SuperTuxKart 0.8.1 - Release Candidate 1

[Totoplus62]

ZenGarden needs a new picture for this release -->

EDIT: The game crashes when i try to change the resolution on Ubuntu 13.04

[fraang]

ZenGarden needs a new picture for this release -->

That one looks nice! +1

[Auria]

Thanks for the screenshot Totoplus, however our screenshots should be taken at a 4:3 aspect ratio, and then resized down into a square size - the game will re-stretch it to 4:3.

Samuncle says he will update screenshots tomorrow, however

[Tuxx]

Hi There! I have been playing stk for almost 2 years now, and I think its a great game! I have been testing out the new 0.8.1 versions with my siblings, and we have noticed that sometimes during battle mode one of our karts will suddenly go flat. It looks exactly as if it was hit by a fly swatter, it drives slowly, and then after a few seconds it goes back to normal. The player doesn't lose a life when it happens, there is no sound effect, and it happens at completely random times, even when no one in the game has a fly swatter! It doesn't seem to happen in any game mode except battle mode. Is this a bug, or is it supposed to be happening? Thanks a lot, and keep up the great work on a great game!

[Auria]

Hi There! I have been playing stk for almost 2 years now, and I think its a great game! I have been testing out the new 0.8.1 versions with my siblings, and we have noticed that sometimes during battle mode one of our karts will suddenly go flat. It looks exactly as if it was hit by a fly swatter, it drives slowly, and then after a few seconds it goes back to normal. The player doesn't lose a life when it happens, there is no sound effect, and it happens at completely random times, even when no one in the game has a fly swatter! It doesn't seem to happen in any game mode except battle mode. Is this a bug, or is it supposed to be happening? Thanks a lot, and keep up the great work on a great game!

This does not sound normal, I will open a ticket, but for now I have no idea what could possibly cause that!

[Funto]

O_o That's a really strange bug indeed...

[hiker]

Hi There! I have been playing stk for almost 2 years now, and I think its a great game! I have been testing out the new 0.8.1 versions with my siblings, and we have noticed that sometimes during battle mode one of our karts will suddenly go flat. It looks exactly as if it was hit by a fly swatter, it drives slowly, and then after a few seconds it goes back to normal. The player doesn't lose a life when it happens, there is no sound effect, and it happens at completely random times, even when no one in the game has a fly swatter! It doesn't seem to happen in any game mode except battle mode. Is this a bug, or is it supposed to be happening? Thanks a lot, and keep up the great work on a great game!

Does this happen in all battle arenas, or just some/one?

Cheers,
Joerg

[Tuxx]

Does this happen in all battle arenas, or just some/one?

Cheers,
Joerg

I think it was happening in every arena that we played. I don't think we did all of them yet, but one that I know for sure it was happening in is Cave X. It does seem like a very strange bug.
By the way, I am running it on Mac OS X, version 10.6.8, and I did not compile it myself, but used the .dmg download.

[BuFaw]

When I tested the battle mode a kart goes flat by touching on of these tyres:

[Arthur]

Just going to say that it should be fixed now - I am not clear on the exact reason for the bug myself, but hiker did some commits recently to remedy this. So hopefully 0.8.1 will be free of any strange surprises.