Coming soon: 1.4 Update and PC Standalone
This is going to be a quick post, but I just wanted to take a moment to share some of what's in store for the game in the next month!
New Sniping system for the PC player
The biggest change in 1.4 will be that the PC player's sniping position has been remade from scratch. Now the player has the ability to zoom in using their scope, or stay zoomed out for closer range shots. Full animations have been added for both the starting bolt action, and the upgrade .50 cal rifle.
New menu system for the PC player
The boring green and black menu has been thrown out in favor of a new one that looks far more interesting. Quick camera pans and a more pleasing UI design make this a huge visual upgrade over the old menu system.
Preview:
(Apologies for the thrown together nature of the video. I cut this pretty quickly..just wanted to give some idea of what's in store for the PC player)
https://youtu.be/faDGD0_Moew
Texture additions and changes
With the help of community member cmaldonado7, I've been able to spice up a lot of the environment and enemy models for this update. Now the supply crates have a nice glow to them that will allow you to spot them much easier(especially in the Factory map). Glow sights have also been added to all of the pistols to make them easier to aim. All of the camflouage weapon skins have been remade by him as well. (And they look way better than before!) We are still hard at work on some of these additions, so there will be more added to the update before it releases.
Most of the changes being added to 1.4 are to get the game ready for the PC standalone. It will share all of the updates listed here.
In it's current state, it's getting fairly close to release. I'm shooting for a late February to mid-March release date. (This could changed, so don't hold me to this!)
While I haven't settled on a final price for the standalone PC version, I can promise that it won't be more than a few bucks. I want to make sure people that have friends without VR can join in on the fun without paying much more than a couple dollars.
The PC version will include pretty much all of the content that the PC player can play in the regular version of the game. They will be able to play this all in singleplayer mode.
For multiplayer, they will be able to provide sniper support to owners of the original VR game on both the Survival: City map, and Defense, Bridge map.
Lastly, I plan on giving some beta keys out for testing, so if you have a friend who doesn't have VR and would like to help you shoot zombies in CI, then feel free to post on the forum requesting a key, and I'll try to send a few of these out.
1.4 Update
New Sniping system for the PC player
The biggest change in 1.4 will be that the PC player's sniping position has been remade from scratch. Now the player has the ability to zoom in using their scope, or stay zoomed out for closer range shots. Full animations have been added for both the starting bolt action, and the upgrade .50 cal rifle.
New menu system for the PC player
The boring green and black menu has been thrown out in favor of a new one that looks far more interesting. Quick camera pans and a more pleasing UI design make this a huge visual upgrade over the old menu system.
Preview:
(Apologies for the thrown together nature of the video. I cut this pretty quickly..just wanted to give some idea of what's in store for the PC player)
https://youtu.be/faDGD0_Moew
Texture additions and changes
With the help of community member cmaldonado7, I've been able to spice up a lot of the environment and enemy models for this update. Now the supply crates have a nice glow to them that will allow you to spot them much easier(especially in the Factory map). Glow sights have also been added to all of the pistols to make them easier to aim. All of the camflouage weapon skins have been remade by him as well. (And they look way better than before!) We are still hard at work on some of these additions, so there will be more added to the update before it releases.
PC Standalone Release Info
Most of the changes being added to 1.4 are to get the game ready for the PC standalone. It will share all of the updates listed here.
In it's current state, it's getting fairly close to release. I'm shooting for a late February to mid-March release date. (This could changed, so don't hold me to this!)
While I haven't settled on a final price for the standalone PC version, I can promise that it won't be more than a few bucks. I want to make sure people that have friends without VR can join in on the fun without paying much more than a couple dollars.
The PC version will include pretty much all of the content that the PC player can play in the regular version of the game. They will be able to play this all in singleplayer mode.
For multiplayer, they will be able to provide sniper support to owners of the original VR game on both the Survival: City map, and Defense, Bridge map.
Lastly, I plan on giving some beta keys out for testing, so if you have a friend who doesn't have VR and would like to help you shoot zombies in CI, then feel free to post on the forum requesting a key, and I'll try to send a few of these out.