Zero Caliber VR News

Another day, another update!

Snap- and smooth turn for HTC Vive and WMR is here! See detailed patchnotes below.
As always, thank you all for the continuous support! Be sure to send us feedback and suggestions either here on our community hub or Discord!

• Snap turning and smooth turning is now available on HTC Vive and WMR headsets. Input controls changed for the HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality headsets:
  - Fire mode change (auto, semi, safety): primary hand controller menu button short press
  - Attachment release: primary hand controller menu button press-and-hold
  - Turning: primary hand touchpad left and right
  
• Controller haptics improved (based on distance and type)
  
• Gun alignments fixed
  

• Sacr weapon unlock fix on the Comfort map
  
• Stuck friendly AI fix on the Comfort map
  
• Definitely no more killzones on the Comfort map in coop
  
• Vive weapon grab improvement
  
• AI movement improvements
  
• Fixed some objectives and playzones on the Hail map
  

• Timber map has an improved lighting with more readable environment and gameplay relevant assets
  
• Comfort map got a visually more appealing lighting scenario, similar to the one on the Menu Preview image
  
• Hail map Improved Lighting, to make it more “war-like”
  
• Lots of black splotch render fixes
  

• Multiplayer server list: people from different regions might not find each other’s servers
  
• Occasionally there is no sound on Oculus
  
• AI is constantly being improved
  
• Graphics optimization
  
• Crash on startup with Unreal Engine error: this might be caused by software conflict.
  If you have ASUS sound driver installed: exit from the asus sound driver or end the process with SS2UILauncher.exe. Try to disable the asus sonic sound at startup.
  Nahimic, MSI sound or similar audio apps might also cause a crash.

Hey guys!

In the past few days we've been working hard on fixing issues that initially came up since the release.
Known issues we're working on are at the bottom.

Thank you all for supporting us, and as always, send your feedback and suggestions our way on Discord or here so we can resolve issues as fast as possible!

• Misaligned hand position compared to real life controller position fixed for certain guns [WiP] - easier to use gunstocks
  
• Less instant death on coop missions, improved player kill zones
  
• Weapon unlock fixes on the maps (e.g. Python)
  
• Hail mission computer download objective fixed
  
• Improved AI - baddies are much tougher now
  
• 'Hail' mission with better combat areas
  
• Fixed the bugged walls in the lobby, you can’t walk through them anymore
  
• In Co-op, players falling behind will get teleported to the actual checkpoint instead of dying
  
• Minor dialogue adjustments
  

• Previous/next arrows fixed
  
• Locked pictures for the host fixed
  
• Level type filter improved
  
• Server list listing dummy servers when switching pages fixed
  

• Last shot sound effect for the revolver/shotguns fixed
  
• Improved explosion sounds
  

• Improved lighting, no darkness inside houses and warehouses
  
• Outside lighting fine-tuned
  
• Improved optimization for certain hardware configurations
  

The following issues are known and are currently being worked on:

• Misaligned hand position compared to real life controller position
  
• Multiplayer server list: people from different regions might not find each other’s servers
  
• Snap turning for Vive controllers
  
• Occasionally there is no sound on Oculus
  
• AI is constantly being improved
  
• Graphics optimization
  

Now that Zero Caliber's Early Access has started, you might be wondering... What’s next?

First we issue fixes for the current maps (you might have noticed some graphical issues, random bugs).

BUGFIXES, IMPROVEMENTS:

We have received tons of feedback from you. We want to make the game as good as it can be, so we’ll spend the next month mostly on these. We also have a lot of improvements in mind for current maps, check the patchnotes and play them if they get an update. In the meantime, level designers can work on...

SMALLER MISSIONS:

10-20 minutes fights, compact area, best suited for Co-op and PVP. We want to have at least 6-8 of these by the time of full launch. When at least 3 of those are in the game...

CAMPAIGN CONCLUSION:

the planned length of the campaign is 6 missions (as long as the current ones). One of these takes about 1-1.5 months to make so it will always be presented in a major patch. While the designers are busy with these, the coders can work on...

PVP:

We'll start testing around the end of Q1 2019. We have big plans, but we have to make playable maps (see above) first, balance the guns and the game itself. Also have to expand the frameworks, currently it’s in a very rudimentary state.

OCULUS STORE RELEASE:

In a few weeks. We had to delay it to make Steam release as smooth as possible. (And it still was rocky, but we made it!)

PSVR:

Once our porting team finishes working on A-tech we’ll get to the colossal task of making this game available on PSVR.

Anything else? Yes, a lot! We've almost finished mountable turrets, heavy machine guns, they’ll be added in a few months, we have at least a dozen guns and attachments waiting to be integrated, shotguns will become pump action, and a lot more! (Night-time missions anyone?)

You guys provide valuable feedback, thank you for that! Keep it up, and we together can make this the best game ever!

Ladies and Gentlemen! We proudly announce that the Zero Caliber VR Early Access is out NOW on Steam!

Thanks for the continuous support we got in the last few months, we couldn't be happier. We hope everyone will enjoy the game and provide lots of feedback to help us make it even better.

This is just the very beginning. More missions. More weapons. More features. Tons and tons of bugfixes. Join us on this journey to make the best Military VRFPS available!

Hop on our discord and give us tons of feedback!

https://discord.gg/R5ZUsjB

Here's a little update for the demo concerning Oculus Touch controllers:

- Grabbing weapons with grip: press and hold the grip button, release to drop
- Grabbing and holding attachments, weapon parts and grenades: trigger or grip buttons , you can choose between the two according to your personal preference

Hand gestures are still WiP for Touch controllers.

Let us know if you'd like to see toggleable press-and-hold vs. press-to-grab-press-to-drop option implemented by leaving a comment under this announcement. :wink: