Small progress report & update 0.3.7.1/0.3.7.2 changelog

Here is our work enumeration since the 0.3.7.2 Steam release, we have some exciting new things coming along. 🙂

Please note: the below changes are not yet released.

Features:

• Engine sounds emit from engine nodes

• New wheel type: pressureWheels, we are having promising results with these new wheels, however they will take more calibrating.
  More info to be released in blog dedicated to it at a later time.

• New in-game menu(WIP, subject to change)
  
  
  

• New level selector without having to exit to the main menu(WIP, subject to change)

• Fixes problems with custom levels using double quotes as part of the description

• Fixed crash to desktop on ALT+TAB (specifically on losing the device while locking a vertex buffer)

• Fixed crash to desktop in async shader generation

• Improved D3D crash messages

• Speedups for crash report analysis

• Minor work on Sunburst fenders

• Tweaked driver camera on Sunburst

• More work on Sunburst interior

• Revised light softness and shadow resolution on all cars

• Work-in-progress cab textures added to Gavril T75

• Fixed Sunburst 2.0 Sport trim engine bug

• More work on the Industrial racetrack

• DXT5 compression on normal maps to eliminate artifacting

• Wheel and suspension tweaks on most vehicles

• All official vehicles are being converted into using pressureWheels

• East Coast USA bumpy bridges fixed

• Race barriers on Industrial added

• More UI work
  
  
  

0.3.7.1 & 0.3.7.2 Changelog (21st January)

Features:

• New level selector (WIP)

• New options menu (WIP)

• New parts configuration menu (WIP)

• Fixes problems with custom levels using doublequotes as part of the description

• Fixed buffer overflow causing multiple crashes

• Improved textureformat of normalmaps: less noisy

• Fixed a crash when exiting the level editor

• Fixed a crash when clicking OK on a parts selector dialog

• Shading issue that was affecting most vehicles

• Console spam when changing focus with FFB enabled

• Electrics not working if the vehicle has no engine

• Vehicle color affects others of the same type

• Water camera effect happening outside of water

• Pedals UI app having a heavy impact on FPS

• Derby having no boundaries

• Tree lod bug on East Coast

• New prop: Large Spinner

• New prop: Street Light

• Sunburst model, texture and deformation tweaks

• Tuned pillar deformation on all cars to be more realistic

• Added more power to the stage 1 engine tuning on the Gavril V8 engines

• East Coast performance improvements

• Improved Hirochi Raceway collisions

• Improved lighting on East Coast, USA

• Industrial, Gridmap and Dry Rock Island model improvements

• Improved East Coast grass textures

• New Pigeon steering design