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Night Node closes down - Orbital Gear becomes free
Dear Orbital Gear Community, After a decade of living the indie dev life, we have decided to close down Night Node. In order to preserve Orbital Gear it will become free to play. The game will no longer be supported and…
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Patch v1.3.3 Changelog
Fixed: The black pause fadeout effect should now only be visible for the paused player in local multiplayer. Issues with controller support on Mac has been resolved, they have been verified to work with a XBox 360 contr…
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Patch v1.3.3 Changelog
Fixed: The black pause fadeout effect should now only be visible for the paused player in local multiplayer. Issues with controller support on Mac has been resolved, they have been verified to work with a XBox 360 contr…
Small Update / Patch Notes - Orbital Gear
Patch v1.3.2 Changelog
Fixed: Dedicated Server Dedicated servers should now be joinable again. The dedicatedserver.cfg file is no longer case sensitive. A dedicated server can select the best region automatically by setting region to "none" o…
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Patch v1.3.2 Changelog
Fixed: Dedicated Server Dedicated servers should now be joinable again. The dedicatedserver.cfg file is no longer case sensitive. A dedicated server can select the best region automatically by setting region to "none" o…
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v1.3.1 Changelog
Fixed: Re-enabled confine cursor option in the options menu, whoops! (Windows only) Fixed an issue with the top friend leaderboard after completing an Orbital Trial attempt. Mech Selection button should now be working p…
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v1.3.1 Changelog
Fixed: Re-enabled confine cursor option in the options menu, whoops! (Windows only) Fixed an issue with the top friend leaderboard after completing an Orbital Trial attempt. Mech Selection button should now be working p…
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v1.3.0 Changelog
Added: Completely redone all the menus and interface to make it less buggy and contain a few new features. Added support for local multiplayer with split-screen where up to four local players can battle it out against e…
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v1.3.0 Changelog
Added: Completely redone all the menus and interface to make it less buggy and contain a few new features. Added support for local multiplayer with split-screen where up to four local players can battle it out against e…
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v1.2.5 Changelog
Added: (Windows Only) Added an option to confine mouse cursor within the game window, the mouse confine is only active when in a game (not in the main menu). Added frame limiter for Dedicated Server, set it in the "dedi…
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v1.2.5 Changelog
Added: (Windows Only) Added an option to confine mouse cursor within the game window, the mouse confine is only active when in a game (not in the main menu). Added frame limiter for Dedicated Server, set it in the "dedi…
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Patch v1.2.4 Changelog
Fixed: An object leak has been removed which should resolve the low frame rate during longer play sessions. Some slight fixes in gravity has been done on some maps (to avoid players getting stuck in areas of no gravity…
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Patch v1.2.4 Changelog
Fixed: An object leak has been removed which should resolve the low frame rate during longer play sessions. Some slight fixes in gravity has been done on some maps (to avoid players getting stuck in areas of no gravity…
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Patch v1.2.3 Changelog
Added: Added host migrating! Fixed: The amount of data sent to a new player who's joining a server have been reduced. About: Host migrating means that a match will now continue even after a host has left the game, durin…
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Patch v1.2.3 Changelog
Added: Added host migrating! Fixed: The amount of data sent to a new player who's joining a server have been reduced. About: Host migrating means that a match will now continue even after a host has left the game, durin…
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v1.2.2 Changelog
Fixed Fixed an issue with the Kasainami enemies in Orbital Trials. Reworked how score is sent to connecting players as it seemed to frequently crash dedicated servers.


