Fragile Frontier - Update 0.5.15

This one's a mix of new stuff and fixes based on your feedback. Here's what changed:

What's New

• Rearview mirror - diegetic bed/roof camera in cab (closes #550)

• Rename the whimsy - flatter, institutional names (closes #547)

• Driving-look tracking follow-ups (closes #551)

• Updated multiplayer matchmaking for easier experience

• Per-run orientation + cover-art placement, keep audio, HEVC in gameplay recorders

• Add one-time Steam review prompt at the two calmest moments

• Add --auto-host/--auto-join dev flags for local co-op testing

• Add run_multiplayer_test.bat for local two-instance visual multiplayer testing

• Add startup wishlist prompt for demo builds

• Add audio include/exclude toggle to gameplay recorder + clean up intermediate AVI

• Add capture-only hands-free demo driver (truck delivery showcase)

• Add portrait/landscape gameplay clip recorder + capture hook

• Add cold breath, 3D snow, ambient-NPC dialogue; tone down interact aura

• Add rolling blizzard weather system with exposure impact

• Add Windows runner for the audio normalizer

• Add audio normalization script

• Updated available audio buses, updated ConeBarrier Dir to include author name, Updated buildings dir to include author name

• Updated credits

• Added collisions to awnings of buildings, added control binds to settings menu

• Added PlayerResetPlane for the ocean, making rock and tree showcase, fixing multiplayer bugs

• Updated intro cutscene skip to have delay/fade

• Added nature rocks and trees, removed old owl model

• Rebuild signposts as green highway guide signs; add live cab dressing

• Restyle nav map as dispatch tablet; add terrain contours, roads, destination manifest, and parcel dispatcher read-outs

• Use new-style owl render for dispatch feed; hide boot-log scrollbar

• Adding new truck sounds

• Add AreaLight3D truck lamps + switch SFX hooks

• Add start-of-run dispatch radio comms

• Rework currency pickups & soften the delivery-available cue

• Add interact-cone focus for competing truck prompts

• Add winter sky/fog, restyle world props & delivery banner

• Add road-following ambient NPC traffic to the gameplay scene

• Add Steam screenshot pipeline (workflow + scripts)

• Add GTA-style dual radial radio menu to lrd_vehicle_system

• Add CRT screen effect toggle to accessibility settings

• Adding new buildings

• Add delivery-count barricades, delivery-reward lore, MP join/leave toasts, editor-visible shrine/feather models

• Add diegetic delivery manifest (paper clipboard, N)

• Add low-fuel limp-home mode

• Resolve Steam-submission blockers + add backend setup guide

• Redesign the gate ending: Talon's real pitch, with simulated consequences

• Implement all volcano-post lore fragments and add optional gate endings

• Add toggle-sprint support with per-device settings

• Add Chester and Osric as live delivery NPCs

• Add typewriter reveal to intro cutscene buoy sign

• Add typewriter reveal to signposts when they enter view

• Shrink main-menu buttons further and add left readability gradient

• Add full controller support to all menus

• Rework main menu layout: left-center buttons, upper-left title, Credits button

• Rework pause menu into a frameless corner layout

• Add swap_seats input bound to '/' to cycle between empty vehicle seats

• Contextual onboarding tips + Settings/Quit pause-menu gaps

• Owl boards the truck via the real entry path in recordings

What We Fixed

• Fix save-slot load routing; add replication-drift harness and autoload init guards (#392)

• Fix four truck/seat replication defects found auditing for co-op testing

• Fix the spawn whiteout and the constant suspension squeak (refs #551)

• Fix the opening hour: consent to end a day, and a legible starting compound

• Fix co-op truck authority, paint desync, bed stall and radio playlist

• Fixed multiplayer connection bugs

• Record: expose audio toggle in .bat wizard + fix capsule paths

• Fix capture recording race: wait for menu, fast-boot, enter gameplay directly

• Open capture clips on store art fading into gameplay; fix portrait CTA

• Fix boot screen stuck after intro; finer, milder screen snow

• Fix ambient NPC space-state error flood + missing collectible outline shader

• Fix PingSystem parse error: class_name shadowed the autoload

• Fix NPC traffic feel, barricade snagging, player collision; add intro sea VFX

• Fix radio/music clash, add interactable indicators, stabilize truck

• Fix silent barricades and dragged-backwards NPC trucks; drive-by reveal labels

• Fix barricade prompts on wide walls; state-colored glow; cab interior linework

• Updated camera rig for vehicle, updated credits, Fixed vehicle audio bug

• Fixed respawn bug, added awnings to buildings

• Fixed settings menu breaking in intro cutscene

• Fixed intro cutscene skip button

• Fixed LRD vehicle system plugin errors

• Fix respawn flinging, in-scenery spawns, and ghost driving after teleport

• Fix truck materials, cab fog pass, sign text cutoff, and respawn loop

• Fix startup/join respawn loop in checkpoint system

• Fixed skip dialogue bug

• Fixed cutscene errors

• Fixed gameplay scene

• Added godot ai bridge mcp, removed old models for copyright reasons, fixed pause menu bug

• Fix ENet client join: stop stale-peer error spam, surface failures

• Fix truck falling through Terrain3D; give Talon a distinct owl; doc 4.7

• Audio pass: fill the quiet spots, fix broken wiring

• Fix orphaned "pink capsule" ragdoll persisting after respawn

• Fix co-op scene-entry path bugs + adopt Godot 4.7 AreaLight3D for the TV

• Fix unearnable achievements + bulk-localize the remaining short-UI strings

• Fix shrine lore fragment + add gate-endings test scene and console commands

• Fix Chester/Osric placement in gameplay_scene.tscn (PR #482)

• Fix signpost reveal: Label3D has no visible_characters

• Exclude developer_testing scenes from Steam export

• Stop Steam export crash on missing terrain_data/hike_map dir

• Ship terrain in Steam builds and add owl movement to demo recordings

Thanks for playing and for all the feedback - it genuinely helps shape where this game goes. If you run into anything weird or have ideas, drop by our Discord or leave a comment below!

Happy delivering!

• HeartCoded & the Lost Rabbit Digital team v0.5.15