Hard Bullet News

[h2]New Enemy Models[/h2]


Our new system allows us to add new models and different body types much faster than before. Added more soldiers, outfits and faces to diversify your brutal runs and sandbox fights.

Different types of ammo and helments to select from.

To say more, now we'll be able to add female body types too! Of course it's not just that simple and we'll need to record new voiceovers, so stay tuned for updates!


[h2]New Blood and Gore Effects[/h2]
Blood visuals were totally reworked to make it feel more realistic and brutal than before!

[h3]Bleeding Effect[/h3]


Now when got shot or stabbed, your enemy will start bleeding and blood will slowly cover the area around the wound.

[h3]Splashes on Walls[/h3]


Stylish effect appears when you shoot them in front of the wall.

[h3]Shotgun Body and Head Damage[/h3]


With heavy weapons you can start disgusting gore mayhem: reveal inner organs and bones with our latest technology!


[h2]Puppets Optimization[/h2]
Thanks to all that big work mentioned above, you'll notice significant improvements on arenas and Sandbox when fighting with enemies. Expect up to 100% performance gains!


[h2]When?[/h2]

This brutal update is planned for this October and will bring not only the mentioned improvements but some other cool things too.


[h2]Related Devlog Posts:[/h2]


June 2021 Gore Update Physics Update and Beta closed




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[h2]SteamVR support for Oculus[/h2]


Greately improved SteamVR support for all Oculus devices. This should remove any possible issues Quest users had with controllers on startup.

We recommend to use native Oculus version suggested and official Oculus solutions like Airlink or cable connection, however, if you start the SteamVR, nothing bad will happen.

Virtual Desktop: no launch options are needed anymore — just run SteamVR version. Remove old launch options from Hard Bullet settings! Hand poses do not glitch too, so you may need to set the offsets to defaults.

• If you choose to launch in SteamVR mode, game will start your SteamVR and Oculus will work inside.
  
• If you choose Oculus mode, game will just start with native Oculus SDK without SteamVR.
  
• If you have SteamVR already running, game will autostart SteamVR version.
  

Notice: In SteamVR mode the Menu button is already used by Steam, so to open Pause Menu press both Y and B buttons at the same time.


[h2]Gore Settings:[/h2]


Now you can tune your brutal experience and choose what gore to show:

• Dismemberment.
  
• Bullet holes, cuts and punches results.
  
• Blood when shooting and punching enemies.
  

[h2]Languages added[/h2]


During last weeks a few new localizations were added, now Hard Bullet contains 23 languages. Let's welcome:

• Arabic
  
• Italian
  
• Thai
  
• Vietnamese
  

We thank our community for translation help. If you have any remarks, please visit this Translations thread and find the best way to contact us.

[h2]Grey/Black screen for OpenVR explained[/h2]


So after hours of research we came up with quite simple explanation that won't help those users who get this glitch, but will at least close this question.

New physics Hard Bullet was made on a newer Unity 2020 version and uses Single Pass Instanced rendering.

This particular model and Unity render we use prevent the game to work on OpenVR devices that run older GPUs. Basically every GPU made before 2015 does not support the hardware-based features we use in game.

[h3]You need DirectX 11.3 and Shader Model 5.1[/h3]

So, as said in the minimal system requirements on Steam, you need at least GTX 1060 to run the latest Hard Bullet builds.

Old Hard Bullet in beta tab uses older shader model so it will run on any videocard starting from GTX 770.

So what are we going to do with this knowledge?
As you may know, we are quite a small team and are focused on polishing the content we already have and improving game mechanics. We won't include support of older GPUs in our to-do list, but will keep this in mind and if we find an option to change Shader models or DirectX without lots of extra work, we'll do this. No promises though.

Sorry for inconvenience, OldHB is still there and hope you'll be able to update your GPU (at least up to GTX1060) to get all advantages of those beautiful shaders we use.


[h2]Quick Roadmap[/h2]
Want to share what's coming in the future updates and what are we working on right now. There will be a Devlog post as we have more cool thing to show:

[h3]Improved Gore[/h3]
New coplex gore system that will include more nasty visuals and also bring optimization to the puppet system. This will allow us to add new models and outfits to enemies much faster.

[h3]AI update and new behaviours[/h3]
Right now doing some trainings to our AI, so new clever enemies will:

• Jump over and off cliffs
  
• Hide and shoot from covers
  
• Partol and react to noises
  

[h2]Honorable Weldings[/h2]
Driving Truck by !Taco from our Discord


Shovel Guy by FrostyBoi from our Discord


Proud Father by Nelson Galactico VR

TV-Show family by IAmCrusty


[h2]Related Devlog Posts:[/h2]


Spawner and Eraser Tool Welding Tool Physics Update and Beta closed




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[h2]Spawn Tool[/h2]

Contains all in-game assets and let's you spawn any anounts of any objects from game.

Open Pause Menu in Sandbox to get access to Spanwer and Eraser.


Object always faces the player.

You can place objects one on another.

If spawner cannot stick to any object or wall it will create an object in the air.

