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After years of sweat and struggle, we have finally reached the most magical of numbers in our Zero Gear Official Game Group. 

Now listen, we are asking from the bottom of our little hearts to NOT screw this up for us. Please DON’T JOIN OUR STEAM GROUP, and for the love of god don’t tell your friends to JOIN our Steam group. We have come too far to see this screwed up now. If you mess this up, we will track you down, and there will be hell to pay!

Whew! We have been working so hard to get a new beta version out every week that we have not had much time to chat in between. Here is a new version of the Zero Gear beta to play with - including a brand new race track, Zero Circuit! If you haven’t signed up for the beta yet, go grab a beta key!

1.0.1.4 Change Log

* New race map added: Zero Circuit!!!
* Network bandwidth usage optimized, uses up to 75% less data
* Skate now has a simple point based game mode
* Puncher can be used behind kart, has better range, and causes the punched object to spin more
* Reduced the time it takes for a twister to become active once deployed from 2 seconds to 1
* Soccer ball mass increased slightly
* Forced race mode back to warmup if there is only one racing player left
* Camera follow rotation is now 3 times faster when the kart is moving slowly
* Changed quick play to look through the first 3 lobbies for a valid server instead of just the top lobby
* The server browser now only shows how many humans players are in a server
* Added dialog box to warn the user when they connect to a server running a map they don’t have
* Texture filter mode now saves when changed in the settings GUI
* Other player’s ping times displayed in the player roster GUI will be more responsive
* Upon detecting that the required shader model 2.0 isn’t supported on the player’s computer, it will ask the user if they want to try running the game anyway

Hey guys, I hope you will forgive us for a few missed IKWYDLW posts! We have been extremely busy fixing and fiddling with the Zero Gear Beta to try and get a new build out once a week. So far we have been able to make a lot of fixes and slight changes from feedback to the game thanks to over 50,000 people that have signed up for the beta! We are getting closer to a release version of Zero Gear with every new beta build.

One of the things that will be in the next build is a new target mode pachinko map, I have taken a short clip to showcase it:

Stay tuned for more breaking Zero Gear news!

Another week, another fresh build of Zero Gear on steam to play with! If you haven’t checked out our beta yet - you can grab a key here and start playing! Also, help show your support by joining our steam group!

1.0.1.1 Change Log

* 65 MS of lag removed
* Increased the network sync time to 30 times a second from 20
* Quick play button added to the main menu which will join the best server or start a local server if there aren’t any good servers to join
* Reverse speed increased slightly
* Soccer ball tweaked so it is easier to hit around
* Player karts colored based on their team in Goal mode
* Tag rules modified
* Spring and punch strength increased slightly
* Punchbowl tag map reduced in size and other tweaks
* Some trees removed from downhill part of Chill Mountain
* Min players now defaults to 4 instead of 0
* The score now sorts correctly in Target mode
* Significantly improved the performance of the collision detection code when there are many objects in the world
* Bandwidth usage improved now as time shift wasn’t enabled in the last build (oops)
* Going in reverse at the start of Chill Mountain will no longer cause the player to get stuck at the starting line
* The number of bots can be adjusted during play by changing the minimum number of players in the server manager GUI
* The maximum number of player will not be exceeded on a server anymore
* The player list in the server manager GUI now updates correctly when people leaving/join the server
* Pressing connect at the server browser when no server is selected no longer tries to join a local server
* Mouse sensitivity slider added to settings
* New “auto” mouse look mode added as default, the old mode can be enabled in the settings if desired
* Bots ping times in the roster GUI are now listed as “BOT” instead of the real ping time
* Players in result GUI no longer display above other GUIs in Goal and Tag mode
* Kicked players now go back to the main menu after being kicked
* Players with names longer than 32 character no longer cause the server to throw an error
* Exit removed from the key binding list in settings
* XPadder profile added to the Assets directory for the PC XBox 360 controller

4 days after our beta went live we have a new update for everyone! Here is the changes:

1.0.1.0 Change Log

* Kart physics modified, the kart is much heavier now as well as other subtle tweaks
* Air steering is now only engaged by pressing the steer direction after leaving the ground
* Some maps updated to work better with new kart physics
* Camera adjustments, closer to kart, fixed distance, crosshair added to aim mode
* Ice cube will not ice the player who dropped it behind them when it obviously shouldn’t
* Win score changed from 500 to 400 in Tag mode
* All players given springs in Target mode and bumpers removed until they are functional again
* Soccer ball/hockey puck larger and easier to hit
* Country code added to the server browser so you can see how close a server is to you
* Rank sorted correctly in the server browser now
* Setting added to enable the screen blur effect on boost as some players were reporting problems
* The game responds to input correctly after closing the settings or server GUI while in game
* The map change timer works correctly in the server settings GUI
* Map name and server name added to the player roster GUI
* Laps/Place GUI is now visible in spectator mode
* The goal GUI now tells the user which goal they need to shoot the ball/puck into
* The signal GUI will warn the user if they connect to a server with a very large ping
* Upon pressing the reset key, a GUI pops up to notify the user they will soon be reset
* GUI is now visible in Skate
* Newb loading screen key layout image simplified
* Music updated and Hyperduck accessory added (quack quack!!)
* Sound errors no longer print out to the log which seems to prevent the game from slowing down over time
* Bug in sound priority system fixed which should prevent more important sounds (music, engine noises, etc) from cutting out on some sound cards
* Fixed the “Failed to find receive data peer” bug that happened sometimes after exiting the game and starting it again quickly

Go check it out!