First piece of Radiant UI: context/hand menu is out. Livestreams for beginners.
Hello everyone!
Welcome back to the weekly update. We have some wonderful news this time around: The new context menu has been released, our patrons have chosen the name Radiant UI for our new UI system, we’re highlighting some excellent tools by our amazing Japanese users and we’ll be talking about our new Wednesday stream.
[h2]Radiant UI[/h2]
We held a vote for our lovely Patreon supporters to choose the new UI name and they’ve chosen Radiant UI! The future is looking bright for our new user interface, and this name shines just as bright!
The name was initially suggested by one of our newest Team members, Shifty. As most of you agree, they’ve come up with a great one. Thank you for shaping the future of Neos and participating in the vote, everyone!
[h2]New Context Menu[/h2]
The new context menu has been released, the very first piece of Radiant UI!
This new menu is replacing our old wrist menu system, creating a much more pleasant experience where one no longer has to torque and twist their wrist around to make selections. It doesn’t block the user's input and automatically closes when the hand is moved away, fixing common frustrations for new users.
Now it’s all within a simple radial menu that appears in front of your hand. Some options that are there now will be moved to a more appropriate area when we release the new dash, but for now most of the options you are used to seeing will be in the new menu.
It has also received a lot of improvements and additions based on your feedback and there’s more to come still, so let us know your thoughts and experiences while things are still in flux!
[h2]Wednesday Livestream for Beginners / New Users[/h2]
We now have an official Wednesday stream, hosted by Nexulan, where we answer your questions about Neos. No question is too big or too small, we’ll walk you through our UI and get you acquainted with all of the basics. If you’ve got a question, whether you’re old or new, please join us and we’ll help you out!
You can also watch the recording of the first stream here in case you missed it live and get a proper Neos crash course on how to get started with Neos, setup your avatar and meet some awesome people to hang out with! Make sure to follow us on Twitch to catch the next stream.
We have also showcased the new context menu, so if you'd like to see it in action watch the beginning of the video.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h2]Inventory public folder unpublishing[/h2]
Recently there were concerns raised about the public inventory folder functionality in Neos, where those items were listable in the public API. To address this issue, we’ve made two changes.
First, the public API will now no longer list inventory items unless a path is explicitly provided. This preserves functionality of inventory links, but prevents anybody from getting a list of all public items without knowing the exact path.
Second, we have added a new button to the inventory. If you select a shared folder (with blue tab on the upper left corner), you will see a purple hand. By clicking on this button twice, you will unpublish the folder and all of its contents. If you have folders that you have accidentally published before or that you don’t want anyone accessing, you can use this button.
However despite those mitigations, we recommend using the public folder function (orange Envelope button) only for folders you want to actually share with the public. It is not suitable for sharing items privately with just a few users.
As an alternative, you can send items to other users via the messaging system or if you're a Patreon supporter, request creation of a group. We plan on having fine grained inventory sharing in the future, which will allow sharing of folders with specific users in a secure way.
[h2]Danger Nightly Tester Group[/h2]
To help test builds before they go out to the public branch, we have created a new role called “Danger Tester” on our official Discord. If you’re interested in helping to test out any builds that we’re not certain are free of breaking errors, contact Shifty on the Discord.
Whenever there’s a build that needs testing and early feedback, we’ll ping you in the #testing channel. This is completely voluntary, but any help is appreciated!
[h2]Scale aligner, performance improvements and more[/h2]
Apart from the big updates, Neos has received some new smaller additions, like Scale Aligner component, new LogiX nodes, lots of UIX bugfixes for canvases breaking and stopping to update and some significant performance improvements as well. Check out the #neos-updates channel on our official Discord for details!
[h2]Community Highlights[/h2]
[h3]Custom Menu Installer by Rhenium & Aetoriz[/h3]
Click the image, it links to a video showing the system in action
This is amazing! Rhenium and Aetoriz have been creating so many great tools to improve productivity and quality-of-life within Neos since they’ve joined and this is one of their newest additions.
You can store items, emotes, and just about anything you can save into your inventory (everything, essentially), and have them at a few clicks of the new Context menu. The setup process is a breeze, so give it a shot! Many thanks to you two!
[h3]Cherry Blossom Festival, by Neos East Japan[/h3]
Neos East Japan, a team of extremely dedicated and creative japanese community members, have put together a beautiful cherry blossom festival inside Neos. It was a fun day, with lots of users from the whole community!
[h2]What’s Next?[/h2]
Following the polishing of the new context menu, we’re now working on a new gripping, equipping and laser system, to streamline the whole experience and open up more options for control.
Thank you again for joining us during our weekly update! We can’t wait to tell you all about our progress next week, as Frooxius is working hard to bring us the next steps in the UI update.
Please make sure to join us for our streams, especially our Wednesday stream if you have questions! You can even join us in-world to get a walk-through. See you then!