We will continue adding new objects, enemy states and weapons to Hard Bullet and they will appear in Spawner menu as well.

• Melee — collection of all melee weapons in game
  
• Firearms — all guns in Hard Bullet
  
• Props — objects from all HB scenes, Lobby couch included
  
• Enemies — only two right now. Calm and rubber guy from lobby
  
• Other — Brutal machines. Why own one grinder when you can have 10?
  

[h2]Eraser Tool[/h2]
You can remove any object in the sandbox


Eraser also will help you with your Welding creations. Now you can easily edit them and remove any part.



[h2]Enemy Holsters Updated[/h2]


Finally adding this highly demaded feature! You can grab enemy weapons from their holsters and even put it back!

Good luck stealing pistols on arenas and creating fun Sandbox situations with bots.


[h2]Bugfixes and Improvements[/h2]

Added new brutal turture place — Wall of Spikes

Grinder stairs, loading zone and feedinng hopper got fixed. Now it will proretly collect bodies, enemies can be placed and stand up on the stairs and loading zone.

• FIXED: Situations when physical objects could instantly kill enemies.
  
• FIXED: Hand poses for all Melee weapons, fingers placing correctly on all handles now.
  
• FIXED: Enemy spawn points on Marketplace arena.
  
• UPD: New baked lighting in Lobby, Baths and Action.
  

[h2]Honorable Weldings[/h2]

Car and Ship by !Taco from our Discord community


Tiny People Bat by Rhys Da King who almost broke his hand recording.


Reanimator's son by Nelson Galactico VR


[h2]Related Devlog Posts:[/h2]


Welding Update Physics Update and Beta closed




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[h2]New Sandbox Design[/h2]


Added some details to that stone box we used before. All the assets are physical so you can lean on them during jumps.


[h2]More Blood[/h2]


Now when cutting limbs you'll see lots of blood. Dismemberment won't be so akwardly clean anymore!

[h2]Honorable Weldings[/h2]
We are happy you enjoy new welding possibilities! Want to show you some fun creations we spotted on YouTube, come check them out!

Want to see your's here? There is a chanel for community media content on our Discord, feel free to post there and share yours!

Battle Wagon by Makse

Giant Slayer by Gamertag VR

Vibrating Hook by Spotman

Shotgun Head by Capteur D'I.A.

[h2]Multi Language Support[/h2]

Almost finished adding new languages! During last weeks we added several new and going to add a few more soon next week. Recently joined:

• Ukranian
  
• Dutch
  
• Danish
  
• Turkish
  

Big thanks to guys from community and reddit for your help in bringing Hard Bullet to your native language!


[h2]Bugfixes and Improvements[/h2]


New UI for Wave Spawner on Arenas, now it's easier to control and understand. We will bring there body amount option too soon.

[h3]Fixes we added during last week:[/h3]

• Body: issues during height calibration.
  
• Body: bounce and fly around if your controllers are out of range.
  
• Body: hands twisting in wrong place (still can twist sometimes).
  
• Body: hands stretching, affected by player/object weight and walking.
  
• Welding: could weld weapons in the armory and block them completely.
  
• Welding: created objects could be placed into holsters and result in crazy glitches.
  

[h2]Temporal Limitations[/h2]
We tried our best but still not all original Hard Bullet features are here yet. Here is a list of most noticable. They will return rewoked and improved — some are almost here, others will take time.

• No Soundtrack and lack of sounds.
  
• No Destructions.
  
• Basic Enemy AI.
  
• Inserted mags are not physical.
  

[h2]Related Devlog Posts:[/h2]


Welding Update Physics Update and Beta closed




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Hi all!
While part of the team is on vacation, the other part returns with new updates!

[h2]Welding Tool and Zero-G field[/h2]


Welding Tool allows you to combine any in-game objects incuding enemies and limbs together.
You can take it with you and use anywhere in the Sandbox.

• Grab the blue Welding Tool.
  
• Point it to the object you want to connect and press Trigger. Do not release!
• With Trigger pushed, draw a line to other object.
  
• When the end of the line changes, release Trigger.
  
• Now both objects are bond together physically.
  

There also available a zego gravity field machine that will help you better target your tool and make more precise connections with non-organic objects.




[h2]New Arena: Marketplace[/h2]


New location for you to perform brutal takedowns and spread bullets around.


[h2]Other Improvements:[/h2]

• Enemies breath that depends on their conditions: calm, when hurt hard or grabbed.
  
• New visuals for bullet trails. Now default for slow motion sequences. You can turn them off anytime in the settings.
  
• Added Loading icon.
  
• Added French language.
  

[h2]Temporal Limitations[/h2]

We tried our best but still not all original Hard Bullet features are here yet. Here is a list of most noticable. They will return rewoked and improved — some are almost here, others will take time.

• No Soundtrack and lack of sounds.
  
• No Destructions.
  
• Basic Enemy AI.
  
• Inserted mags are not physical.
  

[h2]Related Devlog Posts:[/h2]


Physics Update and Beta closed