VirtualCast News

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

• Fixed the issue where pictures saved in png format did not appear correctly when a picture of a translucent object was taken.
  
• Fixed the issue where the size of some input fields in the settings screen kept changing under a certain condition.
  

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

• The calibration result now persists across Rooms.
  
  • You no longer have to calibrate each time you move to different rooms.
• Publish state of the room will be shown on the room information panel.
  
• To improve the stability of the server, we have applied limitations to some synchronization APIs in VCI.
  
  • This is a counteraction against some VCIs that could overload the entire sync server and shut it down in the former sync systems.
    
  • We will be adjusting this limitation as we go as we want everyone to play VirtualCast comfortably.
    
• Here are the limitations in specific.
  
  • APIs starting with _ALL_, such as _ALL_SetText, will have a sendable character limitation of 512 bytes (in UTF-8).
    
    • This is about 500 alphabetical characters or about 250 Japanese characters.
      
    • If you need to display a large number of texts, please use vci.state or vci.message API to synchronize.
  • vci.message can send a text of up to 4000 bytes (in UTF-8).
    
  • The amount of data you can share with vci.state is up to 16KB.
    

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where you continued to move upward when changing locations under a certain condition.
  
• Fixed the issue where the title screen stutters frequently.
  
• Fixed the issue where items in My Studio might disappear by leaving a Room to go back to your Studio while you are still in the loading space.
  
• Fixed the issue where pictures saved in PNG format didn't render the image correctly when you took a picture of translucent objects.
  
• Fixed the issue where the hand colliders followed your hand with some delay when you are using Oculus controllers.
  

[h2]VCI[/h2]
[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the emission value of VCI items that use standard shader turned into a non-HDR value.
  
• Fixed the issue where the color of VCI items using unlit shader becomes lighter.
  
• Fixed the issue where looking at a VCI from long-distance caused its texture to flicker.
  

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

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

• The ON/OFF state of the comment in the video player will be kept after switching videos.
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where opening the same URL twice causes the sound volume to be un-applicable.
  

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

• Added the friend features.
  
  • You can send friend requests to other users, and when they accept them, you will be their friend.
    
  • You can send friend requests to participants in the same room or send from the owner information of the room and the user information of a VCI.
    
  • When you become friends with a user, you can see where the friend is, jump to where the friend is, and invite the friend to your current room.
    
  • For detail on the friend features, see this article(Japanese).
    

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where grabbing a camera monitor with two users simultaneously caused it to move unexpectedly when ungrabbed.
  

[h2]WEB[/h2]
[h3]New features[/h3]

• Added friend features.
  
  • You can send friend requests from user search, room owner information, and recently met.
    
  • You can see friends' online status, in which room your friends are at and friends in a room.
    
  • A new option, "Owner's friend," is added to the room's entrance permission setting.
    
  • See this article(Japanese) for details on friend features.
    
• Added recently met list.
  
  • You can see up to 100 recently met users in Rooms.
    
  • You can send friend requests to recently met users.
    
  • When you want to send a friend request after meeting someone or when you want to check when and where you met them, you can do so from here.
    
  • You can access the recently met list from here.
    

[h2]Rooms[/h2]
[h3]Changes[/h3]

• To improve the stability of the server, we have applied limitations to some synchronization APIs in VCI.
  
  • This is a counteraction against some VCIs that could overload the entire sync server and shut it down in the former sync systems.
    
  • We will be adjusting this limitation as we go as we want everyone to play VirtualCast comfortably.
    
• Here are the limitations in specific.
  
  • APIs starting with _ALL_, such as _ALL_SetText, will have a sendable character limitation of 512 bytes (in UTF-8).
    
    • This is about 500 alphabetical characters or about 250 Japanese characters.
      
    • If you need to display a large number of texts, please use vci.state or vci.message API to synchronize.
  • vci.message can send a text of up to 4000 bytes (in UTF-8).
    
  • The amount of data you can share with vci.state is up to 16KB.
    

[h2]VCI[/h2]
[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where the emission value of VCI items that use standard shader turned into a non-HDR value.
  
• Fixed the issue where the color of VCI items using unlit shader becomes lighter.
  
• Fixed the issue where looking at a VCI from long-distance caused its texture to flicker.
  

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

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

• Fixed the issue where pictures saved in png format did not appear correctly when a picture of a translucent object was taken.
  
• Fixed the issue where the size of some input fields in the settings screen kept changing under a certain condition.
  

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

• The calibration result now persists across Rooms.
  
  • You no longer have to calibrate each time you move to different rooms.
• Publish state of the room will be shown on the room information panel.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where you continued to move upward when changing locations under a certain condition.
  
• Fixed the issue where the title screen stutters frequently.
  
• Fixed the issue where items in My Studio might disappear by leaving a Room to go back to your Studio while you are still in the loading space.
  
• Fixed the issue where pictures saved in PNG format didn't render the image correctly when you took a picture of translucent objects.
  
• Fixed the issue where the hand colliders followed your hand with some delay when you are using Oculus controllers.
  

[h2]Studio[/h2]
[h3]New features[/h3]

• Errors that occurred in VCI scripts will be shown on the UI.
  
• You can now see the title of broadcasts when selecting on-air studios from the Studios list.
  
• Added a feature to return to My Studio by press-and-holding ESC key while in a studio on-air or an official studio.
  
• The video player now supports YouTube playlists.
  
  • On the title, go to Settings > Import > Video Playlist URLs and type in the URLs for YouTube playlists.
    
  • The supported format of URL is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list={Playlist ID}. URLs in other formats may result in an error.
    
  • In studios, open the context menu for the video player and select Enter URL to see the playlist you entered in the Video Playlist URLs.
    

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• When you are in an offline studio, the status of online/offline will no longer be displayed on the camera monitor.
  
• When connected with Twitter, an error message will be shown when retrieval of comment has failed due to hitting the concurrent connection limitation.
  
• Re-organized the order of selections in the ring menu.
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed an issue where studio ID couldn't be copied in studios on air.
  

[h2]Rooms[/h2]
[h3]New Features[/h3]

• Preset characters, items and locations have been added to the Room.
  

[h3]Changes[/h3]

• Replaced the synchronization system.
  
  • Some VCIs might behave differently. Please check them.
• Re-organized the order of selections in the ring menu.
  

[h3]Bug fixes[/h3]

• Fixed the issue where using the ring menu continuously would slow down the transition of the ring menu.
  
• When you have selected JPEG in the [Settings] > [Camera] > [Export format for photo capture camera], the picture to be exported will now have the extension jpg instead of jpeg.
  
• Fixed the issue where the anti-aliasing setting for HMD was not being applied.
  

[h2]VCI[/h2]
[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• The behaviour of ExportAudioSource.PlayOneShot() was different from that of vci.assets.audio.PlayOneShot(). This isssue have been fiexed.
  
  • Fixed the issue where calling ExportAudioSource.PlayOneShot() consecutively with different arguments for the volume value resulted in the volume of already playing audio changing while playing.
• Fixed the issue where grabbing the same SubItem with multiple users resulted in conflicting ownership assignments.
  
• Fixed the issue where grabbing SubItems with the same GroupId with multiple users resulted in conflicting ownership assignments.
  
• Fixed the issue where 3D audio was not working in VCI.
  
• Fixed the issue where ClipName API for AudioSource was not accessible.
  
• Fixed the issue where textures flickered when you see a VCI from far away.