Ruber Pack b7.1

7.1 came quickly, didn't it?

Overall

• Removed large sized graphical patches that are no longer needed.

Wonder Cup

Wishing Wonders

• Fixed a waypoint that spawns the player below the map.
• Moved a few ark arrows that were difficult to read ahead of time.

Miracle Cup

Pleasure Castle

• Fixed the X-positioning of the half loop to help prevent online desyncing.

So it's not only been a year since Ring Racers, but it's also been a year since the first release of RuberPack! It's not the "peak" set of tracks, nor is it provide the most consistently fluid gameplay amomgst others, but hey, it was fun to make and I want to thank everyone to the playtesters and time attacks record setters and especially Kart Krew Dev for providing an insanely fun experience to build upon.

It's been a while but this is a hefty update, so with that said...

Here's update b7 for RuberPack:


Overall

• The arrangement of the RuberPack download files have been revised due to the size of the entire pack combined finally reaching more than 50MB (...and also to organize a few files much more cleaner). Due to this circumstance, the singular bundled pk3 of RuberPack can no longer be downloaded across Online servers, and must now be hosted with the individual pk3 files along with it's Cups, Characters, and Followers.


Characters

• All previously featured characters now have their own "Jack Frost Dialogue" when talking to him at a newly added secret location in Frosty Circuit.


Maps

• All tracks received noticeably larger minimaps completely redrawn.
• All previously unlooped songs are now looped properly.
• New time trial ghosts have been included and also now function properly without being included in a separate download folder.
• Certain maps now use Object 36 to start the player off closer to the Starting Line during Time Trial mode.
• Various, yet hardly noticeable bugs detected using Map Analysis, have been taken care of.
• Certain new global textures such as custom boost pads have been applied (with the exception of Object version of boost pads).
• All Collectable Comic pages have been reworked and no longer require an FOF to function.


Miracle Cup

Egg Quarters

• New race map as of version b7, featured in Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart.

Death Chamber

• New Battle/Prison Break map as of version b7 (Including a Race version hidden somewhere in Egg Quarters during Grand Prix or selectable via menu).
(***NOTE: The Race version of this level was designed with a diagonal Finish Line in mind before it was confirmed that diagonal Finish Lines causes SPBs to spawn early and waypoints to sometimes behave strangely, this is a base game issue. I deeply apologize for this, however the level is still absolutely functional and pretty difficult. You have been warned!)

Pleasure Castle

• New race map as of version b7, featured in Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart.

Sea-Saw

• New Special Stage map as of version b7.

Solar Stroller

• Fixed linedefs warping glitch near the end (Attempt #2).
• A few item boxes have been removed.
• Fixed a wallspray object being replaced by another object when applying Wonder Cup after Miracle Cup.
• Various texture fixes and updates.

SG-1000

• Various texture updates



Wonder Cup

Fortune Forge

• New "Bonus" map (classified in-game as "Versus") map as of version b7.
• This map can be accessible through Frosty Circuit in Grand Prix, or within the "Lost and Found" category in the "Special" tab.


Bubble Bayside

• The item capsules in the high road shortcut now reward players with 15 rings instead of Rocket Sneakers.
• Ring capsules outside of the tripwire shortcut give you less rings.
• Ring capsules that reward 30 rings each have been added to the tripwire shortcut.
• New decorative setpieces in the skybox and around the map.
• A handful of ark arrows have been removed.
• Various texture fixes, changes, and updates.

Frosty Circuit

• "...Something about this map seems... more lively when Grand Prix is selected. It sounds like it's coming from the river..."
• Fixed slopes on the winding wooden stairs from launching off players that go too fast (Attempt #2).
• Sloped the cliff near at end to prevent players going extremely fast from bumping into the high ledge.
• Added Jawz capsules to the river hop shortcut.
• Jack Frost now makes an appearance in a new room hidden within the map, along with new dialogue made especially for RuberPack characters.

Tropical Gardens

• Added more blue spheres to the map.

Agaria Botanica

• The lap count has now been increased to 3.
• Fixed slopejank before first tripwire where players can go over the tripwire if aimed properly.
• Significant level design and texture additions, item capsules, changes, and updates have been made to keep the map busy.
• Edited the S-loop to prevent players from being stuck if respawned, including a barrier and recovery plane.(Attempt #3).

Boomerang Battleship

• Players may have encountered instances of SPBs appearing very early and waypoints acting very in this map in particular.... It has been found that the finish line being diagonal had caused the issue. Therefore, the map has now entirely been rotated 45 degrees. This is to hopefully fix any previous issue regarding that once and for all (Attempt #6).
• Added moving boost pads in few sections.
• Added new flooring and "fence" lighting on certain turns to help give clarity.
• Fixed unmarked death planes.
• Fixed linedef accidentally placed after the first half-loop causing players to potentially gravflip in the wrong spot.
• There are now gray dash pads at the start of the gravity beam section to prevent players from falling off due to lack of speed.
• Updated code for preventing tumbling after the gravity beam section (Attempt #2).
• Added barrier and recovery plane on the third loop.
• Various texture fixes, changes, and updates.


