Puck: Build 174

It's time for another Puck update! This one brings a lot of improvements for Steam integration along with some cosmetic elements and other QOL improvements.

Changes & additions:

• Added settings options for selecting a target display along with target resolution and refresh rate

• Player names and numbers are now saved in the Puck database and can only be changed once every 7 days

• Dedicated servers got a few new configuration keys such as:

• sleepTimeout seconds after which idle players will be kicked (60 by default)

• joinMidMatchDelay seconds after which players are allowed to join an existing match (10 by default)

• clientTickRate the rate at which players send input updates to the server (200 by default, was 100 previously - should improve input lag)

• startPaused servers will start with the game state paused (off by default and will start a server in Warmup if toggled on)

• allowVoting toggles all voting commands

• The server browser will now respect the isPublic configuration toggle and not display the server at all if set to false

• Players can now join a game mid-match with a pre-configured timeout

• Server browser will fallback to showing a server anyways if no pong was received (ping will be ?)

• Full implementation of Steam Rich Presence:

• Players will show a status based on what position and team they are playing on in Steam status

• You can invite friends to your server via Steam and accepting the invite will join the user to your server (will open the game also if closed)

• Your Steam friends can Join Game on you and they will join your server (will open the game also if closed)

• Players will be kicked from servers for being idle for too long

• Updated local player design in the minimap

• Added new popup notification system

• Confirmation window will be shown when trying to exit the game

• Being muted or banned will also show a popup telling you the reason and unmute/unban datetime

• Setting your identity will show a confirmation window informing you of 7 day namechange timeout

• Dedicated server configuration path is now configurable with --serverConfigurationPath launch argument

• Dedicated server ban list is now configurable with --bannedSteamIdsPath launch argument

• Dedicated server configuration and ban list will now be formatted with JSON indents when generated from scratch

• Increased rink size by 20%

• Refactored all stick shaders

• Refactored all tape shaders

• Added Apex, Carbon & Reinforcer lines of sticks for Skater

• Added Havoc & Vapor lines of sticks for Goalie

• Reworked the classic skin to be a part of the Classic line of sticks which will be expanded at a later date

• Added Classic stick to Goalie

• Added dark gray, green, light blue, lime, magenta, navy, orange, pink, purple and teal stick tape colors

• All existing skins are now part of Covert line which is no longer available for purchase, though existing owners will be able to select & use them

• Updated the design of the puck

• Updated the texture for the rink to match the size increase and fix some alignment issues with the existing texture

• Lowered the global brightness of the rink slightly and increased shadow intensity for all objects in the rink

• Added console chat logging for dedicated servers

Bugfixes:

• Fixed backend issues causing constant restarts

• Fixed the stick jittering when leading the puck on the very tip of the blade

• Fixed the stick jittering when colliding with any other stick

• Fixed the stick rotating the player if the force on stick -> stick collision is too high

• Fixed the stick collider containing a slippery collider on the heel part of the blade

• Fixed shadows disappearing at further distances

• Fixed an issue where the Goalie's leg pads would be stuck open after toggling slide while dashing

• Fixed players jittering on high tickrate servers with network smoothing enabled

• Fixed an issue where doing /resume multiple times would increase the game state tick speed

• Fixed team blue using the torso texture for the groin for the default skin

• Fixed server metrics printing FPS incorrectly