What will be worked on?
I'm shooting for Teleport Change/Fixes and more if possible. (Possibly some random feature requests if you jump on the stream and ask for them)
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames
Contagion VR: Outbreak
Live Streaming Hotfix #6 Now On Twitch
I'm shooting for Teleport Change/Fixes and more if possible. (Possibly some random feature requests if you jump on the stream and ask for them)
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames
Hotfix #5
FIXED
- Toggle Grip is back! (More info below)ːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyːːsteamhappyː
- All sockets will now correctly appear whenever an item that corresponds to it is picked up for the first timeːsteamhappyː
FROM PLAYER FEEDBACK
- Added the ability to toggle on and off the Flashlight while it is socketed. Just press trigger right on the head of it. ːsteammockingː
OUTSTANDING MAJOR ISSUES
- Teleportation brokenːsteamsadː
- Load Game does not actually load with saved gear ːsteamsadːːsteamsadː
"Toggle Grip"
It's more like "Hybrid Grip"
The only things that actually toggle are the following: Primary Weapon Grips (Secondary points are hold-only), and every inventory item (basically anything grabbable, if not, it's a bug and please report!)
Doors, drawers, and other interactables will continue to be Hold Grip style.
ːsteamhappyː We are hard at work trying to get all major issues resolved as soon as possible. ːsteamhappyː
STAY INFORMED
As always don't forget to follow and jump onto Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames where I am usually live streaming development of the game and join us on Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/monochrome and join over 1400 fellow Survivors in chat!
Live Streaming Hotfix #5 Now! (Toggle, Teleport, maybe more)
I'd like to reinforce a few points.
- This is Early Access, please expect bugs.ːsteamsadː If you do not like bugs, please do not purchase this game until Full Release. ːsteamsaltyː
- The current demo was polished over a period of 6 months before its release. I have NOT updated the demo with all the new updates over these past few months. After all these game-breakers are fixed, I plan on updating the demo. The current build of the game (EA Release) is 6 months work of redoing A LOT of systems, which is why you are NOT seeing the level of polish as in the demo currently.
- Please read the tooltips I have provided for you in the very first map you load into BEFORE starting your journey in the game. Eventually I will create some tutorial system + other UX things to help ease new players into the game.
- I have just taken over the Save/Load systemːsteamhappyː, and most likely will start from scratch. In this case there will DEFINITELY be a wipe in all save progress. I do humbly apologize for this ahead of time. Even then, your saves may get wiped during EAːsteamsadː. This is NOT a bug. Please do not report it. It's not really intentional either, but it's just the way things are. I will try my best NOT to wipe progress, but in these early stage you should expect it.ːsteamsadː
- If you have written a review (negative or positive) and at anytime during these patches (and eventually content updates), the issues you had are fixed, please consider updating your reviewsːsteammockingː. This is important so everyone understands the current state of the game, not the launch trainwreck that some (most?) experienced.ːsteamhappyː
- Please do NOT hesitate to write a review (negative or positive) and provide feedback through the reviews themselves, Steam Forums, Discord and/or my Twitch Stream. I am definitely listening and will bring anything up to the team and/or just implement it myself (Do it now, ask for forgiveness later should work right?ːsteammockingː).
- BUG REPORTS belong in the Bug Subforum on Steam or outbreak-bugs on Discord, please do not write a post with bugs in it outside of these places (if you do, please just copy/paste that over to Bug Subforums since that is where we are getting the list from, to fix things).
- If you cannot briefly describe the bugs you are experiencing properly in text, please consider posting screenshots and/or video playthrough of the issues you are experiencing.
