Roadworthy v0.2.0-pre2

Changelog

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

v0.2.0-pre2

Joining and playing together

• Guests can join even if their mods, extra game files, or custom maps differ from the host's.
• Only the game version and the Roadworthy version still need to match.
• If a join fails, a pop-up now says why, such as which version each player has.
• After a failed join, you go back to the server list instead of being stuck at the main menu.
• Guests keep retrying the Steam connection for up to a minute before giving up.
• Hosts no longer turn away guests who joined the lobby a moment ago.
• Different local physics settings no longer block joining.

Performance

• Much less stuttering when new areas, buildings, and roadside stops load in.
• Building and roadside placement is faster, with the same results as before.
• Buildings in new areas may appear a moment later instead of freezing the game.

Experimental multiplayer (preview)

• A new "Experimental multiplayer (preview)" option is in the Misc settings. It is off by default.
• Players with the preview on can only join players who also have it on.
• The preview hands cars, their parts, and their cargo between players as one unit.
• The preview shares door, part, paint, damage, fluid, and breakable-object changes from the host.

v0.2.0-pre1

Joining and playing together

• Steam guests are less likely to get stuck at the main menu while joining.
• The game retries once if the first Steam connection drops during joining.
• Large objects spawned by guests are more likely to appear for everyone.
• Other players can see your cigarette smoke.
• The game, Steam lobby, and installer show Roadworthy v0.2.0-pre1.

Driving and riding

• Both sections of a double bus move together more smoothly for passengers and guests.
• The rear section of a double bus is less likely to snap out of place while you drive.
• Wheels on the rear section of a double bus stay mounted more reliably.

Rabbits and other wildlife

• Rabbits move more smoothly, turn in place, and look for ways around obstacles.
• Rabbits react more to nearby sounds and can spot players in a group or with their heads out of view.
• Rabbits lunge within biting range, finish the attack, and flee without doubling back as often.
• Hard vehicle hits can hurt and ragdoll enemy npcs, including rabbits.
• Multiplayer rabbits spawn around the host and guests, including in Steam sessions.
• Guests see shared rabbit movement and can bump into rabbits or be bitten.

Drinking and survival

• Press ; to reverse which container pours into the other.
• You can collect, mix, and drink your pee.
• Drinking pee quenches less thirst than water and slightly hurts your health.
• Peeing into a container in a new world adds pee to it instead of alcohol.
• You get thirsty faster, and sprinting uses more food and water.
• Drinking fuel or oil can make you thirstier for a while.
• Your water bar pulses yellow while you’re sick from drinking fuel or oil.

Roads, buildings, and saves

• New worlds use the biome you select. Existing saves load with their original biome.
• Grass thins out more gradually between biomes.
• Less sand covers roads, and large mountains are less likely to block them.
• Buildings look for flatter spots nearby, and new worlds have smoother ground around them.
• Fixed gaps caused by road sections getting skipped when nearby areas load.
• The world can keep loading when it encounters a damaged building record.
• Objects finish spawning before they’re included in a save or sent to a joining player.

Performance and diagnostics

• Driving, using fluid containers, and updating wheels or stored items use less processing time.
• Breaking objects uses less processing time, and heavy impacts play fewer overlapping sounds.
• Loose fragments pass through each other and use simpler shapes when hitting other objects.
• Checking item weight and spawning objects use less memory.
• Frozen animals produce fewer warnings in the game log.
• Optional performance logs help identify stutters and write in the background.
• Put tldmp-debris-speculative.on beside TheLongDrive.exe and restart to test fast debris collisions.

v0.1.3

Installer and interface

• Installer checks GitHub releases for a newer published version on open and
  via --check-updates (read-only, never downloads by itself).
• Installer detects the installed release/build, updates recognized older installs
  (legacy release version may be unknown) with an offline verified build (recovery copies kept), blocks
  downgrades over newer releases, adds a separate Restore original, real stage
  progress, and a dark UI with collapsible details.
• The menu news window shows the Roadworthy changes above the original game news.
• Game, lobby and installer labels now show v0.1.3 Roadworthy.

