Hello, TUbular players. Let’s cut right to the chase with this update. This one has the Casino.
The Casino Is Now Open!
The following games are now available to Tower Unite:
- Casino
- Texas Hold’em
- 3 different slot machines
- Triple Diamonds: A basic 3 reel slot machine
- Grand Quest: A 3 reel slot machine with some RPG elements
- Wheel of Money: A 3 reel slot machine with a bonus money wheel
- Video Poker
- Video Blackjack
- Spin to Win
- Double or Nothing
- Trivia
- Typing Derby
Developer Note: Most functionality of the Casino Update will initially be limited to Official Servers. Typing Derby and Trivia will still show up on community servers, but they will not payout. Support for other servers will come later.
We are now hosting more Official servers located in Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and two in Frankfurt. We are also currently setting up a server in Sydney.
Please be aware that there may be initial issues on launch and we will be closely watching all Casino related transactions.
Major New Features
- The Casino
- Added Trivia to the Plaza
- Added Typing Derby to the Plaza
- Key Binding
- Added AFK support for Game Worlds
- AFK players will not earn units
- AFK players will be automatically skipped when everyone else has finished the hole/level in Minigolf/Ball Race
- AFK players are denoted by an emote over their heads and on the scoreboard
- AFK players will be kicked from slot machines and will auto-fold in poker
- Mediaplayer Voteskip and Voting
- This applies only to Theater and will soon be added to Condos in a later update
- Added a new Minigolf course, Emission
General Changes
- Added a bunch of new items (32!):
Wood Wardrobe, Wood Bookshelf, Wood Coffee Table, Wood Dresser, Wood Round Table, PBB Trash Can, PBB Stool, PBB Coffee Table, PBB Dresser, PBB End Table, PBB End Table Capped, PBB Desk, PBB Dresser Capped, PBB Desk Capped, PBB Coffee Table Capped, PBB Wardrobe, PBB Wardrobe Capped, PBB Bookshelf, PBB Bookshelf Capped, Wall Torch, Hula Doll, Cactus, Garden Flamingo, Bubble Gun, Waffle, Potato, Piggy Bank, Ancient Jar, Grandfather Clock, Bubble Machine, Laser Projector, Wooden Hot Tub - Added adjustable grid snapping for item movement
- Jetpack is now predicted. Jetpack will no longer be really glitchy when being used
- Fog machine now actually blows out fog instead of fog magically appearing around it (this is still an option though)
- Added location text to the left of player chat in Plaza so you can tell where people are
- Reduced the “waiting for players” timer to 5 seconds (from 10 seconds) when everyone is ready to play
- Player user bar now shows tags first instead of ping to align pings
- Added key support for rotating inventory items
- Added support for rebinding leaving drivables (instruments, slot machines, games, etc.)
- Added support for rebinding the backer item “Golden Watch”
- Added support for rebinding Trivia and Slots shortcuts
- You can now display FPS through a graphics settings option
- Patched up a few holes in the Plaza map
- You can now sit on more of the seats in the Plaza (casino, casino lobby, bowling, beach chairs, etc.)
- Added chat sounds (from GMT) with option to disable them in the sound settings
- Added “clear search” button to the search bar in stores
- Added basic Parental Controls (more will be added in later updates)
- Disable chat
- Profanity filter
- Added setting to disable Lobby crosshair
- Added setting to disable Lobby HUD
Optimizations
- Implemented level streaming for Plaza (phase 2, Game World Ports, etc.)
Minigolf Changes
- If everyone has clicked “finished” on the customize window, it’ll automatically end customize timer so people don’t have to wait
- Minigolf scoreboard now aligns all names by accounting the width of the flag icon (finished or not)
- Fixed the sombrero hat not showing up on your golf ball
- Fixed the splash effect from occurring in some of the holes on Waterhole
- Fixed pocket effect lagging (really bad for lower end computers)
Ball Race Changes
- Added “READY”…“GO!” to Ball Race before the round starts so players can have a chance to be ready
- Fixed the camera (for all non-hosts) not facing the right way when first spawning
- Fixed the issue where you would sometimes be randomly thrown into the air on the speed boost of the last level of GLXY
Planet Panic Changes
- At the end of each round all players have their team scrambled
- Team select automatically ends in 3 seconds if everyone has selected a team
- You can play Planet Panic with 2 players now (instead of only 4)
Virus Changes
- Adrenaline C key prompt is now on the HUD
- Fixed being able to unfreeze yourself by pressing the pause menu on and off
Bug Fixes
- Fixed various walls, ceilings etc. from not being editable in the Condo
- Fixed various items from being rather large on the store pedestal
- Fixed ping colors being inaccurate
- Fixed in-game notifications not showing up properly while in the pause menu
- Fixed not being able to pause while using Piano, Drumset, Slot Machines, etc
- Fixed Transit Station location not showing up
- Fixed Basement location being incorrect when standing on objects inside the basement
- Fixed various other locations in the Condo not showing up
- Fixed wind sound on speed shoes
- Fixed the floating wall speakers in the Theatre screens
- Fixed the Theatre screens prompting the user to turn it on
- Fixed ping not displaying for dedicated Lobby servers
- Fixed a bunch of other bugs we found while testing
Thanks for bearing with us while we worked on getting this update out. We didn’t want to push out an unfinished update, and we’ve been working around the clock to push the update out a little bit earlier than what everyone expected.
We’ll be continuing to work on new Casino games in the future, this update is only the beginning of what we have in store.
Make sure to report any bugs you find with the Casino (or any of the other new features we’ve added) on the forums and we’ll try to fix them as soon as possible!
If your transactions fail during this week, we’ll be looking into it and we are logging all of it.
You can follow our current developments on our Trello:
https://trello.com/b/6BwRMiPw/tower-unite-roadmap
