Welcome to Rustline, the newest Liftoff environment where steel breathes, smoke stacks groan, and the wind tastes like rust and oil. Navigate a sprawling industrial zone packed with towering warehouses, roaring trains, chemical plants, and canals lined with slow-moving barges. This gritty playground is wired with danger and built for flight. Skim rooftops, dive smokestacks, and thread your way through the machinery of a world long forgotten. Throttle up, pilot. Rustline is live! [previewyoutube=zNX4Wa6bGGg;full]https://youtu.be/zNX4Wa6bGGg[/previewyoutube]

Changelist

• Added Rustline environment
• Added 3 brand new official racetracks for Rustline
• Cebit tower in Hannover fixed single sided top
• Drainpipe Missing collision fixed in Bando city

On feathered wings or rotor's hum, Easter magic, here they come! Only 5 days left to crack the code and collect all Easter eggs in one environment! Do it, and you'll unlock the Easter Egg Hunting achievement. Ready, set, scramble!

Our Discord community helped identify some quirks with a few of the recently added propellers that allowed for ultra-fast performance. Thanks to their feedback, this update brings everything back in balance for an even better flying experience.

Changelist

• Fixed an issue where some propellers didn't get properly included in the drag baking process, resulting in faster than expected drone setups. Affected propellers are: DJI FPV Propellers, Gemfan Hurricane 51466-3 MCK V2, Gemfan Freestyle 4S and Gemfan Vannystyle 5136-3

Leaderboard soft-reset in the next update. Let us know what you think!

After years of requests, were finally doing it, introducing "Improved Walk Mode"! Thats right! Experience the thrill of true-to-life pilot movement as you slowly walk to the perfect liftoff spot! Navigate complex environments, hunt down your crashed drone (replacing the reset function), and swap out LiPos by hand, just like in real life. You wanted realism? Were taking it to the next level. Features include: Full-body motion capture (via your webcam kind of) New Trip and Fall physics for ultimate realism Battery Carry Challenge how many can you hold at once? More tall grass in levels, making your crashed drone nearly impossible to findjust like real life! Say goodbye to flying-only, Liftoff is all about taking FPV back to its roots: the ground.

Beta test now!

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day. Hunt down 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event to unlock the elusive "Leprechaun Madness" achievement! Pro tip: Let the rainbows be your golden guide! May the shamrock's petals sprinkle you with endless luck and joy!

Showing our love to the community, we celebrate valentine in our 3 day in-game event. Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement. To our beloved Liftoff community, we extend our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support and boundless love. You are the heartbeat of our world, and we cherish each and every one of you dearly.

Not much of Liftoffs original 2015 version remains, most of its code has been rewritten, and much of the content refreshed. Back then, it launched as a single-player experience with just 3 drones, 4 levels, and none of the features we now take for granted: leaderboards, freestyle mode, bots, tutorials, or a track builder. With everything weve achieved so far, imagine what the next 10 years could bring. Were fully committed to supporting Liftoff for another decade. As we step into 2025, whats on the horizon? Our plan remains clear: continuing with our tried-and-true approach: improving whats already there and rolling out new features and content. Currently, we have two levels in production, each at different stages of development. The first, titled "Rustline," is slated for release in Q1 of this year. Here's a very early sneak peak.

Celebrating the past and future decade of Liftoff.

A few additional fixes and optimizations, along with an improved drone search option based on community feedback.

Changelist

• Updated: the drone selection menu's can now search for drone setups, and the layout has been made more consistent.
• Updated: Hall26 lighting, performance and thumbnails.
• Fixed: several texture and material shadows.
• Fixed: the race timer would start before arming the drone in the rare case where the first checkpoint of the race was right in between the environment's origin point and the drone spawnpoint.
• Other: split up large game files into several smaller packages so that future updates to textures and materials will result in smaller updates.
• Minor backend bugfixes

Gather 'round, dear friends, for a joyous celebration awaits in our festive 4-week in-game holiday extravaganza! Embrace the spirit of the season as you embark on a merry quest to uncover every snowman nestled within a single Liftoff level. With each discovery, unlock the enchanting "Snow Spotter" achievement. May your days be merry and bright.

Yesterdays update, version 1.6.6, marked a significant milestone for Liftoff. It introduced an essential engine update that lays the groundwork for the projects future growth. These updates are crucial for ensuring Liftoffs continued evolution, but they always come with challenges. Engine updates are tricky; they often uncover unforeseen problems in unexpected places, sometimes beyond what internal testing can reveal. Weve been hard at work addressing the major issues reported since yesterday's update, and todays version 1.6.7 aims to fix several of them. Well continue rolling out quick-fix updates if needed.

Changelist

• Updated: the 'Fixed drone setup' multiplayer game modifier now allows you to use modified variants of the drone setup. The game will ask you to select a compatible drone when joining the game, if any are available.
• Updated: the gameplay options menu now always scales with the contents rather than having a fixed size and requiring to scroll down.
• Updated: improved lighting for Liftoff Arena environment.
• Fixed: pink visuals on Intel-based mac systems.
• Fixed: multiplayer 'waiting for others' issue.
• Fixed: in multiplayer infinite race, when spectation another player while the game settings were being changed, your drone wouldn't allow to reset.

Meet the Racewhoop! This little powerhouse is a 3D-printed, 2.5-inch drone thats as versatile as it is fun.

Changelist

• Added Racewhoop 2.5" drone frame and blueprint.
• Added Bushmaster 2105.5 2800KV and Bushmaster 2105.5 3600KV motors.
• Added Camulus T63 6-blade propellers.
• Added S-Line 5S battery.
• Added Redot Mini action camera.
• Added a new tournament format: Elimination with double and single elimination formats.
• Added a toggle to skip the countdown in races, when possible.
• Added a slider to set the coloring threshold for the race lap timer. This allows you to fine-tune how strictly the lap timer reports improvement or regression in your checkpoint timing.
• Updated the game engine for increased performance and frame consistency.
• Updated the flight controller settings menu to allow setting the throttle start and end values.
• Updated the game options menu with a dedicated 'Race' section to update settings related to race game modes.
• Updated tournaments to allow switching to a different drone setup in-game, rather than returning to the tournaments menu again.
• Fixed descriptions for several batteries where the described values didn't match internal specifications.
• Fixed multiplayer game modifiers not being displayed properly in the games lobby.
• Fixed issue where 'broken' drone setups could still register a tournament tryout.
• Fixed action camera skins issue where they would not allow to recolor the camera.
• Fixed several graphical issues in the Short Circuit, Pine Valley, Bando City, Bardwell's Yard, Hall 26, Dubai Legends and Hannover environments.
• Fixed drone stats not showing correctly in the drone selection option of the pause menu.
• Updated lighting visuals in Dubai Legends, Hall26, Minus Two and Paris Drone Festival.
• Fixed issue where track items with multiple checkpoints would not properly display which checkpoint to fly through during a race. Fixed: exploit where multiplayer game modifiers weren't applied properly when switching the game settings mid-play.
• Fixed issue with the race guides not properly visualizing the path if a track item with multiple checkpoints was set as a start or ending checkpoint of a race.

Dquad Fixation Tournament - Finals are about to commence.

Hear ye, brave adventurers! As the moon casts its eerie glow upon us, a challenge of epic proportions awaits! Venture forth into the realm of shadows during the Halloween event and compel every pumpkin to yield its treasure, for only then shall you unlock the coveted "Trick or Treat" achievement! Trick me or treat me, I dont care what you do, just promise to give me a prop or two. But heed this call with valor and style, for the path to glory is paved with choices. Equip thyself with the legendary Halloween Talon skin, and let your presence be known throughout the land! May your hunt be grand, and your victory everlasting! Onward, noble warriors, to triumph and glory!

While weve been steadily propelling Liftoff forward (hello, shiny new racelines!), we know things might seem quieter than usual on the update front. This hasn't been the result of a slacking team! In fact, its quite the opposite, for months weve been cooking up some of the biggest, boldest features in recent years! Without going into details, here's a list of things in production

• A new drone type
• A new pro League tournament bracket system
• Fully customizable drone HUD
• A complete UI overhaul, giving the whole project a fresh look
• A reimagined track builder, rebuilt from the ground up

This update brings a fresh look to our race guides, enhances their path precision, and lets you preview further ahead on your route. We've also tackled a few bugs for better performance and refined drone customization options

Changelist:

• Updated the race guides' visuals.
• Updated the race guides' path generation to be a smoother approximation of the actual flight path.
• Updated the race guides to allow to go further than the next gate. The look ahead value can be adjusted in the game options window.
• Fixed small a memory issue which could cause framerate issues.
• Fixed multiplayer game god mode modifier always being listed in the multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed the Rotor Riot TanQ2 and Dquad Fixation frames to allow the camera angle and additional weight to be adjusted in the drone workbench.
• Fixed the Flite Test Gremlin Boar to allow to adjust the additional weight in the drone workbench.

Race guides

Behold the resurgence of the ancient Lughnasadh harvest festival, a sacred gathering revered since time immemorial. As the first week of August dawns, we honor the Celtic deity Lugus with fervent devotion and homage. Blades spinning A solemn cutting of the first of the corn An offering is made Venture forth during the LuGus festival event and undertake the daring quest to locate and activate all LuGus cubes within a single environment. By conquering this challenge, you'll unlock the coveted "LuGus Fest" achievement. Let's celebrate!

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Luma Quad Co, a renowned Australian FPV company trusted by some of the world's top pilots for their go-to frames. Now, you can enhance your Luma training routine in Liftoff as well!

Changelist

• Added Luma 5 frame.
• Added two action camera mounts for the Luma 5 frame.
• Added a Luma 5 drone configuration.
• Added Liftoff XR-themed skins for the Dquad LXR and Fixation frames and the Rotor Riot TanQ frame.
• Fixed the 'sign in' button in the drone Workbench when attempting to view the list of available skins.
• Updated the drone workbench to adjust the camera angle both from the frame section as well as the camera section. This allows DJI FPV setups to adjust the camera angle on their setup and save it

Also... we released Liftoff: XR Drone

• Pilot a virtual drone anywhere you are!
• Experience the most immersive virtual Line Of Sight experience on the market.
• Enter the virtual realm through the portal and experience FPV flight.
• Simple controls - only VR input devices needed.
• Instantly select and fly a collection of micro drones.
• Spawn virtual objects and targets to practise with.
• Listen to your favourite Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing and Liftoff: Micro Drones soundtracks while flying.

6 E Q U J 5

Spiffy new transmitter art, a cool track item, fresh textures, Ukrainian localization fixes, and a shiny new LuGus Studios logo!

Changelist:

• Power cables leading from the battery to the flight controller on the frame are now displayed on all frames.
• Changed the transmitter art in the calibration system with a new fresh 3D model + using neutral background.
• Added a new track item that can act as a wall or panel in truss structures.
• Updated some textures of older track items to have a more realistic and used look.
• Fixed some Ukrainian localization errors, courtesy of the SBT Localization team.
• Replaced old LuGus Studios logo with the new one.

Dquad Fixation tournament semi-finals concluded!

Lanterns up, lanterns high, Floating in the air, up to the sky. 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. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, and the same can be said for our upcoming in-game event. There are no special features, achievements, or XP points to be earned - just pure beauty waiting to be discovered. ... or as our artist Vincent prophetically proclaimed "Here's some floaty stuff you can chase". Enjoy!

Update alert! Experience more competition with additional A.I. opponents in Surtur and Permafrost races, and enjoy various fixes to enhance your experience.

Changelist:

• Added additional A.I. opponents for races in the Surtur and Permafrost environments.
• Updated the Straw Bale track 01 - Field Day to have the battery recharge and propeller repair stations closer to the ground so hovering is no longer needed.
• Updated personal race ghosts that didn't finish the race to not show in first place in the finish screen.
• Updated personal race ghosts that didn't finish the race to show 'DNF' in their name, rather than '00: 00:000' as their time.
• Fixed a background error when switching in-game level settings in single player from infinite race to another game mode.
• Fixed popup showing when leaving a tournament in the finish screen after a tryout.
• Fixed the single player in-game level selection to not block the 'Play' button if The Drawing Board environment was set as the only favorited environment.
• Fixed some typos.

Dquad Fixaton semi-finals

A small but useful update, addressing minor issues for an improved user experience

Changelist

• Updated: Battery simulation now takes prop size into account, as larger props are more efficient.
• Added: Disabling time synchronization in multiplayer when a drone with illegal parts is used.
• Added: ability to quick tab through rate values in the flight controller settings.
• Fixed: time display discrepancies on leaderboards compared to on-screen time.
• Fixed: resolving memory issues when viewing in-game leaderboards.
• Whitelisting race leaderboards when mods are used (adjustable in the race editor with a toggle) - see text below.
• A system message in the multiplayer chat window will let you know if leaderboard updates are disabled when you play with game mods or with a drone setup that has conflicting parts.
• Fixed issue with player avatars not loading correctly on leaderboards.
• Fixed the idle throttle minimum value being reverted to 0.02 when the value was set to be lower than that in the flight controller settings menu.

Track builders who use mods

Fixation Tournament update

A completely revamped battery simulation and the implementation of a more intricate pro pilot ranking system represent a significant step in Liftoff's ongoing evolution. This 1.6.0 Milestone update incorporates numerous additional features and enhancements, enabling us to further elevate the quality of our simulator. Enjoy!

Changelist

• Completely revamped the battery simulation to be more unforgivingly realistic.
• Added: the bounds of an environment are now visualized with a grid when flying too close. This visualization can be disabled in the game options menu.
• Added: In-game Liftoff Pro ranks are awarded to players when they finish in a top spot. Top spots are visualized on the leaderboards and in the multiplayer game lobby, and the amount of top spots changes based on the amount of participants in the tournament. All previous top spots in completed tournaments will also receive a badge.
• Updated: your multiplayer profile (click on a name in the game lobby to bring up a player's profile) now shows off your earned Liftoff Pro badges.
• Added: In multiplayer, you can now access the relevant multiplayer leaderboards from the pause menu, and interacting with the text ticker in the MP lobby operates similarly.
• Updated: the set of full-screen options in the graphics menu now properly reflects which modes are supported by the platform.
• Liftoff now detects when mods are installed. Competitive features might be disabled when mods are detected. Removing or disabling the mods will make them become active again.
• Updated: added the `Velocity` data stream to the Drone Telemetry feature.
• Fixed: the lighting in the main menu to showcase the drone has been fixed to not be so reflective.
• Fixed: when returning to the main menu from a Free Flight session while walking around to place the drone's spawnpoint, it now shows the drone properly in the main menu again.
• Fixed: the sensor data visualizer can now be toggled on/off again (F9 on the keyboard by default)
• Fixed: the multiplayer lobby would show the 'Fixed drone setup' and 'Battery restriction' game modifiers, even when they were not active.
• Fixed: when the drone spawns in a drone trigger (repair propeller damage, recharge battery, etc.), it would sometimes keep the respective icons flashing on screen, even when the drone was already out of the trigger range.
• Fixed: the Scaling gizmo in the track editor would scale a track item on the wrong axes.
• Fixed: the tournament's tryout recharge timers now properly display when a recharge will actually happen on the server.
• Fixed: Fisheye level-of-detail issue, where switching environments or changing game settings while fisheye was active would cause performance issues.

Gold, Silver and Bronze ranks

New battery simulation

Dquad Fixation Tournament

Through the skies, they swiftly roam, Bringing Easter joy to every home Find all easter eggs in a single environment during the Easter event and unlock the "Easter Egg Hunting" achievement. Have an egg-cellent hunt!

Attention Liftoff Pilots! Collecting coins in Liftoff isn't just a score, it's training our AI to revolutionize FPV flying! Your gameplay is shaping the future of racing and freestyle competitions. Help us replace real pilots with automated drones by mastering the skies in Liftoff. Collect those coins and soar towards the future of FPV! #LiftoffRevolution #AutomatedFPV

Shortly after introducing our community translation tools, we're thrilled to witness the emergence of remarkable community translations. As of now, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese languages are available for subscription on the Steam Workshop. And it seems like Spanish is in the works too. A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated community members whose efforts have made this achievement possible. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3168375593&searchtext= https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3168901618&searchtext= https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3164843493&searchtext= Creators, please feel free to reach out to the team. As community pioneers, we are delighted to present you with a Liftoff Community Award badge as a thank you for your dedication!

Our debut Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing update for 2024 introduces a series of quality-of-life enhancements and features, improving the overal Liftoff Pro League tournament experience, adding a much requested race HUD feature and opening up the possibility for community translations.

Changelist

• Added a dedicated lap timer in the drone's HUD. The lap timer will also flash green/red when you're improving/regressing your best time.
• Added a community localisation/translation feature.
• Added a drone telemetry feature.
• Updated the tournament flow. You can now select a drone from within the tournament menu, without having to register a tryout first.
• Updated starting tryouts in tournaments. At the start of the race, you can pick whether you want to start a practice round, or a tryout session. You can switch between tryouts and practice from the race finish screen.
• Updated ghosts racing with you during tournament practice. If you put down a better score on the leaderboard, it will add that ghost directly as an opponent during the next practice session.
• Updated the tournament information panels where everything is available in foldout menus rather than a dedicated menu per section.
• Added a multiplayer/community terms of service before entering the multiplayer when not using a Liftoff Pro account.
• Updated the 'Show OSD Axis Visualisation' option to be enabled by default.
• Updated some French and Ukrainian lines to properly handle plurals.
• Updated the drone HUD to be centered correctly.
• Fixed issue in the track/race editor where it wasn't possible anymore to edit races of a track that was edited and checkpoints were removed.
• Fixed some drone playback issues for ghosts and in multiplayer where it would seem like some are skipping checkpoints or passing through objects.
• Fixed netting in Paris Drone Festival on macOS while using Metal rendering.
• Fixed the OSD axis visualiser in multiplayer not showing the inputs of other pilots anymore after a drone reset.
• Fixed a collider issue of the suppot beams in the Woodpecker environment.
• Fixed an issue with loading the tournament leaderboards on older tournaments.
• Hopefully fixed an issue where a broken track or race could be selected during a multiplayer game.

Add new translations

Drone telemetry feature

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!

Every winter holiday season, Steam holds the Steam Awards. It's a chance to recognize your favorite games for their achievements. However, as Rock Paper Shotgun pointed out, because these awards rely on public voting, they often end up rewarding mainstream games backed by enormous marketing power rather than some indie gems that do equally impressive things yet dont enjoy the mass media attention. In the past, we used to actively promote the awards within our Liftoff community. However, we soon realised that we were pressuring you, our community, to participate in a system that couldn't truly recognise the unique and niche games you loved. To illustrate this sentiment, this year's results are raising eyebrows among gamers and game press alike. Red Dead Redemption 2, a game that hasn't received any significant updates in the past 2 years, has been awarded the "Labor of Love" award. While it is a fantastic game deserving of much praise (we love it), it seems ironic that, as far as the gaming community is concerned, it is an abandoned project. The huge Rockstar fanbase however shows strength in numbers, simply voting for their favorite game. So rather than just celebrating the popular vote alone, well also reveal our special consideration for the 2023 Labor of Love Award: our community! Together, our virtual pilots have achieved the milestone of logging over 10 million total flight hours in Liftoff. Nearly a decade after its initial release, they've consistently set new records in growth and playtime. In 2023, their dedication resulted in over 3,700 custom community-made pieces of content, contributing to the more than 27,000 workshop items collectively shared over the years, freely available for any other Liftoff pilot to use. They've shared 11,000 virtual drones online and crafted hundreds of kilometers of virtual drone racetracks to fly them on. For us, this signifies an incredible labor of love, and we deeply appreciate our community for it!
To the thousands of new pilots that joined us the past few days. Please be welcome! Join our community on Discord and Facebook!

Just like the previous update, version 1.5.11 of Liftoff introduces a range of enhancements and bug fixes. All these improvements were made based on player feedback, and we're grateful for your ongoing input!

Changelist

• Added: Camera angle synchronisation in multiplayer while spectating.
• Updated: Loading of certain assets should go faster, resulting in faster loading times of maps on systems with slower drives.
• Fixed: Multiplayer drone spawn issue where an active player wouldn't have a drone assigned, which could result in black screens when spectating that player.
• Fixed: In multiplayer infinite race, it no longer shows a message if the player jumped first in the ranking without having a time set.
• Fixed: Drones in multiplayer now spawn at the right location so that they don't appear to glide for a fraction of a second.
• Fixed: Several scroll views on Windows and Linux that were extremely slow.
• Fixed: Bando City environment collisions with trees.

Ticking off a series of items on our list, version 1.5.10 is all about some essential quality-of-life enhancements. We appreciate your valuable feedback and bug reports, these make all the difference!

Changelist

• Fixed drone respawn issue in multiplayer free flight and infinite race for other players. This may also fix some black screen issues if the player was spectating this particular drone.
• Fixed main menu or level loading issues where it was trying to show or use the DJI FPV drone while the parts were not available.
• Fixed issue with the race checkpoint markers jittering when using the Fisheye lens effect.
• Fixed issue with the race checkpoint markers lagging behind the camera's movement.
• Fixed issue where the camera would seemingly spawn for a fraction of a second in a remote location of the map before being properly assigned to a drone.
• Fixed issue with temporary drone settings being carried over when switching drone setups in-game, e.g. camera angle and flight mode.
• Fixed issue with toggling the Fisheye lens effect from the in-game game options menu.
• Fixed issue where the leaderboards wouldn't properly load in the multiplayer game lobby when a race from the Steam Workshop was used and the player still had to load in the data.
• Fixed issue where it would sometimes try to save an empty flight recording.
• Fixed several third person camera issues.
• Fixed several missing French and Ukrainian translation entries.

