Couch Planes Playtest #2 Patch Notes

Hi Pilots,

here is a detailed look at what has changed since playtest #1. This might not even be the complete changelog, but we tried to keep it as accurate as possible.

Playtest #2 Changelog

Features

• New Game Mode: 4 Player Battle Mode, first player with 3 takedowns wins.

  • Added 2 original battle mode maps.

  • Pickup balloons have a 20 seconds respawn timer.

  • Number of mines has been adjusted to 3.

• Added party system and invites to start matchmaking with a group of friends

  • The party system supports local couch players, which allows couch vs couch vs couch setups.

• Added support for PS5 and PS4 controllers, including basic adaptive trigger logic for PS5 controllers.

• Major UI Rewrite to properly support controller navigation throughout the game.

• First iteration of Photo Mode is now available.

• Added a training tutorial.

• Press tab to open a player screen, showing who is present in a session.

Gameplay

• Game now starts with the flight training before you join your first match.

• Added a kill feed that shows player takedowns.

• Reduced time to hatch per egg from 12 to 10 seconds.

• The item distribution now changes based on distance to leader instead of race position.

• Item pickup chances are now adjusted per item to reduce or increase chances for certain items.

• Coins Item now changes amount of coins based on race position:

  • First Place: 1 Coin

  • Second Place: 2 Coins

  • Third to Sixth: 3 Coins

  • Otherwise 5 Coins

• Props like fences, crates and hay stacks are now fully destructible on collision.

  • There could still be some props that are not properly set up.

  • In the future, we plan to support destruction from weapons.

• Added Bot Difficulty scaling on dedicated servers based on average ELO of human players and we have lowered the default difficulty.

• Drastically increased seeker speed when far behind.

• Increased seeker explosion range detection from 2000 to 3000.

• Increased seeker missile lifetime from 15 to 30s.

• Decreased seeker spawning chance by 50%.

• Increased homing missile lifetime from 15 to 20s.

• Tweaked Carrier Rocket behavior to feel more natural.

Visuals & Audio

• Improved UI visuals. UI remains in prototype state and does not reflect quality target.

• Smoke Cloud becomes see-through while flying through.

• Added wheel suspension when touching the ground.

• Seeker missile has received a thicker and more visible trail to improve readability.

• New version for shield VFX.

• The MG and rockets now have impact FX adjusted per surface.

• Added new FX when turning the engine on.

• Added Takedown FX that already existed to Hits from Sonic Bomb and Carrier Rocket.

• Added VFX & SFX for Rudder Kick and Barrel Roll Maneuvers.

• Added new Wind FX when drifting.

• Bloom pass on all maps.

• Toned down intensity of turbo glow.

• Added SFX for mines dropped and activated events.

• New coin FXs.

• New balloon pop FX.

• Added Environment FX on Canyon, Islands and the Dam maps.

• Added additional wing hit FX depending on environment surface.

• Added Missile Splash FX on water.

• Plane names are now shown on selection screen.

Bugfixes

• Fixed FINISHED and ENDS IN [X SECONDS] labels on multiplayer to correctly reflect the state of the current player and race.

• Fixed a bug where the Turbo Rocket Power-Up would sometimes only start on client but not on server.

• Fixed a bug where a player with high lag could use a power-up that was no longer equipped on the server.

• The game start countdown and game start UI event should now correctly sync with the actual game start in multiplayer

• Fixed default camera not using rotation lag as intended

• Fixed a bug where a leaving player was not replaced by a bot at the start of the next match.

Known Issues

• Going to fullscreen mode and selecting a resolution other than the native display resolution can result in mouse overlapping issues. In this case please switch to the native display resolution.

• On some maps, the water may occasionally turn white and look broken. To resolve this, go to settings, video quality settings, and switch the foliage quality between medium and high.