Zero Caliber VR News

-> https://steamcommunity.com/games/877200/announcements/detail/1584626009213000602


Hey everyone,

The second part of the huge update's hotfix is now live on the public beta branch!
We've also included a basic Index Controller support. This isn't a full, finger tracking support, but Index owners now can fully enjoy the game, and use all the core features.
The full Index controller support will be included in the next big update.




Here's how you can access the public beta branch:

Right click on Zero Caliber in your library -> Properties -> Betas -> Public beta

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY UPDATE, AND WILL BE OUTDATED ONCE WE RELEASE THE HOTFIX TO THE LIVE BRANCH.

Here's what the update contains:

• Valve Index Controller basic support
• Magazines don't fall through the floor after dropping a weapon
  
• Second Wind invulnerability is fixed when low on health
  
• Fixed an issue in Co-op where the client player couldn't move after teleporting back from out of the combat area
  
• Ally NPC name tags and icons now follow them correctly
  
• Fixed an issue where the players could grab on invisible attachments. This caused the players’ arms to stretch far away
  
• Items cannot disappear anymore while being force-pulled
  
• Client players in Co-op now respawn on checkpoints with the equipment used right before dying
  
• Fixed crashes caused by recent changes

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We're aware many of you experienced crashes after the latest update. We hopefully fixed it, but if you still experience the issue please let us know in the bugreports section, or on our Discord server!
Keep Index Controller feedback coming as well, we want to implement the best, most comfortable solution for you.

We'll gather your feedback, and if everything's fine then we'll release the hotfix to the live branch. Our main concern is the crashing issue, so please, if you experience any crashing, let us now (with system specs attached) via the channels i mentioned above.

Thank you guys, and have fun!

XREAL Games Team

Hey everyone,

I mentioned in our previous steam news that we’re going to release a hotfix for the huge update.
The first part of this hotfix is now live!

The second part is planned to go live next week, with Index Controller support* included! *support for button mapping, not for full finger tracking

• Fixed player arm rotation
  
• Hands don’t get stuck in the air after picking up weapons in Co-op
  
• Hands don’t disappear after grabbing a weapon with second hand
  
• The menu and the pointer don’t appear on the same hand anymore
  
• Fixed floating magazines: no more levitating mags when grabbing them from the belt (?)
  
• Invisible ammo in certain magazines fixed
  
• Weapon smoke trails now work properly
  
• M2 turrets work properly on Timber Part 1
  
• When finding a mystery skin in Co-op, the unlock notification appears only for you - the skin still unlocks for the whole team
  
• Gameplay related improvements on the new ‘Lockup’ mission
  
• Fixed the blocked gateway after blowing up the wall on ‘Hail’
  
• AIs running in place fixed
  
• Fixed AI spawning, now they come to fight as previously
  
• Improved performance across all maps
  
• Fixed some rare crashes
  

ATTENTION: the public beta branch is now outdated, please switch back to the normal branch to enjoy the fixes!

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Please send us feedback on every possible channel.
The bugreports section and Discord is preferred. :)

The community’s reaction to the latest update was overwhelmingly positive, thank you everyone for the support!

XREAL Games Team

Hey everyone,

-> https://steamcommunity.com/games/877200/announcements/detail/1589127960896688598


I mentioned in our previous steam news that we’re going to release a hotfix for the huge update.
Before we do that on the live version, we want to make sure that it really is a hotfix and doesn’t break things in the game. :^)

While we do that, you can already access the hotfixed version of the game on our public beta branch.
Right click on Zero Caliber in your library -> Properties -> Betas -> Public beta

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A PRELIMINARY UPDATE, AND WILL BE OUTDATED ONCE WE RELEASE THE HOTFIX TO THE LIVE BRANCH.

If you decide to test the hotfix, please send us feedback on every possible channel.
The bugreports section and Discord is preferred. :)

Here’s what the hotfix contains:

• Fixed player arm rotation
  
• Hands don’t get stuck in the air after picking up weapons in Co-op
  
• Hands don’t disappear after grabbing a weapon with second hand
  
• The menu and the pointer don’t appear on the same hand anymore
  
• Fixed floating magazines: no more levitating mags when grabbing them from the belt
  
• Invisible ammo in certain magazines fixed
  
• Weapon smoke trails now work properly
  
• M2 turrets work properly on Timber Part 1
  
• When finding a mystery skin in Co-op, the unlock notification appears only for you - the skin still unlocks for the whole team
  
• Gameplay related improvements on the new ‘Lockup’ mission
  
• Fixed the blocked gateway after blowing up the wall on ‘Hail’
  
• AIs running in place fixed
  
• Fixed AI spawning, now they come to fight as previously
  
• Improved performance across all maps
  
• Fixed some rare crashes
  

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The community’s reaction to the latest update was overwhelmingly positive, thank you everyone for the support!

