Hey guys,
Based on community feedback we re-prioritized and have been focused on stability and performance. We have been hard at work on fixing numerous bugs, fixing high memory usage and mainly optimizing, optimizing and more optimizing. We truly hope you’ll appreciate the smoother experience in this patch!
Performance
Holsters no longer use physical colliders to detect if you are trying to grab them, rather they use some abstract math and distance checks, which improves the performance of the player rig greatly.
The physical components of the player or AI are now disabled unless they are actually about to be damaged by something, which greatly improves the physics performance of the game.
Improved performance of SteamVR’s controller binding polls by around 75%.
Reduced memory usage in SteamVR when checking for input.
Reduced the memory usage of the shaders that Onward uses.
Reduced the resolution of many needlessly large textures.
Adjusted the size of most of the AI’s navigation areas to only include places they can actually reach, reducing memory usage and increasing pathfinding performance.
Improved performance of hand controllers by reducing needless checks for input.
Improved performance of hand controllers by disabling interactions when something is already in your hand.
Improved performance when there is no laser active, which is most of the time.
Fixed the game's global LOD bias being incorrectly set.
Optimized the “outline” effect when spectating other players to not adversely affect performance as much anymore.
Optimized the performance of the player’s watch greatly.
Packed some textures on the tablet into atlases to improve performance.
Improved performance of weapon, magazine, and equipment lookups.
Optimized the tent map for better performance.
Improved performance and memory consumption of Spectate Goggles.
Fixed clocks in several maps unnecessarily allocating memory.
Input and Settings
Changed how small object grab mode works, which now allows knuckles users to have an in-game option to pick up small things with their triggers.
The default bind to fire weapons on knuckles controllers no longer requires a full trigger “click” and now uses a pull threshold, much like a real trigger.
Added an option to the settings screen to change what side of your body your holsters are set to.
Items and Pickups
Improved the scopes and iron sights when lining up many weapons, particularly with virtual gun stock.
It is no longer possible to hold a flashbang through a wall and blind people on the other side.
Fixed LOD issues causing the tablet not to update the map if held at arm's length.
Fixed the drone indicator on the tablet behaving strangely when held at arm's length.
Fixed tablet changing colors when held at arm's length for Volk players.
Fixed about 13 weapons casting shadows with their suppressors when you equip a suppressor and a flashlight, or even just the barrel of the weapon sometimes.
Fixed molotovs creating fire when they shatter underwater. They also cannot be lit underwater, and entering water will extinguish both the molotov and the lighter.
When dropping items held inside things, they could spawn at a faraway location. They now spawn at your pelvis and fall to the ground.
Fixed scope vignette effects not being properly aligned.
Fixed the floating aimpoint on the M39 EMR.
Fixed bipod not showing on the M16A4.
Fixed flashlight and bipod colliding on the G3A3.
Fixed the TAR-21’s chamber clipping out of the gun when pulling the bolt back with an empty magazine.
Improved the locations for the magazine on the AK12 and AKS-74u so when you use the magazine from the other weapon it’s not offset inside the magazine well.
Fixed flashlights and lasers spawning together on Spec Ops weapons.
Map Fixes
Removed Abandoned from Spec Ops.
Added Gun Game and One in the Chamber to Jungle.
Fixed several Evac helicopters in Jungle and Abandoned.
Fixed some AI spawns on Quarantine and Jungle.
Added anti-exploit areas on some maps that fade your screen to black if you enter them.
Removed many “clutter” objects from the maps.
Fixed some map collision issues on all maps.
Fix many LOD issues on all maps.
Improved terrain LOD on the Marsoc desert themed menu
Updated numerous textures across maps to improve visual quality.
Many other smaller map improvements across the board.
Effects
Improved player animations when sprinting.
Fix grayscale effect not properly showing sometimes when downed and / or entering the tent.
Fix the new suppression and vignette effects not appearing on the edges of the screen for players with wide fields of vision, such as Pimax players.
Made controllers in the tutorial less transparent, and more solid looking.
Fix a black square appearing in front of the player when viewing yourself with the drone.
Fixed underwater fog not being visible when spectating.
Fixed many issues with Spec Ops fog, how it interacted with underwater fog, made it visible when spectating, and made it less intense on Cargo.
Spectating
Spectator gunshot lines now color based on the team that the shot came from.
Fix spectator nameplates not properly aligning to the camera when entering first person view of a player and exiting.
Fixed first person spectating not working in Free Roam.
Fix strange camera rotation when clicking a player in desktop spectate mode.
Fix timer in spectate UI usually ending the round at 1 second.
Miscellaneous Fixes
Added more fallback code to catch people getting stuck in a “black fly” state.
Make the information shown by debug screenshots less obtrusive.
Fix getting stuck in the tent when downing yourself in a game by yourself.
Fixed the whiteboard not updating Uplink Assault spawn locations when the player changes teams.
Fixed players clipping through the floor in menu scenes.
