What is this new patch/update?

[Marka]

I can't find any info on it, but steam is currently updating Nimbus. Anyone?

[sirphoenix]

yeah, its downloading a total of 536 MB here.
seems more like the complete game download than a patch.

how come we never see any patchnotes on steam when its updating?

[Doomsday One]

From what I've seen so far:
Some funky new music tracks for various worlds
Ghost support

Also, there seems to be a portal coming off of the beginning of world thre... OH MY GOODNESS, PRESENTS!

[sirphoenix]

O M G.
chrismas worlds... guys, this is so damn cool!

[Doomsday One]

O M G.
chrismas worlds... guys, this is so damn cool!

LASERS!

It's like the Nimbus developers looked at my Christmas list and said "It's okay Santa, we'll handle this one."
A little bit laggy when the lasers are being blocked by moving blocks, but SO AWESOME.

[Sairon]

Here follows the changes for the patch, I'll do a more in depth post tomorrow when I get to work :D

The Christmas levels can be found by going right at the very beginning of World 3. Accompanying the new world is a couple of new features which we've seen requested on numerous occasions.

There's now some basic ghost support. The game always tries to save the fastest play through on a particular level, if you haven't completed the level there won't be any ghost present until you complete it. The ghost is toggled by hitting G and can be turned off by hitting G a second time. If you want to share the ghosts you'll have to manually go into steam/steamapps/common/nimbus/data/ghosts , there you'll find sub folders for every level that you've completed as of this patch containing the ghost file. As long as you send that file to someone and he puts in the very same folder as on your disk the game should be able to load it correctly. We might flesh it out a bit more in the future, making it easier to share ghosts as well as saving ghosts that aren't necessarily the best play through.

There's now a new leader board called Global Average. This is the average time you've taken across all levels on the main campaign.

The lasers can be found on most levels on the Christmas world. It was pretty difficult to get them to behave as we wanted, sad to hear it was a bit laggy on your machine, I believe I know why but sadly it will be hard to fix.

There was a few more features on the board which we wanted to include, but sadly we had to keep them hold in order to complete on time.

Good luck on the new world! :)

[Sairon]

Oh, and another feature I forgot to mention is better support for analog sticks, making use of all the resolution.

[Crazy Croc]

Thanks!

[Smokindan50]

Great work with the new content, guys. I'd love to see more in the future even as paid DLC if that's what you need to keep working on this awesome game.

[Zeewolf]

Thanks a lot, guys. Really appreciated. :-)

[Doomsday One]

By the way, how long will the Christmas world be available for?
Is it a permanent feature, or will it disappear at some point?

[Kvalsternacka]

It is a permanent content patch.

[sirphoenix]

hi there,

i have two questions here:

chrismas level 3:
at the start when you go left to the blue button and then straight down... is this supposed to be there? some sort of mean joke or an incomplete secret goal? am i missing something here? ;)

how often the global leaderboards get updated?
because about 1 hour ago i managed to cut off 1 minute in the final level but my global time didn't change.

and one request:

would it be possible that the ghost starts only when i start flying instead of continuesly running in a loop as soon as i enter the level.
right now you have to instantly start a level to be able to race your own ghost.

otherwise there is not much to say here except:
great levels, great design, great speed (lvl 6 :D).

[Doomsday One]

chrismas level 3:
at the start when you go left to the blue button and then straight down... is this supposed to be there? some sort of mean joke or an incomplete secret goal? am i missing something here? ;)

It sounds like you're missing lasers! There is supposed to be a laser between you and that blue button!

[sirphoenix]

there is a laser.
but there is also a way to get through that.

think with balls ;-)

[Doomsday One]

there is a laser.
but there is also a way to get through that.

think with balls ;-)

Yes, I know how to get through it, though I feared that the laser simply wasn't showing up for you.
Getting through with the ball seems pointless anyway, although I also initially had a feeling that there would be a secret area there. I looked at it through the wall, as well as looking at the minimap, and decided there was no point exploring.

...Then I thought "Perhaps I'm not understanding this comment from sirphoenix. Perhaps it isn't that he doesn't know where to go, but more that he has found some actual secret area at the bottom of the pit". So I had a look down there. Now we're on the same page.
How odd.

[Delvin]

Very nice additions, all of them. The ghost mode in particular will probably inspire me to make another full score improving run through the game. Maybe in some distant future it'd also be nice to view the ghost recording without having to frantically chase after it, it's always nice to relax for a bit after a smooth run :)

would it be possible that the ghost starts only when i start flying instead of continuesly running in a loop as soon as i enter the level.
right now you have to instantly start a level to be able to race your own ghost.I find the current system superior in levels with moving objects because the ghost will always be synced with the rest of the level.

[1nsane89]

I went into that path too and tought, this might have top secret teleport but then there was that...

Also <3 Snow trail :D

All it needs is a Santa's Sleigh model for the ship!

[matthews5335]

chrismas level 3:
at the start when you go left to the blue button and then straight down... is this supposed to be there? some sort of mean joke or an incomplete secret goal? am i missing something here? ;)
I also went down there and was left wondering. It looks to me like it was put in for a reason unfinished, and then forgotten about.

@Sairon: do the global average times include the x-mas pack levels?

Quote is from a different thread, but I would also like to know that.

I am loving the new update.

I did however find a couple of glitches related to the new content:
Firstly, when I play a Christmas level for 'too long' the music stops and doesn't come back until I restart the game (or maybe if I go back to a non Christmas level, I didn't test that).
Secondly, If you have the ghost on, and then turn it off mid flight, the ghosts trail is still there. On second thought, that may not be a glitch, but I thought I would point it out anyway.

I also have a suggestion:
With the average leader board, right now we can't see who's on top (unless we are in the top 5... I am currently 6th :mad: Tartar: Source is my in game name) and we can't see where our friends are. I would like to be able to have the same three view options like we have always had for the level specific leader boards. Just to be clear, I would like to be able to cycle through a 'me and people around me' 'top' and 'friends' views for the global average leader board.

Thanks a lot guys for the awesome update for an awesome game. :D

Also, congratulations to 1nsane for being awesome at the game. Your a champ.

[Kvalsternacka]

I also went down there and was left wondering. It looks to me like it was put in for a reason unfinished, and then forgotten about.

Thats pretty much how it is. I figured putting a secret level or collectible there would be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ move as it's really hard to reach, or find for that matter, and then forgot about it. Sorry :I

Sairon will have to answer the other questions as hes the man with the code. I just poked him about it.

[Sairon]

The Christmas levels are included in the global average, sadly it seems like the intro also is included, I'll fix that for the next patch. It's an oversight that there isn't the same viewing for global average as for the normal leader boards, I'll see if we can come up with a solution for that.

Glad you guys liked the patch :)

[Raptor-75]

Great patch! The ghost is really cool. Very clever that its trail shows you how many seconds you are behind it.

I really like the christmas levels so far.