Multiplayer

• Missing-item repairs reach other players more reliably.
• Vehicle updates better tolerate packet loss.
• Smoother remote cars and faster updates after impacts.
• Fixed missing car movement updates in tests on the same PC.
• Part updates stay in order when their mounting point changes.
• Improved syncing of cars and parts spawned by guests.
• Failed spawn deliveries retry without duplicating confirmed spawns.
• New guest items and saved items are protected from early deletion.
• Missing-item recovery uses less memory and spreads work across frames.
• Deleted items discard old updates, and moved parts update their mounts.

World loading

• The loading screen, background included, stays up until the nearby world has loaded in.

Diagnostics

• Opt-in performance logs cover 55 more game methods, retain worst-call and
  worst-frame costs, and rank observed self time to help diagnose hitches.
• Multiplayer logs make missing parts, delays and color differences easier to investigate.

v0.1.2

Items and starting area

• Bus stops are placed beside the road instead of on it.
• Wheels with oversized tyres can now be picked up through the tyre.

Multiplayer joining

• Steam multiplayer joining is potentially fixed.

Menus and interface

• In-game and lobby labels now show v0.1.2 Roadworthy.

v0.1.1

Menus and interface

• Custom settings stay available after loading a world or returning to the main menu.
• The in-game version label now reads v0.1.1 Roadworthy.
• Roadworthy lobbies show their patch version in the lobby browser.

Multiplayer joining

• Fixed Steam players getting stuck during the password check.
• Joining players wait for a clear spawn before their position is sent to other players.
• Missing cars can be recovered when driving updates arrive first.

Performance

• Multiplayer startup can continue while game files are checked.
• Mirrors use less CPU when the camera is still.
• The graphics preset only changes the game's shadow settings when Performance is selected.

World streaming

• World streaming keeps up when the world recenters.
• Ground logs keep recording during longer drives.

v0.1.0

Menus and interface

• Graphics settings have Shadow quality and Performance preset options.
• Menus fit the screen at any resolution and aspect ratio.
• Menu backgrounds fill ultrawide screens.
• Consistent spacing and alignment across all menus.
• Menu elements no longer overlap or touch the screen edge.
• Settings tabs share one panel size.
• Save/Load buttons and confirmations line up in fixed spots.
• Steering wheel setup no longer shows the settings tab behind it.
• Multiplayer window, lobby list and dialogs stay inside the window.
• The version label reads v0.1.0 Roadworthy.

Joining and world loading

• Joining refuses to start if your map or build differs from the host's.
• Test clients running on the same PC use the host's map and starting position.
• A joining player is not released until the ground under them has loaded.
• Joining players spawn on clear ground, away from cars, props and walls.
• Sending the world to a joining player no longer holds up everyone else's movement.
• Reconnecting no longer makes the game handle the same Steam event several times.
• When a player leaves, the remaining players no longer freeze.
• Joining is faster, and the car and cargo stay above the ground while the world loads.
• Abandoned cars and other world items show all their parts for joining players.
• Game-file checks start earlier, so the first join stalls less.

Multiplayer players and vehicles

• The car you are riding in no longer stutters on your screen.
• Other players no longer skip ahead when they walk.
• Passengers no longer drift out of seats.
• Wheels and attached parts no longer drift away from moving cars.
• A car being pushed by another player moves smoothly instead of jumping once a second.
• Everyone sees blood on cars after a crash.
• Car smoothing can be turned on or off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers receive car position updates up to 60 times a second instead of about 5.
• Other players' movement updates 30 times a second instead of about 3.
• High update rate can be turned off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers no longer see the car freeze for up to a second every few seconds.
• Outdated position updates no longer queue behind newer ones.
• Late position updates are ignored, so cars and players no longer jump back to old positions.
• A short network hitch no longer hands the car over to a passenger.
• Cars and players no longer snap back and forth after a network hitch.
• A passenger no longer takes over the car while the host is nearby; whoever drives owns it.
• Doors, windows, mirrors and seats move smoothly for other players.
• Position updates reach other players sooner over Steam.
• Passengers no long...

Roadworthy v0.2.0-pre1

Changelog

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

v0.2.0-pre1

Joining and playing together

• Steam guests are less likely to get stuck at the main menu while joining.
• The game retries once if the first Steam connection drops during joining.
• Large objects spawned by guests are more likely to appear for everyone.
• Other players can see your cigarette smoke.
• The game, Steam lobby, and installer show Roadworthy v0.2.0-pre1.