Twitch
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames
Discord
https://discordapp.com/invite/monochrome
Community-Run Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagionOutbreak/
Hotfix #4
FIXED
- Oculus Owners no longer can stuck in the loading screen from the Apt to Garage
- Melee weapons can now be used on the vending machine with the grenadeːsteamhappyː
FROM PLAYER FEEDBACK
- Movement speed increased by 25% (this may change in the future)ːsteamhappyː
- No longer need to hold down a sprint button to well... Sprint. Moved to thumbstick/trackpad hover, once you hit max forward on either, you'll automatically enter sprint mode. Draw back your finger to center to slow downːsteammockingː
- Added more context to the diary you pick up at the start & updated tooltipsːsteammockingː
OUTSTANDING MAJOR ISSUES
- Load Game does not actually load with saved gear
- Toggle grip disabled
- Teleportation broken
We are hard at work trying to get all major issues resolved as soon as possible. ːsteamhappyː
STAY INFORMED
As always don't forget to follow and jump onto Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames where I am usually live streaming development of the game and join us on Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/monochrome and join over 1400 fellow Survivors in chat!
The Morning After...
All the things that could have gone wrong, surely did. ːsteamfacepalmː
- Crazy new bugs that weren't caught during playtestingːsteamfacepalmː
- Braincells were depleted after this last week's massive effort to make it to launchːsteamfacepalmːːsteamfacepalmː
- 31% overall rating after a few hoursːsteamsadː
Well, you know what? Who cares? Yesterday is yesterday, it's over and past. Nothing we can do about it anymore. Now is the time to act and show everyone that what was put out yesterday was not what we had wanted to put out and that we are committed to blasting all Virtual Reality games out of the water with our visual fidelity, story-telling, and fun-factor.ːsteamhappyː
I just want to remind you all, that we are in Early Access and there will be bugs. I cannot and will not promise you a bug-free experience ever. We are fully committed to fixing all game-breaking bugs this weekend as well as making sure that any future bugs introduced have very minimal impact to your gameplay experience. Of course, if I can make it bug/glitch-free prior to any update release, it will happen.
Please jump on the Steam Forums, our Discord chat, or my stream if you have questions or any feedback. We are listening and we do care.
Discord
https://discordapp.com/invite/monochrome
Stream
https://www.twitch.tv/victorburgosgames
Hotfix #3
- Resolved Multiplayer movement being disabled
- Increased backpack collision to make it easier to grab
- Fixed the keycard from being able to fall through the ground
Hotfix #2
Smooth Turn
Back to normal
Toggle Grip
Disabled until further notice
What does this mean?
First off, I was trying to allow varying speeds with Smooth Turn, but failed and it broke completely and I never use it (because it makes me sick) and forgot to check. But anyway, I tested and it's back to normal without the ability to change speeds.
Toggle Grip has always been an issue with usːsteamsadː. The fact is, toggle gripping makes sense only for certain items. But sometimes it interferes with other things that you would normally feel more appropriate as "hold grip"
As such, Toggle Grip, in its current implementation is a buggy mess. I am going to be working on it this weekend and pretty much starting from scratch to make it an "Hybrid Grip", where it will only Toggle Grip for certain items (like weapons), while interactions like opening/closing doors/drawers and other things will use Hold Grip. ːsteamhappyːːsteammockingː
I think for now this will make things much easier in the long run and feel much better overall. ːsteamhappyː
Feedback
Your feedback would be greatly appreciated! Jump on twitch twitch.tv/victorburgosgames if you want to chat live, or jump onto Discord discord.gg/monochrome , if I don't see you all there, I'll make my rounds everywhere :)
Hotfix #2 incoming for Smooth Turn
Also, I am streaming on twitch: twitch.tv/victorburgosgames if you need some assistance ASAP or better yet on our Discord. I'm trying to be everywhere at once... just be patient please :)
Early Access Launched!
It's pretty critical because the save system was not fully implemented correctlyːsteamfacepalmː
We'll be updating and adding new content in the game over the weekend and beyond. We will be listening and learning from your valuable feedback through the first campaign mission: Outbreak, as well as through the multiplayer PvP mode: Hunted.
With this feedback we hope to be able to appease as many players as possible while still keeping it close to the original vision of the game.
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From now on, I'll be releasing proper patch notes. Good luck and have fun! And remember, it's Early Access, not Full Release!
Early Access Launches Tomorrow! 9AM PST/12PM EST/4PM GMT
Ohhhhh yeah, here we go!!!! Tomorrow's Early Access Release! We'll be updating the demo as well tomorrow just in case you want to make sure you like all the new mechanics and see some of the progress we've made since January!
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