Lets celebrate this wonderful time together in our 4 weeks in-game holidays event. Discover each snowman nestled in a single Liftoff level during this event to unlock the enchanting "Snow Spotter" achievement! May your days be merry and bright.

Ending the year with flair: a new frame, enhanced multiplayer, an awesome tournament, and thrilling experiments!

Changelist

• Added a "special" version of the popular TanQ frame by Let's Fly RC.
• Updated the multiplayer to support 8 players in a game.
• Updated the multiplayer network activity to be more efficient and adjust dynamically based on the amount of active players.
• Updated the multiplayer so that players experience less loadings and down time.
• Multiplayer game settings can be updated while in-game by the game's host, and players will reload directly into the game's updated settings without having to go back to the game's lobby.
• In multiplayer, the new game settings window also shows the game's chat window so that the host can discuss the changes.
• In multiplayer, players can select their drone setup while in-game. For Classic Race and Dropout Race, the drone setup can be changed in the finish screen.
• In multiplayer, the Classic Race and Dropout Race game modes no longer require the host to start the game and can now be started by any player.
• Updated multiplayer infinite race game mode to stall Liftoff Pro experience events until the player resets the drone as to not disturb or interrupt while flying.
• Updated the drone HUD in multiplayer spectator and in replay to show the drone's speed and altitude as well as the horizon axis.
• Updated the content layout to optimize freeing memory when leaving a level.
• Added A.I. opponents for the official Permafrost races.
• Added a build identifier in the game version to the main menu.
• Added Ukrainian translation for the new tutorial. Thank you SBT Localization team.

TanQ 2

Fixation Tournament continues

Blending real life with virtual worlds!

As we near the end of Fixation Tournament - Chapter 4, we invite you to secure your spot on the leaderboards, as there's only a few hours left! For some inspiration, check out our review video of Chapter 3, highlighting its thrilling moments and gameplay. [previewyoutube=8UXmeABGmkk;full][/previewyoutube] Check out more tournament videos and monthly interviews with some of our best participants here! Once more, this tournament is brought to you by our partner, Dquad! Exciting rewards await those who secure top positions on the leaderboards every month. If you're taking part and eager to share your tournament experience, be sure to reach out to us. You could be our next featured guest in a video!

On Halloween, the spirits fly, Jack-o'-lanterns light up the sky Deceive the sinister pumpkins into offering you their treats in a single eerie realm during the cursed Halloween event to unlock the coveted "Trick or Treat" achievement. And if you want to achieve this in the most diabolical way, make sure to don your sinister Halloween Talon skin and venture into the chilling Night Fever DLC levels! May your hunt be riddled with horror! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020100/Liftoff__Night_Fever/

The Fixation Tournament (learn all about it here), generously sponsored by Dquad, is an absolute blast! The daily showdowns among the elite Liftoff pilots keep us on the edge of our seats! Join us for an exhilarating Chapter 2 review, as we delve into the race results, engage in conversations with Revu, and celebrate once more the victor of both Chapter 1 and 2 GMAN. [previewyoutube=mNRtHIQbYeo;full]https://youtu.be/mNRtHIQbYeo?si=HqhtOEtbpkM2fQwf[/previewyoutube] [previewyoutube=igcnoVbJ_4o;leftthumb]https://youtu.be/igcnoVbJ_4o?si=5Z9gmr8rcLwr_GwE[/previewyoutube][previewyoutube=Xy4hc3TicOk;rightthumb][/previewyoutube]

It's here! Permafrost introduces a cool and refreshing experience to Liftoff; one of the largest and most immersive environments to explore within our simulator to date. For those who had the chance to test Permafrost on the Experimental Branch, you'll be pleased to discover numerous enhancements, including improved optimizations, refinements of existing locations, and an entirely new point of interest. Don't forget to bring your skis!

Changelist

• Added new Permafrost environment.
• Added 3 official races for Permafrost.
• Added the option to save previous recordings after a drone reset.
• Added "Little helper" Steam Achievement
• Fixed issue with loading empty recordings.
• Fixed DJI FPV drone using unsupported flight modes.
• Fixed race or track selection when updating an existing multiplayer game in the game creation settings.

The first chapter of the record-breaking Fixation Tournament (learn all about it here) has concluded, and it was an exhilarating experience! With a tremendous turnout of 390 pilots participating, the first chapter exceeded our expectations. Meanwhile, Chapter 2 of the Fixation Tournament is well underway, boasting 200 participants and a remaining 14 days before completion. Here's how it unfolded: [previewyoutube=W4z_JRknr_g;full][/previewyoutube] What sets the top pilots apart, and what valuable insights can you glean from them to position yourself as a formidable contender in the forthcoming 11 chapters of the Fixation Tournament? Delve into these interviews showcasing some of the standout pilots within the Liftoff community. Get a closer look at GMAN, the Chapter 1 top-ranking pilot, and gain insights from FPV Fly and Revu who are striving to elevate their leaderboard positions to become the next contenders for the coveted top spots. [previewyoutube=f1Q2zk1FBHw;full][/previewyoutube] [previewyoutube=hJlkzU1J6cw;leftthumb][/previewyoutube][previewyoutube=0BMZytgWu0s;rightthumb][/previewyoutube]

We apologize for the recent inconvenience caused by our multiplayer downtime, which affected the experience we aim to provide. Secondly, we extend our gratitude to all of you for your patience and encouragement. Your support during these stressful moments is truly invaluable. Our team has completely reworked the multiplayer framework in just a few days time, in order to get everything up and running as soon as possible. Fingers crossed for a smooth transition!

Changelist

• Fixed: connecting to the Liftoff Pro and multiplayer services!

• Added: the option to save and apply custom rate profiles from the flight controller settings. These are saved game-wide, so you can save the rates for one drone setup and apply them easily unto a different one.
• Fixed: Liftoff would crash if you armed your drone when having the throttle zero-point set all the way to 1.
• Fixed: Joining a room by name wasn't possible if the roomname had the '-' in it (which all Liftoff rooms had by default)
• Fixed: Multiplayer game moderators can't be kicked anymore by the game's host.
• Fixed: Apply the framerate limit from the pause menu didn't apply immediately.
• Fixed: A non-removable popup after changing your Liftoff Pro password in-game.
• Fixed: missing ice lake textures in Surtur.

Special thanks to Jan!

As the drone surveys the field, Lugus' blessings are revealed, The harvest bountiful and fine, We give thanks to Lugus for this divine. 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.

Our new Liftoff environment Permafrost is a cold winter wonderland brimming with interesting locations just waiting for FPV explorers like you to discover. Permafrost is now available for open beta testing, accessible to all Liftoff players! Given the richness and complexity of Permafrost, as it pushes the boundaries in certain aspects, we want to thorough testing it before releasing it into the public version of the game.

Permafrost

How to test

Many of you may have noticed that the multiplayer and competitive features of Liftoff and Liftoff: Micro Drones are currently unavailable. We have been working non-stop, fueled by caffeine and a lot of determination, to bring these features back online as quickly as possible. However, we expect this to be a longer than usual downtime.

What happened?

Pro League tournament

Not all doom and gloom

6 E Q U J 5

Win a year long sponsorship deal and much more!

• Two Fixation frame kits - Ensuring you're always ready for action.
• Four spare arms
• One top plate, one bottom plate, and one main plate
• Two TPU flip fins - Enhancing stability and control during flights.
• Two TPU mounts for Foxeer Micro Lollipop Antennas
• Two TPU camera mounts (with color options)
• Free worldwide shipping
• Alternatively, you can choose a $100 cash prize - We value inclusivity and want to ensure our prizes cater to the diverse interests of our winners.

• Fixation frame kit
• One TPU flip fin, TPU Micro Foxeer Antenna mount and TPU Camera

Win a year long sponsorship deal with Dquad!

Lanterns up, lanterns high, Floating in the air, up to the sky. 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. As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, and the same can be said for our upcoming in-game event. There are no special features, achievements, or XP points to be earned - just pure beauty waiting to be discovered. ... or as our artist Vincent prophetically proclaimed "Here's some floaty stuff you can chase". Enjoy!

With a whir and a buzz, your drone takes to air, To find Easter eggs, hidden everywhere! Find all easter eggs in a single environment during the Easter event and unlock the "Easter Egg Hunting" achievement. Have an egg-cellent hunt!

20.000 Steam Workshop items

Fancy cars Icelandic landscape Camera drone Get ready to take your drone racing experience to the next level with Liftoff: Slipstream's latest update.

Changelist 1.5.5:

• Fixed: fixed drone setups in multiplayer rooms were not applied in-game.
• Fixed issues where audio cues of sustained stunts would continue playing while the menu was open or the score screen was visible.
• Fixed issue where the audio cue and text display of sustained stunts would remain visible and audible.
• Fixed issue where the game triggers did not react properly to the user preference of enabled/disabled visuals.

Changelist 1.5.6:

• Added: vehicles to the Surtur environment as part of the Slipstream DLC.
• Fixed: too many requests retrieving a player's unlocked skins when entering/leaving a multiplayer game.
• Fixed: issue where a multiplayer game could not start if one or more players had blocked each other on Steam.
• Updated: a player can not enter a multiplayer game anymore if one or more players have that player blocked on Steam.
• Updated: when joining a multiplayer game that includes one or more players that you have blocked on Steam, Liftoff will now warn you before you enter the game.

Slipstream DLC

Players of Liftoff have undoubtedly noticed Ukraine listed as one of our new partners in the startup screen of the game. This partnership is not some random political statement, but a reflection of the true alliance we've been cultivating since February last year. Our partnership with Ukrainians has been a two-way street. We have supported various educational organizations in establishing drone schools throughout Ukraine. Weve provided them with our expertise and technology. They have helped us establish connections and even volunteered to translate Liftoff into Ukrainian. We're happy to announce that Liftoff is now available in Ukrainian, thanks to the tireless efforts of the Ukrainian SBT Localization team. Over the past months, they've worked diligently to translate over 12,000 words, a feat made even more impressive by the challenges posed by regular blackouts resulting from attacks on civilian infrastructure. We are incredibly grateful to the SBT Localization team for their hard work and dedication.
The Ukrainian language can now be selected in the the game options or through the "Getting started" menu, offering you a chance to try out a first version of the translation (95% complete) that will be further improved and expanded in future updates.

Changelist v1.5.4

• Added: Ukrainian as a supported language. Some aspects are still untranslated and will de displayed in English.
• Fixed: When finishing a freestyle session while performing a sustained stunt (lawn mower or dive), the audio cue would keep playing.
• Fixed: The level selection background for the Surtur Night Fever environment did not fit well on screen.

Changelist v1.5.3

• Added: custom music playlists now support .mp3 files.
• Optimised: synchronising data in multiplayer is a little more efficient now.
• Fixed: a race replay would not sync up the recordings properly.
• Fixed: race ghosts would spawn and start a little too far ahead.
• Fixed: could not view another player's drone configuration in multiplayer.
• Fixed: custom music playlists not working.
• Fixed: entering a path for custom music playlists now starts playing if it's a valid folder path.
• Fixed: some small memory leaks while fetching leaderboards.
• Fixed: saving a recording before taking off would cause some internal errors.

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day. Find 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event and unlock the "Leprechaun Madness" achievement. Pro tip: rainbows are a lucky charm! ;) May every petal on the shamrock bring you joy and good luck.

Surtur becomes even more magical with the inclusion in the Night Fever DLC. A starry night sky, Icy lakes, and epic northern lights make this the ultimate version of our biggest Liftoff level to date.

Changelist

• Added Surtur Night Fever DLC version.
• Added: option to disable festivity items in levels.
• Updated: the drone selection is now directly available from the pause menu and will reload the drone immediately instead of going out of the level.
• Updated: the custom playlist of the music player now streams the music files from the disk instead of loading and processing the file in one go.
• Fixed: exploit that would allow drone setups with conflicting parts set highscores on the leaderboards. A warning is now shown in the drone selection.
• Fixed: the performance warning popup in the main menu would not be properly cleared.
• Fixed: several small memory leaks of tournaments ghosts.
• Fixed: ghost drones or A.I. opponents would sometimes report the wrong time when completing a race.
• Optimised: the drone selection screen is now a lot more memory efficient.
• Optimised: freestyle and race game modes have had slight internal tweaks to reduce CPU spikes when flying through checkpoints or completing stunts.

Night Fever DLC

Pro League Tournaments

Love is in the air! Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement. Thank you for being being a part of the Liftoff community, we love you all!

Liftoff just got a shot of caffeine! A quickfix update is now available, including a short list of improvements.

Changelist

• Added: report function in multiplayer to report on on toxic players.
• Fixed: the foliage and rocks in Surtur did not receive any shadows.
• Fixed: multiplayer voice chat.
• Fixed: No shader pre-loading is done anymore on Metal and Vulkan rendering as it's not needed. This may save a couple of seconds of loading times and may fix issues loading environments on Vulkan.
• Fixed: The replay selection would not show recordings saved during tournament tryout or practice runs.
• Fixed: The replay selection would not show the correct environment background.

A no-fly zone for negativity.

After a lot of development work spanning half a year, and a period of thorough testing on the Experimental Branch, the long-awaited 1.5.0 Milestone update has finally been released to the public.

Changelist

• Added: Surtur environment. 3 times bigger than all other Liftoff levels combined!
• Added: 4 official racetracks for Surtur.
• Updated: new in-game interactive tutorial.
• Updated: switching to a different game mode, track or race within the same environment in single player will reload the game instantly, without going through a loading screen.
• Added: a couple more Steam achievements.
• Added: test your track and race right from within the track editor.
• Added: a new track item to place the player character position on the track.
• Updated: in the multiplayer lobby, your times are displayed first now in the leaderboard ticker, followed by the top 3 pilots.
• Updated: The game engine received an update. This should include some fixes regarding input latency on Linux while using Vulkan rendering.
• Added: A.I. opponents for The Green Race 06.
• Added: Popup warning when a game shortcut is made outside of Steam. The game now checks whether the connection with Steam has been successfully made and warns the user otherwise.
• Updated: multiplayer service plugin to reduce small memory allocations.
• Updated: the Short Circuit environment to include the Pitlane tournament winner's names on the paddocks.
• Updated: the track editor now provides more feedback to user actions (e.g. popup when saving) and shows proper warnings when leaving when there are unsaved changes.
• Updated: when walking around in the track editor or in free flight, you can adjust the movement speed by scrolling up/down to get across maps faster.
• Updated: the trigger boxes now have a highlight at its outline when touching other objects.
• Updated: the memory footprint has been greatly reduced by loading assets more on a need-to basis rather than always staying in memory. Several textures and audio files have also been updated to require less memory. This reduces the memory pressure by a total of 2GB.
• Updated: the level loading process to perform less full-level scans to find certain objects. This should reduce loading times.
• Updated: on Apple Silicon devices, Liftoff will now run natively instead of through the Rosetta translation layer.
• Fixed: several audio sources in levels would not be correctly linked to their audio volume setting.
• Fixed: a memory leak caused by track items and race checkpoints not being cleaned up properly after leaving a level.
• Fixed: issue where a toggle would incorrectly appear in the freestyle score screen.
• Fixed: the drone HUD of the DJI drone would still be displayed, even if different drone setup was enforced.
• Fixed: not being able to sign in to the multiplayer when the splash/startup screen was skipped.
• Fixed: the Liftoff Pro level value would not display correctly.
• Fixed: a game crash when trying to open a gift box.
• Fixed: a memory leak with lingering server calls.
• Fixed: when finishing a race or freestyle session, the player's flight drone might sometimes be visible in the background.
• Fixed: loading screen messages might sometimes not display properly.
• Fixed: when starting Liftoff on different displays, it might sometimes start with a resolution of 0x0. This should not happen any longer.
• Fixed: the Liftoff Pro credentials file can sometimes get corrupted. This would prevent the player from signing in.
• Fixed: throttle issue that could result in inverse thrust.
• Fixed: when switching to walking in free flight, some drone settings were reset (camera angle, flight mode).

TLDR

We are erupting with excitement to make the next milestone for Liftoff available on the Experimental Branch! Be the first to test out the new Surtur level, tutorial and many new features.

Experimental Branch

Changelist:

• Added: Surtur environment. 3 times bigger than all other Liftoff levels combined!
• Added: 4 official racetracks for Surtur.
• Updated: new in-game interactive tutorial.
• Updated: switching to a different game mode, track or race within the same environment will reload the game instantly, without going through a loading screen.
• Added: a couple more Steam achievements.
• Added: a new track item to place the player character position on the track.
• Updated: in the multiplayer lobby, your times are displayed first now in the leaderboard ticker, followed by the top 3 pilots.
• Updated: Unity engine to version 2021.3. This should include some fixes regarding input latency on Linux while using Vulkan rendering.
• Added: A.I. opponents for The Green Race 06.
• Added popup warning when a game shortcut is made outside of Steam
• Updated: multiplayer service plugin to reduce small memory allocations.
• Updated: the Short Circuit environment to include the Pitlane tournament winner's names on the paddocks.
• Fixed: issue where a toggle would incorrectly appear in the freestyle score screen.
• Fixed: the drone HUD of the DJI drone would still be displayed, even if different drone setup was enforced.
• Fixed: not being able to sign in to the multiplayer when the splash/startup screen was skipped.
• Fixed: the Liftoff Pro level value would not display correctly.
• Fixed: a game crash when trying to open a gift box.
• Fixed: a memory leak with lingering web calls.
• Fixed: when finishing a race or freestyle session, the player's flight drone might sometimes be visible in the background.
• Fixed: loading screen messages might sometimes not display properly.
• Fixed: when starting Liftoff on different displays, it might sometimes start with a resolution of 0x0. This should not happen any longer.
• Fixed: the Liftoff Pro credentials file can sometimes get corrupted. This would prevent the player from signing in.
• Fixed: throttle issue that could result in inverse thrust.
• Fixed: when switching to walking in free flight, some drone settings were reset (camera angle, flight mode).

Surtur

New tutorial

Lets celebrate this wonderful time together in our 4 weeks in-game holidays event. Spot every snowman in a single environment during the holiday event and unlock the "Snow Spotter" achievement. May your days be merry and bright.

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

Extending our partnerships!

Trick me or treat me, I dont 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! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020100/Liftoff__Night_Fever/

Slipstream has been an absolute blast! To celebrate we made a bunch of fixes and improvements, and highlight some of our favourite community videos!

Changelist

• Slipstream synchronisation in multiplayer games has been added. Vehicles should now behave the same for everyone in the multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed issue in the track editor where the terrain wouldn't be visible.
• Fixed issue where the 'Disarm' command did not function properly.
• Fixed issue with the camera noise being too pixelated when the drone was killed due to flying into a water source.
• Fixed issue where the race score screen would freeze when pressing 'Esc' right before the score screen would show.
• Fixed issue in the button mapping screen where a newly assigned button wouldn't show correctly in the menu.

• Fixed issues with the Slipstream level selection thumbnails not showing correctly in the Level Selection menu and multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed issues with the tournaments not loading.
• Fixed issues with drones of other pilots not flying in multiplayer.
• Fixed issue with the multiplayer finish screen not working properly and not sending race times for the leaderboards.

Check these out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2019790/Liftoff__Slipstream/ The long awaited Slipstream DLC is finally here! 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! [previewyoutube=oCh9tyoxeIo;full][/previewyoutube]

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.

• 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

6 E Q U J 5

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!

What better way to celebrate spring than with a good old Easter egg hunt! Find all easter eggs in a single environment during the Easter event and unlock the "Easter Egg Hunting" achievement. Have an egg-cellent hunt!

From now on, learning to fly in a simulator won't only save you money, it will make us money too!

Changelist

• Added Lifterium
• Minor bugfixes

Lifterium explained!

Wishing you a pot of gold this St. Patrick's Day. Find 5 pots of gold in a single environment during this event and unlock the "Leprechaun Madness" achievement. Pro tip: rainbows are a lucky charm! ;) May every petal on the shamrock bring you joy and good luck.

LuGus Studios, creators of the Liftoff drone simulator series, and world-renowned drone manufacturer DJI are teaming up to bring the ultimate FPV drone experience to Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing. As part of a temporary Downloadable Content pack (DLC), the DJI FPV drone and related products are made available to download and fly in the virtual skies of the Liftoff world. This optional DLC is completely free for anyone with a copy of Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing on Steam. The DJI FPV system is a flagship product line created by drone technology innovator DJI. Their new DJI FPV drone system combines the power of first person drone flying with their established hi-tech camera systems. They have achieved this through an unparalleled commitment to R&D, a culture of constant innovation and curiosity, and a focus on transforming complex technology into easy-to-use devices. The team at LuGus Studios will honor those achievements by providing an equally powerful and easy-to-use digital twin. In Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing, DJI FPV fans can now practice flying in normal and manual mode in a safe simulated environment. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1891780/Liftoff__DJI_FPV/

Due to ongoing events in Europe, we have decided to update the name of the "Russian Woodpecker" environment to simply "The Woodpecker". Being set in Ukraine, we felt this was an appropriate name change. We have also decided to stop the ongoing tournament in that level, called "Radio Active" earlier than originally planned. Thanks for understanding. Our thoughts go out to the people affected by these events.

Changelist:

• Fixed: 'Undo' and 'Reset to default' buttons in the Flight Controller Settings menu didn't do anything.
• Fixed: Some drone parts could be built with the wrong skin applied to them.
• Updated: 'The Russian Woodpecker' environment has been renamed to 'The Woodpecker'.