Driving and riding

• Both sections of a double bus move together more smoothly for passengers and guests.
• The rear section of a double bus is less likely to snap out of place while you drive.
• Wheels on the rear section of a double bus stay mounted more reliably.

Rabbits and other wildlife

• Rabbits move more smoothly, turn in place, and look for ways around obstacles.
• Rabbits react more to nearby sounds and can spot players in a group or with their heads out of view.
• Rabbits lunge within biting range, finish the attack, and flee without doubling back as often.
• Hard vehicle hits can hurt and ragdoll enemy npcs, including rabbits.
• Multiplayer rabbits spawn around the host and guests, including in Steam sessions.
• Guests see shared rabbit movement and can bump into rabbits or be bitten.

Drinking and survival

• Press ; to reverse which container pours into the other.
• You can collect, mix, and drink your pee.
• Drinking pee quenches less thirst than water and slightly hurts your health.
• Peeing into a container in a new world adds pee to it instead of alcohol.
• You get thirsty faster, and sprinting uses more food and water.
• Drinking fuel or oil can make you thirstier for a while.
• Your water bar pulses yellow while you’re sick from drinking fuel or oil.

Roads, buildings, and saves

• New worlds use the biome you select. Existing saves load with their original biome.
• Grass thins out more gradually between biomes.
• Less sand covers roads, and large mountains are less likely to block them.
• Buildings look for flatter spots nearby, and new worlds have smoother ground around them.
• Fixed gaps caused by road sections getting skipped when nearby areas load.
• The world can keep loading when it encounters a damaged building record.
• Objects finish spawning before they’re included in a save or sent to a joining player.

Performance and diagnostics

• Driving, using fluid containers, and updating wheels or stored items use less processing time.
• Breaking objects uses less processing time, and heavy impacts play fewer overlapping sounds.
• Loose fragments pass through each other and use simpler shapes when hitting other objects.
• Checking item weight and spawning objects use less memory.
• Frozen animals produce fewer warnings in the game log.
• Optional performance logs help identify stutters and write in the background.
• Put tldmp-debris-speculative.on beside TheLongDrive.exe and restart to test fast debris collisions.

v0.1.3

Installer and interface

• Installer checks GitHub releases for a newer published version on open and
  via --check-updates (read-only, never downloads by itself).
• Installer detects the installed release/build, updates recognized older installs
  (legacy release version may be unknown) with an offline verified build (recovery copies kept), blocks
  downgrades over newer releases, adds a separate Restore original, real stage
  progress, and a dark UI with collapsible details.
• The menu news window shows the Roadworthy changes above the original game news.
• Game, lobby and installer labels now show v0.1.3 Roadworthy.

Multiplayer

• Missing-item repairs reach other players more reliably.
• Vehicle updates better tolerate packet loss.
• Smoother remote cars and faster updates after impacts.
• Fixed missing car movement updates in tests on the same PC.
• Part updates stay in order when their mounting point changes.
• Improved syncing of cars and parts spawned by guests.
• Failed spawn deliveries retry without duplicating confirmed spawns.
• New guest items and saved items are protected from early deletion.
• Missing-item recovery uses less memory and spreads work across frames.
• Deleted items discard old updates, and moved parts update their mounts.

World loading

• The loading screen, background included, stays up until the nearby world has loaded in.

Diagnostics

• Opt-in performance logs cover 55 more game methods, retain worst-call and
  worst-frame costs, and rank observed self time to help diagnose hitches.
• Multiplayer logs make missing parts, delays and color differences easier to investigate.

v0.1.2

Items and starting area

• Bus stops are placed beside the road instead of on it.
• Wheels with oversized tyres can now be picked up through the tyre.

Multiplayer joining

• Steam multiplayer joining is potentially fixed.

Menus and interface

• In-game and lobby labels now show v0.1.2 Roadworthy.

v0.1.1

Menus and interface

• Custom settings stay available after loading a world or returning to the main menu.
• The in-game version label now reads v0.1.1 Roadworthy.
• Roadworthy lobbies show their patch version in the lobby browser.

Multiplayer joining

• Fixed Steam players getting stuck during the password check.
• Joining players wait for a clear spawn before their position is sent to other players.
• Missing cars can be recovered when driving updates arrive first.

Performance

• Multiplayer startup can continue while game files are checked.
• Mirrors use less CPU when the camera is still.
• The graphics preset only changes the game's shadow settings when Performance is selected.