Storage Sputter

• A certain specifc capsule now has an alternate way of destroying it, including two item placements that are used for this new method.
• Newly places item capsules are hidden in two other wooden boxes.
• Added more blue spheres to the map.

Wishing Wonders

• Fixed a few turns to prevent players from clipping below if bumped (Attempt #2)
• The loop has been slightly tweaked to prevent the player from flying off if entered at a certain placements (Attempt #3).
• New decorative setpieces and textures have been added around the map.
• A handful of ark arrows have been removed.
• Various texture fixes, changes, and updates.

Now you can download it :)

Yep. Here's update b6.3 for RuberPack:

Overall

- The "L" prefix signifying the presence of Lua has now been fixed appropriately with the file names.

Maps

- A significant amount of Ark Arrows overall have been removed.



Wonder Cup

Bubble Bayside

- The log jump behind the first tripwire is now a wooden ramp to ensure players don't fall into the water below.

Wishing Wonders

- A certain someone accidentally submitted 6.2 with the wrong SOC file for this level so certain objects didn't show up. This is now fixed.

It's been too long again... Hopefully i can get around to something cool like b7, but this isn't a small update! So for the time being...

Here's update b6.2 for RuberPack:

Overall

• Removed accidental inclusion of Wonder Cup's .bak file in the download files.
• Removed previously included Time Trial ghost files due to the renaming of the tracks with the pk3 files.
• The <eof> error messages caused by SOC in console *should* no longer appear.

Maps

• The setup of the capsules in all Battle/Prison Break maps are now tweaked, arranged, and different ranged object sizes for variety.
• Various levels include a few touch ups that involve "recovery springs" to attempt help gameplay run smoother.



Wonder Cup

Bubble Bayside

• Fixed a slope group that was accidentally moved at an incorrect height.
• Several amount of slope sectors and vertexes have been merged to help boost framerate and optimize the map size itself, sacrificing smooth slope curves.
• Fixed wooden gates that were left unpegged.

Agaria Botanica

• Attempt (and hopefully the last) to fix S loop respawing causing the player to be stuck in midair.
• Fixed a slope bug where it was possible to be stuck on a specific corner of a ramp.


Boomerang Battleship

• Added Death/Recovery planes in certain spots that were in need of them to prevent breaking the level and sustain the flow of the gameplay.
• A few aesthetic changes were made, hinting at more changes in future updates.
• Added dash rings to a certain part of the gravity beam section to prevent hitting ceiling upon going in rapidly.
• Removed tripwire after the end half loop that was possible to hit from below.


Wishing Wonders

• The whole "version switching" system has been done away with, to simply "if you want to play the revamped version, patch "DRBS_Wonder_Cup-b0XX_WishingWonders_Rev.pk3" after you apply the bundled or individual Wonder Cup file.

• Fixed waypoints that were lowered with the intent of fixing being spawned too high, but ended up causing the player to spawn beneath the road. They currently spawn slighty above the road higher than usual but this is currently the option that works due to how the level is built.


Miracle Cup

Solar Stroller

• Fixed a major oversight where Solar Stroller's custom objects were duplicated into Wonder Cup within the individual files, causing MT_UNKNOWN errors.
• fixed an oversight where the player explodes upon respawning inside the automated doors.
• Tweaked sector for the automated doors to open at an earlier sector.
• Tweaked ledge area near the ramp shortcut that caused players to be stuck without a way to respawn quickly.
• Added textures to the middle of the road to help players with depth perception.

Not a serious one but, the previous new song for Solar Stroller, and various minimaps are actually up to date and working.

Thank you for bearing with me folks i tip my hat to you for the wait. Shoutouts to the people thumbs up'ing this addon, glad to know you're enjoying this!


Here's an update:

I've rearranged the way the internal files you download appear in hopes of them being easier to navigate, pick and choose files you want or don't care for. Hoping it suffices.

Maps

• All maps now use instances of Map object 770, and have accurately fixed minimaps as a result.


Bubble Bayside

• Slight change to the level's colormap.


Wishing Wonders

• The method of level version swapping via Online Mode has been changed from ACS to Lua to prevent any more potential crashing to players, along with a simple Console/Addon menu selection.

• Minor graphical tweaks and changes.


Solar Stroller

• The song "Movin Movin" by Deejay Verstyle has been added.

• Decreased the amount of items boxes on the track.

• Toned down the visibility of the electric hoop in the skybox.

• Minor texture fixes and adjustments.

I forgot the "B" prefix in the file names that's all :))))

Alrighty it's time for big new cup content.

Though this Update introduces a new cup, expect updates to old content as well for the sake of improvement and bug fixing.

Here's update b6 for RuberPack:

Maps

• As of version b6, the "Miracle Cup" has now been added to RuberPack, including it's own folder.

• Comic book cutscenes (should) no longer occur during online sessions.