Preparing for some of the next big updates, 1.4.4 irons out a few kinks still standing. Thank you for your feedback!

Changelist

• Fixed: main menu loading stuck at 50% because of a drone loading error.
• Fixed: the music radio in the pause menu didn't show.
• Fixed: multiplayer fixed drone setups not being selectable.
• Fixed: downloading a drone in the multiplayer menu didn't allow to select them in the drone selection.
• Fixed: camera angle restriction on the Dquad LRX frame now has sensible values.
• Updated: adjusted flight controller settings during flight are now immediately applied to the current drone. No more additional reset is required.
• Updated: Immersion RC logo has been updated to the new logo.
• Updated: the Rapid Sightseeing achievement now also requires to finish a race in the Short Circuit environment.
• Systems prepared for the DJI FPV dlc

The Liftoff team is excited to announce an exciting collaboration with the world-renowned drone manufacturer DJI. A virtual version of their flagship DJI FPV drone will become available in Liftoff: FPV Drone racing for a limited time, as a free DLC pack. The DLC contains a fully flyable DJI FPV drone, an authentic HUD, and a virtual twin of the DJI FPV Remote Controller 2. It will be available on the Steam platform on PC, Mac and Linux.

Showing our love to the community, we celebrate valentine in our 3 day in-game event. Collect all the hearts in a single environment during the Valentine's Day event and unlock the "Heart Collector" achievement. Thank you for being being a part of the Liftoff community, we love you all!

A small update with some quick fixes. Read the changelist below:

• Fixed: Black screen issue in multiplayer when a drone reset was requested. This could occur in multiple scenarios (switching between flight/spectator modes, drones resetting in the background, etc.)
• Fixed: Authentication error message where the information was not displayed properly when trying to sign in to a Liftoff Pro account from a different Steam account.
• Fixed: Issue with the tournament management system.
• Added: Additional logging is enabled to track down a rare issue where the room creation would get stuck in the 'Creating room...' state.

Customary when we release a big milestone update are the quick-fix updates that follow soon after. These past few days we've pushed a series of fixes to smooth out the experience further. Thank you so much for your feedback!

1.4.1 changelist

• Fixed: rooms disappearing in the lobby.
• Fixed: Liftoff-logo hanging in infinite race when no bots/ghosts are flying with you.
• Fixed: Night Fever skins not loading in the drone editor.
• Fixed: Soupape V2 antenna weight.
• Fixed: uncolorable skins having custom colors applied anyway.

1.4.2 changelist

• Optimized: removed entities in the game code that could cause CPU spikes.
• Fixed: changing flight mode is now saved between drone resets.
• Fixed: foodstands in the Short Circuit environment don't pop anymore.
• Fixed: the Bluecheese paddock in the Short Circuit environment has its visuals restored.
• Fixed: the button assignment popup now shows the current action being re-assigned again.
• Fixed: some errors in the French translations.
• Removed: the white bar in the multiplayer ranking bar, which visually separates in-game players from players in the lobby, has been removed.
• Fixed: the multiplayer chat did not hiding with the rest of the UI when pressing F1.
• Fixed: the battery now doesn't drain anymore before the start of a race, while waiting for others to start.
• Fixed: issue with multiplayer classic and dropout race not progressing as expected.
• Fixed: the multiplayer 'disconnect' issue where this would happen after a (long) loading time.
• Fixed: Updating an existing item on the Steam Workshop now completes as expected.

Disabled Vulkan on Windows

Celebrating the 7th year of Liftoff development, our latest milestone update is the biggest update for the game to date! Improvements on all fronts should make this the ultimate Liftoff experience. Don't like reading long changelists? We've got you covered!

In short

Lets celebrate this wonderful time together in our 4 weeks in-game holidays event. Spot every snowman in a single environment during the holiday event and unlock the "Snow Spotter" achievement. Best wishes and happy holidays to you all!

We're on fire! The next update for the Experimental Branch is ready, further improving and fine-tuning what is turning into a massive milestone update (1.4.0). Your feedback has made all the difference, thank you so much! We are not quite ready yet to push this to the public, we are doing another round of testing on the Experimental Branch, making sure our latest changes and improvements are ready for prime time in the very near future. As always, feedback is needed and much appreciated!

Changelist:

• Added: all changes in v1.3.15 have been imported in the Experimental Branch.
• Added: different rates models (Betaflight, RaceFlight, Actual, Quick, KISS). These are all available in the flight controller settings menu.
• Added: show/hide propellers in view is available in the game options menu.
• Added: enable and customise propwash effect in the game options menu.
• Added: battery sagging when battery simulation is enabled.
• Added: disarm drone option in the button setup window.
• Added: new model for ground effect simulation.
• Updated: while in first-person view, certain parts that would clip with the camera are now hidden.
• Updated: PID tuning has been made easier when A.I. tune is off.
• Fixed: multiplayer not starting for race and dropout race.
• Fixed: game startup issue for players coming from the main version.
• Fixed: the Halloween event would bug out when a pumpkin was found.
• Fixed: weight values of the AK Mistral and Dquad LRX frames.
• Fixed: propeller damage and collision model when godmode is disabled.
• Fixed: oscillations during turtle mode and launch control.
• Fixed: some propeller visualisation and sound artefacts.
• Fixed: frame drops after a few minutes of playing.
• Fixed: flight controller settings menu in Bando City had different scaled panels/windows.
• Fixed: startup issue for Apple M1 systems.

Reminder

Trick me or treat me, I dont 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. have a great hunt!

To celebrate the release of our new game Midnight Protocol we've added 2 Midnight Protocol themed frame skins to Liftoff. Midnight Protocol is a tactical narrative-driven RPG with unique keyboard-only controls. It's available now on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux. We hope you like it as much as we enjoyed hacking it together. Check out our Midnight Protocol trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEDUfoQIHBk

Changelist:

• Added: Midnight Protocol and Binary skins for the Dquad Addiction frame.
• Updated: finding all event props in a level during timed Festival (Halloween, Easter, Cristmas, etc.) events now grants you experience.
• Fixed: drone spawn positions could flip drones upside down in specific situations.

The smell of burning rubber, the roaring of engines, the sound of screaming drones... Liftoff: Slipstream brings a new layer of excitement to Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing! As an answer to the new trend in FPV racing and freestyle, Liftoff: Slipstream adds vehicles for you to chase in a multitude of Liftoff environments: a time trial on Short Circuit, a drag race in Bando City, mining trucks going about their business in The Pit. All of this and more in this DLC pack. Liftoff: Slipstream will be available as an optional DLC pack for Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing on Steam, in early 2022. Stay tuned for more information soon!

We'll be honest: today your favorite sim developer is taking a day off for its tenth birthday. But until yesterday, we were hard at work on a new update for Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing and it's a biggie! However, with great changes comes great buggability... update 1.4.0 is not one we're just going to release into the wild straightaway. It'll be spending some time acclimatizing on the Experimental Branch first. If you want to get a sneak peek (and provide us with much-valued feedback), [url=read how to access the Experimental Branch here]read how to access the Experimental Branch here. Once we're confident about the stability and polish of these changes, they will be moved to the main game version.

What to expect?

1.4.0 change list

• Updated: flight controller - relies less on Unity's built-in physics and increases performance. [olist]
• The new Liftoff flight controller has an A.I. PID tune feature that adjusts itself based on the system's performance for a perfectly tuned setup in light. Manual tuning is also still possible.
• It relies a lot less on Unity's physics system, greatly decreasing the time required for physics and collision resolutions, freeing up more time for rendering and increasing overall FPS.
• Fixed: the throttle is now more responsive
• Support for multiple rate models. More models can be added later on. [/olist]
• Updated: Unity engine - better rendering and code performance.
• Updated: Single player Infinite Race now has bots that continue flying, thereby behaving more like a multiplayer game.
• Updated: players in a multiplayer game show up in the player bar on the right as soon as they join, instead of only upon entering the level
• Updated: all multiplayer menus have been merged together into a single menu, removing several loading screens between joining, creating and browsing multiplayer games.
• Updated: the "old school" level selection menu now allows you to directly select the drone, removing a loading screen.
• Updated: all interactable UI elements have been made more consistent across menus and levels. Many elements now have an additional highlight to emphasize the selected element.
• Updated (macOS-only): re-enabled voice chat. Before voice chat can be used, it will need to request microphone access. You can do so in the audio settings menu.
• Added: macOS M1 platform support. The mac build contains a hybrid app which should run natively on both Intel and M1 platforms.
• Added: search bar for tracks and races during multiplayer room creation.
• Added: As a result of rendering optimizations, propellers can now once again remain in view (on supported rendering APIs, see next point.)
• Fixed: On supported rendering pipelines (DirectX, Metal and Vulkan), the rendering distance is now fixed instead of dynamic.
• Fixed: some frame parts referenced the wrong weight data
• Fixed: the Night skin of the KHole frame had some colors not working as intended.
• Fixed: the pause menu could become unresponsive when the menu was closed during a dropdown selection.
• Fixed: drone trails now properly reset during a race, whereas before they would show a big jump from the previous positions.
• Fixed: the field of view option is now consistent between menus and in-game controls.
• Fixed: dropdown labels that were too long would not slide back to their original position.
• Removed: the 'Display' option from the graphics menu since it's internally broken on the engine-side.
• Removed: support for 32bit Windows and Linux versions of Liftoff.

The team is working hard on the next milestone update for Liftoff, but we did not want to keep you waiting for some quick fixes for recently reported bugs. Thank you to all who continue to share bug reports and feedback!

Changelist

• Fixed issue with not restoring the drone configuration after playing a fixed spec game in a tournament or multiplayer.
• Fixed infinite reset issue an untracked drone copy would trigger the reset mechanism.
• Fixed issue with sliding labels in dropdowns not returning to their position.
• Fixed issue with closing the in-game menu when the Quit-prompt is on screen when pressing ESC on the keyboard.
• Fixed issue with the camera noise not being forced on in multiplayer games or tournaments when set as a game modifier.

Next Milestone update in the works

Blades spinning A solemn cutting of the first of the corn An offering is made We bring back the age old Lughnasadh harvest festivial, a celebration held on the first week of August, dedicated to the celtic god Lugus. Find and harvest (activate) all LuGus cubes in a single environment during the LuGus festival event to unlock the time limited "LuGus Fest" achievement. In addition, join our Lughnasadg tournament on the Liftoff Pro League and get an exclusive behind the scenes reveal of our next Liftoff update. Let's celebrate!

The team at LuGus Studios has been hard at work to bring you this latest update! We know we have been spoiling you the past few years, but wait until you see what we have in store now!

Changelist

• Added a cow to Straw Bale

Enjoying the HangarC03 and The Green revamp? There's more! Update 1.3.12 introduces a massive upgrade to the Liftoff Arena, featuring 3 interior floors to explore. On top we introduce battery spec racing features to the multiplayer.

Changelist:

• Updated Liftoff Arena to have interior spaces to explore. The Night Fever version has been updated too.
• Added: Multiplayer battery specification restrictions. The room host can set up a restriction to only use drone setups that have a certain type of battery (based on the amount of cells). Multiplayer rooms can be filtered on this restriction.
• Updated: Camera angle limits in the workbench are now based on a per-frame basis, rather than on per-camera part basis.
• Updated: Some frames now have access to different camera parts and restricted for others that would or wouldn't realistically fit on the frame.
• Updated: Removed the need for selecting a track first when playing a race game mode. The selected race will infer the track.
• Updated: Significantly reduced build size for Liftoff - Night Fever (from 9.5GB to 3GB). This also reduces update sizes for people having this DLC pack installed.
• Fixed: Leaving a level with certain custom tracks would make the game hang in the loading screen or a black screen.
• Fixed: Some drone setups would still get build with skins that the player didn't unlock yet.
• Fixed: The drone in the main menu now switches to the correct model when starting the game if a custom drone setup is selected.
• Fixed: If the ghost mode in the game settings was set to None, replays would not load correctly.
• Fixed: When viewing a player's information in the multiplayer waiting room, the custom content information shown would switch to something else.
• Fixed: When joining a room by name that is full or doesn't exist, the popup showing wouldn't do anything and block the game from backing out.

LuGus Studios, creators of the Liftoff brand of drone simulators, are announcing the latest instalment in the series. Liftoff: Micro Drones is an experience dedicated to the micro drone class. Liftoff: Micro Drones focuses on indoor flights with tiny drones that fit in the palm of your hand. At this scale, even an everyday living room becomes a fascinating aerial playground that is begging to be explored. Inspired by years of community feedback and suggestions, Micro Drones, like previous Liftoff games, will feature both singleplayer and multiplayer experiences, fully customisable drone setups, and a trademark focus on realistic flight experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98ESbj3Koss&feature=emb_title https://store.steampowered.com/app/1432320/Liftoff_Micro_Drones/

Ready to become a dogfighting legend? Update 1.3.11 introduces a brand new Dropout Race mode to the multiplayer, and makes the classic race mode better than ever. Quicker races, less loading screens, more excitement! The ultimate simulator for any self-respecting FPV racer, just got even better. May the best pilots win! :D

Changelist

• Added: Dropout Race multiplayer game mode.
• Updated: The classic and Dropout Race multiplayer game modes can be directly restarted from the results screen. This reduces the amount of time spent in menus and waiting for the next game.
• Updated: In classic race multiplayer game mode, joining players can now directly enter the game and will be picked up as a racer the next time the race begins.
• Updated: Giving other players a thumbs up is now done in the race score screen.
• Updated: Added another initialisation pass when loading a level to reduce stutters when taking off the first time.
• Updated: Added several visual states for players in multiplayer to denote whether a player was crashed, gave up, timed out, etc.
• Updated: Added an 'eye'-icon next to the name of the player you're spectating.
• Updated: When finishing a race in a tournament now directly shows the leaderboard in the results screen.
• Fixed: A long-standing bug in the real-time ranking. Players would sometimes jump up in the ranking during a race when they finished a lap, while they were still behind other players.
• Fixed: A visual glitch in multiplayer where the camera would have it's position reset in the level when switching spectator or returning to the current drone.
• Fixed: A bug during drone building in a multiplayer game where it could get interrupted and player drones would not get visualised.

You may have seen the news float around the internet already, but well soon be releasing a brand new title: Midnight Protocol. Weve been working on this project for the last couple of years, and were very excited to show you our brand new trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEDUfoQIHBk Midnight Protocol is a tactical, narrative-driven RPG where you play as Data, a hacker trying to find out who doxxed them. To fully immerse you in the mind and body of a hacker, Midnight Protocol is controlled 100% by your keyboard. You hack your way through networks by typing commands. Leech cash from your targets, Cloak yourself so the network doesnt trace your signal, and open new pathways by paying the Troll Toll -- Midnight Protocol offers a fresh and accessible spin on hacking. If that sounds as exciting to you as it does to us, please wishlist Midnight Protocol on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1162700/Midnight_Protocol/ And thats not all! To celebrate the new trailer and announcements, were working on these awesome Midnight Protocol frame skins to be used in Liftoff! Well update you once theyre ready to be redeemed for the low price of free. And of course, we will continue supporting Liftoff in the same way weve always done over the past few years.

We hope you've all enjoyed the Dquad Addiction in update 1.3.9... but we're not yet finished with Dquad :) This latest update adds the agile Dquad LXR frame, and includes a few smaller additions and fixes too. With this latest addition Liftoff now features 30 unique frames to pick from!

CHANGELIST

• Added: Dquad LXR Frame.
• Added: Soupape V2 Antenna.
• Added: Dquad LXR blueprint setup.
• Fixed: Blurry main menu backgrounds of the Hangar C03 environment.
• Fixed: Workbench hide UI feature would still show the outer ring of the selected part.
• Fixed: Audio trigger blocks in the Track Editor now have their audio clip correctly assigned to the 'Effects' volume group.

DQUAD LRX

Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is today's Daily Deal on Steam, offering the biggest discount for the game to date! Liftoff fans who own the game already have something to be excited about too: we're running a Double XP event simultaneously. Playing Liftoff will earn you double the amount of XP points in-game. A free Pro Account is required to earn XP and unlock gift boxes. The event runs from 10am pacific 3/14 to 10am pacific 3/16. Enjoy!

Content galore! We're introducing the Dquad Addiction as the next frame to enjoy in Liftoff, among many other things in this update.

Changelist

• Added: Hangar C03 Night Fever variant.
• Added: Dquad Addiction Frame.
• Added: Soupape antenna.
• Added: Dquad Addiction blueprint setup.
• Added: 5 post-apocalyptic frame skins to unlock in giftboxes
• Updated: Hangar C03 main menu background.
• Fixed: subscribing to player-created content in multiplayer.
• Fixed: while walking around in the Free Flight game mode, the original drone would still show in the placement overlay.
• Fixed: reset password menu now allows more characters in the username/e-mail field for those with long e-mail addresses.
• Fixed: container pop-in issue in the Hangar C03 environment.
• Fixed: some performance issues in the Hangar C03 environment.

Dquad Addiction

Night Fever update

With this massive upgrade to the HangarC03 environment, we welcome you to the workplaces of the clumsiest container yard crew ever! Their mistakes will become your favorite industrial FPV playground, in an area over 4 times bigger than the original. Discover hidden passageways among the containers, powerloop impressive cranes and try your luck mere inches above the water. We're excited!

Changelist

• Added: Hangar C03 revamp.
• Added: new official Track and Race for The Green (06 - The Nineteenth Hole). Thank you Simon Hirst!
• Updated: content settings to reduce the patch size for future updates.
• Fixed: floating golfballs in The Green.
• Fixed: selecting a different date in the leaderboard selection of official races only showed the latest leaderboard available.
• Fixed: festivity items would sometimes not show up on their set date.
• Fixed: overall sound and music volume for the Getting Started menu is reduced.
• Fixed: sound effects in environments are now properly linked to their sound group and can be adjusted again in the audio options menu.

Ever wondered how Liftoff achieves the most authentic FPV sim experience, and why it doesn't have a gravity slider? The Liftoff brand aims to provide the most advanced and detailed drone simulation systems on the market. Our authentic flight behavior and physics form the foundation of all Liftoff products and are the result of dozens of simulated systems working together. We made a page dedicated to explaining all of the intricate details of these simulations

Read all about it here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euCd8GAVxZQ We can all agree that 2020 was challenging, and though nothing can fix what was broken this year, we do hope that Liftoff made it just a little bit better for you all. The Liftoffteam stays committed to making Liftoff bigger and better each year and by that we mean not just the software, but also the community that surrounds it.

The community

The game(s)

What will 2021 bring?

What if we told you we made one of the best Liftoff environments even better? The Green got a bit of an update, adding a landmark watertower and an extensive event area, adding new layers to an already exciting environment. We can't wait to see you explore our mini-level within a level :) On top1.3.7 brings a bunch ofimprovements, additions and bug fixes.

Changelist

• Updated The Green:it now contains a watertower, event area and a few other details. (also updated in theNight Fever DLC!)
• Updated: All tracks and races have been given a proper and unique name.
• Added: 5 new Cyber-themed frame skins and 70 new propeller skins can be unlocked through Gift Boxes in the Workbench.
• Fixed: RC Rates and RC Expo are now uncoupled between pitch and roll.
• Fixed: Paris Drone Festival street collision issue.
• Fixed: Throttle Mid would produce wrong results when setting it to a value of 100.
• Fixed: The G# music block note now has the correct soundbyte.
• Updated: The Ummagawd Remix frame has been assigned the Ummagawd Corp. brand.
• Updated: Dropdowns with values that can't fit in the text box will now slowly scroll the name horizontally.
• Added: A full-screen dropdown option has been added in the graphics menu. Players on the Windows platform can now select more options to select what best fits their needs.

17th December is a date to remember! IUDRO - The University Drone Racing Company has been preparing for pure awesomeness! Check out the amazing IUDRO eSport Series stream announcement trailer below The Liftoff team is extremely excited about these upcoming competitions and we look forward to sharing this adventure with you all. We can't wait! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT0Nmy-ROms

Joshua Bardwell asked the Liftoff team if we could fix his fence. We were not entirely sure what he meant by that, so we potentially fixed it by breaking it. ;) Hopefully that can't be said of the other aspects included in this update, as we continue to work on improvements and fixes for the game. Here's what's included:

Changelist

• Updated: The replay selection now shows the freestyle score instead of the time value when looking for freestyle recordings.
• Updated: Score values per stunt are now also saved in the recording.
• Updated: When watching a recording in which stunts were performed, the score per stunt is now shown as well.
• Updated: When watching a recording, the drone LED and trail color are now set to the color as it was on the drone rather than a predefined color.
• Updated: Fence in Bardwell's Yard lost a rail as shown in thisvideo.
• Updated: The manual controller calibration panel has been updated visually to be more consistent in style.
• Updated: The manual controller calibration panel now shows the current axis value, so you don't have to guess it's values anymore.
• Updated: The personal ghosts opponents during race now show their name along with their race time, so you know which is which.
• Fixed: Drone selection in multiplayer is now visible again after having a level being loaded.
• Fixed: The LIFTOFF! message now correctly disappears in multiplayer infinite race when spectating a player when the countdown wasn't finished yet.
• Fixed: The drone didn't spawn properly in the Getting Started menu when calibrating your controller.
• Fixed: An input binding popup was visible by default when entering the input binding phase in the Getting Started menu.
• Fixed (potentially): Black screen issue after leaving a level. Looking for confirmation!

