Hello!

First off, I’m not continuing development! I originally just wanted to fix the server browser, but of course some other features creeped in.

This will be the very final patch to Sanicball unless I’ve overlooked some extra annoying bugs.

Changelog:

SERVER LIST

Online now works yet again!

• I no longer own Sanicball.com, which is why the server browser has been unusable for a few months.

• I’ve set up a new server list (and a copy of the original website, but modified slightly) on a different address (sanicball.bdgr.zone). This one is free for me to host so it should hold at least a few years!

• Made it possible to use a different URL as server list in the browser - in case my list goes offline, anyone can set up their own using the source.

• Servers can now also choose which server list URL to register at, or even register to multiple lists at once in case of a community split.

CHARACTER CHANGES

These changes started as a wish to make Super Sanic bannable on servers.

• Character tiers: Normal, Odd, Hyperspeed. Each tier sets lap records seperately.

• Servers can choose which tiers can be used or make it random each round.

• Chermy tweaks: Now in Odd tier. Lower top speed than other balls, but a sick ass jump.

• Aggmen tweaks: Now in Odd tier. Is now a real egg

• Metal Sanic tweaks: Now in Odd tier. ???

MISC

• Truly professional studio lighting setup in menu

• Motion blur and bloom in graphics settings

• Some quality-of-life things to the server executable, making it a bit easier to understand.

• The controls shown when waiting for a race to start can now be hidden

• Respawning adds a 5 second penalty to your lap time - this means respawn abusing is no longer a viable strategy for setting records.

• 2 tweaks to green hill zone to fix some annoyances.

• When entering a server with an ongoing race, you will now be put in spectator mode instead of just waiting boringly.

• Added a meteor-like effect and sound when at high speed.

• Better credits, including GitHub contributor names.

• Fixed some random bugs.

KNOWN BUGS

• The server executable will tell you every time it sends a ‘whisper’ to a player, which happens when they join and when they try to use an unavailable character. This is a debug message I forgot to delete. Hopefully not too annoying fixed and cleaned up server console output in general, redownload the server!

I also wrote a small note on the new site, its not very in depth, just a “book end” to the project or something.