World streaming

• World streaming keeps up when the world recenters.
• Ground logs keep recording during longer drives.

v0.1.0

Menus and interface

• Graphics settings have Shadow quality and Performance preset options.
• Menus fit the screen at any resolution and aspect ratio.
• Menu backgrounds fill ultrawide screens.
• Consistent spacing and alignment across all menus.
• Menu elements no longer overlap or touch the screen edge.
• Settings tabs share one panel size.
• Save/Load buttons and confirmations line up in fixed spots.
• Steering wheel setup no longer shows the settings tab behind it.
• Multiplayer window, lobby list and dialogs stay inside the window.
• The version label reads v0.1.0 Roadworthy.

Joining and world loading

• Joining refuses to start if your map or build differs from the host's.
• Test clients running on the same PC use the host's map and starting position.
• A joining player is not released until the ground under them has loaded.
• Joining players spawn on clear ground, away from cars, props and walls.
• Sending the world to a joining player no longer holds up everyone else's movement.
• Reconnecting no longer makes the game handle the same Steam event several times.
• When a player leaves, the remaining players no longer freeze.
• Joining is faster, and the car and cargo stay above the ground while the world loads.
• Abandoned cars and other world items show all their parts for joining players.
• Game-file checks start earlier, so the first join stalls less.

Multiplayer players and vehicles

• The car you are riding in no longer stutters on your screen.
• Other players no longer skip ahead when they walk.
• Passengers no longer drift out of seats.
• Wheels and attached parts no longer drift away from moving cars.
• A car being pushed by another player moves smoothly instead of jumping once a second.
• Everyone sees blood on cars after a crash.
• Car smoothing can be turned on or off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers receive car position updates up to 60 times a second instead of about 5.
• Other players' movement updates 30 times a second instead of about 3.
• High update rate can be turned off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers no longer see the car freeze for up to a second every few seconds.
• Outdated position updates no longer queue behind newer ones.
• Late position updates are ignored, so cars and players no longer jump back to old positions.
• A short network hitch no longer hands the car over to a passenger.
• Cars and players no longer snap back and forth after a network hitch.
• A passenger no longer takes over the car while the host is nearby; whoever drives owns it.
• Doors, windows, mirrors and seats move smoothly for other players.
• Position updates reach other players sooner over Steam.
• Passengers no longer flash to the wrong terrain on long drives.

Multiplayer items and parts

• Items held by other players no longer disappear.
• Items are no longer pulled out of your hands or off mounts by delayed updates.
• Quitting no longer deletes held or worn items.
• Box pieces and loose items no longer get stuck in a guest's car or teleport.
• Drivers can enable cargo ghosting with TLD_MP_CARGO_GHOST=1.
• Unpainted car parts no longer show pure black for other players.
• Loose cargo stays inside moving cars for passengers.

Performance and streaming

• Tests on the same PC stay connected during bursts of updates.
• A flood of network updates no longer freezes the game.
• Roads update faster when two players are nearby.
• Guests generate distant props with less stutter.
• Received item and car updates cost less CPU.
• Roads of any size draw more efficiently.
• Roads update faster while you drive.
• Roads cost less to draw.
• Mirrors that are off screen no longer render.
• Road chunks at the map edge are no longer rebuilt every frame.
• Large worlds stutter less when items sync, props spawn and leftover objects are cleaned up.
• Lower memory use for road and terrain generation.
• Terrain and prop checks no longer redo work that has not c...

Roadworthy v0.1.3

Changelog

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

v0.1.3

• Installer checks GitHub releases for a newer published version on open and
  via --check-updates (read-only, never downloads by itself).
• Installer detects the installed release/build, updates recognized older installs
  (legacy release version may be unknown) with an offline verified build (recovery copies kept), blocks
  downgrades over newer releases, adds a separate Restore original, real stage
  progress, and a dark UI with collapsible details.
• Missing-item repairs reach other players more reliably.
• Vehicle updates better tolerate packet loss.
• Smoother remote cars and faster updates after impacts.
• Fixed missing car movement updates in tests on the same PC.
• Part updates stay in order when their mounting point changes.
• Improved syncing of cars and parts spawned by guests.
• Failed spawn deliveries retry without duplicating confirmed spawns.
• New guest items and saved items are protected from early deletion.
• Missing-item recovery uses less memory and spreads work across frames.
• Deleted items discard old updates, and moved parts update their mounts.
• Multiplayer logs make missing parts, delays and color differences easier to investigate.
• The loading screen, background included, stays up until the nearby world has loaded in.
• The menu news window shows the Roadworthy changes above the original game news.
• Game, lobby and installer labels now show v0.1.3 Roadworthy.

