Lunar New Year Update: Year Of The Rat

[h2]The Lunar New Year Update is now live! [/h2]
Come and celebrate The Year Of The Rat in PokerStars VR with the Lunar New Year Lobby, special themed props/apparel and a limited time 2x Chips & Creds Sale!

There is now less than 2 weeks left to qualify in the PokerStars VR Ambassador Contest!!! It’s still not too late to make the Final 10 the qualification period ends Feb 3rd 12pm ET

Here’s the previous dev diary video with details on the 10 ways to qualify to be a finalist. All 10 Finalists will be receiving an exclusive Final 10 Pin.



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MAKE SURE TO OPT IN THE KYC FORM TO QUALIFY: Ambassador KYC Opt In Form


VRPT Monte Carlo the final stop of VRPT Season 1 is happening next weekend registration is open and selling out fast in Discord.gg/PokerStarsVR under the VRPT sub-section. Everyone who plays in a VRPT event will receive a great goody bag of exclusive VRPT Monte Carlo items.

New Features

Grey avatars now choose a random preset avatar instead.
Store purchase confirmation
Catch the giant golden rat for a lucky money envelope in CNY lobby
In game pictures are now saved in the Quest Photo Gallery
Updated to Unity 2019.2

Existing Feature Improvements / Modifications

Reduced CPU overhead on lighter flames
Prop destruction has been optimized
Switch to CNY lobby
Mute Selfie Stick
Disabled menu interaction while teleporting
CNY Props/Apparel Optimizations
GPU Instanced enabled on props

Bug Fixes

Dart Gun Ammo shows correct amount of darts
Plasma Blade and Machete no longer float when you don't grab them when they come back to you after throw
VRPT Wild West Bracelets no longer change color
Updated Revolver logic to make water shootable
Player_WristWatch_Manager null ref fix
Dart size is now normal when shooting cow while its being absorbed by UFP
Nautical Pipe and Ashtray will not float away anymore
Silver Ball O74 texture has been updated to reflect prop
Store Image for Ball B14 has been added
Assert fired when taking picture (only for other players not for one who takes pic)
Fixed uncommon spinning top logic so it will collide with table properly
Plasma Blade no longer floats when player leaves
Plasma Machetes now drops props that lay on top of them

New Content

Golden Rat Chain
Construction Helmet
Golden Rat Card Protector
River Rat Rubber Ducky
Year Of The Rat Card Skin
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Flare Gun
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Microphone
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Flip top Lighter
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Ultra High Roller Chain
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Main Event Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Mini Main Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Ultra High Roller Bracelet
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Pool Unicorn
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Captains Hat
VRPT Monte Carlo 2020 Card Skin
VRPT Monte Carlo Main Event Entry Plaque
VRPT Monte Carlo Mini Main Event Entry Plaque
VRPT Monte Carlo Ultra High Roller Event Entry Plaque

Make sure to check out community member The Growlers new in depth 2020 Tutorial Video [previewyoutube][/previewyoutube]