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June 13 to June 27
Two weeks, two scenarios to test your aim!

[]1st Place: BLG Collectors Box Set StormBreaker[]2nd Place: BLG Single Unit StormBreaker[]3rd Place: Platinum StormBreaker[]Random Top 1000: Black StormBreaker

[]Scenario 1: Blueberry Switch

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Regular Update - May 2024

Enhancements, Tweaks, and a New Feature!

Click on any entry from any Leaderboard and check out its details.


Optimized scenarios with more than one character profile, improving responsiveness and decreasing potential stutters.

• The Sandbox Browser is now properly hidden when in Benchmarks mode.
  
• Using the keybind that resets challenges will reset stats in Freeplay again.
  
• Various tweaks to the topbar UI. For example, we removed text from the supporter button - now it's just an icon, so that longer usernames won't cause the topbar to clutter.
  
• Made decimal places consistent across the entire challenge end screen.
  
• Stopping a benchmark scenario now returns you back to the benchmark main screen on that scenario instead of the benchmark browser.

Some sensitivity scales weren't being registered correctly. With this patch 3.5.4, all high score submissions should now show their sensitivity scale correctly.


https://kovaaks.com/kovaaks/benchmark-creator

• Gave default colours for each rank icon, therefore avoiding ranks with no color on their progress bar.
  
• Disabled column auto-resizing since it was laggy for a few users.
  
• Improved mobile responsiveness.
  
• Improved Localization.
  
• Added "Unsaved Changes" message and state.
  
• Fixed "Name already in use" bug.

https://kovaaks.com/kovaaks/benchmark-tracker

• Fixed benchmarks showing the wrong author.
  
• Changed "Description" to "Benchmark Description".
  
• Improved spacing of Category progress bars.
  
• Fixed new Benchmarks not being listed on the "LOAD BENCHMARK" menu.

We hope you enjoy these updates and the new feature! Thank you for your continued support.









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We are excited to announce the KovaaK's Mini Comp powered by LAMZU!

• The competition can be played through the competition UI.
  
  
• Alternatively, you can search for the scenario or play the playlist pinned on the Online Playlists tab in the sandbox.
  

• Top 3 players and a random participant will each receive a LAMZU Atlantis Mini mouse and a KovaaK's badge!

Stay tuned for the other 3 scenarios, they will be added to the in-game playlist and the competition interface!

Show off your aim and win some awesome gear and badges! 🏆 GLHF!

1. Concrete Pavement
   
2. Stone Tiles Facade
   
3. Ziarat Marble Brick Tiles
   
4. Ziarat Marble Tiles
   
5. Black Marble Tiles
   
6. Herringbone Brick Pavement
   
7. Painted Brick Wall
   
8. Brick Facade
   
9. Bianca Carrara Marble Tiles
   
10. Worn Marble Floor
    
11. Plastic Panels Facade

• Updated HUD settings - 'Weapon' to 'Ammo' for better clarity.
  
• PLAY Button Centering - Better accessibility and user flow.

1. Fixed the issue where themes didn't apply slider values immediately (Roughness, Scale, etc).
   
2. Countdown Timer should now properly block playback profiles from being played during the countdown.
   
3. Addressed the replay keybind bug that broke the challenge timer when in a playlist.
   
4. Ensured the Challenge Endscreen won't show during countdown to keep you focused.
   
5. Unpacking scenarios that contain playback profiles will now unpack those playback profiles too.

• Fixed benchmarks showing the wrong author.
  
• Changed "Description" to "Benchmark Description".
  
• Improved spacing of Category progress bars.
  
• Fixed new Benchmarks not being listed on the "LOAD BENCHMARK" menu.

Visit the Benchmark Tracker

• Gave default colours for each rank icon, therefore avoiding ranks with no color on their progress bar.
  
• Disabled column auto-resizing since it was laggy for a few users.
  
• Improved mobile responsiveness.
  
• Improved Localization.
  
• Added "Unsaved Changes" message and state.
  
• Fixed "Name already in use" bug.

Visit the Benchmark Creator



Enjoy the new textures and quality-of-life updates, and as always, thank you for being a vital part of our community's growth!

We're here because of you! Share your gaming highs, your feedback, and your ideas for KovaaK's future. Join the conversation on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit!

KovaaK's Aim Trainer is part of the Steam FPS Fest, offering you the chance to enhance your FPS skills at a huge discount!

Sale Duration: April 15th - April 22nd
Discount Offer: A whopping 40% off the regular price!



Whether you're preparing for competitive gaming or just looking to improve your casual play, KovaaK's offers a suite of tools designed to elevate your performance.

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Happy training, and happy gaming!

Fixed bug where changing to a language that uses commas would result in mouse sensitivity set to 0.1. If you were affected by this bug, be sure to take a look at your "Sound" tab for Hitsound/Shootsound cooldowns (default 0.04) and "Misc" tab for workshop refresh duration (default 24)!