XREAL Games Team

Hey everyone!

We have two, very very busy months behind us. As a result, we can proudly present Zero Caliber’s biggest, most packed content update since its EA release last year!
We’ve brought you a new map - Lockup, a new weapon - Glock 18, the much-awaited loadout storing system, unlockable weapon skins, sharper graphics and a lot, lot more!
Really, when i say a lot more, i mean A LOT more.

This update is a HUGE one, please read through all the patchnotes below to see the full picture.
It’s impossible to summarize all the new content and improvements in a few words.

• New mission: Lockup. The Tlalokii have overtaken a maximum security prison. You're tasked with the covert mission of recovering sensitive prisoner lists.
  
  
  
  NOTE: You can find a basketball court mid-mission with functioning basketballs. Because even soldiers have to relax mid-combat.
  
  
  
  

• Extended Armory: with the amount of weapons and skins we have, it was time to extend our armory with new weapon racks, and a shooting range (which is still WiP)
  
  
  
  
• The new weapon racks contain all the available weapons, their skins, all the attachments and their skins and all types of magazines. And their skins. Yes. All of them.
  NOTE: You can choose which weapon skin you prefer and all the corresponding items will use that skin.
• Unlocking weapon skins: each skin has a rank requirement you have to reach. There are also hidden mystery skins throughout all maps (if treasure hunting is your thing - yarr!); they can only be unlocked by finding them.
  

• Store your favourite loadouts!
  You now have access to 3 life-size mannequins to store your favourite loadouts on.
  You can manually suit up your doppelgängers with your favourite setups, OR you can just press the appropriate buttons (either to store or to equip) to make the process faster.
  
  Store your gear, and they'll be waiting for you next time you launch the game.
  
  

• New weapon: the Glock 18, a legendary fully-automatic pistol.
  Did i mention it also has a drum mag? Brrrrt.
  
  
  
  
• Tactical shield level-up: when using a pistol and shield combo, you can reload one-handed for that extra badass feeling!
  
  
  
  
• Burst fire mode added for the following weapons: G36 (double shot), Glock 18 (triple shot) and the KRISS Vector (double shot)
• Most weapons have multiple new types of magazines: extended, double, drum, etc.
  
• All magazines have skinned versions and you can combine them with different weapon skins
  
• Grenades now have indicator trails when thrown, with lights and sound effect
  
• Shotgun clips can be used for easier reload: load 5 shells in at a time, then keep taking clips out of your ammo pouch instead of individual shells.
  NOTE: Why have shotguns without proper reload mechanics? Good question!
  Pumpable shotguns are finally coming in the next update!
• The last 15 weapons you’ve grabbed won’t disappear within a ~32m radius
  
• Revolver ejects bullets/casings correctly
  
• Turret release by distance fixed
  
• Stocks dynamically open or close depending on which state is closer (instead of always opening unless completely closed)
• G36 stock now works as intended
  

• Attention! The way of removing attachments has changed!
  Press and hold the trigger, then pull the attachment away (no need to use button combinations anymore).
  
  
  
  A short trigger press (no holding!) without pulling your hand away will change the modes on the attachment if applicable.
  WITH UNDER BARREL GRIPS: Little bit different, you have to secondary grab the weapon (grip) - then press the trigger and pull the attachment away to remove it.
  
  
  
  NOTE: Knocking off an attachment with another one still works!
• Smart attachment interaction when pressing the corresponding button - action performed in this order:
  1. Release slider IF backed
  2. Activate side attachment IF there is one on the weapon AND the slider isn’t backed
  3. Activate scope IF the slider isn’t backed AND there is no side attachment
  
• Attachment optimization resulting in much better performance
  
• Silencers can be removed from pistols
  
• Flash suppressor now works as intended
  

• Smarter AI behavior: the enemy will change states, run in and out of cover, run away or charge you depending on the situation around them
  NOTE: Friendly AI will get a rework soon!
• AI spawn optimization resulting in better performance
  
• Loading screen added
  

• Holster improvement: can’t remove other players’ holstered weapons.
  No more stealing. :’(
  
• Reviving other players isn’t instant anymore, it has a small (1 sec) cooldown.
  