Roadworthy v0.1.2

Changelog

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

v0.1.2

Items and starting area

• Bus stops are placed beside the road instead of on it.
• Wheels with oversized tyres can now be picked up through the tyre.

Multiplayer joining

• Steam multiplayer joining is potentially fixed

Menus and interface

• In-game and lobby labels now show v0.1.2 Roadworthy.

v0.1.1

Menus and interface

• Custom settings stay available after loading a world or returning to the main menu.
• The in-game version label now reads v0.1.1 Roadworthy.
• Roadworthy lobbies show their patch version in the lobby browser.

Multiplayer joining

• Fixes a password exchange that could leave Steam players stuck when joining a lobby.
• Joining players wait for a clear spawn before their position is sent to other players.
• Missing cars can be requested when their driving state arrives early.

Performance

• Multiplayer startup can continue while game files are checked.
• Reuses mirror visibility calculations when the camera has not moved.
• The graphics preset only changes the game's shadow settings when Performance is selected.

World streaming

• Refreshes streaming positions immediately after the world recenters.
• Ground diagnostics keep recording during longer drives.

v0.1.0

Menus and interface

• Graphics settings have Shadow quality and Performance preset options.
• Menus fit the screen at any resolution and aspect ratio.
• Menu backgrounds fill ultrawide screens.
• Consistent spacing and alignment across all menus.
• Menu elements no longer overlap or touch the screen edge.
• Settings tabs share one panel size.
• Save/Load buttons and confirmations line up in fixed spots.
• Steering wheel setup no longer shows the settings tab behind it.
• Multiplayer window, lobby list and dialogs stay inside the window.
• The version label reads v0.1.0 Roadworthy.

Joining and world loading

• Joining refuses to start if your map or build differs from the host's.
• Test clients running on the same PC use the host's map and starting position.
• A joining player is not released until the ground under them has loaded.
• A joining player is moved to a clear spot on solid ground instead of dropping inside a car, prop or wall.
• Sending the world to a joining player no longer holds up everyone else's movement.
• Reconnecting no longer makes the game handle the same Steam event several times.
• When a player leaves, the remaining players no longer freeze.
• Joining is faster, and the car and cargo stay above the ground while the world loads.
• Abandoned cars and other world items show all their parts for joining players.
• Game-file checks start earlier, so the first join stalls less.

Multiplayer players and vehicles

• The car you are riding in no longer stutters on your screen.
• Other players no longer skip ahead when they walk.
• Passengers no longer drift out of seats.
• Wheels and attached parts no longer drift away from moving cars.
• A car being pushed by another player moves smoothly instead of jumping once a second.
• When a car crashes and gets bloody, everyone sees the blood, not just the driver.
• Car smoothing can be turned on or off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers receive car position updates up to 60 times a second instead of about 5.
• Other players' movement updates 30 times a second instead of about 3.
• High update rate can be turned off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers no longer see the car freeze for up to a second every few seconds.
• Outdated position updates no longer queue behind newer ones.
• Late position updates are ignored, so cars and players no longer jump back to old positions.
• A short network hitch no longer hands the car over to a passenger.
• Cars and players no longer snap back and forth after a network hitch.
• A passenger no longer takes over the car while the host is nearby; whoever drives owns it.
• Doors, windows, mirrors and seats move smoothly for other players.
• Position updates reach other players sooner over Steam.
• Passengers no longer flash to the wrong terrain on long drives.

Multiplayer items and parts

• Items held by other players no longer disappear.
• Items are no longer pulled out of your hands or off mounts by delayed updates.
• Quitting no longer deletes held or worn items.
• Box pieces and loose items no longer get stuck in a guest's car or teleport.
• Cargo ghosting for the driving client is available with TLD_MP_CARGO_GHOST=1.
• Unpainted car parts no longer show pure black for other players.
• Loose items in a moving car (glove box, cab, bed) stay in place for passengers and no longer fall out behind the car.

