Canvas Rider - Forum

[Maxime]

Here comes the moment you've been all waiting for!..
Because the new FR2 revision is actually a whole remake, I renamed it to Canvas Rider; check out the changelist:

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- Flash was dropped and the whole game was rewritten using Javascript & HTML5.
That means that Flash Player isn't required anymore but you'll need a modern browser (forget about Internet Explorer).
It also means that Canvas Rider runs (quite slowly) on iOS 4 & Android but the controls aren't set yet, you can enjoy autos only

- New rendering engine that provides a complete lag-free experience, even on fullscreen zoomed-out highly detailed tracks
In order to get the best performances, you need to update your browser to the very latest version. I recommend Chrome 6 or Firefox 3.6.9.

- New asynchronous multiplayer feature
For each track, the best run will be saved as a ghost that other players can watch or compete against!

- New unstretched fullscreen mode.

- Unrestricted zoom: you can zoom-out way further than FR2 and keep playing.

- Improved checkpoints.
Checkpoints now save velocity and you can cancel them one by one with the backspace key.

- New track parser that loads tracks much faster.

- Minor GUI improvements.

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I've also removed some features to make Canvas Rider lighter & simpler:

- Only vehicles are BMX & MTB.
They're what FR2 is about anyway: the other ones represent a ridiculous 5% of FR2DB tracks.

- No dynamic camera.
Dynamic camera is impossible on CR current rendering engine because I would have to add an extra "layer" of processing. I might work on it sometimes though.

- No background themes.
CR is meant to run tracks with crazy scenery!

- No quality setting.
CR isn't Flash so there's no actual quality setting, it's always high.

- No left menu.
It's been replaced by links & hotkeys.

- No track previewer.
Canvas Rider's new track parser & unrestricted zoom are faster and character count is now displayed next to the track name when you play it

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Canvas Rider is so awesome I also had to make a new website for it, with a changelist too:

- New minimalistic FR2-style design with rideable banner.

- More tracks per page

- New voting system that tracks IPs instead of usernames (no registration required)

- New popular tracks and popular authors tracklists

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I've been working really hard on CR during the whole summer so I'll take a well-deserved break before working on it again, but future updates might include:

- New scoring system with combos and the ability to save the most stylish run.

- Updated track editor

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I guess you understant why it took a bit of time now...

Now enjoy your new favorite website: http://canvasrider.com

I let you guys play around and get used to it and I'll release the contest entries tomorrow

PS: Because they were recorded on a test version, some VIP ghosts might actually fail!.. Just report them to me

[Gräggen]

First!
Banner made by me, just so you know.

[Ollari98]

O s***.

[Vapaa]

Oh my gosh. Epic.

[Ollari98]

now i have Firefox, gotta do something kewl.

[dark rampage]

epic job but it dose not zoom when playing and the cp's some tracks you need to stop at them, if you still going the same speed you don't make the jump or other.

[iamninja]

Everythings cool. Pretty awesome.
Except for this b******* name. "canvas rider". That's just stupid.

Edit: also, safari crashes on my iPod when I go to canvasrider.com on it.

[Maxime]

Except for this b******* name. "canvas rider". That's just stupid.

Well it's from the HTML5 element it uses. Go complain to the W3C if you don't like it.

safari crashes on my iPod when I go to canvasrider.com on it.

iOS 4? Which iPod Touch generation?

[iamninja]

2nd gen. Probably why lol.

[Vapaa]

Help! Some tracks won't work on Canvas Rider...because of the velocity-saving checkpoint.
Example:
Mission Exedra 2 by Vapaamatkustajuuteen

And also, that ghost is glitched.

[Maxime]

Help! Some tracks won't work on Canvas Rider...because of the velocity-saving checkpoint.

If there's really no way it can be completed, send me an updated version with different checkpoints locations and I'll edit it

epic job but it dose not zoom when playing and the cp's some tracks you need to stop at them, if you still going the same speed you don't make the jump or other.

Well on most smooth tracks you do need the speed to make the jumps...
Just get used to these new checkpoints and don't forget that you can always cancel them with backspace

[monkeyheader]

EPIC GOOD JOB!

[Gräggen]

Help! Some tracks won't work on Canvas Rider...because of the velocity-saving checkpoint.
Example:
Mission Exedra 2 by Vapaamatkustajuuteen

And also, that ghost is glitched.

That was something that was expected. Just look forward instead and imagine what kind of things can be done now. I mean, nobody cares about the older tracks anyways?

[iamninja]

You could just have 2 different types of checkpoints. velocity and the old ones.

[Maxime]

You could just have 2 different types of checkpoints. velocity and the old ones.

Or not.

Think about the ghosts: it wouldn't make sense for them to stop brutally at each checkpoint.