Our yearly Halloween tradition has started, 10 pumpkins can be found in each Liftoff environment! This year we are awarding 10 in-game gift boxes to 3 fans who make the most creative Halloween screenshot in Liftoff. Want to participate? Create one or more fun Liftoff screenshots, share them on Facebook and tag Liftoff in your post, alternatively upload your Halloween screenshot on the Steam Community Hub and add the tag #HalloweenHunt as a comment. You have until the 6th of November to submit your screenshot. A free Liftoff Pro Account is required to win the in-game gifts. Have fun! On top of that, we are releasing a small quickfix update for the game. For those worried about big downloads, its only 15mb in size ;)

Changelist

• Fixed: The Liftoff dude not being visible.
• Fixed: Sharing your drone didn't properly save the Steam ID to the file after leaving the Workbench. This prevented selecting the 'Fixed drone setup' game modifier in multiplayer rooms.
• Fixed: In multiplayer free flight, when sending a chat message would send you to walking mode with the default keybindings.
• Fixed: some missing French translations for added messages since the 1.3.0 update.

Third time's the charm, take two. After the massive 1.3 milestone update, we'd already done a lot of work patching up little oversights and glitches. Of course, as always, some stuff got overlooked or was so crazily specific it couldn't immediately be reproduced. 1.3.4 has another load of fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Once again, thanks for every one's diligent reports! They're a lifesaver!

CHANGE LIST

• Fixed multiplayer color picker not saving the selected color.
• Fixed issue where player level in Multiplayer waiting room was displayed as "0".
• Fixed multiplayer chat messages being stacked on each other.
• Fixed black patches on terrain with OpenGL rendering on macOS.
• Fixed drone swarm animation in Hannover (Night Fever variant) where it wasn't oriented properly.
• Fixed battery charge indicator UI not showing when starting a Multiplayer room with the 'Force battery simulation' option turned on.
• Fixed issue in the Workbench that would slow it down incredibly when selecting parts too fast.
• Fixed issue with certain tracks not being able to load. Invalid track items are now silently ignored.
• Fixed several track items not being placed under the same category in the Track Builder.
• Fixed several checkpoint highlight effects in the Track Builder.
• Fixed drone in the input calibration menu not being shown properly when entering the scene without a controller connected.
• Fixed issue where drone selection screen would show an empty lineup in certain circumstances
• Updated: the drone selection screen will now default to your currently selected drone, if it is found in that lineup.

V1.3 was a massive internal update for the entire Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing project. As anyone who's ever worked in software development can testify, one huge fix tends to create three small bugs. Thanks to the many reports, support messages and forum posts we received from all you over the past few weeks, we managed to pinpoint (and fix!) a whole host of issues. Because we wanted to return to a completely stable experience as fast as possible, we have been rolling out these fixes gradually, starting with the most pressing issues. In fact, if you've played Liftoff recently, you've already been playing 1.3.1 or 1.3.2, because we're sneaky like that. However, since we didn't want to swamp you in technical update news, we decided to bundle several of these small bug fixes into one post, along with the release of the latest 1.3.3. Note: apart from bug fixes and some improvements, these updates also allow you to pick a more modern rendering API if your system supports it. Read all about it here.

1.3.3 UPDATE NOTES

• Added Vulkan rendering mode for Windows.
• Added a search bar to the level, Multiplayer leader board and Tournament selection screens, to quickly search through content.
• The blackbox tuning tool is now active by default when doing a Test Flight from the Workbench.
• The blackbox tuning tool has been given a facelift and is now properly visually integrated in the Drone HUD.
• Updated the personal leader boards in the level selection menu for race and freestyle game modes.
• Reduced standard build size from 17GB to 12GB.
• Reduced operational memory footprint.
• Moved Night Fever content to a different folder to prevent file name issues on non-case sensitive file systems.
• Fixed: level selection, Multiplayer leader board selection and Tournament selection screens are now properly populated again after having been in an environment before.
• Fixed: when entering the Workbench to open gift boxes, not having any boxes now correctly sends you directly to the drone editing mode.
• Fixed: the loading indicator in the Replay selection screen would sometimes remain visible, even if it wasn't loading anymore.
• Fixed: scroll speed in many dropdowns on Windows and Linux has been sped up and should be usable now.

1.3.2 UPDATE NOTES

• Resolved multiplayer stuttering issues (a default drone is now visualized when another player joins in the game. Assets of other drones are only loaded once you reset yours.)
• Correct representation of actual room environment variant (We were wondering why Night Fever was suddenly SO popular.)
• Internal rework of Multiplayer in-game activity. It should better represent the other players' statuses.
• Updated the loading status bar to include a new state and added actual loading progress of each individual step.
• Fixed: Multiplayer Free Flight walking spawn positions are now properly patched through to other players.
• Fixed: the player's level was visually cut off in the Tournament selection menu.
• Fixed: Couldn't take off in multiplayer race.
• Fixed: Night Fever label being visible in the replay selection menu when it shouldn't be.
• Fixed: Screen flashing during loading.

1.3.1 UPDATE NOTES

• Custom music player preference is now toggled off by default.
• Added some extra information in the game log file. Knowing which version of the game is running should make support requests easier.
• Fixed: removed a floating grey box in the level selection screen.
• Fixed: the player's level was visually cut off in the level selection menu.
• Fixed: Incorrect depth of field effect while flying in third person.
• Fixed: third person camera smoothness.
• Fixed: black screen issue in multiplayer when spectating a player that quit to the main menu.
• Fixed: Night Fever toggle being visible in the multiplayer room creation when the player didn't have access to Night Fever content.

***Thanks to a quick community response we've discovered and fixed some issues with the update. However since the building and uploading process can take a while, we have temporarily reverted the game back to the previous 1.2.11 version, so everyone can continue playing without any issues. As soon as our 1.3.0 fixes are ready, we'll push the update LIVE again. Thank you for your understanding!***

Waiting for the right moment

What does not kill you

What's next

v1.3 Change list

• Engine update from version 5.6 to 2018.4. Oof.
• Major code reworks of some essential Liftoff systems to increase stability and optimize memory usage.
• Content management systems update: optimized loading and memory usage: - Tracks now only load those track items actually needed by the track, instead of all of them. - Drone setups now load faster and memory usage is optimized. - Race AI opponents are now generated locally instead of downloaded from the Liftoff Pro service.
• Updated physics to 4.0, as previously featured on the Experimental Branch. - Updated drag model to be more accurate based on the exact setup of the drone. - Some skins now have an impact on the drag behavior. This is visualized with an icon next to the skin in the Workbench. - More about what's included in Physics 4.0 and how it affects the flight behavior of your drone can be found here and here.
• Added Replay feature. Save your flights and watch them whenever you want: - In Free Flight and Infinite Race, after a drone reset, your flight recording can be saved in the Pause menu. - In Race and Freestyle, you can save your recordingin the finish screen orafterwards in the Pause menu.
• Added Russian Woodpecker Night Fever environment variant (for owners of the Night Fever DLC pack).
• Updated the Minus Two environment to make it perform significantly better.
• Added third person spectator option to multiplayer.
• Added Metal rendering support on Mac.
• Added Vulkan rendering support on Linux.
• Updated the loading screen to show what's happening in the background and changed the loading background image depending on which level is being loaded.
• First/Third person camera mode is now saved and applied on every time a flight session is started.
• Added action in the button setup menu to skip the current music track.
• Added a lap counter in regular race below the race timer.
• Added some highlight colors to selectable UI elements.
• Added best race lap during multiplayer race next to the player avatar icon like it is in infinite race.
• Added a system info log at during start so the Liftoff team can quickly discover any hardware issues during support requests.
• Added caching of assets related to the player's drone throughout the game to speed up loading times.
• Added a shortcut to the Workbench panel in the Main Menu to quickly jump to opening any gift boxes you have instead of going through the drone selection menu first.
• Updated the drone HUD to allocate less memory, reducingframe hitches.
• Updated the drone HUD horizon line to be restricted tothe side-bars.
• Updated the 'Test Flight' option in the Workbench to use the Quick Play setup panel.
• Updated several game options so that they can be toggled on/off without needing to reload the current level.
• Updated multiplayer race drone controls after finish. Your drone now remains controllable for a few extra seconds before switching in spectator mode.
• Updated part selection controls in the drone Workbench. The scrollbar now navigates along with the selected part.
• Updated the loading labels for the drones in the drone selection to have crisper text rendering.
• Updated the multiplayer chat window to always be visible during a multiplayer race.
• Updated the multiplayer player labels on the right to be always visible. The currently spectated player will now be shown in bold.
• Updated the multiplayer drone background loading. Performance spikes when a player joins the room should be eliminated.Slight frame spikes may still occur during the Free Flight and Infinite Race game modeswhen another player joins in the level flying, as assets are loaded in the background.
• Updated several tracks to feature some more track items.
• Updated the custom music feature to be more clear about what kind of songs it supports as well as where to locate the files.
• Updated the difficulty of the A.I. opponents to be more challenging when no previous race time was recorded for that race.
• Updated the level selection to show a toggle for Night Fever environments instead of a dropdown.
• Fixed Citrix Workspace crash on Windows platforms.
• Fixed issue in the HangarC03 environment where the floor tile would drop out from under you.
• Fixed bugs in multiplayer regarding spectating other players after multiple drone resets.
• Fixed issue with a floating antenna on the Armattan Gecko frame.
• Fixed the community panel in the main menu to always rotate away when entering the menu.
• Fixed a broken skybox in the Liftoff Arena environment.
• Fixed the weight of the Action Cam to better match that of a Go Pro 4.
• Fixed issues with erroneous 'Not all skins for this drone setup are available' label in the drone selection.
• Fixed the track lines in Bardwell's Yard Race 03.
• Fixed bug that would adjust the FOV when pausing Liftoff.
• Fixed bug that would cause a black screen after a freestyle sessions was finished, when a drone was being reset in the background.
• Fixed bug in the level selection that would be caused by selecting using the keyboard.
• Fixed issues with some parts being scaled to 0 in combination with some frames.
• Fixed several instances of multiplayer spectator weirdness (drone HUD turning on for a brief moment when switching players, etc.)
• Fixed issue where spectating a player in multiplayer infinite race before arming the dronewouldn't allow that player to start the race again.
• Fixed unnecessary quick black screen fade in the main menu when starting the game while the drone is being loaded.
• Fixed Ambient Occlusion not being applied properly when it was turned off when entering a level, then turning it on in the graphics settings.
• Removed the FatShark goggle animation.

The release of Physics 4.0 on the Experimental Branch was a massive success. You have tried our improvements and shared valuable feedback with us. You all seem to have a great time with the physics improvements! We couldn't be happier with the result. Nonetheless the team at LuGus Studios saw room for improvements, thanks to some suggestions from dedicated testers. Those improvements are added today in the form of Liftoff Physics 4.0+, an iteration on the previous physics 4.0 with a strong focus on the "lift" factor, adding yet another layer to the most detailed FPV simulator system on the market. Read all about it in our dedicated development blog here.

Test results needed!

Let us know!

• Does Physics 4.0+ feel better than Physics 4.0?
• Are our latest changes an improvement to what was available in Liftoff these past few years?
• Do you feel something is still missing?

As you read this, this month's Kwad Boxes are being packed and will be shipping to subscribers shortly. Liftoff fans should be excited about this one as this edition contains all kinds of Liftoff goodies, including some exclusive in-game rewards. Though we don't want to soil the secret just yet, we can't wait to show you all some behind-the-scenes unboxing pictures, soon as our box arrives at the studio. No point denying it: the team at LuGus Studios is super excited about this.

WHAT IS KWAD BOX?

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

I MISSED OUT! :(

Enjoying freestyling the newly pimped Bando City? We have an exciting challenge for you! Zoroe is organising a freestyle video contest that can earn you a place in the spotlight! Create an awesome freestyle video featuring some of Zoroe's awesome graffiti art in Bando City. The best submissions will be featured in his next video and will be rewarded with the Night Fever DLC! To enter the challenge, create an awesome freestyle video and edit it however you want. Most of all we want to see you have fun with it! Upload the result on YouTube and send a link to your video to OCDhobby@gmail.com For more details, make sure to check our Zoroe's video below. [previewyoutube=B3_et8FDwvE;full]https://youtu.be/B3_et8FDwvE [/previewyoutube]

A fun little update dedicated to the wonderful pilot and artist Zoroe

Changelist

• Added graffiti art in Bando City and the Workbench by Zoroe
• Fixed issue with a propeller name that could cause errors in the Workbench.
• Fixed issue with the sky haze in the background of some environments.
• Added code redeem feature in the Liftoff Pro account panel.
• Added new unlockable skins for the Skyliner, Vega and AK Mistral frames

Zoroe

Physics 4.0 available for testing!

We are thrilled to announce that, after a long phase of testing with eminent members of the community, Liftoff Physics 4.0 has been released on an Experimental Branch, and is available for public testing! Find out more about this Experimental branch and how to participate.

What is new?

• Drag (sometimes referred to as air resistance) has been reworked to be a lot more accurate by using the actual drone aerodynamic profile rather than an approximation;
• Idle motor speed is configurable in the flight controller settings;
• Pitch and Roll RC rates can be tuned independently from each other.

An improvement for Racers andFreestylers?

Double XP Week

The Team Mistral AK is here, and we want you to fly it! See you on the race tracks!

Changelist:

• Added AK Frame Team Mistral
• Added Hypetrain Cricket
• Added Hypetrain LeDribV2
• Added Hypetrain Vortex
• Added Hypetrain Blaster 1800kv
• Fixed issue with some assets in the Night Fever versions of The Green and Bando City

The AK frame

Physics 4.0 revealed!

Update 1.2.9 includes a few fixes and marks the start of a long list of performance updates we are planning for Liftoff. Stay tuned for more!

Changelist:

• Improved batching and rendering (performance) in Russian Woodpecker environment.
• Fixed a bug in the drone OSD that could create lag spikes
• Fixed issue with tournaments that have no LPL tryout limit.
• Fixed issue that prevented the creation of Russian Woodpecker LPL tournaments.

PAX East success!

International Liftoff Championship news

The new Russian Woodpecker level has received universal love from all of the community and we couldn't be more grateful for that. Thank you all for the encouraging words! Nonetheless there's always room for improvements. With update 1.2.8 we have a few fixes ready, and a few fun feature additions too ;)

Changelist

• Fixed an issue that made The Green unplayable.
• Fixed an issue with the goggle animation playing underground in Russian Woodpecker.
• Fixed an issue with the topdop view of Russian Woodpecker in the Track builder.
• Fixed a blur effect in the finishscreen of Russian Woodpecker
• Fixed an issue that prevented RussianWoodpeckerRace01 to be selected in Multiplayer.
• Updated the textures for the Borrum and Skyliner frames.
• Added description to the "Russian Woodpecker" in the level selection menu
• Added "Turtle mode" feature. (Press "T")
• Added "Launch control" feature.
• Changed standard button for "Rewind" to "Y".

Turtle mode

Launch Control

A big update with a short changelist: "Russian Woodpecker environment added" It's finally here, the long awaited Russian Woodpecker level. A paradise for the freestyle fans among you, yet a lot of race opportunities on the ground level. We can't wait to see your many dive challenges, freestyle videos and track creations on there! [previewyoutube=NuZkBH0NWZY;full]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuZkBH0NWZY [/previewyoutube]

Level performance

The free weekend is finally here, we are excited to grow the community of Liftoff pilots! Liftoff is now completely free to try for 3 days (Friday 14th 2020 at 10AM PST to Sunday 16th 2020 at 10AM PST). If you consider buying Liftoff to continue playing after the free weekend, its available to purchase at an exceptional discount price during this free weekend.

Sharing the love!

Haven't had the chance yet to play Liftoff? Unsure if its your kind of simulator? We are convinced it is, and that's why we give you a chance to try it out for free! We are having a Free Weekend from Friday 14th 2020 at 10AM PST to Sunday 16th 2020 at 10AM PST. For more information about the game, make sure to check out our new website: [url=www.liftoff-game.com]www.liftoff-game.com

Push your flying skills to the next level, and compete with the very best Liftoff pilots worldwide in the very first International Liftoff Championship (ILC). ILC will be a live tournament broadcast live on your favourite streaming platforms later this month. The ILC is an initiative of LuGus Studios, run by the talented team at RoToRs CooL and sponsored by Vega FPV shop.

When and how?

What can you win?

• The top 16 players are invited to participate in the Live event and will be awarded an exclusive in-game skin for the Vega frame.
• The top 4 players will win a real life ILC medallion and a Night Fever DLC Steam key
• Top 3 players get a $100 voucher for the Armattan store
• The winner wins an additional Vega HSXR frame and a 2020 Liftoff Champion badge.

Finally we are able to reveal an exciting new Liftoff project! Coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year, Liftoff: Drone Racing challenges you to start a fast-paced drone racing career on your favourite game console! Check out our exciting CGI trailer below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8pm496cPn8 Liftoff: Drone Racing challenges you to start a fast-paced drone racing pilot career on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One! With controls optimized for consoles, both pro drone pilots and rookies can enjoy advanced drone physics recommended by top drone pilots across the world. For more information, please visit our new website: https://www.liftoff-game.com/liftoff-drone-racing

As the Liftoff brand grows bigger, so does the need for a new website. It's finally time! www.liftoff-game.com Welcome to the brand new website, a place for Liftoff and its future projects. Discover the latest news, media and games updates. Need help? Make use of our dedicated support system helping you find answers quicker than before. The creation of this website was made possible with the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) Stay tuned for some exciting announcements on there soon!

New support system

A small but colorful update dedicated to the creative track builders in the community. Some bugfixes included too ;)

Changelist

• Added 2 new color variations for the building blocks in The Drawing Board.
• Fixed weight values being shown for some parts, to be more consistent.
• Changed the weight value of some lipos. (Affects your setup? Try the "additional weight" slider)
• Re-ordered the track elements added in 1.2.5 to be consistent in their order based on their color.
• Fixed ambient lighting issues in some levels.

The Drawing Board

Update 1.2.5 brings new track elements, bug fixes and some exciting eSports promises.

Changelist

• Added two new "boxed" gate variations, each in 5 different colors.
• Added a new flag element, also in 5 different color variations.
• Fixed an issue with Hannover Track 05.
• Fixed an issue that didn't show the correct version number
• Fixed collider issue with trees in Bardwell's Yard and Bando City
• Improved new backend system (still work in progress)
• Minor bugfixes

eSport Rhein-Neckar Liftoff division

• Regular local Liftoff tournaments
• Tiny Whoop style activities
• Setting up a "crafting corner"
• Countless other projects.

A massive community milestone was reached! :o Liftoff now has more than 10.000 pieces of community created content, available for free on the Steam Workshop! With more than 4000 racetracks and 3000 custom drone setups available the possibility are endless! An achievement like this is only possible with the combined efforts of a creative and passionate community, a big THANK YOU for making this possible!

With massive updates and announcements imminent, 2020 will mark the start of a new era for Liftoff. We end 2019 with a small 1.2.4 update.

Changelist:

• Added 14 new official racetracks (not environment) completing the list from the 1.2.3 update.
• Fixed faulty Straw Bale and Bardwell's Yard tracks.
• Fixed issue with leaderboard times not always saving.

2020

Level up and unlock cosmetics like never before! To celebrate the release of our new official racetracks, we organise our first triple XP week. Receive 3 times the amount of XP points for flying official tracks in Liftoff between 10 Dec and 17 Dec. Have fun! (Liftoff Pro Account required)

The first in a series of updates that will drastically increase the number of official tracks in Liftoff. Can you master them all?

Changelist:

• Adding 27 new, never before seen, official tracks (created by DerHonk and Bomba)
• Created new backend system to continue to support massive amounts of Leaderboard data.
• Improved the parts and frame specs shown in the Workbench
• Fixed an issue with the connection between Liftoff and the Liftoff Discord channel
• Minor bugfixes

New backend system

20 September will be a day to remember, and the Liftoff team got your back! Featuring a flying saucer, Liftoff is now your ultimate training tool to get you ready for the raid. Live long and prosper!

Changelist

• Added new UFO skin for the Vega HSX frame.
• Update Bando City to include tournament winner names.
• >>> Added optional track guides (great for learning a track) >>>
• Added track export function to the track editor to export tracks to your documents folder.
• Minor bugfixes

Track guides

Windows 10 Controller issues

Liftoff update rate

Last weekend, the German Liftoff Racing Team participated in the Championship Worms 2019 event, hitting top 10 places in their very first race as a team. We couldn't be more proud of them! A Liftoff Racing team, you say? Yes! A few weeks ago we were approached by long-time Liftoff players Mr.D, GTag_Graphics and vex-sk, responsible for more than 3500 hours of Liftoff flight time between them, with a request to represent Liftoff at real life races. Veteran Liftoff supporters: check! Great pilots: check! Community initiative: check! Of course we said yes ;) Their enthusiasm and dedication to the cause reminds us why we have the best community in FPV. Thank you guys! We are excited to send them some goodies and gear to look the part, and cant wait to see them destroy the track on their next race event! See them in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY9MIPhWcX0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_3LW0oc7RA

We have a free update available for the Night Fever DLC! This update introduced a Night Fever version of the beloved Bando City environment! At night you are not the only pilot to explore the skies around those abandoned skyscrapers, watch our for security drones that are patrolling the building site.

Steam Summer Sales!

There's a small update available for you to download, improving Bando City and adding an official racetrack on this new environment. Enjoy!

Changelist

• Fixed LoDs in Bando City, no more hidden objects at lower graphics settings.
• Added contest winner names to Bando City (can you find them?)
• Fixed some floating objects in Bando City
• Added an official Track01 and Race01 for Bando City.
• Minor bugfixes

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In the making for more than a year, Bando City is finally here!