Performance and streaming

• Test clients on the same PC no longer disconnect just because a burst of updates arrives faster than the game reads them.
• A flood of network updates no longer freezes the game.
• Roads update faster when two players are nearby.
• Guests generate distant props with less stutter.
• Received item and car updates cost less CPU.
• Roads draw as static meshes at any scale.
• Roads update faster while you drive.
• Roads cost less to draw.
• Mirrors that are off screen no longer render.
• Road chunks at the map edge are no longer rebuilt every frame.
• Large worlds stutter less when items sync, props spawn and leftover objects are cleaned up.
• Lower memory use for road and terrain generation.
• Terrain and prop checks no longer redo work that has not changed.
• Large prop requests are split up to reduce frame spikes.
• Items loading in cause fewer visible stutters.
• Cheaper physics checks.
• Large construction saves no longer slow down as they grow.
• Distant terrain loads without stuttering.
• Less CPU spent on rocks, trees and other props when nothing near you changes.
• Parked cars use less CPU.
• Idle tank caps use less CPU.

Terrain and gameplay

• Roadside buildings sit on the ground instead of the road centre line.
• Changing view distance no longer removes the ground under you.
• Fixed terrain corruption when several pieces generate at once.
• The starting-area bus stop is placed on the ground once terrain loads.
• Cars no longer vanish when one of their parts is far away.
• Items no longer fall through unloaded ground.
• Car radiators explode properly again.

Graphics settings

• New graphics preset: 2x MSAA, four pixel lights, 80 m shadows with two cascades, realtime reflection probes off.
• Realtime reflection probes stay off after loading a save.

Single-player and multiplayer wildlife

• Hosting removes rabbits from the world, so guests no longer freeze or get flung by them.
• Removed warning spam from flying animals.
• Rabbits spawn in single-player again (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Sandstorms occur again in single-player (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Removed warning spam from frozen far-away creatures.

Saving and diagnostics

• Press F11 to save a feedback bundle of your logs.
• Store and unstore logs name the item and its position.
• Safer saving with a .bak backup.
• Fixed a world-stopping error from duplicate physics bodies on load.
• Fixed an error flood when a worn item is destroyed.

Roadworthy v0.1.1

Changelog

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

v0.1.1

Menus and interface

• Custom settings stay available after loading a world or returning to the main menu.
• The in-game version label now reads v0.1.1 Roadworthy.
• Roadworthy lobbies show their patch version in the lobby browser.

Multiplayer joining

• Joining players wait for a clear spawn before their position is sent to other players.
• Missing cars can be requested when their driving state arrives early.

Performance

• Multiplayer startup can continue while game files are checked.
• Reuses mirror visibility calculations when the camera has not moved.
• The graphics preset only changes the game's shadow settings when Performance is selected.

World streaming

• Refreshes streaming positions immediately after the world recenters.
• Ground diagnostics keep recording during longer drives.

v0.1.0

Menus and interface

• Graphics settings have Shadow quality and Performance preset options.
• Menus fit the screen at any resolution and aspect ratio.
• Menu backgrounds fill ultrawide screens.
• Consistent spacing and alignment across all menus.
• Menu elements no longer overlap or touch the screen edge.
• Settings tabs share one panel size.
• Save/Load buttons and confirmations line up in fixed spots.
• Steering wheel setup no longer shows the settings tab behind it.
• Multiplayer window, lobby list and dialogs stay inside the window.
• The version label reads v0.1.0 Roadworthy.

Joining and world loading

• Joining refuses to start if your map or build differs from the host's.
• Test clients running on the same PC use the host's map and starting position.
• A joining player is not released until the ground under them has loaded.
• A joining player is moved to a clear spot on solid ground instead of dropping inside a car, prop or wall.
• Sending the world to a joining player no longer holds up everyone else's movement.
• Reconnecting no longer makes the game handle the same Steam event several times.
• When a player leaves, the remaining players no longer freeze.
• Joining is faster, and the car and cargo stay above the ground while the world loads.
• Abandoned cars and other world items show all their parts for joining players.
• Game-file checks start earlier, so the first join stalls less.

