TDU World Update: September 2021

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OMG! Is this news?!

Yeah, we know it's been a while since we've done a proper news announcement. We're often extremely busy!
Let's begin shall we?

What is going on with TDU World now?

TDU World and its staff have not gone anywhere, in fact in the last 6 months we've grown to almost 50 members including our Beta Testers!
We want to assure the community that there is almost always something being worked on in the background. If we're quiet it usually means we're working on something major.
Unfortunately, a project of this scale means that now and again, we have to re-evaluate our work to ensure we're on track to release good quality content per our promise.
With this, we’re announcing that there will likely not be any updates coming to the Public Servers, at least for another 3 months.
We have had to rewrite a lot of fundamental features in the last 6 months including but not limited to Lobbying to ensure they work as planned, with no issues that may restrict other features as we expand. This work is still ongoing, as discussed later in this announcement.

Remember: As long as you are patient, we promise the wait will be worth it!
Our promise to the community as always, is that when things are ready, we will release them. This is never going to change.

So, what's been worked on?

Between the Server Developers and the Mod Pack team, the following has been worked on:

Server News

The TDU World Server Development Team have been extremely hard at work over the past few months, implementing new features and expanding currently implemented features.
Here's a run-down of the current status:
Public Servers: Over the last few months, we've made many smaller changes behind the scenes to improve the Public TDU World Servers, most notably when we accidentally broke our Server Status page moving over to Linux.
We're well aware that TDU World hasn't received any major public updates since release in February. Despite our best efforts to try to release content, it has become an increasingly difficult task due to many factors, most notably how busy our teams can be at any moment with their own lives.
Remember, there’s only 4 of us working on the server at any given moment and we not only have to create the server, we have to pull apart the game’s inner workings first and this is no easy task.

The following is Live on the Public Servers:
 Freeroam: Including Co-Op Driving, and Police Chases
No other features are currently due for release yet, and until Lobbying 2.0 is ready there won’t be any further Server Updates.

Coming Soon:
Lobbying 2.0: One of the biggest and most important changes to TDU World's Servers is Lobbying 2.0:
Lobbying 2.0 will bring better, faster in game lobbies, no more false sessions, no more dead lobbies. Multiplayer Racing will make a return too, including head-to-head, all mini games, and Matchmaking. (Support for Clubs, CRC/ORC and Casino Races not included)
Lobbying 2.0 will also bring with it better user tracking on the Map, and improve the ability to join player’s sessions on the fly.

Friends: The ability to use the Friends List will be making a return soon.
The team have almost completed work on this with just a few bugs to iron out.

DLC: We're pleased to announce that work on the DLC portion of the TDU World Servers has almost been completed.
TDU World Players will be gifted the total amount of TDU World Tokens to unlock every DLC Item in the game, including Casino once we release support for it. As we have warned in the past, if you haven't unlocked the DLC after this update and you sign in to a profile with DLC Vehicles, they will be reset to Miami's Mustang! You do not have to sell your vehicles though. We will release a workaround when we release the DLC Update.

Weather: Behind the scenes, a lot of testing and trials have taken place to test out new Weather code for the Server.
Whilst there has been improvement, this is still a while away from completion and may take time. Once finished, we hope to tinker with the timings to allow players to unlock the photo achievements whilst online.
In the meantime, if you really want to unlock the photographer awards, please launch TDU2 offline for the best results.

Stats: Player Stats including Leaderboards is currently undergoing a complete rewrite.
The original code simply wasn’t working as expected, and considering stats covers almost every single function in the game, this is a large task to complete.
Due to the complexity around Stats, we cannot promise this will come soon.

 Other Features: Clubs, Casino, and the Community/Official Racing Centers are continually being worked on, features such as MyTDULife (Photos), News, and other smaller but equally important features are also being worked on in stages, however these are all a long way from completion.
Over time we hope to continue getting all these features working and will be posting more updates soon.


The TDU World Mod Pack for TDU2:
Yes it's still being worked on!

In order to bring the community the absolute best we can, some of the Server Development Team Members and our Mod Pack Team have been working to produce brand new and exclusive tools for TDU2 with the aim of achieving complete control over the game’s content.
We're pleased to announce that we will be releasing further news regarding the initial release of the Mod Pack within the next 2 months.
(And yes we mean within 2 months, We're confident as a team that this goal can be achieved!)

