v7.2.2 - Second Lap

SECOND LAP: 7.2.2

FIXES

• Racing Thoughts: Boudoir no longer gets stuck at "Preparing track". the course builds about six times faster, and a slow PC gets time to finish loading instead of the window closing on it.
• the launcher no longer goes blank on setups with several monitors. it grows inside the monitor it is on and redraws itself after a game, and if it still shows nothing it switches to a safer way of drawing for that run.
• Dynamic wallpaper makes one collage per monitor, at each screen's own size: no more stretched or squashed pictures on a second, vertical or wider monitor. thanks to McKenzi for the report.
• Circe's Tab: the raffle card says its total is net. time anyone takes off during the month comes out of it.
• strict lock cards say what really happens: Escape is the default panic key, and panic always ends a card. want Escape to do nothing on a card? bind panic to another key in Settings.

NEW

• Pink Filter: a new switch, "Under spirals and text", puts the tint under spirals, subliminals, bubbles and text so they keep their own colours. off by default.

HUNTING A STRAY SOUND
some of you hear short music stings that come from nowhere. bug reports now also list sounds played by web pages and the bubble video. if you hear one, send an in-app bug report right away and it should name the source.

IN CASE YOU MISSED 7.2.1 (yesterday)

RACING THOUGHTS

the race is rebuilt in 3D, and the song drives it. it lays the road, drops the words in your path and plays the floor under your wheels. you race through the lyrics, and they count.

five courses: Threshold, The Keep, Mainframe, GOONWORKS and Boudoir. each has its own song, its own traps and its own idea of a good time.

ten karts that really drive differently, from easy to heavy to fast. no kart beats another on every stat. Lovebomb is free, the rest are earned or bought.

jump ramps, boost arches, nine power-ups, and EMI doing tricks off the long jumps.

race online: host a room, pick the course, invite a friend or fill it from the Lobby. the start waits for everyone to load, and first place online pays five times solo.

your own pictures on the screens, or Scrolller with online media on. a connected toy plays the race with you: a steady buzz while you race clean, surges on boosts, a thud and then silence when you get hit. your limits apply and panic stops it.

Time Trial, medals, ghosts, achievements and a record of your races. Escape pauses, panic ends it, Gentle visuals calm it down.

Racing Thoughts is for Prime, solo included. without Prime the door stays visible, with a lock.

WALLPAPER, FREE FOR EVERYONE
a wallpaper built from your own images, in Studio > Effects. Static, Dynamic behind your icons, or one picture of your own. your own wallpaper comes back after, and one panic takes it down. thanks to McKenzi for this one.

THE PRIZE COUNTER
a 3D shop on desktop, the website and the phone, with one wallet that takes Sparkles and nothing else. kart bodies, outfits, chess skins, profile frames, things for EMI's desk. what you buy carries across, stock changes every week, and what you own stays on the shelf. a buy asks once to confirm. no refunds, no gifts.

SPARKLES IN EVERY GAME
Racing Thoughts, chess, Goon, Breakout, Arcademy, Down the Rabbit Hole, the Caucus race and Intake all pay by finishing place or medal. the website's Goon and Intake don't pay yet, and solo pay tapers after five rounds of one game in a day.

ALSO

• Piece by Piece: watch public games from the Lobby, react from the stands, and climb a rating and a Ladder.
• Down the Rabbit Hole moves to Basic, and it is calmer.
• Escape pauses Arcademy, Goon, the Back Room, Intake, chess and Breakout.

FIXES

• Slut Mode no longer repeats the same lines.
• the switch for the companion's offers is back, under Companion > Permissions.
• the Lobby shows every Remote Control tag, not just the first three.
• the Mantra drone follows the master volume and its own dial at every stage, streaks included.
• the quest sound follows the perk notification switch.
• when a plan ends, Prime closes at the next check instead of lingering. paying again reopens it.
• bug reports list the sounds that just played, to help track down stray ones.
• Goon: a refused game card comes back with a reason.
• Circe's Tab: a lock that ended or ran out no longer hides the credit behind a raffle day slip-up.

online races need 7.2.1 or newer. every 7.1.x fix is in here too. coming from 7.0.x or older? read the 7.1.0 notes on the release