Multiplayer players and vehicles

• The car you are riding in no longer stutters on your screen.
• Other players no longer skip ahead when they walk.
• Passengers no longer drift out of seats.
• Wheels and attached parts no longer drift away from moving cars.
• A car being pushed by another player moves smoothly instead of jumping once a second.
• When a car crashes and gets bloody, everyone sees the blood, not just the driver.
• Car smoothing can be turned on or off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers receive car position updates up to 60 times a second instead of about 5.
• Other players' movement updates 30 times a second instead of about 3.
• High update rate can be turned off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers no longer see the car freeze for up to a second every few seconds.
• Outdated position updates no longer queue behind newer ones.
• Late position updates are ignored, so cars and players no longer jump back to old positions.
• A short network hitch no longer hands the car over to a passenger.
• Cars and players no longer snap back and forth after a network hitch.
• A passenger no longer takes over the car while the host is nearby; whoever drives owns it.
• Doors, windows, mirrors and seats move smoothly for other players.
• Position updates reach other players sooner over Steam.
• Passengers no longer flash to the wrong terrain on long drives.

Multiplayer items and parts

• Items held by other players no longer disappear.
• Items are no longer pulled out of your hands or off mounts by delayed updates.
• Quitting no longer deletes held or worn items.
• Box pieces and loose items no longer get stuck in a guest's car or teleport.
• Cargo ghosting for the driving client is available with TLD_MP_CARGO_GHOST=1.
• Unpainted car parts no longer show pure black for other players.
• Loose items in a moving car (glove box, cab, bed) stay in place for passengers and no longer fall out behind the car.

Performance and streaming

• Test clients on the same PC no longer disconnect just because a burst of updates arrives faster than the game reads them.
• A flood of network updates no longer freezes the game.
• Roads update faster when two players are nearby.
• Guests generate distant props with less stutter.
• Received item and car updates cost less CPU.
• Roads draw as static meshes at any scale.
• Roads update faster while you drive.
• Roads cost less to draw.
• Mirrors that are off screen no longer render.
• Road chunks at the map edge are no longer rebuilt every frame.
• Large worlds stutter less when items sync, props spawn and leftover objects are cleaned up.
• Lower memory use for road and terrain generation.
• Terrain and prop checks no longer redo work that has not changed.
• Large prop requests are split up to reduce frame spikes.
• Items loading in cause fewer visible stutters.
• Cheaper physics checks.
• Large construction saves no longer slow down as they grow.
• Distant terrain loads without stuttering.
• Less CPU spent on rocks, trees and other props when nothing near you changes.
• Parked cars use less CPU.
• Idle tank caps use less CPU.

Terrain and gameplay

• Roadside buildings sit on the ground instead of the road centre line.
• Changing view distance no longer removes the ground under you.
• Fixed terrain corruption when several pieces generate at once.
• The starting-area bus stop is placed on the ground once terrain loads.
• Cars no longer vanish when one of their parts is far away.
• Items no longer fall through unloaded ground.
• Car radiators explode properly again.

Graphics settings

• New graphics preset: 2x MSAA, four pixel lights, 80 m shadows with two cascades, realtime reflection probes off.
• Realtime reflection probes stay off after loading a save.

Single-player and multiplayer wildlife

• Hosting removes rabbits from the world, so guests no longer freeze or get flung by them.
• Removed warning spam from flying animals.
• Rabbits spawn in single-player again (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Sandstorms occur again in single-player (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Removed warning spam from frozen far-away creatures.

Saving and diagnostics

• Press F11 to save a feedback bundle of your logs.
• Store and unstore logs name the item and its position.
• Safer saving with a .bak backup.
• Fixed a world-stopping error from duplicate physics bodies on load.
• Fixed an error flood when a worn item is destroyed.

Roadworthy v0.1.0

Changelog

Current build: 20261029-car-push-blood (29 October 2026)

Experimental build for game version 2024.11.26b_test. Host and guests need the same build.

Menus and interface

• Graphics settings have Shadow quality and Performance preset options.
• Menus fit the screen at any resolution and aspect ratio.
• Menu backgrounds fill ultrawide screens.
• Consistent spacing and alignment across all menus.
• Menu elements no longer overlap or touch the screen edge.
• Settings tabs share one panel size.
• Save/Load buttons and confirmations line up in fixed spots.
• Steering wheel setup no longer shows the settings tab behind it.
• Multiplayer window, lobby list and dialogs stay inside the window.
• The version label reads v0.1.0 Roadworthy.