 For now, here’s what you can expect in the first TDU World Mod Pack release:
Approximately 30 vehicles including officially unreleased, and a handful of vehicles chosen by the TDU World Team
 Misc bug fixes
TDU World Launcher with TexMod support + lots of bug fixes and improvements

The Mod Pack will be updated on a regular basis to include more content including:
More vehicles: Themed Packs will be released on a timely basis.
Improved Physics: General world physics and a complete rework of all current and future vehicles.
Unreleased Content: This isn’t a promise, but the more we’re tearing apart the game, the more we’re seeing the Auction Center and new buildings such as Night Clubs being a possibility. Over time as our tools improve we will see what we can do about potentially releasing these features depending on how much work they need to finish.

Alongside this awesome news, we've got some upcoming features for the TDU World Launcher:
We’ve gone back to the drawing board with the TDU World Launcher and it has undergone a major transformation.
The next release of the TDU World Launcher will provide:
Better loading, no more “UpLauncher” errors!
Better support for Offline Play
 Improved NAT/Port Forwarding detection
A working Server Status indicator
TexMod Support
New and improved updater for the Launcher, Base Game and the Mod Pack

The new TDU World Launcher will make its debut alongside the Mod Pack, of which the release date will be confirmed within the next 8 weeks. 

Finally, We'd like to thank our Patrons, new and old for supporting us with your donations. We're extremely thankful there's still so many dedicated fans to the TDU Franchise and cannot wait to bring the TDU World Community more content as tome goes by. 
Our promise to all patrons is to continue providing more early access news releases as a way of saying thanks, and as always you will receive merchandise if you're a Super or Ultra Fan. 
If you're not already a patron and would like to see more details, please follow the link below: 
https://www.patreon.com/OfficialTDUWorld

[Adil2003]

Cant Wait for play new update!
Good Work Guys
And GoodLuck ; )

Edited September 15, 2021 by Adil2003

[TracerHD]

Still broken with RTX then? Great.

[Djey]

6 hours ago, TracerHD said:

Still broken with RTX then? Great.

Depend on which RTX model... Workarounds and fixes do exist for most 30x0. Otherwise stick to old gens for old games ?

[TDU FANgg]

I wish clubs would come out soon I have 13 mil and I want to get club level 3 

[JagHond]

It would be pretty good enough for me if I could solve my persistent issue with TDUW launcher.

Only this apart, great update! Good luck, guys, just can't await me too. And hoping sincerely that my strange issue can be fixed very soon.

With best regards.

Edited October 7, 2021 by JagHond

[Liiight]

It's stupid that the multiplayer is only for the official versions of the game. I won't buy it anywhere. Do it already for the hacked versions

[TDU Iceman]

4 hours ago, Liiight said:

It's stupid that the multiplayer is only for the official versions of the game. I won't buy it anywhere. Do it already for the hacked versions

You know what would be even more stupid.. supporting hacked versions and opening yourself up to legal trouble after years of developing the multiplayer. Also I'm sure your demand has been noted and put to the top of the priority list.

[Liiight]

On 1/10/2022 at 9:31 PM, TDU Iceman said:

You know what would be even more stupid.. supporting hacked versions and opening yourself up to legal trouble after years of developing the multiplayer. Also I'm sure your demand has been noted and put to the top of the priority list.

Get in trouble with the law? This game has been cut off from online for a long time and there are no updates for it. Moreover, the rights to develop a new part have been transferred to other developers who have not been able to release Solar Crown for a long time.

Edited January 20, 2022 by Liiight

[TDU Iceman]

37 minutes ago, Liiight said:

Get in trouble with the law? This game has been cut off from online for a long time and there are no updates for it. Moreover, the rights to develop a new part have been transferred to other developers who have not been able to release Solar Crown for a long time.

The rights holders would laugh at your reasoning. I don't know why I'm explaining this, but they don't have to do anything. They own the property and can decide what to do with it. This includes shutting down stupid ideas like enabling online play for pirated copies.

Moreover, the fact that a new game is in development only increases the chance of shutting down anything which infringes on their IP. Try to understand that you're looking at this situation from the view of someone who just wants to play a pirated copy online for free. You can't really expect anyone to take you seriously.

[JagHond]

Not only I agree in full on all that above, but in your shoes I would follow carefully how the current TDU World's will proceed instead, because that  - frankly speaking - is all what we have left at hand.

About that other one "project", "initiative" or whatever it is, the most optimistic comment I have about is "Really? Let's wait and see if it will become a true thing".

With best regards to all.

Edited January 31, 2022 by JagHond

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why cant i see anyone online