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Sz | Bike or Die v1.4 is coming!Download the first public beta here:
BikeOrDie-1.4beta1.zip
BikeOrDie - New Deal.prc - levelpack utilising 3 new gameplay features, described below
New in gameplay:
Updraft (can work as an elevator, trap, create effects like reversed gravity, weightlessness)
Variable friction. Certain surfaces can be marked as "slippery" or "reduced friction"
Selectable number of mandatory checkpoints (can increase the number of different ways a given level can be solved)
Technical improvements:
Ghost bike. Race agains your best recordings! It's almost like multiplayer 
Improved map
Levelpacks on card. Levelpack selector can be used to move levelpacks between internal memory and card. When installing manually, place them in /Palm/Programs/BikeOrDie/Levelpacks
Recordings on card. Just switch to "Card" in "Recording Options" and all your recordings will be moved to external memory freeing a lot of space in your device. (The full exaplanation of this feature and its benefits would not fit here, i will describe it later)
Bugs/Compatibility issues resolved:
No more annoying pause when dying (experienced on NVFS devices like Lifedrive, Tungsten 5, Treo 650)
Better power management (does not run on full power when not needed, eg. in pause, map)
Pause automatically when the device is turned off |
Sz
| |  | Update:
This new beta version fixes all reported bugs, except for the problem with moving recordings to the card (which can now be diagnosed better thanks to the improved error messages).
Download the new beta here: BikeOrDie-1.4beta2.zip
Additional improvements:
updraft looks better (or at least it does not look like rain anymore, the new look is sufficiently abstract to pass as a wind, magnet force, dragon breath, etc )
ghost bike is visible on dark background
more specific error messsages when moving recordings to the card
new easter egg: "ighost"
thanks to all who tested "1.4 beta 1"!  |
| Sz
| | | The last(?) update:
BikeOrDie-1.4beta3.zip
This one fixes the "invalid filename" bug (which only affects Kristopher's devices  ) and allows you to select your preferred updraft style (new, old, or both!)
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| | | Sz
| |  | Roadmap from now:
The server is not yet ready for v1.4 (will take few more days), then I am going to release the official new version and the "New Deal" will become the next Hall of Fame levelpack (perhaps with some changes).
Of course all comments and bug reports are welcome! (here on forum or  support@toyspring.com) |
| Kristopher
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| | | Kristopher
| | | The other features are nice, too, of course. And I see you fixed the problems with the levelpack names (Starting with BOD, B.O.D., Bike or Die, etc.).
There's just one slight bug on the Zodiac. If you die and it says, "...Try Again," and you turn the Zodiac off, when you turn it back on again, none of the buttons work (except the home button will exist the game). So I have to use the touch screen to open the menu. It's not much of a problem, but I'd like it fixed eventually. |
| mike flips
|  | | this next level pack is really cool it completely changes everything, |
| PMD
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|  | | Sweet. You have outdone yourself SZ. I love it so far. |
| mike flips
| | | IT IS AMAZING HOLY CRAP, at first i was skeptical because it will change the way classic bike or die is played, but after playing it, its really cool, i love how we can use the updrafts to do the crazyest stuff ever
quick question, if this is the next pack would the times we play now be used? or would we have to wait until the full version 1.4 is out and then redownload the pack when it is officially a new levelpack?
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| mike flips
| | | and i love the ghost bike feature, although i can never catch myself  its really sad lol
what about the possibility of being able to download ghost bikes rides of other people's runs that have them open? just like a little tab that installs a small file to our palms that saves itself in the recordings sections. Then there can be a little drop box that lets us choose which recording to use as the one to watch.
THis has 2 main advantages, for people having trouble beating their own time, or are trying to learn a new trick, they can try and learn off the better players on that level, they can watch the recording already so they mite as well be able to use it as the ghost of their choice
the second advantage is for people who can not or havent yet beaten a level, who can they compare themselves to?
for example on Die or Die or braking school or cave dweller, a lot of people have trouble beating the level, but this would provide them with some assistance |
| mike flips
| | | oh also, Sz, remember how i was asking about the earlier this week scroll thing, how about instead just make a link for "recent games" and it can display the most recent 100 or however many recordings that were submitted and maybe even what ranking those times achieved, so we could just click on the link and see what sort of activity has taken place over the last few days or weeks, or when a new pack is released, hours. |
| Kristopher
| | | mike flips
| | | no no no kris,
it would use the drop box feature, but would allow us to put onto our palms the recordings from other players so that we could select somoene elses run
and second of all, i never said you had to download the best recording, someone who cant beat die or die for example could download the slowest run that is open, so that they would be able to play along with it, or a new player could download someones run that is 50 seconds long on riding school part one, also for people that beat it but without fast times, for example, somone at rank 50 could download a rank 30 game and their goal could be to beat that
used in this manner it would be useful, and also its really fun for the pro ghosts to speed off the screen, i love chasing them |
| mike flips
| | | Sz, some of these levels are insanely hard, have u beaten them all? |
| You Qi
|  | | nice ghost bike feature! I like it!
This is an extremely cool update!! |
| Kristopher
| | | Cirenco
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|  | | Excelente!!!! Se incorpora la estrategia y los cambios hechos me agradan. |
| Ibanez
|  | | Excellent Sz, I love the puzzle solving element these new features bring to the game.
The Ghost bike is fantastic...
I too get the keys not responding on my Treo650 after dying and turning the screen off.
I would say the game runs slightly slower - but that's a good thing for me... |
| Kristopher
| | | I didn't see a slow down; I'll have to try my other Palms. Does anyone else see a slow down? BTW, I remember v1.2f that would run twice as fast in low-res mode. |
| mike flips
| | | im running 650 and there hasnt been a slowdown, i can check a t3 and 600 to see if anything happens there
kris, practicing helps some but the levels are still extremely difficult...
what was ur time on dome |
| mike flips
| | | Hey Sz, i was just playing the new version, and i went out of the game, then back in then out then back in, and when i came back in the second time it said... "This message replaces the standard Fatal Alert. The following information will help finding the bug, please send it to support@toyspring.com.... 'recording.c:437' "
then i can choose anti-crash parachute or continue.... continue restarts my palm, and anti-crash lets me play
what should i do! |
| mike flips
| | | after the restart everything worked fine again |
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