Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders News

[h2]Hey Riders,[/h2][p][/p][p]This hotfix is fixing four issues present in yesterday's update, most importantly making multiplayer after host migration stable again. Here's what has changed:[/p][p][/p][h3]Fixes[/h3]

• [p]Critical: Fixed issue that after a host migration the run ends[/p]
• [p]Major: Fixed “Wrong turn, right find” achievement not being achievable[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed some level design issues on "Loch Rioghail"[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed missing activity icons for the new trails on Discord[/p]

[p][/p][p]Hope you all enjoy the new mountain. And as always feedback is very welcome![/p][p]- your Megagons[/p]

[p]Hello Riders![/p][p] Our first DLC “Highlands” is out now on all platforms! Inspired by the beauty of the Scottish Highlands, you can now carve your way through the golden forests of Ben Fiadhein. Discover ancient ruins, ride along the shores of mighty rivers, find your path through foggy swamps and explore the mysteries of Castle Rioghail.[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]The DLC features [/p]

• [p]4 new trails with blue and black slopes. [/p]
• [p]New challenges for time trials, trick and free ride [/p]
• [p]New rewards featuring comfy autumn clothing, classic highlands kilts or even some medieval armor. [/p]
• [p]New leaderboards for all modes[/p]
• [p]Full Multiplayer Support[/p]

[p]The Highland trails are all available as part of the public quickmatches, but only DLC owners have access to the singleplayer modes and private tours to ski with your friends.[/p][p][/p][p]The DLC comes with a 10% release discount and is also available in the franchise DLC with a further 15% discount.[/p][p]
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]We wish you all a great time on Ben Fiadhein and see you on the new mountain![/p][p]
Your Megagons[/p][p][/p][p]PS: The DLC also comes with an Update to version 1.3.1.
[/p][p]New Features[/p]

• [p]MAJOR: NEW DLC HIGHLANDS IS NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY AND IN QUICKMATCHES[/p]

[p]Fixes[/p]

• [p]Minor: “Best OWn Ghost” achievement gets now triggered at the correct point. [/p]
• [p]Major: End timer quickmatch is now working again. [/p]
• [p]Major: Player List in racing is now sorted correctly. [/p]

[p]Improvement [/p]

• [p]Minor: Snow Visuals slightly improved
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[h3]Hello Riders,[/h3][p]
We hope you all are doing great. We are happy to announce some awesome news today.[/p][p]First, we have released a big multiplayer update a few hours ago for all platforms. Thank you all again for helping us test it in the multiplayer beta. We made a lot of changes to the netcode over the last few months, and the multiplayer experience should be much smoother now. The update today also comes with lots of performance improvements and a highly requested new feature - friends leaderboards. You can read the full patch log at the end of the news.  [/p][p][/p][p]The second news is that we can finally announce a date for our first big mountain DLC: 30th of October![/p][p]We don’t want to spoil the biome yet, but here is a little teaser for you. [/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]Can you guess what mountain awaits you?[/p][p]
The new mountain will come with four trails, two difficulties per trail and support for all modes and leaderboards.[/p][p]
So mark October 30th on your calendar and see you on the mountains soon!
[/p][p]Your Megagons[/p][p]
[/p][p][/p][h2]New Features[/h2]

• [p]Major: Added option in leaderboards to filter by friends & following[/p]

[h2]Improvements & Polishing[/h2]

• [p]Critical: Rewrote netcode for way smoother multiplayer matches[/p]
• [p]Critical: Optimized host selection logic while keeping migrations to a minimum[/p]
• [p]Major: Performance optimization on all quality levels[/p]

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• [p]Critical: Unity update containing a critical security fix[/p]
• [p]Major: Fixed reflections often not being displayed correctly[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed “new” marker not being saved for freshly unlocked content[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed several small UI layout issues[/p]
• [p]Minor: Fixed issues with Japanese font rendering[/p]

[h2]Known Issues[/h2]

• [p]Major: Displayed ranking in multiplayer races can be off sometimes
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[p][/p][p]This is a short one: we fixed a serious performance regression introduced in the last patch - sorry about that! We hope everything is back to normal now![/p][p]Thanks a lot to everyone who reported this and as always please let us know if you run into any issues.[/p][p] - your Megagons[/p]

[h2]Hey Riders,[/h2][p]As we announced in the last update, we have reworked our multiplayer netcode over the last few months and need some help testing it today. [/p][p]Therefore at 12pm CEST today we have start a 24 hour beta test on Steam and would be super grateful if you could take some time and help us test the new code before we roll it out on all platforms. [/p][p]You do need to own the game on Steam to participate. [/p][p]Here is how to enter today's beta: [/p]

• [p]On Seam select Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders in your Steam library.[/p]
• [p]Make a right click and select properties.[/p]
• [p]Select the Betas Entry from the list.[/p]
• [p]In the drop down menu select public_beta.[/p]

[p]Your game will update now and afterwards you can start it normally to participate in the beta. If you don't see a beta branch in the branch selection you have to restart your Steam client first. [/p][p]If you have any problems, questions, feedback, etc please let us know in the Steam forum or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/lonelymountains. [/p][p]
Thank you all for your help![/p][p]Your Megagons[/p]