Changelist

• Added "Bando City" environment.
• Added quick play menu option in the single player category.
• Re-ordered main menu bars. Options is moved down and is now given a new color.
• Track builder and Workbench are moved to their own Tools category.
• The level selection button in the pause menu now opens the quick play setup panel.
• Menu bars now have consistent whitespacing.
• Content loading time has been decreased depending on the amount of available CPU cores.
• The level selection menu now hides the Select Race button at the top if no race needs to be selected.
• Minor bugfixes

Bando City

Quick play

• Random: Start a random selected race session and prove you can handle every situation thrown at you!
• Last Session: Start flying right where you left last time and save time going trough options and menu's
• Quick Setup: Not a fan of casually scrolling trough the levels and your drones? Quickly set your desired level and get flying. This option will be available in the pause menu too so it can be accessed quickly at any time.

Main menu restructuring

What's next?

When we asked the community "what frame do you want in a future update", a clear winner presented itself; the Vega HSX-R. We are happy to offer this fantastic frame in Liftoff, and a few fixes and additions. Changelist

• Added Vega HSX-R frame.
• Added option to skip drone selection (see option above track selection)
• Added race track tires to the Track Builder.
• Added 2 new Mongoose cosmetic skins.
• Fixed a few cosmetic skins.
• Fixed Hall26 Track 02.
• Updated the workshop importer to work with toggles instead of buttons.
• Minor bugfixes

Can't get enough of that awesome Liftoff vibe? The most iconic soundtrack in FPV is now available on Spotify! Listen to the Liftoff and Night Fever OST, created by Nightime Burnout for free anywhere at any time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PO1tMltn0

A small update with some bugfixes and fun additions!

Changelist

• Optimised loading of custom tracks and races. This could reduce their loading time by 50%.
• Added festivity props (visible at different times of the year).
• Official tracks have been updated to have a pitstop: battery recharge and repair areas.
• When in a battery recharge or repair trigger, icons will be displayed in the HUD.
• Game triggers and checkpoints are now made visible by default. (can be turned off in Game Options)
• Added Baked Potatoe skin for Mashed Potato tournament participants.
• Fixed issue with not being able to select FPV cams and action cams in the workbench.

This is THE update you've all been waiting for. The community has been vocal about the things that they feel are important in FPV, and we are happy to deliver.

Changelist 1.1.3

• Added Potatoe skin for the Rotor Riot CL1 frame.

The Potatoe:

also included:

• Added Xhover Skyeliner frame.
• Added unlockable skin for the Skyeliner frame.
• Added trigger indicator elements to the track editor.
• Fixed large initial frame stutters when starting flight.
• Fixed issue with Gecko frame where a second antenna was visible.
• Fixed issue with battery recharge trigger block.
• Fixed issue with battery voltage recovery indicators.
• Trigger icons in the track builder are now scale indipendent.
• Minor bugfixes

We're really excited about this one! We are adding not just one, but two new Armattan frames to Liftoff: the Rooster and the Mongoose. Additionally, we've added some new Hypetrain motors and some new tools for track builders to play around with.

Changelist:

• Added Rooster 5 Inch frame.
• Added Mongoose 5 Inch frame.
• Added Hypetrain Acro 2207 2450KV motor.
• Added Hypetrain Freestyle 2306 2450KV motor.
• Added Hypetrain Stingy 2207 2150KV motor.
• Added two new scalable checkpoint blocks.
• Added new trigger blocks to the track builder.
• Added unlockable skins for the new frames.
• Added 2 flexible race checkpoints, which can be scaled in size.
• Added Drone Trigger Blocks in the track builder: show text, play sound, recharge battery, repair propellers & kill drone.
• Added game option to show / hide drone triggers and race checkpoint boundaries.
• Fixed collider issue with Chameleon.
• Small performance updates to the battery display and race checkpoint triggers.
• Fixed issue with shadow distance slider in the graphics options. Minimum value can now be set back to 0.
• Minor bugfixes

Trigger blocks

To celebrate the success of the Night Fever DLC release, we have a small update for Liftoff, available to everyone, to compliment the cool night environments. Update 1.1.1 adds a few fixes, some new official tracks but most of all a lot of new glow-in-the-dark track elements. Enjoy!

Changelist:

• Added 2 new official tracks for The Pit (designed by BOMBA).
• Added 2 new official tracks for The Green (designed by BOMBA).
• Added color variations for existing LED strip elements.
• Added two new light gate variations each with three different colors.
• Added two new start/finish gate variations each with three different colors.
• Added glow in the dark sphere and cube each with three different colors.
• Added a new glow in the dark gate type (3 color variations).
• Added glow in the dark disc cones.
• Added non-branded version of the giant inflatable gate.
• Minor bugfixes

Liftoff Night Fever DLC has been released! Get it while it's hot! :D https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020100/Liftoff__Night_Fever/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHSO0gw_haw

We have a series of cool updates in the works, including our first DLC pack available next week. Today we release update 1.1.0, that introduces some new community requested functionality, content, fixes and improvements. This update also adds support for the StickMover.

Changelist

• Added a new official race for Hall26 and Bardwells Yard.
• Added new unlockable frame skins for the Armattan Gecko and Chameleon.
• Added Hypetrain 2207 Blaster motor.
• Added support for StickMover. The StickMover mimmicks all stick movement as shown on the OSD Axis Visualizer.
• Added support for DLC packs.
• Updated the graphics menu panel to be split in 2 categories.
• Added a V-Sync toggle to the graphics options.
• Updated Steamworks.NET plugin. This resolves a blackscreen issue on macOS 10.10.5 specifcally.
• Added config-file specific value to disable laptime notifications.
• Fixed issue with sharing new tracks and races. The share button is now disabled as long as the track or race is not saved.
• Removed screen refreshrate from the resolution dropdown in the graphics options menu.
• Updated some large assets to be more memory efficient.
• Fixed issue in PineValley where a Pre-alpha build label would be visible.
• Fixed performance warning popup header.
• Updated the Linux launch script to use a different check and default to the 64bit version of Liftoff instead of the 32bit one.
• Minor bugfixes

StickMover

Night Fever DLC!

A small update with tweaks and fixes. Thank you for the bug reports! :)

Changelist:

• Added the game modifier icons to the tournaments rules panel.
• Fixed small body of water in The Green level to kill the drone.
• Fixed issue with selecting action cams on the BQ5 and CL1 frames.
• The part selection in the Workbench is now sorted according to availability and name.
• Fixed issue with skins being applied to the LEDs and circuit boards on the Chameleon and Gecko frames.
• Removed the screen refreshrate from the dropdown in the graphics menu.
• Fixed issue with saving input settings if internal settings were available.
• Fixed issue with input settings not loading after switching input sampling modes. (Windows only)

Update 1.0.9 is out now! While every Liftoff update is fun, this one especially gets us exiting as it contains a few major community requests. The Armattan Chameleon and fixed setups in multiplayer! Heck yeah!

Changelist:

• Added Armattan Chameleon frame.
• Added Action Camera option to the CL1 and Botgrinder frames.
• TrackEditor has been translated to French.
• Added fixed drone option as a multiplayer game modifier.
• Added additional room filters in the multiplayer lobby.
• Slightly changed the layout of multiplayer waiting room.
• Temporary fix for disappearing keybindings for Turnigy Evolution on Windows.
• Minor bugfixes.

Important note for Mac users

The time has come for Liftoff to broaden its horizon. We want to achieve that by not just growing the feature and content list, but to extend the projects reach and functionality outside the game software.

Changelist

• Added French as a language option in the Getting Started menu and game options.
• Added a link to join the Liftoff Discord channel in the community section.
• Re-structured the game options menu to better fit on screen.
• Fixed issue with translation system that would clutter the log file.
• Fixed text issue during fine-tuning the calibration.
• Minor bugfixes

• Multiplayer feed for games that are going on.
• Pro League feed for new tournaments, live leaderboard updates, and tournament champion announcements

Languages

Extending Liftoff to Discord

Trick or treat! The Gecko is out!

Changelist:

• Added the Armattan Gecko frame.
• Added 3 new motors
• Added 3 new props
• Added a new FPV cam
• Added a legendary skin for the Talon (exclusive for the Halloween tournaments)
• Added a menu for new Liftoff players to quickly guide them through some essential Liftoff settings before their first flight
• Added an entry to the tutorial panel in the main menu to go through the setup process again
• Fixed error in input bindings menu when no controller was connected
• Fixed ???-characters of player names in multiplayer
• Minor bugfixes

Armattan Partnership!

Halloween event!

This development updates includes both the changes for the quickfix update 1.0.5 and that of our newly released 1.0.6 update. These updates focus on fixing bugs, streamlining the experience and improving the performance of the game.

Changelist 1.0.5

• Added Linux X-Lite profile.
• Re-ordered the building blocks for The Drawing Board.
• Removed several frequent memory allocations to trigger the garbage collector less often.
• Fixed issue where it wasnt possible to arm after selecting a spawn point in free flight.
• Fixed issue with the music player always being visible during flight.
• Fixed issue with resuming from the in-game options panel where the flight controls were already active again while there was still a popup being shown.

Changelist 1.0.6

• Added festivity props to all levels for Halloween and Christmas.
• Added game option to change input sampling frequency. This can be used to gain additional performance at the cost of less samples being taken per second.
• Many multiplayer code optimisations to minimise the occurrence of frame stutters. This reduces the impact of players joining the room while in-flight.
• Fixed issue with Taranis QX7 and variants where it was not possible to assign game actions to switches any more.
• When selecting the 'Default' button in the Flight Controller Settings menu, the preset-value will also jump to the 'Default' option.
• Added application-focus check during the 'arming' process. This prevents the drone from arming when Liftoff is not the current active window.
• Fixed several game options that were locked in multiplayer when they weren't enforced by the room settings.
• Cleaned up project to remove clutter from the log files.
• Minor bugfixes

Input sampling & multiplayer optimisations

The team at LuGus Studios is super excited to released update 1.0.4. The update celebrates a new partnership and includes long requested quality-of-life improvements to the game. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST VOOR 1.0.4

• Added X-Lite controller model in the calibration menu for when that controller is detected.
• Changed controller calibration menu background.
• Disabled voice chat feature on unsupported systems. This fixes the long startup time on macOS Mojave.
• Added new building blocks for The Drawing Board.: 0.5×0.5m cube, 0.5x1m cylinder, 0.5x5m cylinder, 4x4m plate.
• Added game, graphics and audio options in the pause menu.
• Replaced the backgrounds in the level selection menu to be static instead of cubemaps. This decreases loading times to these scenes.
• Potentially fixed black screen issue on startup on macOS Yosemite 10.10.5. (feedback welcome)
• Fixed some MOD/DEV functions not working properly in multiplayer.
• Minor bugfixes

FRSKY

The post launch updates are all about improving and expanding our current systems. Bug fixes, an improved progression system and 6 player MP rooms are great examples of that!

Changelist

• Increased the maximum nr. of players in a multiplayer room to 6
• Fixed issue with sharing invalid drone setups
• Fixed issue with propeller size restrictions on frames
• Fixed issue with Freestyle rewarding experience for doing absolutely nothing…
• Fixed issue with wrong stick overlay during spectator when the other player’s drone would reset
• Admins can now reward other players in a room with extra gift boxes when they see fit
• Slightly increased the height of the multiplayer menu panels to give some breathing room between menu elements.
• Fixed issue with choppy flight visuals of other player drone in multiplayer after their drone got reset
• Minor bugfixes

Update 1.0.2 further refines our release version with a few fixes and improvements. Thank you for the fantastic feedback on the past versions!

CHANGELIST

• Added Australian Army airgate and flag for the Track Builder
• Fixed weight issues of several frames
• Additional PID tuning on Metall Danny and Teal blueprints
• Fixed issue with collider in Bardwell’s Yard
• Fixed language issue
• Added a sign-in button during skin selection
• Rotate object left/right in the Track Builder are bindable again in the button-setup window.
• Fixed issue with the Race Editor not saving the number of laps
• “New” flag removed for non-existing items in the Drone Editor.
• Fixed multiplayer network issue
• Fixed issue with @-symbol not being typable on certain keyboard layouts during account registration (for real this time)

With an update as big as the V1 update, many things can go wrong, but the team was excited to see the release went smooth. Nonetheless, a few issues popped up and we have been hard at work with a series of quickfix updates. This brings us to the first new post-launch version update. Stay tuned for more!

CHANGELIST

• Player names in multiplayer are now visible during spectator.
• Fixed issue with AZERTY-layout keyboards in the email field during account registration.
• Fixed issue with water that was not being rendered properly on lower graphics settings.
• Fixed missing DubaiLegendsRace01.
• Fixed issue with progression bar hanging in the multiplayer race results screen.
• Fixed an issue with Linux users getting rendering issues.
• Fixed issue that prevented blueprint edits from saving.
• Fixed issue that showed wrong release date of the V1 version.
• Fixed scaling issues with UI elements in the Gift Box animation and the color picker.
• Fixed issue with the battery icon showing wrong information.
• Fixed issue that made the character model slide around in the world.
• Leaderboards have been wiped. Fresh start!

The world’s leading drone-racing simulator leaves Early Access and takes over the skies today! Liftoff is officially released on Steam and receives a subtitle to mark the start of a new era for the project. Liftoff is available on Steam, for Mac, PC and Linux under the name "Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing". We want to thank all of you for supporting us over the past few years. This had not been possible without you!

Release!

The Future

Announcing the Liftoff Pro Pilot tournament!

LuGus Studios are thrilled to announce that Liftoff will be leaving early access and take to the skies on Thursday, 13th September. The drone racing community is filled with creative minds and budding engineers and it’s the passion of this community that has helped us shape Liftoff throughout Early Access. Through the support of the community, their feedback has fuelled our attention to detail and allowed us to make Liftoff the definitive drone racing experience, offering players the most true to life experience possible. Even though we’re excited to launch out of Early Access, we will continue refining and supporting Liftoff long into the future.

Release version

Release showcase

Gamescom is only a week away and that means the team is in full crunch-mode to get the first release candidate for V1 ready. To make sure everything is functioning as expected we need to test a few more things. We hope to count on your help once more. This new Experimental Branch version includes the Liftoff Physics 3.0 update but also introduces a more complete progression and rewards system. We’ve also extended the bots system to function in all official tracks.

PROGRESSION & REWARDS

LIFTOFF BOTS

The previous update of the Experimental Branch brought a lot of changes to the physics of Liftoff. We were glad to see the Liftoff players enjoyed these updates and we feel the project has been in a really good state ever since. Nonetheless, we’ve always felt we could do even better and that’s what Liftoff Physics 3.0 is all about! Based on lots of experimental wind tunnel data, we developed a whole new set of physical models that should be a lot more realistic. The main differences in terms of flight behaviour should be the following:

• Quads should now fall faster when throttle is cut.
• Quads controls should now feel more responsive, and a bit snappier.
• The cornering behaviour is improved. Thrust can be used more efficiently to control the quad’s trajectory.
• If you use a low camera angle (between 0° and 45°), you should experience a downforce when racing and cutting throttle. If you use a higher camera angle, you will feel a strong deceleration and/or a downward push in same circumstances.
• All parts were re-balanced and are more realistic. As a result, all the possible builds are more different from each other than ever, and result in very different flight behaviour.
• Battery Draining is slower and closer to reality.
• Weight is now as important as in real-life, and so is thrust-to-weight ratio. High ratio will make your build powerful and very controllable in curves, and lower ratios will bring more “driftiness” to your flight.

DETAILED LIST OF CHANGES

• Max RPM Max RPM is now calculated with a new physical model. It now also takes into account the number of blades of a propeller and should give results a lot closer to reality.
• Static Thrust Static thrust is the thrust that would be produced by a motor and a propeller at max RPM, assuming zero airspeed. It is a theoretical value that represents the highest thrust that could be attained in specific circumstances. Static thrust now uses a new model. Its scaling with part characteristics is much closer to reality. Static thrust is now lower than the current one used in the game.
• Dynamic Thrust Dynamic thrust might be the area where most changes happened. Dynamic thrust is the real thrust that is available to your quad. It decreases with airspeed until a certain speed at which the quad can’t generate any thrust. That phenomenon was not taken into account before. We use a new model to calculate the speed at which you no longer generate thrust, based on the motor, the propeller and the rotation speed of the motors. Also, beyond that speed propellers can now generate negative thrust, which also happens in reality. The most obvious consequence of this phenomenon is that sometimes when you race and suddenly cut the throttle, you might feel a downward push on your quad, or in more extreme cases, when flying at a high angle, a major deceleration. In the same way, if the speed of the air coming to the motors is negative, like in a sharp turn or when the quad is falling horizontally, the dynamic thrust generated can exceed static thrust for a short time, just like in real life.
• Battery draining Before this update, Liftoff had a tendency to drain batteries too fast in certain conditions. We are now using a new model that is closer to experimental data available.
• Drag Our drag model now scales better with the size of the quad and drag should be lower in general. We now calculate individual drag for each surface of the quadcopter, making it more realistic. We expect the quad to fall a little faster and to have some “driftiness”, allowing the pilot to use throttle to adjust and find the perfect trajectory. That “driftiness” can be increased by adding weight to the build through the workbench.
• Balance of the parts Manufacturer datasheets are often the result of calculations and don’t necessarily reflect reality. We have scaled some of the part characteristics in order to reach the thrust level observed in experimental wind tunnel data from reliable third-party testers. We are also actively working on new, often requested parts, such as high-performances batteries, and lower Kv motor to use with 6S batteries.
• Weight The effect of weight is now more important. The heavier a drone, the more momentum will be carried in turns or when throttle is suddenly cut. You can still add weight to your builds in the workbench, to tune them to your preferences. Game engine physics We don’t use any of the game engine physics functions anymore and developed our own instead. This way, we have a better control over the simulation code.

WHEN AND HOW?

This update is completely dedicated to our new soundtrack, to be enjoyed in the game right now!

CHANGELIST

• Added new soundtrack (12 songs)
• Fixed some tournament recordings not being saved
• Memory optimisation for ghost drones and recordings
• Minor bugfixes

NIGHTIME BURNOUT

As has become tradition, every Milestone update gets followed up by a few quick-fix updates, dealing with some of the bugs and issues your report to us. Thanks for the support!

CHANGELIST:

• Moved the dronogate turn to the Track Builder ‘Flags’ category.
• Fixed the Hannover level’s Hall26 missing structures.
• Fixed motion blur on race freeze frame finish.
• Fixed depth of field being always on in The Green and Hall 26 .
• Added a button to the race finish freeze frame to return to the tournament’s lobby when practicing for a tournament.
• Fixed Vortex Pro issue in the Workbench where it wasn’t selectable.
• Small memory optimisation during ghost playbacks which should give less frequent framerate spikes.
• Changed full-screen window mode, potentially fix scaling issues.

It's been a while, hasn't it? We've never had such a long time between updates, but two months of waiting will be well worth it. As we are getting closer to a V1 release, this update will play a huge role in further solidifying the core feature and content set for Liftoff. You'll love what we have in store for 0.14.0: a new frame, new parts, a new environment, cool features, performance updates, better looking visuals, quality-of-life improvements and so much more. Enjoy!

Changelist

• Added Hall 26 environment.
• Added official track and race for Hall 26.
• Added Ummagawd's Remix frame.
• Added Botgrinder's Hypetrain Grinders motor
• Added Dronogate track elements to the Track Builder.
• LPL: Added option to play in previous tournaments (practice only).
• LPL: Added a tournament setup timeout timer, so you can't get stuck in the process.
• LPL: Improved tournament timer with live update of remaining time.
• LPL: Added option to rewatch tournament submissions of other players (up to 4 ghosts).
• LPL: Added option to load in tournament ghost data in your practice rounds (up to 4 ghosts).
• LPL: Tournament banner loading has been optimised (loads faster).
• LPL: improved some backend systems.
• Graphics: Reworked internal camera system to improve performance.
• Graphics: Improved motion blur effect.
• Graphics: Added depth of field effect.
• Graphics: Added Anti-Aliasing option.
• Added some visual additions to the Workbench scene.
• Improved menu navigation: more "back" buttons.
• Fixed weight of Vincbee frame.
• Fixed ghost ranking issue after reset.
• Updated the Terms Of Service. Approval required prior to signing in to your account.
• Minor bugfixes

Hall 26

Performance and visual improvements.

Remix and Hypetrain Grinders

Liftoff Pro League 2.0

By popular request we finally have Liftoff T-shirts available for you to get! :D We've been working together with our friends at Rotor Riot to make this happen. We want everyone to show how much they like Liftoff and thats why we made them available at the best price possible. For only $18 there's no reason not to get one! Shirts are slim fit, silk screened onto a very comfortable and soft tri-blend fabric, available in all sizes. Get em >> here <<

What? Done? The end of Liftoff? If we ever came close to having a clickbait title, this one might be it. Nonetheless, its not wrong to say Liftoff is almost finished. What does that mean exactly? For the last three years, Liftoff has continued to be in an Early Access state: everything in the game was considered work-in-progress and the game was not yet feature complete. During that time we have released close to 100 updates, continuing to improve and expand Liftoff in all kinds of ways. Its time for Liftoff to mature and join the realm of finished games. In a little while well be entering this new phase, but not quite yet

THE END OF DEVELOPMENT?

WHEN IS THE V1 RELEASE?

WHAT CHANGES AFTER V1?

