The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator News & Patch Notes

- Updated input system to support more controller buttons - Added more calibration options for weird controllers - Added Head-tracking feature (must be bound to an Analog axis) - Added "Flip over (T)" as a controller bind - Visual update for main menu UI

- Added 2.5" Freestyle drone based on the Kayoumini - Visual update for 85mm drone - Tweaked lighting settings for other online player models and trails

- Disabled wind by default (it wasn't supposed to go live in the first place) - Fixed bug where wind stays on slightly even when disabled - If you want to turn it back on, type "/set wind_speed 10" in the chat

- Work in progress alpha custom race editor - Join discord for instructions on how to enable it

- Automatically change physics simulation speed when CPU is tired - Rename system latency tester to make it less confusing

- Added latency simulation - Added latency tester for input and monitor latency - Improved physics consistency at lower FPS - Reduced overall input latency slightly - Fixed stutter when spectating multiple people with picture-in-picture

I might or might have not deleted a useless looking line of code that was in fact not useless at all

- Fix bug where Achievements can be set to NaN - Decrease picture-in-picture spectate FoV

- Mouse cursor now auto hides after a few seconds - Respawn switch now also resets the Race timer - Player list no longer overflows - Increased chat readability - Auto hide chat messages after a while - Removed "Player joined the server" message - No longer allow binding the same action to 2 switches - Adjusted pricing for Poland

- New server browser UI

- Added more community maps to server list

- Improved map download speed

- Cancelled or failed downloads should no longer brick the map

Decreased brightness a bit
Increased FPS slightly and potential fix for micro stutters on some systems

Added Ray-traced lighting to OG Bando and Triangle Bando
Added auto-exposure camera effect
Increased FPS by 2-3x on most systems

- Added center stick calibration

- Increased FPS

- Added random stuff on the maps (windows only currently)

- Fixed 3.5" frame in view on high tilt

- Renamed practice mode to tutorial

Updated rate finder graph to be more readable
Added /set rate_osd 1 chat command
Youtube tutorial on how to actually use it:

- Added 3 new races

- Added Rate finder (video coming soon)

- Display "centering throttle" correctly in controller setup screen

- Improve performance when fisheye is enabled (especially on mac and linux)

- Fix frame in view on high camera tilt

- Added Fisheye distortion, enabled by default with the O4 Pro preset

- Aspect ratio can now be set to 4:3, 16:9 or Fullscreen (for ultrawide monitors etc)

Currently there are only 3 fisheye presets: O4 Pro, T-Rex and Disabled.

Let me know which cameras you're using and I'll try to add a wider range of options.

Added 3.5" Freestyle Drone
Added 85mm Tinywhoop
Added 65mm Tinywhoop

Added advanced video signal simulation for Analog, Digital and O4 Race mode, can be enabled in the in-game settings
Added respawn switch bind in controller settings
Respawn point can be set with S
Custom respawn point can be removed with X
Respawn point also affects signal simulation

Updated OG Bando map in sync with IRL changes
Added VSync framerate option
Added physics fps display
Fixed shadows toggle for custom maps

Custom maps can now be uploaded and shared with other players
Custom maps can now be played in online multiplayer
Added Blender template file with pre-installed texture library
If you have any questions, join the discord server https://discord.com/invite/zEukmHJD2U

Added option to change rendering driver which fixes a weird graphics glitch on some AMD GPU <> Driver combinations. See https://wiki.thezonefpv.com/graphics_glitch.html

- Added trails from my tutorial videos - Updated game engine version Enable trails by binding it to a switch in controller setup. Trail frequency can be tweaked using "/set trail_interval 30" in the chat. Default is every 50 milliseconds.

- Fix trails being activated when it shouldn't

- Fix PID flyaway for light quads (5" Racer), caused by previous update - Spinning propeller looks a bit better now - Fixed kp/h typo - Added option to offset stick overlay so it's visible when cropping to 16:9

- Fixed low PID authority, causing heavy drones or high rates to feel very sluggish

- Added support for MacOS

- Added realistic crash and collision physics - Added Turtle mode

- Added Stick overlay (works while spectating too!) - Fixed input device selector

- All maps can now be selected when playing offline - Added experimental custom map support

The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator news & patch notes

The Zone - FPV Drone Simulator news & patch notes

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