The beta branch to test our next update is now available! This beta primarily includes the Workshop Rental Store with other changes and improvements to the game. Behind the scenes, we've been working on Dedicated Condos as well, which we hope include in part two of this beta.

If you're not familiar with our new Public Betas, here's a quick run down of common questions on how public betas work:

Public betas are short lived beta tests of an upcoming update to Tower Unite. They are builds of the game that include new features or bug fixes that we need to test before shipping it out to everyone in the game.

Public betas come out just before an update. We’re using these public betas to iron out any immediate bugs or issues before making an update to the game.

With these public betas, you can help us test the game and provide feedback for new features before they fully release.

To opt into the public beta, you’ll need to head to your Steam Library.

Right click on Tower Unite > Properties > Betas.

From there click on the Beta Participation drop down and select Public Beta.

Note: When opting into a public beta, you will have to re-patch your game each time you switch between beta and non-beta. It does not redownload the entire game, but it does have to patch in any changes to the beta, which can take a bit of time.

While in the beta branch, you’ll see new buttons in the Plaza server list for Plaza beta servers. These will be servers exclusively for the beta itself.

We have a Discord channel (#betas-chat) in the Game Developments section of our official Discord: https://discord.gg/pixeltail

This is the place to share your feedback on the beta with our developers or talk with other players about the beta. 

To report bugs about the public beta, please use these sub-forums:

https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/bug-report/public-beta-bug-report/109

Yes, all progress in public betas will be saved unless otherwise noted. This includes any units, EXP, or items you’ve earned.

For more detailed information about beta save progress, please read here:

https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/tower-unite-public-beta-branches/53183#p-271258-does-progress-save-during-betas-9

New to the Condo Hub, the Tower Condo Rental store is now open! This is a place where you can browse Workshop maps and Condos that TU players have made.

If you’re on this beta branch, you’ll get access to the Tower Condo Rentals store. Here, you’ll be able to test out warping to Workshop maps from the Condo hub, including joining with a group.

You just need to grab a map from the shelf and throw it at the TV to travel yourself and others to the map.

We hope this new rental store will be a more immersive and fun way to explore all the Workshop maps that have been made.

We are also using this public beta to stress test changes to our backend in preparation for Dedicated Condos.

Below, we have a list of significant changes included in this beta branch!

• Outhouse

• Portable Toilet

• Brass Chandelier

• Wrapped Candy

• AquaSlate (Note) and AquaSlate (Media)

• Bulky Tablet (Note) and Bulky Tablet (Media)

• Standing Chalkboard Menu

• Wicker Cubby

• Concrete Barrier

• Construction Barrier

• Workshop Condo Rental Store!

• Game World Votemap timer now pauses until 50% of players have voted (friends only/singleplayer matches only)

• Condo:

  • Condo per-player permissions now save (with Steam Cloud support)

  • Added moderation tag permission, which grants a "Condo Mod" tag next to player's name who has this permission set

  • You can now change the max players in the condo settings while the condo is hosted

  • Material search is now saved

  • Added ability to right click and add items to your favorites

  • Added Double Wide radius option to Canvas Tube and Canvas Elbow

  • Reworked Canvas Tube to use two separate variables (Radius and Division) instead of the singular variant slider

• Condo - House Changes:

  • Closed gap on middle floor bedroom's wall (connecting it to the hallway)

  • Rebaked Lighting to prevent blue light affecting items near walls

  • Fixed UV errors on Entryway wall and Basement stairs wall

• Casino: Updated NPC models

• A significant amount of shader optimization was done. This was necessary to improve both performance and load times by reducing the amount of shader memory load that the game engine has to deal with at any given time.

• Added a permanent object pool in garbage collection to reduce the amount of hitches experienced in content-heavy areas like plaza and condos by stopping the engine from doing unnecessary garbage collection on assets that will soon be loaded back in anyway.

• UI: Fixed join button no longer existing on friends list

• UI: Fixed issues with clicking on player badges on scoreboards

• Fixed quick zoom not working while in an emote

• UI: Fixed a bug with auto keyboard focus on media request UI

• UI: Fixed key bind control descriptions clipping into the control binding button

• Condo: Fixed stashing an item in a group stashing the entire group when group selection is disabled

• Condo: Fixed Bowling Ball Rack not displaying properly

• Condo: Fixed rental shelf media angles being messed up when the shelves are rotated

• Condo Editor: Fixed having to double click to expand advanced properties

• Fixed coloring error on Beach Lounger and Horizontal Freezer items

• Minigolf SDK: Fixed flag scale issues with hole tool

• SDK: Fixed workshop no collision items still colliding with weapon traces

• Controller: Fixed scrollbar not working for Plaza / server lists

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