Liftoff is not just a game, it’s a community! Everyone involved, including you, have made Liftoff into what it is today and that’s something to celebrate. To show our appreciation for the wonderful Liftoff pilots, we are introducing our award badges. It’s not just our top pilots that can win these badges, but everyone in our community, simply for being awesome! The badges are sand blasted and gilded or silvered copper badges with a durable safety tack system. They function like actual badges and don’t come with a neck ribbon. You can wear them on a hoodie, a backpack or any other fabric, perfect to bring with you at your favorite FPV event. The safety system makes sure they won’t come loose easily. They comes in plastic gift cases and include a personalised and signed certificate.

LIFTOFF PRO LEAGUE 2018 CHAMPION BADGE

LIFTOFF COMMUNITY AWARD BADGE

It's been a while since we made use of the experimental branch, but now we are dusting it off and once more asking you to help us test some new features before they are available in the main version of the game.

Improved visuals... but better performance!

What is the EB and how can I get it?

Feedback required!

When we announced our partnership with Rotor Riot, the number one question we got was if we could expect to see more Rotor Riot gear in Liftoff. Absolutely!

Changelist

• Added Hypetrain Ummagawd motor.
• Added Hypetrain Le Drib motor.
• Moderators now have an option to change MP room settings at all times.
• Fixed issue with loading bar in the Liftoff Pro League menu
• Added color icons in chat window
• Added soft sound notification in chat window
• Minor bugfixes

Liftoff Pro League improvements incoming!

It's a small update, yet the start of a great partnership!

Changelist

• Added an official racetrack for The Green.
• Added Rotor Riot logo in Splash Screen.
• The Pilot character now has a Rotor Riot shirt.
• Fixed arrow highlights in the main menu.
• Increased amount of Workshop submissions that are allowed per player.
• Added a 60 fps limiter on the splash screen
• Multiplayer: Track and Race selection are now sorted the same way as in the single player modes.
• Multiplayer: added moderator and developer (admin) roles and indicators.
• Multiplayer: Added ban functionality to our online features to deter abusive players (hopefully never to be used).
• Minor bugfixes

Rotor Riot

The Gremlins are here!

CHANGELIST

• Added FT Gremlin Boar frame.
• Added 2 Superius lipos (3s and 4s).
• Added BMin 1104 Motor.
• Added BMin 2345 triblade.
• Added Micro Cam.
• Added advanced fish AI
• Minor bugfixes.

WHAT HAPPENED?

A small quick-fix update to improve the current version of the game. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST:

• Camera angle in Workbench can now be set up to 60 degree.
• Improved flight area borders in The Green.
• Fixed some glitches and invisible walls in The Green.
• Fixed bug with bot icons showing up in non-bot races.
• Fixed an exploit that made it possible to finish a race with just one lap.

This update might not have the longest changelist but it's a big one nonetheless: we introduce a cool new level called The Green and upgrade the community’s favourite Hannover. Bored of playing alone in Singleplayer? Race against our new bots, who are happy to challenge you for a race.

Changelist

• Added new environment: The Green
• Upgraded the Hannover level with the addition of Hall 26.
• Added bots (virtual opponents) feature: currently only available in StrawBale01 and StrawBale02.
• UI colouring and button behaviour is now more consistent.
• Updated the Calibration menu hints with more information.
• Rating tracks is now possible in the Multiplayer waiting room.
• Added review request feature.
• Added rebind option for Black Box (default F9).
• Minor bugfixes.

Bots!

The Green

This update is your creation. Your suggestions to improve the Multiplayer experience have been put to good use. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

• Removed warmup time for Multiplayer Race rooms with one player. Start racing immediately!
• Added lap counter for Infinite Race mode.
• Added “Room Leader” announcement in Infinite Race mode.
• Added “Personal Best” announcement in Infinite Race mode.
• Added “Hide UI” feature. Press F1 to activate.
• Fixed issue that prevented you from removing action cams from the Teal frame.
• Minor bugfixes

MULTIPLAYER FEEDBACK

Finally a new official update! It took us a bit longer than usual. The team has not been sitting around idly but instead has been bug hunting for weeks. We had to deal with the now infamous "Black Screen" bug and with some annoying performance issues. While our work on those are not completely finished yet, the team has managed to help many people with a few quick-fix updates we've been doing behind the scenes. With the project again in a more stable state, we are ready to continue with the regular updates.

Changelist:

• Added 3 new IDRA track elements.
• Added an "additional weight" slider to your frame "edit" options.
• Weight value in the Workbench can now be displayed as both imperial and metric standards.
• Removed the unused "receiver" category from the Workbench.
• Improved checkpoint toggle tool in the Track builder.
• Fixed an issue with the Early Access Overlay in the main menu.
• Cleaned up The Hangar C03 level by improving some art assets (no more floaty containers).
• Added analytics for Input devices (backend).
• Minor performance optimisations.

Weight slider

A small update with some important fixes and changes, some new track elements included!

CHANGELIST

Liftoff is known to provide some of the best multiplayer experiences in the FPV sim world, and with 0.13.4 it only gets better! See (and hear) you on the race track!

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer: added voice chat.
• Multiplayer: added option to change room host.
• Added voice chat settings to the Audio options.
• Introduced a manual calibration option to the calibration system.
• Upgraded the input system (slight performance increase).
• Added Gyro Monitor to visualise drone setup performance (press F9).
• Fixed crash issue in track editor.
• Minor bugfixes.

VOICE CHAT

Update 0.13.3 is another small update with a few fixes and additions. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

• Tweaked the Control.FPV blueprint as suggested by Michael Tseng.
• Added Spinfast gates.
• Fixed crash in Track builder.
• Fixed UI color bars again.
• Added indication for invalid Workshop names (for example: “New Drone” and “Copy)”.
• Added a visual rotation offset for propellers in Workshop thumbnail.
• Fixed issue that did not show the right ranking in Infinite Race.
• Fixed issue that did not show laptimes in Infinite Race for some players.
• Fixed drone selection invalid carousel behavior when sharing drone.
• Multiplayer: added two categories to drone selection: Workshop blueprints & Built-in blueprints.
• Multiplayer: added “downloading drone” indicator
• Multiplayer: you can now exit player profiles by clicking outside the content area.

SPINFAST

The milestone update was a huge success and it’s been a pleasure to see everyone explore the new environment and use the newly added features. As is always the case with huge updates, there’s some unexpected issues that appear. Update 0.13.1 (released yesterday) and 0.13.2 fix a few issues that have been reported the last 48 hours.

CHANGELIST 0.13.1

• Fixed floaty objects The Pit
• Keys such as fisheye and field of view toggles no longer trigger accidentally when typing in chat
• Added spectator to Infinite Race
• Changed depth of field values for Drone Thumbnail
• Drone share option in Workbench
• Multiplayer: added text indicating an unshared drone setup

CHANGELIST 0.13.2

• Fixed “heaven” glitch: [olist]
• no more blurry screens
• no more restriction limits in tutorial [/olist]
• Fixed bug that prevented track sharing for The Pit

BLACK SCREEN AFTER LOADING?

• If you use a Mac and experience this issue, upgrading to a newer version of the operating system should resolve the issue
• If you use Windows and experience this issue, hang tight. We are still looking for a solution. You can help us by sending your log files.

What better way to celebrate the new year than by releasing one of the biggest Liftoff updates to date? Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

• Added a new environment: “The Pit”.
• Added “ThePitTrack01” race track.
• Added Infinite Race mode to single player and multiplayer.
• Updated physics and flight behavior.
• Multiplayer: added player profiles (click player entry).
• Multiplayer: added drone selection option (click your entry).
• Added laptime indicators in all race modes.
• Added drone setup sharing feature (Steam Workshop)
• Fixed hints not showing up in the loading screen.
• Removed issue with floating goggle assets.
• Fixed input issue in multiple menu scenes.
• Workshops links are now filtered based on selected content.
• Content loading is updated to give priority to drone setups.
• Added support for Windows 64bit
• Minor bugfixes

THE PIT

INFINITE RACE

SWAPPING DRONES IN MULTIPLAYER

DID YOU SAY DRONE SHARING?

While we are not ready yet to release the new features and content we are working on, we didn’t want to wait to release these fixes and small (but fun) additions. Big thanks to the community members who notified us about these issues, your feedback is key in providing a quality experience while we continue to update (and break) the game with each update. While updates like this are not as exciting as some of the bigger updates that include big features and content, they are nonetheless very important in making Liftoff the best FPV sim.

CHANGELIST

• Fixed issue with false start at countdown.
• Fixed animation issue for Tournament and Leaderboards pannels.
• Fixed clipping issue of error pannel.
• Slightly increased “center stick” time in the calibration setup.
• Removed Delayed Backflip trick in favour of Powerloop.
• Added blueprint setup inspired by Control.fpv.
• Added Control.fpv skin for Talon.
• Happy holidays!

CONTROL.FPV

Update 0.12.8 improves on all aspects of the game, from UI changes to gameplay tweaks, bugfixes and new content.

Changelist

• Countdown speed increased for faster round starts.
• Freestyle mode internal rework: tricks should be easier to detect.
• Added 7 new tricks to discover in the Freestyle mode.
• Added smoke effect when your lipo is destroyed.
• Added lipo state indicators in the flight log.
• UI: improved save functionality, get save confirmations.
• UI: added small animations to popup elements in the menus.
• Added a preview when selecting a startpoint in-game.
• The game now detects when a player is experiencing performance issues.
• Added performance issue indicator and informative popup in the main menu.
• Minor bugfixes

New environments in the works!

Want to get some cool Liftoff goodies? Check this out! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CitQc1wi_d8

CONTEST RULES!

Another small update, including some fixes, feature improvements and some cool new track elements from IDRA.

CHANGELIST

• Improvements to the rewind feature: audio visual additions and improved usability
• Fixed an issue with custom tracks disappearing from your list.
• Ghost data optimised, reduced data size roughly tenfold.
• Added option to bind "arming" to a key or switch now. Default is still "throttle down".
• Added 4 new IDRA Challengers Cup track elements
• Minor bugfixes

INSTAGRAM

This update will give you a complete new appreciation for your "T" button, a hidden love you never knew about ;) Want to know more?  Check this out!

Changelist

• Added Rewind. Default bound by 'T' on the keyboard.
• Added 'Disable rewind' as a multiplayer room option and is added as purist game modifier.
• Added 'Disable rewind' to the tournament rulesets.
• Updated how Timed Tryouts are displayed in tournaments.
• Re-ordered keybinding entries in the Button Setup menu for a more logical ordering.
• Updated the Multiplayer Leaderboards scene. All data is now available in-game.
• Added new official AutumnFields track and race, designed by DerHonk.
• Rework of Liftoff-Steam integration for faster and more stable content access.

Rewind feature

Another update to fix a few issues and polish some of the existing features. We’re also adding some new rulesets to tournaments to keep things fresh and exciting!

CHANGELIST:

• Added ability to chose different input devices in the controller menu.
• Changed default user profile icon when none is available.
• Fixed issue with multiplayer player icons in-game.
• Update track element LOD settings to get better results.
• Liftoff Pro League: added ruleset for timed-tryouts.
• Liftoff Pro League: added ruleset for fixed drone configurations.
• Fixed issue with impatient multiplayer hosts
  
  [ 2017-11-15 18:58:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

That simulators are the perfect tool to learn how to fly an FPV drone is a well known fact… but does it help you to become good at it? No doubt! We have an exciting story to share with you, to prove once and for all that Liftoff is the magic ingredient to push you in the direction of greatness. Liftoff players are now considered to be among the best pilots in the world and we couldn’t be more proud of our community!

LIFTOFF PILOTS ARE REBELS!

ABOUT DR1 RACING

CONTROL.FPV

The final stop of the 2017 DCL drone racing season is STATION Berlin, where the DCL drone race will be the feature event at the Conrad Campus. Conrad Electronic is hosting the event and is sponsoring a Liftoff Pro Tournament as well!

MEET THE TEAM

INSTAGRAM

WIN A FREE TICKET!

When we released the new input and calibration system as part the 0.12.0 Milestone update last Monday, we knew we took a risky step. These systems are core functionality that enable you to play the game and could be game-breaking if they don’t work as expected. For this reason we had made earlier versions of these systems available for testing months before. The feedback we got from you was positive and the community encouraged us to move forwards and push these changes to the main version of the game. While some issues did appear after release, overall we consider the Milestone update to be a success! The majority of players experience no issues and noticed the big improvements that this update introduced. Of course, we have not been blind to those who did experience some issues. Releasing this big update on Monday was not an accident. It gave us the rest of the week for fully focussing on tweaking and polishing these new features, and that’s exactly what we did. We released a quickfix update each and every day of the week, bringing our current version number to 0.12.4. We’ve decided to collect the results and information of these updates into one development blogpost.

CHANGELIST 0.12.2

• Fixed additional issue where some controllers could not be saved
• Minor input bugfixes and quality of life improvements

CHANGELIST 0.12.3

• Fixed issue with saved keyboard bindings not loading correctly.
• Fixed issue with saving button bindings when no controller is connected.
• Fixed oversized controller popup.
• Fixed track builder issue where custom tracks could not be edited.
• Fixed drone creation issue where pressing the ‘New drone’ button wouldn’t do anything.
• Fixed messed up loading content panel.
• Fixed issue with the player activity indicator in multiplayer.
• Added a pop-up when joining a tournament to review the tournament rules at least once.

CHANGELIST 0.12.4

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• nput finetuning can now also be done before the calibration process.
• Zero point no longer influences UI navigation.
• Added 5 NEXXblades track elements.
• Added 3 Conrad track elements.
• Added 4 DCL track elements.

MORE INPUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORKS!

One hundred little bugs in the code One hundred little bugs. Fix a bug, release a fix, One hundred little bugs in the code. With this quickfix update we hope to fix some of the bugs introduced in yesterday's milestone update. More fixes to come! :)

Changelist

• Fixed issue where some controllers could not be saved, resulting in getting stuck in the calibration screen
• Allowed skipping the goggles animation with keyboard again.
• Removed menu navigation from the default Taranis setup. You can still set the navigation through the button setup.
• Note: Previously saved settings are not recognised anymore; you might have to recalibrate.

We want to bring an end to the struggle of getting your controller to work. We’re using a system that can automatically detect when a controller is plugged in, and for well-known controllers we will provide default settings. With update 0.12.0 we hope to achieve these goals!

CHANGELIST

• Faster and more intuitive calibration process.
• Complete visual revamp of the calibration system.
• Switches are now bindable to actions in game (you might need to enable the switch on your controller).
• Walking and looking keys are now rebindable.
• Allow changing FOV and Camera Angle in flight.
• Autodetect controllers (for now: Taranis, Turnigy Evolution, FS-i6S, DualShock 4 and Xbox One Controller).
• Taranis (and possibly other remotes) now work without having to change the axes to half range.
• Controllers can be seamlessly connected and disconnected in-game.
• Making navigating UI using buttons more consistent.
• Better movement when walking in the track editor or Freeflight mode.
• Minor bugfixes

NEW CALIBRATION SYSTEM

SPECIAL NOTES!

We’ve brought the Experimental Branch (EB) with the new input and calibration system back up to date with the main branch of Liftoff. Those of you who have been playing on the Experimental Branch now have access to the latest content. Not only that, we’ve also added a lot of improvements that many of our players have been asking for (see below). Our plan is to merge all these changes with the main version of te game very soon, we hope you can help us test this out one more time!

MORE IMPROVEMENTS

• In the new version we’ve redone the way we determine which inputs to listen to. This means that there should be fewer conflicts between keys. You’ll now be able to change the camera angle and FOV during flight, even after arming. There should also be no more changing FOV when navigating menus or chatting.
• We’ve also made some quality-of-life improvements throughout the whole game. You’ll be able to navigate back in the level select using keyboard or controller. Selecting a menu item in the main menu will automatically place the cursor on the first option within that item (No more: select race, Enter, Enter, sigh, Down, Enter).
• Walking around in the track builder or in free flight should be much more controllable. Consider this to be a first step in our goal to improve the tools for track builders.
• For now we have a couple of controllers (Taranis, Turnigy Evolution, XBox, Playstation) that are automatically detected and have all settings configured right out of the box. We will be adding more later. For other controllers you can still do the calibration. If you were using the Taranis in the main version of the game, you’ll want to undo the adjustments that were formerly required to run Liftoff and configure it to once again use its full range (weight and offset no longer need to be changed).
• Successful test with smartpropoplus. However we need more feedback on this. If you use smartpropoplus let us know if this works with the new system. We did some testing and while it did work, it messed up our other controllers (we couldn’t use Taranis via USB anymore after installing smartpropoplus). We need to know how it works for you!

WHAT IS THE EB AND HOW CAN I GET IT?

IMPORTANT: FEEDBACK REQUIRED! (REALLY!)

As the game keeps expanding, so does the community! The last few months we have seen an exponential growth in all community related activities. We’ve seen some exciting new channels pop up, seen promintent pilots stream Liftoff on Facebook and Twitch, and we’ve seen the birth of the Liftoff Community Group.

ANNOUNCING LIFTOFF INSIDER!

FEEDBACK!

The Vortex family keeps growing and we are excited to add another one to Liftoff. Discover this and more in update 0.11.3! Happy Halloween everyone!

Changelist

• Added the Vortex 230 Mojo.
• Added short ImmersionRC antenna.
• Fixed issue that prevented us from creating new tournaments.
• Fixed issue that prevented players from hosting custom tracks in multiplayer.
• Fixed issue with detail assets disappearing in Hannover on lowest graphics settings.
• Fixed an issue with some track elements not having centered checkpoint indicators.
• Trick or treat.

Vortex 230 Mojo

Fixing Workshop tracks in limbo

A small update that nonetheless adds some new content for track designers to have fun with. You seemed to like the lighttrack elements from the 0.11.1 update, so we are adding more!

CHANGELIST

• Fixed Straw Bale environment terrain geometry to correspond closer to the original terrain.
• Fixed straw bales to have correct collision materials.
• Added StrawBaleTrack03 as an official race track.
• Added 5 Pro Aerial League track elements (including light track elements).
• Minor bugfixes.

PRO AERIAL LEAGUE

ROBISNOW

Milestone 0.11.0 was a huge update, but as with any huge update some bugs get introduced. This quickfix update fixes some issues and tweaks and adds some new track elements!

CHANGELIST

• Added 7 new Aerial Sports League track elements to the track builder.
• Added ability to run Purist Mode tournaments in the Litoff Pro League.
• Added LED category to the track builder.
• Tweaked, improved and added a few Freestyle tricks:
• Added half backflip
• Added half frontflip
• Flips are easier to register
• Powerloops are easier to register
• Lawnmower move registers quicker and at higher altitude
• Improved UI: making all in-game popups consistent.
• Fixed issue where FOV wont be changed anymore in the track editor.
• Fixed issue where a blueprint duplicate could not be made.
• Minor bugfixes.

AERIAL SPORTS LEAGUE PARTNER

ROTOR’S COOL TOURNAMENT

A new frame, a Straw Bale revamp, Freestyle mode, optimization, improvements and bugfixes, and so much more. The length of the changelist underneath shows why this is considered a Milestone update, and that just lists the top-level changes. We've worked hard to get this out to you and are more than excited to hand it over to you. Enjoy!

Changelist

• Introduced the Straw Bale revamp: improved visuals and additional areas.
• Changed Straw Bale thumbnail and menu background.
• Increased maximum height in Straw Bale from 75 meters to 200 meters.
• Added new Freestyle game mode.
• Added trick detection as an option in Freeflight and Race mode. (Game options)
• Added player profile. (as a first step to introduce player progression)
• Added Khole frame.
• Updated tournament rules display.
• Fixed exploits for updating tournament leaderboard.
• Fixed loading panel of tournaments lobby not showing up.
• Added a Liftoff Pro account sign-in panel in all scenes in the game and in the pause menu.
• Updated terms of use for the Liftoff Pro account.
• Added menu where the player can change is password when signed-in.
• Resetting a password or requesting to resend a verification mail now shows a meaningful error message when failing.
• The game will try to automatically reconnect to the server during a live tournament session when the connection fails.
• Renamed the Liftoff Pro League account to Liftoff Pro account.
• Fixed issue in room creation where community tracks and races under the same workshop item would not be selectable for multiplayer.
• Added some quality-of-life to the menu's where tabbing to the next element behaves more predictable.
• Fixed some memory leaks in the game and did some memory optimisations.
• Updated back-end connection system to the newest version.
• Updated network security. Many critical messages are now encrypted.
• Updated network traffic efficiency.
• Updated the music player to now show at the top-left of the screen and updated the sliding animation.
• Updated the content manager to be more robust and a little faster.
• Fixed issue with the tournament banners not downloading correctly.
• Fixed issue with the gamma correction of the tournament banners.
• Fixed the golden bar animation that indicates the tournament winner.
• Fixed issue with deleting/unsubscribing from community tracks or races.
• Disabled the text-ticker in the level selection screen until a race is actually selected.
• Updated the authentication process where a user's current Steam account is also validated on the server.
• Minor bugfixes.

Introducing the Khole

Freestyle mode

• A handful of tricks to sink your teeth in.
• Sustained tricks like dive and upside down that will rack up points for as long as you can sustain them.
• Modifiers that will increase your point total. Took an action cam with you? Did a powerloop while flying through a narrow gap or nearly missing a wall? That'll earn you extra points.
• Less points for trying the same trick multiple times in a row.
• The ability to have tricks recognized by the system in all modes (including freeflight) so you can practice your freestyle game without a time limit

Straw Bale revamp

Introducing player accounts

Well that's quick! Less than 24 hours ago we released the 0.10.14 update. This new update was supposed to be a quickfix update for 0.10.14 but the changes are important enough to warrant its own version number.

