Super Smash Flash 2 Demo/Beta 1.0

Super Smash Flash 2 Demo Beta 1.0
Title screen for revision 1.0.3.2 Beta.
Release date	May 29, 2017
Note(s)	First iteration of final playable demo
← Beta 1.0 →

Beta 1.0 is the first revision of the final major release of the Super Smash Flash 2 Demo and the first following the alpha phase of development. It was released on May 29, 2017.

Version history

1.0.0

Major changes

• An auto-updater has been added, allowing players to update the game without having to redownload the game from the McleodGaming website.
• Ten new characters:
  • Bandana Dee
  • Bowser
  • Falco
  • Isaac
  • Luffy
  • Luigi
  • Mr. Game & Watch
  • PAC-MAN
  • Pit
  • Sandbag (unlockable)
• Many character balance changes, to be shown at a later date.
• 17 new stages:
  • Desk (unlockable)
  • Devil's Machine (unlockable)
  • Final Valley (unlockable)
  • Flat Zone+
  • Hyrule Castle (unlockable)
  • Lake of Rage
  • Metal Cavern (unlockable)
  • Mushroom Kingdom (unlockable)
  • Mushroom Kingdom II
  • PAC-MAZE
  • Saffron City (unlockable)
  • Starship Mario
    • Toy Time Galaxy
  • Steel Diver (unlockable)
  • Waiting Room (unlockable)
  • World Tournament (unlockable)
  • Yoshi's Island (64)
• New modes
  • Classic
  • Arena
    • Sandbag Soccer
  • Home-Run Contest
  • Multi-Man Smash
• New Special Smash options
  • "Super Smash Flash" modifier.
  • Metal modifier
• Over 50 New Events.
• A fourth Target Smash stage.
• Significantly improved Online.
  • Accept/deny requests
  • Choose input delay
  • Word filters
  • Will no longer get kicked to the main menu if the opponent disconnects after a game
• Approximately 140 new music tracks.
• 17 new items
  • Beam Rod
  • Blast Box
  • Deku Nut
  • Explosive Tag
  • Firework
  • Fire Flower
  • Flipper
  • Gooey Bomb
  • Ice Flower
  • Master Ball (unlockable)
  • Metal Box
  • Motion-Sensor Bomb
  • Party Ball
  • Smart Bomb
  • Super Star
  • Unira
  • Yellow Shell
• Completely reworked item mechanics.
• Many new Pokémon and Assist Trophies.
• Fully customizable quality settings, allowing the player to disable various game effects for better performance.
• Brand-new special effects for the entire cast.
• New character recolors.
  • Recolors no longer affect character special effects
• Increased landing lag on aerial attacks and specials.
• Rebalanced teching, rolling, getup attack, etc. frame data.
• Native controller support.

Temporarily disabled features

• Gamepad support in the Browser version
• Online Arena Mode (Sandbag Soccer)
• Peril Roulette in Classic Mode
• Character-Specific Break the Targets
• "Trades" between opposing attacks
• Accessorized costumes
• Misc. stage hazards (Green Hill Zone, etc.)
• Some of the Assist Trophies and Pokémon
• Stages
  • Venus Lighthouse
  • Skyward Voyage
  • Silph Co.
  • Shadow Moses Island
  • Distant Planet
• Items
  • Smash Ball
  • Cucco

1.0.1

Major changes

• Improved online mode stability.
• Improved performance when using “Disabled stage effects” quality setting.
• Fixed crashes from incompatible Bluetooth devices.
• Fixed Role Reversal event. It was impossible to complete in the previous version due to the removal of Final Smashes.
• Cleared records for Role Reversal and final events.
• Desk stage is now available without unlocking.
• Other various bug fixes and balancing tweaks.

