New Song Buttons with Difficulty Ratings for Each Song.
Changes/Additions
New song selection buttons that display song information and difficulty rating.
Changed some difficulty estimate weighting to give more accurate results.
Bugs Fixed
Fixed songs not loading correctly and causing a soft lock when switching from Featured to Custom.
Fixed a bug when importing a custom song from the practice menu.
Fixed another bug related to songs not loading correctly causing soft lock when switching from Featured to Custom.
Import and Export Custom Songs!
Changes/Additions
Added custom song exporting in the song editor.
Added custom song importing in the song editor and the song selection menu while in game.
Reduced the threshold to reach silver rank.
Added a menu button to the song properties screen in the song editor to go back to the editor menu.
Bugs Fixed
Fixed a bug where the game would soft lock during the rank animation phase at the end of a song.
Custom Song Availability!
Additions / Changes
Players can now set the status of each difficulty in the custom songs they have created. Difficulties that are unavailable will not be playable in game.
The start button has been reworked to be more noticeable. Players can also shoot the record case to start the song.
Added a steam particle effect that can be used on the stage particle cannons in the song editor.
Added a colorize property to stage edge, ring light and cables in the song editor. Players can now used colored images on these items.
Bugs Fixed
Fixed bug when player first gets their rank. The record would change but the players rank would still say "Not Ranked".
Fixed a menu animation bug that would cause leaderboards and stat screens to stay up after player quit a song.
Fixed a bug that caused the players to be stuck at the rank progression screen.
Fixed a bug where the players stats would not reset after a song causing the stats on the next song to be higher than they should be.
Fixed Groove Cam smoothness bug. Now the higher the slider, the smoother the camera. It is also clamped to not have a zero value which caused the camera to stand still.
New Song, Auto Groove Cam, and More!
New Song!
"Neural Manifest - Face Down" has been added. All difficulties are available.
Groove Cam Upgrade
Turn on Auto Groove Cam for a "Live Show" feel. Camera angles will change automatically giving your audience interesting views while you play. Also works with LIV when using Avatars.
Song Updates
We've updated a number of songs to smooth out the difficulty transitions and bring more consistency to each difficulty level.
Planet Eater - Lies Evolution - Recruit
Longsnapper - Pick You Up - Recruit
Lords of the Trident - Burn it Down - Recruit
CELESTIVL - Blasphemous - Marksman
Cornelis Gerard - It Won't Kill You - Marksman
Juice Box & Tuesday - Don't Mean a Thing - Marksman
Planet Eater - Lies Evolution - Marksman
Lords of the Trident - Burn it Down - Marksman
Audiostrobelight - Shallow Water - Marksman
Longsnapper - Pick You Up - Marksman
Every Hour Kills - Numlock - Marksman
Juice Box & Tuesday - Don't Mean a Thing - Sharpshooter
Other Changes
Menu volume setting now controls the music volume when in the menus.
Updated logo and lighting in menus
Bugs Fixed
Fixed issue with message display when VR headset is not detected.
Fixed issue where rounding error in audio seek time calculations may cause audio to restart at very beginning or very end of song audio playback.
Songs will now end shortly after gameplay end time is reached, regardless of actual song length. Before this change, custom songs with a lot of trailing audio or padding after the configured end time would still be considered active until the entire song was completed, preventing players from playing another song until it finished.
Rank shown as unranked at completion of 5th song instead of actual rank.
LIV Upgrade and Spanish Localization!
Features
Spanish localization is now available in Settings under Accessibility.
Updates
We have updated the LIV SDK to version 1.5.4.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with stat graphs when no targets were hit during a song.
Streamers and Content Creators Update - Groove Overlay!
New Feature!
Streamers, content creators, and players. We present to you, the Groove Overlay!
Easily display an overlay that allows you to add score, combo, song info, groove meter, and other components to an overlay on your spectator view. When a song starts up, your viewers can easily see your stats.
Enable and disable the Groove Overlay through settings. You can add components, drag them around to any area of the screen. Components are locked to a grid so it's easy to snap them together.
Groove Overlay is also compatible with LIV! Groovy!
Bug Fixes
Fixed issue with game attempting to use OS locale when unsupported.
Audio Offset, Hit Sound Alignment and More!
Hit Sound Alignment
Early hit sounds are now aligned to play on the correct beat of the music. If you shoot a target early or reach forward and block a bullet early, the hit sound will be delayed and play at the correct time as if you had a perfect hit. The unique sounds for perfect hits will still provide audible clues to how well you are timing your shots, but off-time shots won't muddy up the musical experience.
Audio Offset Setting
You can now set an audio offset to compensate for video or audio latency. This setting will also adjust hit sounds so those remain on beat.
First Play Accessibility Prompt
New players will be prompted with options to adjust their height and color override preferences before their first play. Existing players will also be prompted (once) if they haven't changed these settings from defaults.
Controller Rotation Override
Players can now change the rotation of their controllers. Small adjustments can be made for comfort, while larger adjustments can be used to compensate for issues with tracking or default controller rotations.
Note for Rift S Players: Some Rift S players have reported issues with a single controller being rotated 90 degrees by default. This incorrect rotation bug is external to the game, however we are working on ways to identify and correct this automatically. In the meantime the rotation override feature can be used to compensate for this bug.
Target Speed Customization has Arrived for the Start of the VR Winter Games!
Target Speed Changes and Customization
We now have target speeds increase by default for each difficulty level, and players also have the ability to override the target speed settings to match their preferred play style. Faster speeds improve the readability of incoming targets, while slower speeds provide more time to anticipate and aim shots. We hope these changes will ensure all players feel comfortable shooting.
VR Winter Games Tournament Updates
The rules for the Winter Games Tournament have been relaxed, and qualifiers have been extended starting February 20 (today!) and will run until March 7. Two weeks to practice and improve your qualifier scores!
We have added information on how to register and where to find more tournament info right in the game. Tournament qualifier songs are now highlighted in the song select menu to make it easy to find.
Other Changes/Additions
Added version/branch to settings menu.
Moved all audio settings under single section.
Bugs Fixed
Possibility of duplicate hit count on last action after pausing.
Hit targets not always visible during rewind after pause or when scrubbing in editor.
Delays in loading stats from Steam can cause "Play X times to rank" message to appear when already ranked.
VR Winter Games - Groove Gunner Tournament
From February 19th to March 20th, VAL (Virtual Athletics League) is hosting an entire month of eSports tournaments and giveaways, while partnering with some of the largest titles in Virtual Reality to provide over $15,000 in prizes.
The Groove Gunner tournament includes $500 in total cash prizes up for grabs. Qualifiers will start on Feburary 20, with finals wrapping up March 13.
Click the image below to register and let the games begin!
Any questions, join us on Discord and talk to one of the devs.
Bullet Projections Go a Long Way!
This update introduces projections, a visual connection between a sequence of bullets and your shield. These make it much easier to see bullets earlier and adjust your shield positions.
The penalty for missing has been changed to only halve your multiplier rather than resetting it to 1.
You can now change the resolution and display mode of the mirror view (or Groove Cam view) game window.
We've also added graphs to the score overview screen to show shot accuracy and timing.
The tutorial was also simplified and has a more appropriate difficulty (no longer harder than Recruit).