Changelist

• Fixed issue where building blocks in The Drawingboard didn't give any or little hit damage.
• Fixed issue that disabled the camera noise toggle in-game. (not yet in multiplayer)
• Reset fade decreased by half, respawning should be quicker now.
• Slighly decreased display time of "LIFTOFF" in the race countdown.

Frenzy Tournament

With the creation of the Liftoff Community group on Facebook, we’ve created another fun place to talk about Liftoff. This group has helped us a lot in getting some really great ideas and feedback on the recent updates. Update 0.10.14 is as much a creation of the community as it is from the development team. These updates and tweaks are based on your feedback, thank you! :)

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer: added Purist Race game mode
• Added Purist Race leaderboards
• Added multiplayer room option to force battery simulation
• Tweaked battery simulation to be more realistic
• Tweaked crash behaviour. Drones can take more of a beating before resetting
• Fixed Action Cam icons in the workbench
• Slightly lowered countdown animation on the screen
• Multiplayer: Removed battery HUD from spectator screen

PURIST RACE

Realism has always been a key factor for Liftoff and with the introduction of battery simulation, we add an extra layer of realism to the Liftoff experience. Discover this, and more, in our new 0.10.13 update!

CHANGELIST

• Implemented battery simulation
• Added new race countdown visual
• Added proper Vortex 180 description
• Added additional versions of the action cams
• More frames now support action cams
• Updated to Unity engine 5.6.3, should fix some Linux issues
• Fixed visual issue with fisheye on MacOS
• Fixed drag model for Dquad Obsession
• Fixed issue with resolution resetting
• Minor Bugfixes

BATTERY SIMULATION

0.10.12 Was supposed to be a small update, but has grown to include a nice list of changes, fixes and updates. The biggest addition is the new Dquad Obsession frame, we are excited to finally see it in the game! Enjoy!

Changelist

• Added Dquad Obsession, in 2 variations: 5inch and 6inch
• Added new antenna
• Added new Fish Eye effect ("F" key)
• Added option to change FOV settings in game (left & right arrow keys)
• Tweaked grass texture in Hannover to be less saturated
• Increased Hypetrain motor performance
• Updated resolution options to show aspect ratio
• Fixed some prop & motor positions/rotations on frame
• Multiplayer: fixed bug with spectators disappearing from player list
• Multiplayer: fixed game getting stuck when a new player joined during the score screen
• Multiplayer: Getting kicked while in game now correctly shows a disconnected message.
• Multiplayer: drones are properly cleared from the game if its player leaves.

Dquad Obsession

Camera: FOV and Fish Eye effect

Choo Choo!!!

CHANGELIST

• Added Hypetrain motor by Rotor Riot
• Added new official Hannover race and track! (by DerHonk)
• Increased overal durability of your drone setup
• Tweaked settings and specifics of the Teal Sport setup
• Fixed issue with water collision
• Added colliders to hedges assets
• Minor bugfixes

COMMUNITY

ROTOR RIOT

We want to thank everyone that has tested the new input system that has been available on the Experimental Branch. It's been a great success! Most people have been able to setup their controller with the new system, which makes us very relieved. Changing inputs is always a scary process, as it has the potential of breaking the entire game. Your feedback has been very valuable to us and we've been hard at work to update our new input and calibration system to fit these wishes. We now have an update version available on the Experimental Branch, ready toi be tested! Check out our detailed forum post to find out what's included: http://steamcommunity.com/app/410340/discussions/5/2579854400750688536/

Update 0.10.10 is a pure labor of love. It fixes a long lasting issue with hit detection and collision behaviour, greatly improving the gameplay experience, and it adds an exciting new frame that we are sure everyone will love: the Talon by Karearea!

CHANGELIST

• Added Talon frame by Karearea
• Fixed issue with collision detection (finally!)
• Fixed texture issue with Vortex 285
• Fixed issue that allowed you to save drone setups with conflicting parts

TALON BY KAREAREA

DRONE COLLISION IMPROVEMENTS

ImmersionRC has always been a great supporter of the project and good friend of the team at LuGus Studios. Their contribution to the FPV community is unmistakable and their motivation and approach to supporting project like Liftoff is a great example of what we love about the FPV scene in general. It’s not just about racing, it’s about supporting each other, contributing to a community of people who share the same passion. Update 0.10.9 is dedicated to ImmersionRC’s flagship products: the Vortex drones. Not only do we bring a brand new Vortex model to Liftoff, but we are also giving the old Vortex content in Liftoff some much needed attention.

CHANGELIST

• Added the new Vortex 180
• Complete rework of original Vortex 285
• Adding recolorable functionality to the Vortex 285
• Added new 1407 – 3500kv motor
• Added a new skin for the Vortex 150, dedicated to Flite Test
• Minor bugfixes

ANALYTICS

The last few weeks we have been in contact with the great people at Teal to bring you all the Teal Sport drone in Liftoff. When we first saw it, we fell in love with its unique looks: all shiny, clean design, small little details to highlight its organic design, animated LEDS... it's just fancy! We immediately knew this drone should be available in Liftoff and luckily the team at Teal shared the same vision. In addition to the new drone, we've added some new parts to go along with it: an antenna, a motor, a propeller and some new cameras. Last but not least: what better way to test out a new drone than by trying it on a new track? Once again we release a new official track designed by the beloved DerHonk, to give Minus Two some extra love. Enjoy!

Changelist:

• Added Teal Sport frame
• Added 2 new cameras
• Added 1 new antenna
• Added a new motor variation
• Added a new type of propeller
• Added the Teal Sport setup as a new Blueprint
• Added new official track to Minus Two (by DerHonk)
• Prevented the use of certain invalid characters for Liftoff Pro League usernames

Update 0.10.7 is an update dedicated to the community. We celebrate two beautiful people, Christian Schweda (DerHonk) who has become a respected track creator for Liftoff and the famous JC Culpepper (Project Blue Falcon) who shared his wisdom and passion for the sport but sadly passed away last week.

CHANGELIST

• Added new Blue Falcon skin for the Le Hyphy frame dedicated to JC Culpepper
• Added new official Straw Bale and Pine Valley tracks and races designed by DerHonk
• Fixed issue with mouse cursor being visible during play
• Fixed issue that prevented you from changing camera angle in-game

PROJECT BLUE FALCON

NEW OFFICIAL TRACKS BY DERHONK

This is an update dedicated to our friends at The International Drone Racing Association (IDRA) who are using Liftoff to demonstrate drone racing to their audiences at IDRA events. Last month IDRA organised the Dover Internationals as part of the 2017 Drone Racing Series. We are excited to have the track available in Liftoff, including the original track elements. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

• Added 10 new IDRA themed items to the track build
• Added Dover Internationals – IDRA track and race
• Added Paris Drone Festival Tournament winner names to the Paris Drone Festival environment.
• Fixes some collision bugs in Hannover environment (thanks Thomas De Vos)
• Other minor bug fixes

As you may have noticed from prior teaser footage, we are in the process of doing a complete overhaul of our input system. We’re stepping away from the Unity input to use a plugin that provides native input support for each target platform (I.e. Windows, OSX, Linux).

OUR GOALS

WHAT IS THE EB AND HOW CAN I GET IT?

CURRENT EB VERSION

YOUR FEEDBACK

• Is your controller detected? If not, please let us know which controller/dongle you are using.
• In case of one of the predefined controllers (Taranis, Turnigy evolution, Sony Dual Shock 4 and Xbox One): does it work out of the box? (Mind the note about Taranis)
• Are the instructions in the new calibration tool clear?
• Are there any issues when using the new calibration tool?
• After saving a calibration, does it load automatically?
• Does the game recognize plugging in/out a controller in-game? You should get a notification about this.

With the feature list of Liftoff getting more complete with every update, we are putting more focus on quality content. 0.10.5 adds more track variations to the game, thanks to our partnership with Formula FPV!

Changelist:

• Added 10 new FormulaFPV track elements to the track builder
• Added FormulaFPV race to Liftoff Arena as an official track
• Added game functionality for track elements with two checkpoints.
• Fixed collision issues in Paris Drone Festival
• Increased Paris Drone festival level bounds for walking mode, you can now walk outside the cage.
• Fixed stage asset not turning up in Paris Drone Festival
• Minor bugfixes

FormulaFPV

The Paris Drone Festival was amazing, and now you can participate too! With 0.10.4 we release a complete new environment to race in. Who will be the fastest pilot of Paris?!

CHANGELIST

• Added Paris Drone Festival environment
• Added Paris Drone Festival track and race
• Added five new track elements to the track building tool
• Implemented new method of dealing with height limits
• Ghost drones now fly smooth again, using interpolation
• Fixed issue with the spawn point selection menu in Free Flight
• Fixed clipping issues of drone in main menu
• Linux: disabled Vulkan support for better compatibility

PARIS DRONE FESTIVAL

HEIGHT LIMITS

The Liftoff community has reached an amazing milestones. More than a 1000 custom tracks for Liftoff have been created, using the in-game track building tools. With the constant official updates for the game and the large amount of community tracks being created every day, there's no lack of content to discover and enjoy in Liftoff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsAuc__Q_ys This video shows just a small collection of tracks, selected at random by the Liftoff team. Congratulations to everyone!

Just like the previous update, version 0.10.3 is a small update that fixes some bugs and glitches. As the team is gearing up for the Paris Drone Festival, our update progress might slow down a bit for the next few weeks, however there’s exciting things in development, like battery management, improved input and calibration functionality, a freestyle mode, player progression, new environments, frames and so much more.

CHANGELIST:

• Fixed bug in dropdowns where values would disappear
• Updated Borum frame visuals
• Fixed camera tilt value not showing up when editing a camera.
• Fixed issue in multiplayer where it was possible to spectate crashed players
• Fixed multiplayer player icon not turning grey when player crashed
• Fixed visual glitches between propellers and motors.
• Linux: possible black screen fix. (let us know!)

Upgrading to the latest version of the Unity engine was a risky move. Each time we upgrade the engine, everything that once worked could be broken. During internal testing we had been able to identify and fix a lot of issues, however after the 0.10.1 update the community showed us we had some more work to do. This update is all about fixing annoying bugs introduced by our engine upgrade.

CHANGELIST:

• Fixed chat bar in multiplayer race results screen
• Fixed join room by name input field
• Fixed the main menu community links
• Fixed tournament gold bar to not appear before the end of the tournament
• Tournament winner gold bar sticks to the bottom of the screen now
• Fixed issue in the key binding popup that would struggle to register a new key
• Added a dropdown menu to select a target display in the graphics menu
• Added option to alter resolution from the player’s config file instead of going through a registry edit. Changing the resolution from the config file is applied in the splash screen.
• Linux users: a pre-calibration pop-up has been added to the input calibration menu. A link to a guide to restore your remote’s functionality is available there.

RESOLUTION ISSUES?

• Windows: Liftoff_Data -> Config
• MacOS: Right click on Liftoff.app -> Show Package Contents -> Contents -> Config
• Linux: Liftoff_Data -> Config

LINUX ISSUES

The release of the 0.10.0 update was a huge milestone for us and we have received some well founded and constructive feedback from the community. The team didn't hesitate to get started on a new update that further improves the new features. We also did a much needed upgrade of the project to the latest version of the Unity engine. This upgrade will open up new doors for us in the future, related to new features, content but most of all optimisation work.

Changelist

• Fixed a propeller asset being inverted.
• Added 5 more propellers.
• Updated 2 motor visuals (Lumiere & Freezer).
• Added 2 new motors.
• Added HORIZON mode (press "A" to switch).
• Fixed first 10% of throttle now functioning (thanks @ community feedback!).
• Lowered player icons in multiplayer to prevent overlap with the new speed indicator.
• Custom tracks en races are now possible in tournaments. More tournaments incoming!
• Added the option to resend a verification e-mail for unverified LPL accounts.
• Fixed button highlight colors of the BetaFlight menu in the workbench.
• Updated the different pause menu panels to be more consistent in white-spaces.
• Fixed text ticker issue in the tournaments lobby.
• Fixed the screen fader that it is always on the foreground.
• Fixed button texts in the BetaFlight menu and TrackEditor menu. Upgraded project to latest Unity version:
• Improved lighting across the board.
• Overall performance increase.
• Fixed potential shader issues.

Propwashed Spring Tournament winner!

Our 10th Milestone update is finally ready. Coincidentally, it’s also the 50th update since our first Early Access release! As this is likely our update with the biggest amount of changes, we hope it doesn’t disappoint. This update has been created together with you, the community, and is the result of months of developing, tweaking and testing. Included: new flight behaviour, Betaflight-inspired FC settings, new frame, many fixes and so much more!

CHANGELIST

• Updated calculations for lift and RPM
• Changing drone parts now has more predictable results
• Updated aerodynamic effects: drag, ground effects, propwash, …
• Updated calculations of drone setup surface area
• Propellers now influence cornering behaviour
• Updated flight controller to work with Betaflight values
• New flight controller settings window inspired by Betaflight
• Updated stick response for pitch, roll and yaw
• New presets for flight controller, created by VINCBEE
• Increased physics simulation speed for more stable results
• Updated propeller parts to have the correct diameter (no more clipping through frames)
• Changed FOV selection: now provides direct angle selection instead of predefined lens sizes
• Showing speed during flight in HUD

• Added VINCBEE frame
• Added X-Storm motor
• Added new 5×4 propellers
• Added VINCBEE Blueprint setup
• Top 3 race times in Singleplayer are now stored per race. Adjusted the screen at the end of a race accordingly.
• Menu panels now fade at the edges. Should be easier for new player to find out more content can be found by scrolling to the right.
• Player’s color icon in multiplayer rooms has been fixed to be smaller again.
• Fixed lighting in main menu
• Changed the level selection menu to use dynamic backgrounds instead of a static image
• Single lap ghost drone now uses the same setup as the player
• Added a golden banner in LPL on finished tournaments, highlighting the winner.
• Improved backend system performance. Online features should load faster now.
• Reset all race results from the leaderboards
• Wipe your fleet collection
• Added a (one time) information popup in the fleet window.
• Minor bugfixes.

BIG THANKS!

We want to thank all of you who tested the latest experiments on the Experimental Branch and sent us feedback. After months of working on changes for the fight behaviour we've finally reached a point where everyone wants to see these changes being part of the main version of the game. This was the reaction we had been hoping for and we consider this to be a "go" from the community to introduce these big changes to the game. Thank you! Changing up the flight behaviour and physics has a big impact on the game and consequently will affect anything related to it. Flying in Liftoff will feel like a new game and should be considered a fresh start. As a result, we want to inform you that for the first time in Liftoff development we will be resetting a couple of systems. We are readying our next milestone update (0.10.0) that will introduce all these changes. Update 0.10.0 will be a point of no return. It's important to know that this is a drastic change to how the game works internally and switching back to old systems is not a possibility. Because of this big change, we felt it was important to include the community in making these decisions. You've made clear you want these changes to be part of the main game and we are excited about that! :) Allowing the community to test a development version of the game (EB) and help us decide when to add changes to the main version allowed you once more to direct the future of the project. We are proud of being able to do this and we feel this is the only good way to do Early Access development!

Important changes!

• New Flight Behaviour and physics
• Completely new way of tuning setups
• All your old fleet setups will be obsolete and as a result will get wiped in 0.10.0
• All leaderboard results will be wiped as they don't represent a correct race result in 0.10.0

While the Liftoff team is hard at work on future content and big features, update 0.9.2 is a small update focusing on polish and some additional fixes.

CHANGELIST

• Added race checkpoint direction indicator (clamps onto screen edges). Should be easier to find checkpoints now.
• Added tournament status indicator in the LPL lobby. Live tournaments are tagged with a green indicator.
• Tournaments now are sorted in the LPL lobby based on activity status.
• Relevant tournaments are found on the left.
• Added a text ticker in tournament rooms, adding additional news information to each tournament.
• Fixed asphalt assets in Hannover to have correct collisions.
• Small optimisation improvements for Hannover environment.
• Fixed issue with time zone conversion in tournaments.
• Minor bugfixes

Releasing a milestone update is like selling a fancy race car full of new features and content. The 0.9.1 update is like the polish to make it smooth and shiny. This update mainly consists of fixes and improvements to newly introduced aspects of the game. Meanwhile we are readying new content and features for future updates.

Changelist

• Optimized multiplayer menu functionality
• Multiplayer rooms now correctly re-appear in the multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed issue with the content loading in the multiplayer lobby.
• Fixed issue in the multiplayer lobby when not online on Steam.
• Fixed issue with the Back buttons in the multiplayer race results menu.
• Added tab navigation to buttons in multiplayer menus.
• Fixed being stuck with black screen when changing flight controller settings of a blueprint setup.
• Fixed issue with sharing tracks created for the Hannover environment.
• Made hangar gates in HangarC03 visible again
• Fixed issue with colliders on tower in Hannover environment. These caused unavoidable propeller damage at the start of the Hannover race with certain drone setups.
• Detailed certain areas in the Hannover environment and fixed minor glitches.
• Fixed issue where propeller sounds disappeared when opening and closing the pause menu in certain ways.
• Added Hannover background to main menu
• Added Workshop image for Hannover tracks
• Increased Hannover max height by 50%
• Added 10 Kloppokoppter stickers in the Hannover environment. (happy hunting!)

Over the last few days the team has worked literally day and night to get update 0.9.0 out of the door! This milestone update is dedicated to our participation at CeBIT 2017 and introduces new content and features. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

• Added Hannover environment
• Added HannoverTrack01
• Added HannoverRace01
• Added Liftoff Pro League (early release)
• Added CeBIT2017 tournament
• Added extra cheat prevention systems to the race time functionality
• Minor bug fixes

HANNOVER ENVIRONMENT

LIFTOFF AT CEBIT 2017

LAUNCHING THE LIFTOFF PRO LEAGUE

• Practice: You can practice flying the race, following the tournament rules (defined on the tournament section) as many times as you want. Your results are not logged on the leaderboard.
• Participate: Your best result will be logged on the leaderboard. You only get a limited amount of participation runs. Once these are used up, your top time will be counted as your final result. Make sure to practice the track before you participate in the tournament. Good luck!

In November 2016we wrote about our vision for Liftoff to be an e-sports game. That vision is now slowly becoming reality. Today we are happy to announce the Liftoff Pro League! The Liftoff Pro League is an initiative to help turn the top Liftoff players into professional Liftoff pilots. For those inspired to make a name in the drone racing world, racing in Liftoff will be as much a career choice as flying a real drone. The Liftoff Pro League will help you become a professional player by offering a service completely integrated in Liftoff.

A GROWING SERVICE

HOW TO BECOME A LIFTOFF PRO LEAGUE PILOT?

CEBIT 2017 TOURNAMENT

We are launching a separate optional branch of the game, available to the public for testing purposes. This Experimental Branch (EB) can be accessed by anyone, but can be completely ignored in favour of playing the more polished main versions of the game. Versions available on the EB will contain experimental features and content and will likely be unpolished and buggy. As a result, we do not recommend using these versions as your go-to version of the game for playing and competing. They do, however, allow us to test faster and get you as the player even more involved with the development of Liftoff.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• The Experimental Branch (EB) should be used for testing purposes only.
• At any time you can switch back to the main version of the game. We recommend doing this after testing.
• Versions on the game on the EB can be expected to be unpolished, buggy and unbalanced.
• It is to be expected that not all game features work on the EB.
• Features and updates available on the EB are not guaranteed to make it to the main branch of the game.
• The dev team is not expected to give dedicated support for experimental game versions available on the EB.
• By participating on the EB you are expected to share feedback (not feature requests) with the developers on dedicated forums.
• Each version of the game on the EB has specific goals and focuses. These will be outlined on the dedicated EB forums.
• Content and features in the EB should not be used for review or promo purposes.

GOALS OF EB

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Just like the previous update, 0.8.4 contains features, content and fixes. We are not just adding new things but are also improving and upgrading existing systems and features to feel and look more polished.

CHANGELIST

• Visually upgraded the main menu to look freaking awesome! Your currently selected drone setup is shown.
• Added the Fibonacci frame, a uniquely tilted four inch quadcopter.
• Added a new FPV camera, specifically for the new Fibonacci frame.
• Added option to disable drone trails for you (multiplayer and ghost). They are still visible for other players.
• Added option to change camera angle in-game, before arming the drone (arrow keys). This angle is not saved and will reset back to your workbench setting next time.
• Allow to change camera angle in-game (not in workbench) to go beyond the hard limits. (temporary feature)
• Improved and updated scroll functionality and speed in menus.
• Fixed Sleek frame to always start in Acro mode instead of 3D mode.
• Automatically make chat input active when entering a multiplayer room or when spectating.
• Added functionality to “tab” between text fields in menus (example: drone name and description in workbench).
• Minor bugfixes.

FIBONACCI FRAME

FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR AND PHYSICS

With close to 50 updates during Early Access, development is slowly coming to an end… right? Wrong! As we continue working on the project we constantly expand the vision of the project based on your feedback and suggestions. Thanks to your continuous support, we can keep improving and expanding the game. We have plans for many months of development still ahead of us.

CHANGELIST

• Added recolorable propellers
• Added option to customize propeller colours individually or all at once
• Added option to automatically skip goggle animation
• Updated lipo artwork to look better and more realistic
• Added AmpAge 4S Lipo (perfect for Vortex 150 Mini)
• Updated list of tips in the loading screen
• Updated Early Access popup message at start
• Tweaked total weight of Vortex 150 Mini
• Small changes to pause menu
• Fixed bug with black screen when editing flight controller settings on a blueprint
• Minor bugfixes

CHANGING PROP COLORS

Fixes, features and content, 0.8.2 should be love at first sight with a new frame, 3D flight mode, support for exotic screen resolutions and much more.