Minor changes

• Fixed Sudden Death on stock matches.
• Stage darkening code removed from disabled stage effects quality setting.
• Pausing in Arena Mode now works properly.
• Tap Jump/Dash settings now save properly when game is restarted.
• Fixed some issues involving the pause button when mapped to certain keys.
• Special Smash options can now be selected via keyboard.
• Fixed issue with some Assist Trophies (Krillin, Hammer Bro) not loading properly and failing on first spawn.
• Getting hit while holding an E-Tank will cause the user to drop the E-Tank.
• Battle of the 99 Heartless? is a bit easier. Sora now has 2 stocks instead of one and takes reduced knockback from enemies.
• Stocks can now be properly set via the display in Online mode's character selection screen.
• Changing the game settings from within an online room will no longer lock the room.
• Milliseconds are gray colored in the timer now.
• Updated the icons for red and blue teams' score display for Arena.
• Moved the Home-Run Contest Counter up more to the top right.
• Timer disappears after pausing in Home Run Contest when Sandbag is gaining distance.
• Updated the credits screen.
• Fixed desyncs due to stage background of Bomb Factory.
• Fixed a loading error for Clock Town if Peach's Castle or Sky Sanctuary Zone had been loaded before.
• Restored Bloody Tears as the main track for Dracula's Castle.
• Fixed false ledges on Green Hill Zone.
• Fixed mislabel on Green Hill Zone music track.
• Champion Battle (Gold/Silver) music track now only plays as alt for Lake of Rage.
• Meteo Campaigns now displays shadows.
• Fixed a crash bug when a character under the effects of a Poison Mushroom was released by a mirror in Mirror Chamber.
• Tweaked ledges and terrain on Twilight Town.
• Fixed unlock message for World Tournament. It no longer displays the unlock text from Final Valley.

1.0.2

Major changes

• Online has been improved.
  • Fixed issues with logging in, especially in browser version.
  • Improved server strain by implementing load balancing.
  • Added bandwidth balancing between two servers for auto-updater.
  • Fixed desyncs involving getting hit while holding items.
  • Locked rooms no longer display in the online list.
  • Rooms no longer break and become invisible after matches take too long.
  • Error messages added for online mode when things fail.
  • Timeouts added for online mode when the game hangs via target test glitch, please wait glitch, etc..
  • Rooms no longer break when the host quits when the other players are in the Waiting Room.
  • Word filter is a lot less strict.
  • Fixed bug causing rooms to lock when rules are changed.
• Web version can cache more files now.
• Browser version downloads files one-by-one rather than all at once.
• Fixed event match unlock messages.
• Fixed reflection scaling.

Minor changes

• Minor updates to some HUD objects (Sandbag Soccer, HRC icon).
• Character select screen now says "survival" instead of "KO" for stock matches
• Fixed graphical errors with ceiling KOs on events 21/47 and other Multi-Man modes.
• Fixed a bug involving characters following the pattern of a moving platform when grabbed off of one.
• Fixed issues with event mode messages.
• Fixed typo with Green Hill Zone remix being listed as a Brawl track.
• Arrows for adjusting time/stock on character select screen now work in online mode.
• Player cursor is larger in character select.
• Removed blur effect on star KO due to lag.
• Updated credits.
• Fixed black screen bug for sudden death.
• Fixed graphical artifacts on Temple.
• Green, red, and yellow shells should hit the thrower less often.
• Fixed glitched pixels when air dodging.
• Fixed Sonic/Tails' victory themes.
• Some characters updated to hold items better.

1.0.3.0/1.0.3.1

Engine

• Added Sandbag Basketball to Arena.
• Added Crystal Smash to Stadium.
• New Results Screen
• Fixed jump startup inconsistency between attack jump cancels and normal jumps
• “Improvements” to SSF1 mode to make it feel even more like SSF1:
  • Easily slide off edges
  • Chargeable attacks are now used immediately
  • Midair jumps use ground jump animation
  • Short hop via crouch key only
  • Jumping while rising mid-jump disabled
  • Crouching enabled
  • Fast fall disabled
  • Hold crouch for 0.5 seconds to drop through platforms,
  • Can’t drop through platforms while falling
  • Entrance animations removed
  • Possible to move while attacking
  • B button and C-sticks now acts as additional A buttons
  • Jumps can cancel attacks
  • Fixed jump momentum issues
  • Traction values amplified
  • Disabled skid animations
  • Run animations no longer end until you come to a complete stop
  • Attacks that utilized grab state now allow the grab state to proceed
  • Removed ability to use smash attacks
• Special mode settings now carry over into sudden death
• Exiting a sudden death match now results in a proper “No Contest”
• Picking up items no longer triggers an attack
• Improved behavior for acceleration, deceleration, and max speed caps
• Fixed bug where getting grabbed out of attacks would reset all of your charged attacks
• Tweaked character select hand for more precise movement
• Side smash input window extended by 1 frame
• Optimized hitlag behavior across the board
• Fixed scaling of reflections when super mushroomed
• Fixed projectile clanking behavior
• Fixed issues with reflection sizes on characters under mushroom effects.
• Fixed issue that caused characters under armor or launch resistance to use higher hitstun than intended when hit.
• If a character starts walking at a speed above max walking speed, their speeds will be lowered back to max walking speed.
• No more fast-falling during specials right out of knockback.

