Steam: Audiosurf update released and Audiosurf FM update now available
Enjoying the perks of having a new Steam client? If you are, then you are in for a two-fold treat for Audiosurf. An update has been unleashed containing new features and fixes. Also, the Audiosurf FM update has just been released. Details in the full article.
Aside from the new Steam client that was just unleashed a couple of days ago, more goodies have followed its release. These goodies take the particular shape of updates for Audiosurf.
We got details on the update for Audiosurf itself, containing a lot of new features and fixes. Along with this, the all-new Audiosurf FM update has just been released.
Here are some of the notable changes for Audiosurf:
New Features:
- Comments tab on every song’s scoreboard
- Customized player news on the song loading screen (when friends last played, songs you’re champion of, etc…)
- Command interface for 3rd party mod apps (extensions)
- New hover vehicle for Eraser Elite
- Added Vegas ability: generate a random powerup every 60 seconds
- You can play freeride as a music visualizer on your desktop while other applications are running, and it will automatically advance to the next song in your current folder or current m3u playlist
- Improved Strategy Guide look
- Eraser Elite now has 8 rows of tiles (like Pusher Elite)
- Score browser now refreshes popular songs when you first open it
- Added blending to top and bottom black frame in gameplay
- Add a graphic to display your chain reaction multiplier at the bottom of the screen
- Longer-lasting fireworks on enhanced detail
- Maximum song length extended to 60 minutes
- Made additional texture mods possible (tiles, tileflyups, cliff)
- If you put a traffic.png file in the textures folder it will be used for traffic instead of blocks
- Going back in song browser remembers mousewheel scroll position
- Sound effect theme is saved between play sessions
- Checkbox added to stop being shown character videos
- Added OK button to the loading/news page. Gives you more time to read the news on the loading page if you want it
- No longer automatically goes fullscreen when maximizing
- X360 controller can now pause/resume play with the Start button
Fixes:
- Restored view track shapes and report button on scoreboard
- Fixed unknown song text showing over strategy guide
- Chosen fullscreen resolution is now remembered between sessions
- Fixed Pusher Elite bonus text from 25% to 100% on loading screen
- Moved the “Drill” away from the track (would sometimes overlap)
- Fixed “Next Song” button when used with Recently Played Songs list
- Fixed Resizing window could make the track temporarily disappear
- Fixed being able to click buttons on the scoreboard screen before getting there
- Block captures that force an early match collection are no longer lost
- Greatly reduced delay after resuming from a pause
- Fixed menu background animation getting stuck
- Personal best is now stored correctly when playing from an m3u playlist
- Playlist files (m3u) now correctly ignore all comments and http paths
- Adjusted mouse sensitivity scaler
- Restored single-cursor on menu screens
As for the Audiosurf FM update, it’s now available online. You can get the software by simply running Steam. According to the creator, Dylan Fitterer, the FM update enables users to “ride their music.”
Much of things found in this particular has been requested by requests and feedbacks from concerned communities. Thus, the FM update is packed with yummy features such as last.fm audioscrobbling, running Audiosurf as a music visualizer, scoreboard comments, and a whole lot more.
Also, developers can tinker with the program since the FM update has a new Mod interface. Some of the things found in it are the Shuffle Play, an MSN Messenger status writer, and a menu that can automatically set Audiosurf with any song via Windows Explorer.
If you guys want to know more about the FM update for Audiosurf, feel free to visit the link below below. Do check up on QJ.NET for more updates.
Via Steam