CHANGELIST

• Added 3D flight mode
• (Hopefully) Fixed propellers breaking at start
• New frame: Sleek
• Improved LED visualization in workbench
• Ultra-wide resolution support
• Fixed menu bar slideout
• Fixed UI inconsistencies
• Minor bugfixes

3D FLIGHT MODE

THE SLEEK

We hope you all had great holidays! With 0.8.1 we release the first update for 2017, including bug fixes and a all new x-frame to fly with.

CHANGELIST

• Added Aether frame
• Added 5 new propellers
• Fixed issue with saving flight controller settings of blueprint setups in flight
• Fixed some drone setups getting stuck in ground
• Fixed issue with ghost data not working
• Changed “start game” button to “join game” button in free flight multiplayer
• Changed color picking functionality in multiplayer waiting room. Last picked color remains active
• Changed “My Fleet” icon
• Fixed minor bugs

Aether frame

Finally! 4 Months of behind-the-scenes work to revamp a single feature of the game. Yet, the scale and impact of this feature cannot be underestimated. We are happy to release the new Liftoff workbench, with more features and more parts to tinker with!

CHANGELIST

• Added Drone Selection system: “Fleet” and “Blueprints”
• Created new parts navigation system and interfaces in Workbench
• Added Flight Controller Settings options to Workbench
• Improved camera and zoom options in Workbench
• Rework of all existing drone frames with new textures (to allow recoloring)
• Added 3 new frames: Vortex 150, Mini, Borrum, Le Hyphy
• Added Vortex Pro 275 variation (for Metall Danny skin)
• Added 1 new propeler
• Added 1 new motor
• Added 3 action cams
• Added 4 antennas
• Added Frame skin system
• Added option to edit drone parts
• Added color options and color picker for parts and frames
• Added propellers animation in Workbench
• Added some background assets that change depending on the active feature
• Improved and reworked LED system
• Removed Metall Danny and Ummagawd frames
• Added Metall Danny and Ummagawd skins
• Added small Rotor Riot secret
  
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Milestone 0.8.0 is just around the corner, but not completely there yet. That doesn't stop us from releasing new updates for you. Update 0.7.5 is completely dedicated to community requests, including more track design options and spectator mode in Freeflight! Enjoy ^^

Changelist:

• Spectator is available for multiplayer freeflight. Press the player's icon in the game, or the spectate button in the pause menu. Reset to start flying again.
• Added The Drawing Board building blocks
• Obfuscated the Liftoff code to prevent / make it harder to actually cheat.
• Encrypted all network messages being sent.
• Fixed issue in the multiplayer freeflight where a player's status would be displayed incorrectly.
• Fixed issue where the horizon line would still show during spectator mode.
• Fixed issue where a player would get sent to spectator too abruptly (i.e. when a player finishes or crashes)
• Fixed issue with the trail color picker in the waiting room where you could select the color of another player.
• Fixed alignment issue with the multiplayer track and race selection panels.
• Fixed other minor issues

Building blocks for The Drawing Board

Anti-cheat & security

Update 0.7.4 contains no new features, no content, no changelist. It is solely dedicated to a legend, the best pilot the Liftoff community has ever known: Jules Cuvelier, also known as Mr-Hcap. Some weeks after the sad news, we find that Mr-Hcap is still very much a part of our community. His Liftoff videos can be found on every page, group and forum dedicated to Liftoff. His speedy race results are still among the top times on the leaderboards. Most of all, the community still speaks of him daily. It’s as if Jules is still racing with us and with update 0.7.4 we’ve tried to make that a reality. Jules’ family was kind enough to send us some of his game files and we were excited to find Jules’ flight data in those files. This update contains his flight data, which can be activated in the Dubai Legends race by pressing “H”. Keep flying, Jules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZvF-XZS--8

Multiplayer Freeflight! …no need to say more: you ask, we deliver!

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer Freeflight game mode is now available! Custom tracks are also available for play.
• Multiplayer race auto-spectator room option has been removed. Idle players, or players who don’t hit a gate in 30 seconds will now go to spectator by default.
• Multiplayer chat will now show how many unread messages there are when the chat is hidden.
• Increased readability for many dropdown menus in the game.
• Updated the multiplayer race pause menu to be more consistent with the other pause menus.
• Added a multiplayer disconnect menu during flight that pops up when your network fails.
• Added a small loading bar to several menus indicating the time remaining for loading tracks and races.
• Custom track and race selection in the multiplayer room creation is now more efficient. The game only checks each item once now.
• Minor bugfixes.

As the Liftoff community is getting more organised, we noticed some room for improvement in the multiplayer experience. Online competition is all about getting a smooth experience. A split second of delay can have a big impact on your race performances. That’s what we’ve been focusing on with update 0.7.2. For the last few weeks we have been digging into our code, monitoring performance and rewriting some of our systems. This update should give a huge improvement in game performance, resulting in the game running smoother on any PC/Mac setup, an improved feel of the flight behaviour and an overall more enjoyable multiplayer experience. Check out our 0.7.2 changelist for more details.

CHANGELIST

• Overall performance improvement both in single player and multiplayer.
• Frame-rate spikes during multiplayer game when a player joins are resolved.
• No more frame-rate spikes during multiplayer race countdown.
• Dynamic content loader is fixed. This makes the game respond instantly on startup if you have a lot of custom content.
• Pause menu cannot be opened during screenfading. This prevents players from getting stuck in the game.
• Fixed third-person LED color of your drone.
• Extra option in room creation to send idle players to spectate mode if they don’t hit any gates in 30 seconds.
• Increased time for players that are still racing after the first player finished (now 30 secs, was 20 secs).
• Decreased time before players go to the results screen when pressing reset (now 2 secs, was 3 secs).

0.8.0 AROUND THE CORNER

Things are changing! With our goal to put your drone setup at the center of the Liftoff experience, we are working on many new features and content. With lots of things in the works, we can't release everything at the same time. However, today we are happy that update 0.7.1 includes our new race results screen: a fancy freeze frame finish animation!

Changelist

• Added Freeze Frame Finish animation to Race mode
• Added new airgates to Track Builder
• Loading custom content now does not freeze your main menu on startup
• Minor Textfixes
• Minor Bugfixes

New gates!

We can all agree, learning to fly FPV from scratch is really hard. Liftoff has been a great tool for many drone enthusiasts to get started, but we can do better. With 0.7.0 we introduce a completely new tutorial system, replacing the old (flawed) tutorial we had in the game. Learning to fly FPV both in real life as in Liftoff should now be even easier to do. We want to thank Adam Kobitz (aka Hyphpv) to help us create this new tutorial!

CHANGELIST

• Removed old tutorial
• Created new tutorial system + 10 tutorial videos
• Added ability to change room settings (and environment/track) while room exists
• Made it possible to play custom tracks offline
• Changed the way players get ordered in the room
• Pressing escape in main menu no longer quits the game
• Reduced maximum FPS in menus.
• Minor bug fixes

TUTORIAL

VIDEO CONTEST #2

Last weeks update was an important one, it’s one of many steps we plan on taking to improve and enhance the multiplayer experience from start to finish. To allow players to join ongoing games as spectator we had to change a lot of code under the hood and as a result we risked the possibility of breaking some things. We did… as a result 0.6.12 is all about fixing things.

CHANGELIST

LuGus Studios turns 5 and we celebrate by releasing our next Liftoff update. No new content for this update, yet it’s an important update nonetheless. Update 0.6.10 is all about improving the multiplayer user experience, creating and joining rooms should be a more pleasant experience. It’s an update many have been waiting for and we are happy to get it out to you. Our changelist looks short but this update, in our opinion, is big nonetheless.

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer: you can now start a warmup game while waiting for players
• Multiplayer: you can now join a game in progress as spectator
• New song: Prixmae Acro
• Minor bugfixes

VIDEO CONTEST #2

With every major update, a quick follow-up update often gets released. Update 0.6.9 includes a couple of fixes, some extra track building elements and a major fix to the calibration functionality.

CHANGELIST

• Fixed issue where camera noise was reset when crashing into water.
• Added several types of fences and led arrows to the Track Builder.
• In the Assisted workflow for creating a Controller Preset, axis visualizations now apply calibration instead of displaying the raw signal. This means certain controllers that output a very small range will now have a visible visualization, indicating calibration was successful.
• Fixed a button in the top bar of the Controller Preset creation that was linked incorrectly.

INSTEAD OF THIS, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT…

At the dawn of the sport, legends were born. Now’s your chance to claim a place among the best in our new environment Dubai Legends.

CHANGELIST

• Dubai Legends environment track and race added
• It’s now possible to delete tracks, races and controller presets.
• You can now revert your controller preset settings to their previous state.
• You can now reset your button bindings to default.
• Added circular checkpoints to the Track Builder.
• Fixed environment image sizes in level selection.
• Minor bugfixes

Mistakes get made but mistakes also get fixed, that’s what this update is all about. Our programmers have been hard at work fixing issues that got introduced in the latest updates. Feel free to check the changelist underneath and let us know what you think. Enjoy!

CHANGELIST

Having mastered the built-in tracks and setting top race times on the leaderboards, it’s now time for you to race others on your own turf! With update 0.6.6 we are excited to let you play the many tracks and races on the Steam Workshop in multiplayer! This version is also available on Linux!

CHANGELIST

• Custom Tracks and Races are now available for multiplayer
• Subscribe to a race and track in the waiting room to also make them available in single player
• Rate a multiplayer race while in the race results screen
• Clicking the player icon in spectator mode to spectate that player
• Fixed issue with the Race Editor where validating a race gave an error when the associated track’s checkpoints had changed
• The leaderboards of the built-in races now also show the current month in which they are active
• Minor bug fixes

EXPANDING THE MULTIPLAYER EXPERIENCE

LEADERBOARDS AND MONTHLY RESET

Things are moving fast and Liftoff is getting closer to the vision we have for it. It’s just wonderful to start Liftoff, join a lobby and race with you guys. As with every update, 0.6.5 is the next step in adding content, fixing bugs and further fine-tuning our core features. We have many more things planned and Liftoff will continue to grow and evolve for months to come. For now, enjoy version 0.6.5!

CHANGELIST

• Race position list added during race and spectator mode.
• Fixed an issue where the player character was visible in LOS mode under certain conditions
• Added UmmaGawd Special Edition Vortex 250 frame (more frames soon!)
• Added 3 new antenna assets (eye candy)
• Added new motor
• Added 2 new batteries
• Added new propeller
• Fixed tutorial not starting (again?)

RACE POSITION LIST

GAMESCOM

Update 0.6.4 is now available, right in time for Gamescom 2016! With this new update, we provide some much-requested functionality, especially with regard to multiplayer.

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer: Leaderboards for best overall and best lap times have been added for all built-in races.
• Multiplayer: The waiting room in multiplayer now displays that race’s current top-ranking pilots in a text ticker.
• Multiplayer: The Race Results screen will now display an asterisk by your name if you beat your own personal record.
• Multiplayer: In the waiting room, players can now select a custom color to be displayed on their trail and LEDs.
• Multiplayer: A race’s top 3 pilots will receive a gold, silver or bronze outline around their Steam profile picture in the waiting room.
• Ground effects are now consistent across all environments, whereas before they only worked properly in Pine Valley, Straw Bale and Autumn Fields.
• The Tutorial has been made available again. It will receive a proper work-over in the future.
• Minor bug fixes.

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST

THAT’S WHY THEY’RE CALLED *GROUND* EFFECTS

To celebrate our presence at Gamescom, we are happy to announce the very first Liftoff tournament, which will run for the duration of Gamescom. You’ve all been competing in multiplayer against 4 other pilots, but now it’s your chance to show your worth competing against the whole of the Liftoff community. At the end of Gamescom, the fastest pilot on the built-in Pine Valley race will win our very first Liftoff goodie bag. The tournament will run from 18/08 to 21/08 and will be closely followed by the Liftoff team. The top ranking pilot on the Pine Valley leaderboard at the end of the tournament will be the honored winner.

LEADERBOARDS!

WHAT’S IN THE LIFTOFF GOODIE BAG?

TOURNAMENT RULES

• Anyone can participate! The only requirement is to own Liftoff on Steam.
• The Tournament starts at the release of update 0.6.4 (expected: 17/08 – 18/08)
• The Tournament will end on 21/08 at midnight Brussels time.
• Only multiplayer times count.
• Only the PineValleyTrack01 results count.
• God mode allowed.
• Keep it fun, keep it friendly!
• Feel free to share your results, stream your flights and discuss your race tactics on the official Liftoff community pages and forums.
• Play fair, the development team will monitor every aspect of the tournament as closely as possible.
• The Liftoff dev team has the right to disqualify any players for any reason they deem necessary.

To celebrate our presence at Gamescom, we are happy to announce the very first Liftoff tournament, which will run for the duration of Gamescom. You’ve all been competing in multiplayer against 4 other pilots, but now it’s your chance to show your worth competing against the whole of the Liftoff community. At the end of Gamescom, the fastest pilot on the built-in Pine Valley race will win our very first Liftoff goodie bag. The tournament will run from 18/08 to 21/08 and will be closely followed by the Liftoff team. The top ranking pilot on the Pine Valley leaderboard at the end of the tournament will be the honored winner.

LEADERBOARDS!

WHAT’S IN THE LIFTOFF GOODIE BAG?

TOURNAMENT RULES

• Anyone can participate! The only requirement is to own Liftoff on Steam.
• The Tournament starts at the release of update 0.6.4 (expected: 17/08 – 18/08)
• The Tournament will end on 21/08 at midnight Brussels time.
• Only the PineValleyTrack01 results count.
• God mode allowed.
• Keep it fun, keep it friendly!
• Feel free to share your results, stream your flights and discuss your race tactics on the official Liftoff community pages and forums.
• Play fair, the development team will monitor every aspect of the tournament as closely as possible.
• The Liftoff dev team has the right to disqualify any players for any reason they deem necessary.

In our excitement to release 0.6.2 we missed some annoying bugs. Luckily the community was quick to report these issues and help us find the source. We made it a priority to fix the issues, so we decided to completely remove our 3-step feature!

While we have some big things going on behind the scenes, we wanted to make sure to do a quick update with some small fixes and cool minor features you might like.

CHANGELIST

• Multiplayer: Best lap and time will be shown in bold in the race result
• Multiplayer: Honor your competitor with “honor votes” in the race results
• Multiplayer: Fixed scroll interface visual in lobby list.
• Added a new official track to Hangar C03. Fly it in multiplayer!
• LOS camera is now initialized at position of 3D player character
• Removed central dot from LOS gizmo
• Fixed issue where propeller sound disappeared after relocating drone in Free Flight
• Fixed a bug where the game could get stuck on the Quit confirmation dialog.
• Scroll functionality of button assignment menu has been fixed.
• Minor bug fixes

When you release something as complex as multiplayer, as a developer you are prepared to pull all-nighters, not to play games, but to fix any of the hundreds of new systems that have to work flawlessly together to keep things working. Turns out our emergency plan and our coffee stockpile were left unused. Things seem to have worked out great! :D This first small multiplayer update further streamlines the experience. More updates to come!

Changelist

• Chatting is now possible in spectator mode
• Option "allow god mode" in room creation.
• Redesigned the room creation menu a bit.
• Host name is shown in the lobby.
• Host status is now highlighted in color in chat window.
• Automatic kicking of room hosts who have been inactive for 5 minutes in public rooms.
• Fixed scroll not showing up in the lobby with more than 5 rooms (Yes, this was a bug.)
• HUD disappears in spectator mode.
• Checkpoints disappear in spectator mode.
• Spectator mode now uses correct camera angle (from player you spectate)
• Result screen should now show up a bit longer (based on amount of results shown).
• Minor bug fixes.

Intelligent Design

Liftoff Arena has been on a Trip

In our previous blogpost we did a brave thing: make a prediction about the multiplayer release. We made it! Milestone 0.6.0 adds an early version of the long awaited multiplayer component to Liftoff.

Changelist

• Added multiplayer Race mode: - Multiplayer room system: creating and joining - Lobby and scoreboard - Spectator mode - Chat system - Steam profile integration
• Fixed the annoying bounce bug introduced in 0.5.2
• Minor bugfixes

Alright, so, Liftoff multiplayer.

Testing!

Future goals for multiplayer

The reception of 0.5.0 has been great. We are seeing a lot of exciting content on the Steam Workshop, and a lot of players subscribing to this content. Infinite amounts of tracks for the win! ;) We got a lot of very useful feedback on the new features, and some very detailed bug reports. As a result, with 0.5.1 we quickly released a quick fix update a couple of days ago, squeezing some of those little pestering bugs. Today we release another small update, fixing some extra bugs and putting some great user feedback to good use.

0.5.1 CHANGELIST

• Fix for the controller preset creation.
• Workshop items are added immediately to the game when subscribed.

0.5.2 CHANGELIST

• Deleted workshop items can now be re-uploaded.
• Line of sight perspective now zooms in when drone gets further away.
• Drone sound is now more correct in line of sight
• Several collision sounds have been made less loud.
• There is now a graphics setting for shadow distance that is independent from overall quality level.
• Bold and italicized fonts should now render correctly again.

We are excited! Today we release version 0.5.0, the last milestone update before our multiplayer release, and we can’t wait to see you guys get your hands on what we’ve added. Update 0.5.0 is completely focused on community and content sharing …and we throw in Line of Sight gameplay as a bonus.

CHANGELIST

• Steam workshop integration: easily download and share tracks and races in-game
• Added content type categories and filter
• Changed track and race data (backend)
• Added Line of Sight gameplay and functionality
• Option to run around in free flight and place you drone wherever you want as a starting point
• Added links to community menu: blog, discussions, workshop, guides and social media.
• Added tips and tricks to the loading screen.
• Changed floor textures in Hangar C03.
• Added new objects to Track Builder: LED arrows and banner structures.
• Objects can now be placed further from the player in the track builder.
• Minor bug fixes

STEAM WORKSHOP INTEGRATION

LINE OF SIGHT AND WALKING

TIPS AND TRICKS

Since the first Early Access release, Liftoff has been available for both Windows and Mac. From day one community members have asked for a Linux version. We are happy to finally provide an experimental version to our Linux users on Steam. However, for the time being, Windows and Mac remain our main target platforms. This means our Linux version will not get the same development update cycle as the main platforms. Since Liftoff receives an update almost every one or two weeks, adding platforms at this time requires a lot of additional work. It means we not only have to create separate builds for the different platforms, but also requires more testing and issue solving. Adding Linux as a main platform, to be updated at the same rate, would severely slow down our development process.

UPDATES

LINUX SUBFORUM

While the work on multiplayer is ongoing, the other team members have not been idle. We are sure this update will make our track designers happy!

Change list

• Added The Drawing Board environment.
• Option to switch between metric and imperial units.
• Removed the ability to build outside the fly zone.
• Added an option to record and play full race ghosts data.
• Floaty mode: move in three dimensions and build higher in the Track
• Builder
• Minor bug fixes

Floaty Mode ;)

Drawing Board

Full race ghost mode

The Intel HD 3000 crash issue

Finally, 0.4.1 is ready to be released. Big fixes, pilot, visual effects, new track and more!

CHANGELIST:

• Fixed an issue with PID settings where the I-value erroneously had a negligeable effect.
• Implemented some graphics updates and three visual effects: Bloom, Ambient
• Occlusion and Motion Blur, which are enabled by default. Each can be toggled in the Graphics settings menu in the Main Menu to suit your preferences and system.
• Minimized various camera glitches.
• Prevented drone HUD from clipping with environment and reduced its jittering.
• Implemented a pilot character in all environments. Watch your head!
• Included the Eastside FPV Track and Race: congrats once more to the winner of our first track design contest.
• Added a new gate in the Track Builder.

BLINGBLING!

PILOT

We’ve been teasing you with some of the new features we’ve been working on, and now they are finally available to you! We are happy to present to you Milestone Update 0.4.0, which includes 3rd person view, ghost data and much more! This milestone update introduced a lot of code that will pave the way for exciting updates in the future, including multiplayer. Stay tuned for more!

CHANGELIST

Remember collecting those awesome Pokemon, Yugioh and Magic cards? You can now collect Liftoff cards too! In our quest to make use of all the fun feature of the Steam platform, we are happy to reveal our Liftoff Steam Trading Cards! Steam Trading Cards are virtual cards earned by playing games, on Steam. Sets of cards can be turned into game badges and tradable Steam community items. You can get our 5 cards simply by playing Liftoff. As you play, you’ll occasionally receive trading card drops which will be placed in your Steam Inventory. These cards can be used to created badges and will unlock Liftoff backgrounds and emoticons to be used on the Steam platform. Find out more about Steam Trading Cards

Hello, folks. Today we have a small update (0.3.7) for you that primarily contains some quick fixes. CHANGELIST

Update 0.3.6 is a big one! It includes many things our community has been asking for, including flight behaviour, music options, track building features and extra drone parts to play with.

Changelist

As some of you have noticed, version 0.3.3 introduced some unexpected issues, which we didn’t encounter during our internal testing. The following 0.3.4 release fixed some of them, but at the moment we are still hunting for some little insidious bugs crawling around in our code. The last couple of days all our efforts have gone to finding the issues and trying to fix them. So far we have been unlucky in reproducing the bugs on or studio’s PC’s and Macs but with the help of the community we are getting closer to a solution. With the 0.3.5 release we take a next step in resolving the problems. More information: http://www.liftoff-game.com/2016/03/22/update-0-3-5/