• A handful of tracks that used the default Ring Racers banner now have custom race banners applied.

• All maps within the files now use the "RUB_" prefix and no longer use the "RR_" prefix.

• The "Darkness" setting for when Shrink is active is now set to "1" for all maps, including previous maps, including "Light Angles" and "Contrasts" which have been updated and tweaked where they are intended, and removed when they aren't necessary.

• Static objects with no sort of action now have the "MF_NOTHINK" flag, and have "A_None" removed.

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Miracle Cup
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Solar Stroller

• New Race track as of version b6.

SG-1000

• New Prison/Battle map as of version b6.


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Wonder Cup
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Bubble Bayside

• Striped sand patterns have been implemented to help provide clarity to the player.

• Added in barriers to help prevent lag from interfering with gameplay.

• The colormap has been tweaked to tone down the bright orange.

• More rings and items have been added in various spots within the map.

• Added rocket sneakers on the rock jump shortcut to incerase it's usefulness.

• The collectable spray can is now placed in an easier spot on the rock jump ledge.

• The rock jump shortcut is now slightly lower and vaguely sloped downwards so that it's useful to enter and exit, and made to further avoid cutting onto the bridge that proceeds afterward.



Frosty Circuit

• More rings and items have been added in various spots within the map.

• The rear start area now has Flame Shields to help benefit players who are behind.

• A second Rocket Sneaker capsule has been added to the bridge shortcut.

• Minor decorative additions and texture adjustments.

• Added minor glow texture effects to dash pads that previously did not feature them.



Agaria Botanica

• Finish Line waypoint is now properly lined up with the actual "Finish" texture/linedef.

• The stairs at the end of the track has a slight change to it's design to make traversal after the S-loop slightly easier.

• Changed/fixed height and sizes to certain objects to their intended position.

• Removed instances of unused objects that are no longer needed.



Boomerang Battleship

• Added minor glow texture effects to dash pads that previously did not feature them.

• Fixed certain colormap errors that involved certain FOFs being too bright.


Wishing Wonders

• The entirety of the track has been successfully refurbished into two seperate versions, one being the original FOF "fidelity" version, and the other being a completely new rehaul in favor of gameplay framerates.

• The original "fidelity" version of Wishing Wonders is playable only through one person playing, and the FPS-friendly rehaul is playable through Online/Multiplayer upon selecting the track and will load either version depending on the mode via amount of players. Alternatively if you wish to replace the original "fidelity" version with the FPS rehaul manually, apply the addon called "DRS_Wonder_Cup-b06_WishingWonders_Rev.pk3" directly after applying Wonder Cup into the game.

• Because of the aforementioned tracks change, new textures on the rehauled version have been introduced to help the level decorating to remain pleasing on the eyes due to the method used to fix the framerates.

• The Dash Rings at the end of the track are more powerful to avoid falling underneath the track.

Hi again.

Here's update b5.3 for RuberPack:

• Certain file names have been rebranded and separated for downloading leniency to go with future potential addons.

Maps

• All Race maps with tripwire locations now have Pink Ring ark signs that signal the player to help them be more opportuned to use them.
• All Battle/Prison maps now have proper Combat UFOs and Overtime placements to play like in other Battle/Prison map.
• All Battle/Prison maps now feature a deep red mist effect that activates upon Overtime.


Frosty Circuit

• The two invincibility capsules on the first bridge shortcut is now one single Rocket Sneaker capsule.
• Two ark signs displaying Icy terrain for the small frozen pool of ice has been added.

Agaria Botanica

• Ring and Item balancing and positioning has been revamped.
• Moved a dash pad that caused a tripwire shortcut to be too easy.
• Added border at the high ledge near at end turn that had an unfair disadvantage to any player that drove too fast.
• Changed tripwire shortcut capsules from Rocket Sneakers to normal Sneakers.


Boomerang Battleship

• More rings have been added in various spots to pick up within the map.


Wishing Wonders

• More rings have been added in various spots to pick up within the map.
• Combative fix to prevent players from clipping through the floor FOF on the first turn.
• The listed Source for "Race Against Time!" has been changed from "Playcade OST" to "Playcade".
• The loop point end for "Race Against Time!" has been fixed to loop correctly.
• Slight tweaks and improvements to the level object graphics.
• (***Note: I've been made aware of certain players having frame rate issues on this track, while most who have gotten back to me have had zero issues... So, I have made efforts and looked into ways to prevent at least some lag, which was due to this track using a large amount of FOFs in return for design quality and fidelity.
Please understand, After a bit of testing and feedback and thought put into what comes out of this, I have come to the conclusion of leaving it the way it is presented here for now (as the solutions very much take away the quality of the design the level was intended to have) until a potential future solution opens up that pinpoints a fair solution between design and gameplay.
Thank you for your time and apologies for the inconvenience, and I hope you enjoy what this pack has to offer!)

Tropical Gardens

• The giant tree in the middle has been resized to compensate for Battle mode.
• Minimap has been updated to be more accurate to the map itself.