No More Fog on the Toontown Blog
Posted by Dr. Peepers on December 12, 2019 at 4:00 PM
There we go -- just like new! Ah, hello everyone. My name is Dr. Peepers, goggle defogging professional. Here in Toontown, we’re always looking to keep everything perfectly spotless -- well, besides my Doodle, Spot. We’re in the modern age of animation: bright colors, smooth animation, crisp lines! However, the Toon Council noticed recently that Toontown’s linework is a little lacking. Have you ever tried to read a sign, but the words are far too blurry? That is where I come in!
The Toon Council has made great advances on projects to redraw Toontown one piece at a time, like their fancy new map in the Shticker Book. When I was walking into my shop the other day, though, I took a look at the sign and thought that my spotless goggles must have had a smudge! Upon closer inspection, however, it wasn’t my goggles at all… It was the sign itself looking blurry! I put on my detective goggles to take a closer look into the situation.
My investigation took me far and wide, page up and page down, arrow left and arrow right, but I couldn’t find out what had made these signs so blurry. Suddenly, I had an idea… I pressed “Tab” a few times to make sure I was getting a good angle, and it turned out to be the fault of the camera that was spinning around me the whole time!
The lens of the camera has been all fogged up for years! Of course, a goggle defogging expert like myself is perfectly prepared to handle high-priority issues like this. I pulled out my No-Fog Horn (Not yet Gag Shop approved, of course!) and made that lens look as shiny as a Shining Star Fish. No more are the days of blurry signs -- in fact, every word in Toontown now appears in high-definition!
Additionally, you’ll notice that signs no longer flicker in Toon Buildings, and there’s no more of those pesky jagged line glitches throughout Toontown.
With each step like this we’re getting closer to giving Toontown a fresh coat of paint, and I know that the Toon Council won’t stop here. Check out the notes below to see what else is new in Toontown!
December 12, 2019 [ttr-live-v2.6.7]
General
• Upgraded Toontown's engine to Panda3D 1.10.4.1 -- featuring the latest bug fixes and performance improvements.
• Mac players will no longer crash when a Bluetooth device is disconnected.
• Adjusted music throughout Toontown to loop seamlessly based on community feedback.
• Fixed several district resets.
Make-a-Toon
• Fixed several bugs with the Type-a-Name menu.
• Based on community feedback, Type-a-Name will now provide more detailed reasoning for names that are automatically rejected.
Toons
• Changed the appearance of Professor Ivy to match her appearance on the Toontown Blog.
Visuals
• Nearly all fonts have been upgraded to use a higher quality format -- they'll look sharper than ever on signs, loading screens, chat bubbles, nametags, and more!
• For Content Pack creators: You can now replace in-game fonts by replacing the files in "phase_3/fonts"!
• Fixed cases of flickering (z-fighting) on Toon Building interior signs.
• Fixed anti-aliasing causing major graphical issues on certain graphics cards.
Gardening
• Reduced the wait time between gardening pop-ups.
• Added a special digging animation to flowers, trees, and statues.
Battles
• Drop S.O.S. Cards used by Toons without the Drop Track will no longer miss against Level 11+ Cogs.
• Fixed an issue that made Drop S.O.S. Cards miss Level 11+ Cogs if used with another Drop Gag.
• Addressed an issue in which Cogs would wake up early if a Lure S.O.S. Card was used by a Toon without the Lure Track.
• Fixed Head Hunter dialogue so they no longer say two sentences in one go. Leave that to the Two-Faces!
Comments
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You guys are so awesome recreating this game and keeping it alive and well for so long! Hats off to the whole team and the volunteers behind TTR for not only recreating but improving a childhood classic. You are appreciated!!
Cool, we got a visual update! Now where are the Field Offices? We were all hyped for that.
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the hard work guys!!!!
thank you!
Keep up the amazing work you guys! I want to thank you for keeping this game alive and running and giving it more content as the days go by! Thank You!
Noice! I can't wait to see the updated names on the buildings!
Thanks for finally fixing the music!