• Force pull sync improved
  
• Improved weapon spawning to hand
  

• Trigger/grip interaction: we've separated what the trigger and grip buttons can do:
  Trigger: ammo and attachment interaction
  Grip: weapon grabbing
  
• Reloading while crouching: it is now easier to take out ammo from the belt while crouching (ammo pouch collider is around the player’s knees when crouching)
  
  
  
  
• Wrist and lower arm positioning and rotations are reworked
  NOTE: It is much better than before, but still WiP.
• UI laser beam improved: it is now independent from weapon length
  
• Completely reworked Comfort Mode setting for players prone to motion sickness - it is much more pleasant now. Also we now have three intensity settings under Settings>Game
  
• Comfort mode setup added to Lobby
  
• Player doesn’t glitch anymore when pressing full locomotion immediately after spawning
  
• Various force pull bug fixes
  
• Menu and pointer now supports main hand setting for left handed players
  
  NOTE: Index controllers are not supported officially. It's coming in the next update!

• Sharpened image to reduce overall blurriness - MUCH more sharp graphics
  
  
  
  
• No more head- and armless body after player death
  
• POIs are now fading when the player looks towards them - less obstructing
  
• Menu UI scaled down
  
• Impact decals are now attached to dynamic objects
  
• In the menu, after pressing Exit to Desktop, Cancel button now works
  
• New map has an experimental GFX feature (on VR platform): lens flares (bless Michael Bay!)
• ‘Retaliation’ map got the 'american-night' filter: instead of pitch-black, it has a nice blue ambient atmosphere
  
• Overall post processing FX improvements
  

• Updated gun sounds
  
• Burst weapon tail sound fixed, sound echoes after every burst even if the player doesn’t let go of the trigger
  

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Phew, what a list!
As you can see, we went a little overboard with all the things we wanted to pack into this update. It took a little longer than we wanted to, but we made it! - well, almost made it.
We’re aware this update isn’t completely bug free. Currently these are the bugs we know about, they will be fixed in a hotfix coming in the next few days.

• PSO scope disappears from the weapon rack under the Dragunov
  
• Co-op: if a squadmate finds a mystery skin then the whole squad recieves the skin
• Reloading weapons which were taken off the mannequins: several magazines get stuck at the belt
  
• End of 'Lockup' chopper scene shakes the camera unnecessarily
  
• 'Lockup' checkpoints: respawning at checkpoints takes a bit too long because of the map's loading time
  
• Incorrect impact decals are displayed on walls when shot at from some weapons
  
• Picking up random weapons and grabbing them in the secondary hand position makes the hand invisible in some cases
  

If you encounter any other bugs, please head over to our Bugreports section and report them - we read ALL the reports, even if we don't answer immediately.

We're eagerly waiting for your feedback about this update - please share your thoughts with us on either of the platforms listed in our Contact Us topic.

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That's all for now, go and have fun! :)
And thank you for the continuous support and patience, it's really appreciated!

XREAL Games Team

Hey everyone!

Only a week went by since our last update, but we aren't slowing down. The next update is almost in the testing phase!
If everything goes as planned, you can expect it to go live before the end of June.

It will include a brand new, smaller mission with a cool basketball court.



The promised weapon skin/loadout system is also coming with a reworked Lobby area with fancy weapon racks and a shooting range. The racks will contain all the weapons, their skins, all the attachments and their skins and all types of magazines. And their skins. Yes. All of them!
You'll be able to choose which skin you prefer and all the corresponding items will use that skin.

The AI will receive yet another behaviour update, it will be able to decide what to do depending on the actual situation.

We're fixing tons of bugs you've reported, thank you for that!

Taking off attachment will be even easier than now (grab-and-take off) without the need to hold another buton, and weapon holsters will be safe in Co-op (no more weapon stealing :) ).
Many guns will receive updated sound effects as well.

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These are just the most important parts of the next update, we can't wait to share it with you!
In the meantime, check out the full soundtrack we've added to the game in the last update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spzOKUdtm0A&list=PLcLn1mwVYe5XxtT_kX34hxqiy1JR_F_ha

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Thank you guys for all the support!
XREAL Games Team