Welcome back to the weekly update. We have some wonderful news this time around: The new context menu has been released, our patrons have chosen the name Radiant UI for our new UI system, we’re highlighting some excellent tools by our amazing Japanese users and we’ll be talking about our new Wednesday stream.
[h2]Radiant UI[/h2]
We held a vote for our lovely Patreon supporters to choose the new UI name and they’ve chosen Radiant UI! The future is looking bright for our new user interface, and this name shines just as bright!
The name was initially suggested by one of our newest Team members, Shifty. As most of you agree, they’ve come up with a great one. Thank you for shaping the future of Neos and participating in the vote, everyone!
[h2]New Context Menu[/h2]
The new context menu has been released, the very first piece of Radiant UI!
This new menu is replacing our old wrist menu system, creating a much more pleasant experience where one no longer has to torque and twist their wrist around to make selections. It doesn’t block the user's input and automatically closes when the hand is moved away, fixing common frustrations for new users.
Now it’s all within a simple radial menu that appears in front of your hand. Some options that are there now will be moved to a more appropriate area when we release the new dash, but for now most of the options you are used to seeing will be in the new menu.
It has also received a lot of improvements and additions based on your feedback and there’s more to come still, so let us know your thoughts and experiences while things are still in flux!
[h2]Wednesday Livestream for Beginners / New Users[/h2]
We now have an official Wednesday stream, hosted by Nexulan, where we answer your questions about Neos. No question is too big or too small, we’ll walk you through our UI and get you acquainted with all of the basics. If you’ve got a question, whether you’re old or new, please join us and we’ll help you out!
You can also watch the recording of the first stream here in case you missed it live and get a proper Neos crash course on how to get started with Neos, setup your avatar and meet some awesome people to hang out with! Make sure to follow us on Twitch to catch the next stream.
We have also showcased the new context menu, so if you'd like to see it in action watch the beginning of the video.
[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]
[h2]Inventory public folder unpublishing[/h2]
Recently there were concerns raised about the public inventory folder functionality in Neos, where those items were listable in the public API. To address this issue, we’ve made two changes.
First, the public API will now no longer list inventory items unless a path is explicitly provided. This preserves functionality of inventory links, but prevents anybody from getting a list of all public items without knowing the exact path.
Second, we have added a new button to the inventory. If you select a shared folder (with blue tab on the upper left corner), you will see a purple hand. By clicking on this button twice, you will unpublish the folder and all of its contents. If you have folders that you have accidentally published before or that you don’t want anyone accessing, you can use this button.
However despite those mitigations, we recommend using the public folder function (orange Envelope button) only for folders you want to actually share with the public. It is not suitable for sharing items privately with just a few users.
As an alternative, you can send items to other users via the messaging system or if you're a Patreon supporter, request creation of a group. We plan on having fine grained inventory sharing in the future, which will allow sharing of folders with specific users in a secure way.
[h2]Danger Nightly Tester Group[/h2]
To help test builds before they go out to the public branch, we have created a new role called “Danger Tester” on our official Discord. If you’re interested in helping to test out any builds that we’re not certain are free of breaking errors, contact Shifty on the Discord.
Whenever there’s a build that needs testing and early feedback, we’ll ping you in the #testing channel. This is completely voluntary, but any help is appreciated!
[h2]Scale aligner, performance improvements and more[/h2]
Apart from the big updates, Neos has received some new smaller additions, like Scale Aligner component, new LogiX nodes, lots of UIX bugfixes for canvases breaking and stopping to update and some significant performance improvements as well. Check out the #neos-updates channel on our official Discord for details!
[h2]Community Highlights[/h2]
[h3]Custom Menu Installer by Rhenium & Aetoriz[/h3]
Click the image, it links to a video showing the system in actionThis is amazing! Rhenium and Aetoriz have been creating so many great tools to improve productivity and quality-of-life within Neos since they’ve joined and this is one of their newest additions.
You can store items, emotes, and just about anything you can save into your inventory (everything, essentially), and have them at a few clicks of the new Context menu. The setup process is a breeze, so give it a shot! Many thanks to you two!
[h3]Cherry Blossom Festival, by Neos East Japan[/h3]
Neos East Japan, a team of extremely dedicated and creative japanese community members, have put together a beautiful cherry blossom festival inside Neos. It was a fun day, with lots of users from the whole community!
[h2]What’s Next?[/h2]
Following the polishing of the new context menu, we’re now working on a new gripping, equipping and laser system, to streamline the whole experience and open up more options for control.
Thank you again for joining us during our weekly update! We can’t wait to tell you all about our progress next week, as Frooxius is working hard to bring us the next steps in the UI update.
Please make sure to join us for our streams, especially our Wednesday stream if you have questions! You can even join us in-world to get a walk-through. See you then!