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Creator Tools
We want to remind everyone of the Creator Tools, a space where you can create and submit your own benchmarks and workouts. https://kovaaks.com/kovaaks/benchmark-creator


Thanks to various optimizations on the GPU side as well as a new CPU-friendly "Simple Aim Profile", everyone should see a 14% FPS boost on average. Depending on your computer specs and scenario, the boost can go from 6% to 23%.

We have optimized the texture streaming pool and shaders. On this note, we have renamed the setting "High Quality Textures" to "Texture Streaming" and its tooltip, since it better explains its purpose.

The Simple Aim Profile is now available to all scenario creators. As the name says, it's simpler, so in bots that can get away with it, it'll make the scenario demand less from your CPU. Additionally, when loading suitable scenarios in Challenge mode, the simple aim profile is automatically used, which means this will benefit old scenarios as well! This improvement should be easily noticeable on static clicking scenarios.

We have optimized some of the HUD, to make gameplay demand less CPU.


We've started integrating Crowdin localization files, expanding our language support to include Portuguese-BR, Chinese Simplified, Russian, German, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, French, and Japanese.
https://crowdin.com/project/kovaaks


For some of you it might take a couple of days to get used to, but the sandbox has gone through a few small yet impactful changes that not only make the user-experience more familiar and easier but also opens the door to add cool stuff to it in the future.


We have made the pause menu a horizontal menu and a topbar, since the previous vertical layout was strange to new users and ended up looking a lot busier compared to the current topbar format. We placed all the game-modes in a dropdown, changed some of the buttons from text to icons and removed some to make the UI much easier to read. We also added a "Player Widget", currently it just shows the player's avatar, username, Supporter status and country flag but we are working on ideas to add more to it on-hover and click, like player info. and stats. You're welcome to suggest ideas on our Discord!

• The Sandbox Browser is now always visible, whether you're in Challenge or Freeplay mode.
  
• We have added a column showing Playlist/Scenario authors and a header to the list of scenarios and playlists and their authors, to make the UI faster to understand at a glance.
  
• Most of the buttons on a list of scenarios/playlists are now only shown on whatever scenario/playlist is active or on-hover, making the menu cleaner yet dynamic.
  
• We have also adjusted padding on all 4 tabs (Online Scenarios, Local Scenarios, Online Playlists, Local Playlists) to increase visual consistency.

We have added a limit to the height of a playlist description and made the description box scrollable.
Due to your feedback, we have added the name of the playlist in certain situations, like when you're already subscribed to a playlist or when you successfully subscribe to a playlist.



We have added texture thumbnails both on the VISUALS tab and the Texture Picker menu.
We have fixed the texture color not having live preview.
We have made the word "TINT" more readable.

Not only are Benchmarks, Workouts and Competitions free for all KovaaK's players, we have made small yet substantial to its user experience!

• There's now a new Bounding Box setting (on the Visuals tab), the default option still exists but there's a new one named "Outline" that is pretty self-explanatory but also is less GPU demanding for anyone wanting to squeeze all FPS possible. Eventually, we will likely just make the Outline option an actual target Outline feature allowing color customization.
  
• We have added a pitch modifier to sliders. As you adjust a slider, the pitch will go up or down, making using sliders more enjoyable.
  
• With our ongoing Localization project, we have decided to move the language setting to the MAIN tab to make more players aware that we are translating the game into several languages.
  
• When turned on, the scenario name is now visible during the challenge countdown.
  
• When refreshing your workshop scenarios, the game will only write to the local disk when paused, significantly reducing the chances of a stutter when the game finishes refreshing the workshop.
  
• Reduced the installation size a tiny bit.

We're here because of you! Share your gaming highs, your feedback, and your ideas for KovaaK's future. Join the conversation on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit!

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We're here because of you! Share your gaming highs, your feedback, and your ideas for KovaaK's future. Join the conversation on Twitter, Discord, and Reddit!

https://crowdin.com/project/kovaaks
Our translation initiative is making a return, this time neatly organized into different files and folders!

Contribute a minimum of 500 words to our translation project and receive an exclusive KovaaK's profile badge as a token of our gratitude. Showcase your contribution to our community with pride!


Visit our Crowdin project at https://crowdin.com/project/kovaaks and choose the file you're most comfortable with. Whether it's HUD elements, settings, or scenario editor, your input is invaluable.

1. Create a Crowdin account if you haven't already.
   
2. Select a file from the KovaaK's project.
   
3. Request to join the project.
   
4. Start translating into your native language.
   
5. Hit the 500-word mark and send us a message in Crowdin or Discord to secure your https://kovaaks.com/ profile badge!

We're proud to have a diverse, global player base. With your assistance, we can make KovaaK's truly international. Let's break down language barriers together!

The project is live and ongoing. There's no deadline!

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We're excited to announce that all map creator textures are now available in the sandbox texture picker. With 37 extra textures to choose from, your creative potential just got a massive boost!




We have also made the Anime DLC textures available on the sandbox texture picker.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/2633870/KovaaKs_Anime_Pack/

We've also fine-tuned the Level of Detail (LOD) for some map creator props, ensuring a smoother experience.

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