a popup.
Fixed: Some network connections made with the Liftoff Pro service were made while the player wasn't signed in.
Optimized: Polling for input has reduced latency.
Optimized: The drone HUD has improved memory usage to reduce frame spikes.
Optimized: The pause menu has improved memory usage.
The following changes were included as quick fix updates for the previous update, but weren't documented afterwards:
Fixed: Night Fever skins not showing up to select when the Night Fever DLC was installed.
Fixed: Walking around during free flight would freeze the camera after resetting the drone.
Fixed: Leaving a multiplayer game to the lobby would not load the other available games properly.
Fixed: The Liftoff giftbox would have its bottom-part teleport away when trying to open it.
Fixed: When receiving a frame skin from the Liftoff giftbox would make the program crash.
Liftoff: Micro Drones Summer Brawl
We'd like to put some extra attention to an initiative for Liftoff: Micro Drones. We are giving away up to a $1000 worth of FPV store vouchers. The only thing you need to do is play! Want to know more? Check this out!
1.4.6 Introduces some much requested improvements and fixes. Enjoy!
Changelist
Reintroduced optional camera noise (press C), this effect is slightly different from before.
Added: A.I. data for races in the Short Circuit, Hangar C03, The Woodpecker and Liftoff Arena.
Added: all-time best leaderboards for official races. You can view these in the leaderboards section as well as the top 3 coming by in the multiplayer room.
Updated: when crashing or resetting during a tournament tryout, the score screen is now shown instead of going back to the tournaments selection screen again. The score screen now allows to directly do another tryout.
Updated: leaderboards should load a lot faster than before.
Updated: displaying a large leaderboard now allows to load chunks of scores in batches of 250 entries.
Updated: Steam Workshop sharing panel to only allow to share content when the Steam Workshop EULA has been accepted.
Fixed: drone setups with no blueprint saved in the file would make Liftoff hang in a loading screen.
Fixed: a player could join and start a multiplayer game without having all necessary content loaded.
Fixed: steam player information not always caching correctly.
Fixed: issue with showing an error while signing up for a Liftoff Pro account, even though registration succeeded.
Optimised: disk and memory usage of certain track items, potentially loading certain tracks faster on older hard drives.
Special lantern festivals are held all over the world, at different times and for different reasons. Some have floating lanterns, others have them flying, in our very own homage to these beautiful events we have them doing both! Go explore these time limited lighbaring landscapes in our 2 week in-game festival.
A picture is worth a 1000 words and so is this in-game event. No special features, no achievements, no XP points, simply beauty to discover... or as our artist Vincent prophetically proclaimed "Here's some floaty stuff you can chase". Enjoy!