Powerboat VR News

This updates the island of Maupiti adding some new features...

1. Island textures redone so they are much greener.

2. New coral assets imported. You can find the small coral sample area to the North West of Maupiti harbour near the 2 large rocks in the bay. Check out the screen shot on the store page for a more accurate location guide. Performance impact is negligible.

3. Various tweaks to the coast line to smooth the transition from water to land creating some nice beaches and shallow lagoons.

4. Added new rocks to the area.

5. Maupiti now has a smoking caldera!

6. Water clarity above and below the surface has been increased.

7. Underwater blur effect has been removed as you really want to see things clearly as if you are scuba diving.

8. Bluefin boat now has a bit more "pep" which is visible if you accelerate hard from slow speed as the nose will now pop in the air a bit more. I've also increased the prop steering angle so it is more agile at low speed.

9. Vortex has also had its engine retuned for more low down grunt.

MAUPITI PORT
I have now fully optimised Maupiti's port so performance impact is minimal when in that area. I'll be applying the same optimisations to all the other ports as quickly as I can. I would say the I've gained about 20fps in non-VR mode which should help smooth the VR experience out too.

I think there are still some performance gains to be had with the other buildings that make up the villages round the island so I'll be looking at those as well shortly.

OCEAN
I have also adjusted the clarity of the water around the islands so you should be able to see fish etc much more easily as well as getting that crystal clear tropical water vibe! This paves the way for some underwater beautification such as coral, sea weed and more sea life.

Stay tuned and Happy Boating!

Hopefully fixes the strange white artefact that can be seen near your nose!

1. You can now walk on terrain when in VR mode
2. You can now walk under the water in VR mode so you can go swimming with the sharks! (this is not a fully supported feature and you're basically walking on the terrain under the water level but it looks kinda cool!).
3. Minor optimisation to terrain reflections on the water.
4. Minor adjustment to clouds

Re-enables the ability to walk on the terrain of islands. This is for VR players only.

This only effects the terrain so you can't currently walk on rocks or dock areas. I'll add them shortly.