VirtualCast News

This article is a release note for VirtualCast Beta.
For information on how to play Beta, see here.

[h2]Other[/h2]

• Made an adjustment for the upcoming Vgift release.
  

[h2]Other[/h2]

• Made an adjustment for the upcoming Vgift release.
  

This article is a release note for VirtualCast Beta.
For information on how to play Beta, see here.

[h2]Other[/h2]

• Made an adjustment on the server for the upcoming stable release.
  

This article is a release note for VirtualCast Beta.
For information on how to play Beta, see here.

[h2]Room[/h2]
[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where SpringBone behaved unintendedly when you changed characters or when someone entered the room.
  

[h2]Studio/Room[/h2]
[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Photos taken with the photo capture will be saved as {Room name}{Creator name}{Year-Month-Date}_{Serial number}.jpg in %USER%\Pictures\VirtualCast\Media{Year-Month}.
  
• Changed the behavior of the ring menu and the context menu when they are moved/rotated while being open.
  
• The attract operation in rooms has been changed to "the menu button hold laser + Grab."
  
  • The laser you get by just pointing the hand is now disabled.
    

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the ring menu became unopenable after going through certain operations.
  
• Fixed the issue where the app doesn't close properly after choosing quit in the ring menu.
  
• Fixed the issue where the hand markers became invisible when the MSAA setting for HMD was set to NoAA.
  

[h2]Studio[/h2]
[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the change of appearance of the VRM that's been updated is not reflected under certain circumstances.
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Removed Komachi Machine and Knight Shogun from the preset avatar.
  

[h2]Room[/h2]
[h3]New features[/h3]

• You can now reload the latest version of VCIs from "My Items" in the ring menu and the context menu.
  
  • For details on the specification regarding the save system in Rooms, refer to this article(Japanese).
• Nameplates will be shown on top of characters.
  
  • If you want to disable it, you can do it from the ring menu [System] > [UI Settings] > [Nameplate] > [Disable].
    

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Physics behavior has been adjusted so that it behaves the same no matter what type of HMD is being used.
  
• Adjusted the character movement behavior in rooms.
  
  • Adjusted to make it more physically correct.
    
  • This change is made to prepare for the character control APIs planned to be added on VCI.
• Locomotion option in rooms is now fixed to analog input.
  
• You can now check the lifespan of items in the context menu even if you do not have permission to change it.
  
• Changed the size and position of the context menu.
  
• Reduced the frame drop apt to occur in aggressive scenes.
  
• The position of the hand markers no longer represents the hand position of the model; it now represents the position of the actual controller.
  
• When you select "Create VCI" for a photo in the ring menu's media, the VCI will be spawned as a free product in an unlisted state.
  
  • You can now hand over a photo you've taken by just creating a VCI for it and letting others acquire the VCI.
    

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Reduced the lag of items that are being grabbed by hand.
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where a user whose activity status is "offline" is shown on other users' friend lists.
  
• Fixed the issue where V-gift becomes enabled in rooms when streaming is started with a certain procedure.
  
• Fixed the issue where the capture process of a VCI which utilizes the camera API fails when the person who spawned the VCI is absent in the room.
  

[h2]VCI[/h2]
[h3]Changes[/h3]

• You can now compare ExportForceMode from lua.
  
• Updated Effekseer from 1.5.2n to 1.6.2d.
  

[h3]Improvements[/h3]

• Improved the load time of VCIs using MP3 files.
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the app crashed when it failed to load certain mp3 files in VCIs.