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Probably sometime in March

No, I'm looking into implementing a proper terrain editing system instead, and I don't want people to confuse the green concrete blocks with grass

Please contact the moderators on the PolyTrack Discord server!

Not currently. This is because playing on controller would give an advantage compared to keyboard players.

To make this fair, there would have to be a separate leaderboard for controller players, so it will take a bit longer before this feature is implemented.

Most likely, but probably not in 0.6.0

Of course! All tracks since 0.1.0 are forwards compatible!

It looks like the car texture is very low resolution as well. Are you playing on a very low-end device? Or are you getting a software rendering warning when you start the game?

Use this button in the editor!

Where?

Community tracks can't be changed until the next major update (0.6.0)

1. See my answer above!
2. I'm always adding more parts. As for new slopes, I'd probably add 45 degree slopes first.
3. Trees is something I'm experimenting with and would like to add within the next few updates! Also terrain editing to go with it!
4. Banked curves are coming with the next update! (0.6.0)
5. No diagonal track parts are planned for now, but might come at a later point.
6. Light sources won't be possible. See my other answers earlier!

The current track parts probably won't be changed, but new wider track parts could be added.

Dynamic track parts are not planned for now

I want to implement a feature where you can export replays(even non-finished replays) as an code similar to track codes, which you can then send to your friends for them to watch.

As for seeing someone else's times, it might be possible, but if you'd like to see the position on the leaderboard as well it would put quite a lot of pressure on the leaderboard servers. We'll see!

Boosters might come, but recently I've been leaning more towards not implementing them since I want to keep the game simple.

Either way it's not going to be a priority for a while!

Placeable light sources won't be possible without preventing people on low-end devices from playing the game.
Night time might still come if I can get it to look good with just the light from the moon, but we'll see!

Tell me more about what you had in mind with the ocean theme tracks!

I don't know. Usually it should update automatically. Check if you can update it in the PlayStore!

It looks like the webview on your phone is very old!

See if you can update your webview somehow. It may also help with problems in other apps too!

What device and browser?

This copy thing sounds like something browser specific

Do I understand correctly that it used to run fine in the browser, but now that you're using the downloaded version it runs badly?

Maybe the downloaded version is using software rendering in that case?
I'm not sure what could be causing that though

There are no analog controls in the game currently, but this should be possible after controller support is added!

But I wonder if it would be precise enough?

The Android .apk version?

Do other buttons work? Does the editor work for example?

You can play older versions of the game here on my website:
https://www.kodub.com/apps/polytrack/0.1.1
https://www.kodub.com/apps/polytrack/0.2.0
https://www.kodub.com/apps/polytrack/0.3.1
https://www.kodub.com/apps/polytrack/0.4.2

There is limited storage space in browsers, so most likely you're out of space!

Try removing some tracks and see if that helps

What about it do you dislike?

In game track sharing is coming, but slowly since it's a pretty massive feature

Copy-pasting is definitely something that is coming at some point!

1. What browsers and device is this on?

2. This happens when the game is CPU limited. In this case lowering the graphics will not help and there isn't really much that can be done.

3. Is this in the Android app? I think it's the same issue as mentioned below

4. The next major update will contain some pretty big CPU performance optimizations, but this won't help in cases when you are GPU limited. I think large tracks might be more GPU limited so it might be harder to optimize.

I'm aiming to release the next major update sometime around March next year

No, all tracks from older versions are compatible so this should already work.

Check if the track code was copied correctly!

I have a fix for this already! It'll probably come with the next update

An easier way to find your friends on the leaderboard is definitely planned!

Maybe also some form of custom leaderboards so you could create a leaderboard for your school for example

I've considered disabling this effect when the wheels are not touching the ground

I was thinking about something like this, but I wonder if the picture would be too small?

I might look into it again when I have time!

Some track parts will probably get diagonal versions, but not all

Thank you!

A global leaderboard for the combined time of all official tracks will definitely come at some point, probably during the next few major updates. It will put a bit more pressure on the servers having to retrieve the time for all tracks, but I think it should be doable

I wouldn't worry too much about cheating in PolyTrack. The automated verification system catches most forms of cheating, but it's still possible to cheat with TAS or by slowing down the game.

If you have a concern about a specific run you can report it in the cheating-reports channel in the Discord server and a moderator will take a look at it!

There will be some big optimizations in 0.6.0 which should make the game run better on slower devices!

If you got an error definitely send it here so I can take a look!

Copy and pasting is definitely coming! Text objects might come later but it's not something I've planned to do in the near future

Hey! No such feature is planned. I think it would be a bit too confusing, but I think you could see in the Discord server if someone would like to make a mod!

Sorry, I guess this account must have been for an older version of PolyTrack.

It won't be possible to recover the account