Joining and world loading

• Joining checks that the host's map and build match.
• Loopback test clients use the host’s map and starting position.
• Joining players wait for collision ground before being released.
• Joining players wait for a clear position on solid ground.
• Large world transfers no longer delay movement updates.
• Reconnecting no longer duplicates Steam event handlers.
• A player leaving no longer freezes other players.
• Clients join faster and keep the car and cargo above the ground while the world loads.
• Abandoned cars and other world items show all their parts for joining players.
• Content checks start earlier to reduce first-join pauses.

Multiplayer players and vehicles

• Smoother passenger view of moving cars.
• Other players move more smoothly.
• Passengers no longer drift out of seats.
• Wheels and attached parts no longer drift away from moving cars.
• A car pushed by another player moves smoothly instead of jumping.
• Blood on a crashed car shows for other players.
• Car smoothing can be turned on or off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers receive car position updates up to 60 times a second instead of about 5.
• Other players' movement updates 30 times a second instead of about 3.
• High update rate can be turned off in Settings > Misc.
• Passengers no longer see the car pause for up to a second every few seconds.
• Outdated position updates no longer queue behind newer ones.
• Late position updates are ignored, so cars and players no longer jump back to old positions.
• Passengers no longer take over the car after a short network hitch.
• Cars and players no longer jump back and forth after a hitch.
• A passenger no longer takes over the car while the host is nearby; whoever drives owns it.
• Doors, windows, mirrors and seats move smoothly for other players.
• Faster position updates over Steam.
• Passengers no longer flash to the wrong terrain on long drives.

Multiplayer items and parts

• Items held by other players no longer disappear.
• Items are no longer pulled out of your hands or off mounts by delayed updates.
• Quitting no longer deletes held or worn items.
• Box pieces and loose items no longer get stuck in a guest's car or teleport.
• Cargo ghosting for the driving client is available with TLD_MP_CARGO_GHOST=1.
• Unpainted car parts no longer show pure black for other players.
• Loose items in a moving car (glove box, cab, bed) stay in place for passengers and no longer fall out behind the car.

Performance and streaming

• Loopback network bursts no longer disconnect solely because the receive queue fills.
• Busy sessions no longer freeze from network update floods.
• Faster road updates with two players nearby.
• Guests generate distant props with less stutter.
• Received item and car updates cost less CPU.
• Roads draw as static meshes at any scale.
• Faster road updates while driving.
• Roads cost less to draw.
• Mirrors that are off screen no longer render.
• Road chunks at the map edge are no longer rebuilt every frame.
• Less stutter from item sync, spawning and prop cleanup in large worlds.
• Lower memory use for road and terrain generation.
• Terrain and prop checks do less repeated work.
• Large prop requests are split up to reduce frame spikes.
• Fewer stutters when items load in.
• Cheaper physics checks.
• Large construction saves no longer slow down as they grow.
• Distant terrain loads without stuttering.
• Less CPU spent on rocks, trees and other props when nothing near you changes.
• Parked cars use less CPU.
• Idle tank caps use less CPU.

Terrain and gameplay

• Roadside buildings sit on the ground instead of the road centre line.
• Changing view distance no longer removes the ground under you.
• Fixed terrain corruption when several pieces generate at once.
• The starting-area bus stop is placed on the ground once terrain loads.
• Cars no longer vanish when one of their parts is far away.
• Items no longer fall through unloaded ground.
• Car radiators explode properly again.

Graphics settings

• New graphics preset: 2x MSAA, four pixel lights, 80 m shadows with two cascades, realtime reflection probes off.
• Realtime reflection probes stay off after loading a save.

Single-player and multiplayer wildlife

• Hosting removes rabbits from the world, so guests no longer freeze or get flung by them.
• Removed warning spam from flying animals.
• Rabbits spawn in single-player again (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Sandstorms occur again in single-player (toggle in Settings > Misc).
• Removed warning spam from frozen far-away creatures.

Saving and diagnostics

• Press F11 to save a feedback bundle of your logs.
• Store and unstore logs name the item and its position.
• Safer saving with a .bak backup.
• Fixed a world-stopping error from duplicate physics bodies on load.
• Fixed an error flood when a worn item is destroyed.