Stages

• Added new stage: Palutena's Shrine!
• Smashville:
  • Fixed platform drifting away over time
  • Reduced vertical and horizontal death boundaries.
  • Adjusted background positioning
  • Adjusted terrain to make ledges more reliable
  • UFO is now visible.
  • Now has rain and UFO SFX, updated Balloon SFX
  • Town Hall clock is now based on PC clock
• Resprited Yoshi's Island.
• Properly centered death boundaries on Final Destination, Sky Sanctuary Zone, Saturn Valley and Tower of Salvation.
  • Death boundaries made now wider.
• Yoshi’s Story:
  • Drastically reduced cam/death boundaries.
  • Platforms made thinner
• Nintendo 3DS:
  • Reduced cam/death boundaries.
• Dream Land:
  • Increased cam/death boundaries.
  • Platforms made thinner
  • New alt music track: Green Greens (Melee)
• Dracula’s Castle now has wider death boundaries.
  • Adjusted camera boundaries.
• Battlefield:
  • Reduced death boundaries.
  • Platforms made thinner
• Platforms made thinner on Battlefield, Tower of Salvation and WarioWare, Inc.
• Jungle Hijinx:
  • Horizontal death boundaries shrunk down.
  • Tweaked platform positioning to properly match visuals.
• Desk:
  • No more screen flash after hitting drawers.
• Mirror Chamber:
  • Vertical death boundaries reduced.
  • Horizontal death boundaries reduced.
  • Adjusted camera boundaries.
• Pokémon Colosseum:
  • Widened and centered horizontal death boundaries.
  • New main music track: Main theme (Pokémon Red/Blue)
  • New alt music track: Trainer Battle (Pokémon Red/Blue)
  • Stage does not “transition to normal” on startup anymore (it begins already in normal formation)
  • Fixed some inconsistencies on screen display.
• Multiple music tracks added.
• Increased horizontal death boundaries on Castle Siege's first form.
• Waiting Room:
  • Updated main music track: Waiting Room
  • Reduced horizontal death boundaries.
  • Lowered bottom death boundary.
• Starship Mario:
  • Reduced and centered horizontal death boundaries.
• Metal Cavern:
  • Reduced and centered horizontal death boundaries.

Misc

• Master Ball is properly spelled on Item Switch
• Item names are consistent between Item Switch and Training Mode item select
• Exploding Capsule uses a new explosion effect.
• Fixed issues with certain characters when used as usernames for Online Mode.
• Repositioned and polished Damage meters in HUD
• Improved behavior for damage meters after being hit by no-hitstun attacks.
• Realigned buttons in Stadium Mode Menu
• Improved CSS hand movement.
• Modified fonts for HUD
• Improved “Ready to Fight” bar.
• Improved audio quality of Intro movie.
• Removed animated effects from update screen.
• Tweaked in-game Timer
• Enemies in Multi-Man Modes now use the Smash Bros. symbol.
• Fixed Sonic missing a partner in 2v2 matches for Classic Mode, which caused rare errors.

1.0.3.2

Engine

• Character attacks can clank projectiles, but projectiles cannot clank character attacks. This fixes issues similar to Bomberman up special clanking with Sonic’s spring causing the recovery to move downwards.
• Picking up items during aerials and dash attacks no longer prevents the attack from coming out.
• Fixed items not despawning properly on the ground.
• Linux build will now load more naturally in 64-bit OS

Misc

• Updated event images to include Yoshi’s new portrait.
• Sandbag Basketball goal hitboxes are now even.
• Sandbag now starts in the middle of the stage in Sandbag Basketball.
• All items now have an arrow above them as an indicator that they can be interacted with, sans for food.