I love the hard work that you guys put into this game! I cannot believe the amount of people that play everyday. The dedication that people like you put in are bound for greatness. Thank you for everything. P.S. Cannot wait for the Sellbot Field Offices, whenever that may be.
I appreciate what you do for us toontown.
Awesome!
This all sounds great! Thank you for all you do to keep things Toontastic on TTR!
Nice catch with that Head Hunter dialogue. I noticed that a while ago, but I didn't think it was important enough to mention.
You mean... Bessie works for my dropless now? Oh boy.
Oh boy! Can't wait to look!
Wow I love what I read! Im very impressed with the gardening thing. Also new animations are Always great!
My My toontown team you guys have been busy! This is excellent news! This means each day you guy's at the Toon HQ are really polishing the game for us and adding to the pleasant experience of ToonTown!
I can see clearly now, the fog has gone! I can see all of the Cogs in my way!
NO MORE LINE GLITCHES HAHA YES
Thanks Dr. Peepers!
Sound great can’t wait to hop on
:o
ooooooh nice!
Thank you for your hard work!
I.Cant.Wait FOR THIS TO BE HAPPEN ?????
So happy there are still good people keepi nag these great game alive. Played such a role to me as a child and now that I have more free time again to jump in I’m so happy it has been kept alive and well looked after! Thanks for all the hard work and I look forward to all the toon adventures yet to come! -Thankful Toon
As a good friend would say, Yes!
cool, the gardening animation looks good
Yo I love the patch notes
Nice! Ttr is the best game in the universe <3
Ooo, yes!! Thank you!! I can finally see again!
oh yay! thanks guys
Way to go TTR! Making the Tooniverse better one step at a time!
I thought The accuracy for S.O.S. Cards of a track a toon does not have was supposed to be lower on purpose, including lure's shortened effects. I can see this having a lot of positive feedback but I don't think its something that should have been changed. Either way, I'm excited about the changes and upgrades.
Always love seeing another update!
Neato! :D
Thanks so much for all your hard work and dedication!! It reminds me of the time all the toons got together to figure out the flower combinations in the original game. That took a ton of teamwork, and so does this!! Hats of to all of you!!
The Drop SOS card change is an AMAZING fix! The accuracy calculations made sense, but resulted in some SOS cards being literally unusable -- glad to see that's patched now, it'll definitely help out with solo or duo runs. Thanks a ton for all the hard work, as usual! Cheers to the team.
WOO! WOO! Thanks so much! WOO!
Yaaaaaaa!!!!!!
I'm glad they finally fixed the lure sos bug, lost 2 VP runs to it lol
This is brill! Thanks for the update TTR and the gardening time will surely help!
Antialiasing still seems broken, sadly. Edges are still pixelated for me despite having my antialiasing set to 8x.
This is fine.
Happy 600th Blog Post! :confetti:
Dropless and lureless toon buffs, higher quality font, and gardening changes? Nice!
Finally glad to get a new lens prescription on my Cannon™ Toon Camera! To be honest, I don't know why I can see the back of my head, or my own face... But hey, I can read Topsy Turvey's building sign from all the way across Lighthouse Lane! How cool is that?
Blown AWAY by the text update! Actually enjoying being hit by a cog now, so I can see the updated graphics. Killer job!!
Thank you for the TTR update!!! I'm so glad those lines on every 3D mesh in Toontown are gone!
im so happy that this game is back
Nice!
Clearer fonts? That's sounds amazing!
What a great new visuals update, Toontown has been needing one for a long time!
Very cool guys. Your the best
I'm chomping at the bit for field offices now! Get it? Also, what a CLUTCH fix for SOS. Thanks to that, VPs should go a lot more smoothly now!
Big thanks to the TTR Team and all they do for us. <3 Can't wait to celebrate Winter Holiday! :)
Thanks so much for this! Wish i could see ur harad work but I still can't login because launcher crashes and my security detects malware.
I think this new update really helps the toontown world becoming better than it is right now
Gardening fixes will make gardening easier!!