• Made it easier to grab the forward grip on the cut M14
  
• Hidden M14 quad mag spawner now works properly
  
• Fixed and re-enabled helmet tapping
  
• Made it harder for guns to helmet tap and easier for ammo to do it
  
• Fixed issue with slide & bolt releases not working
  
• Fixed issue with open bolt weapons firing in semi auto
  
• Fixed mosin and obrez
  
• Can no longer fire M60 with the top cover open
  
• Fixed issue with victory code playing multiple times when extracting multiple items at once in extraction
  
• Adjusted jam chances on multiple guns and magazines
  
• Static weapons work again
  
• Snap turning with 'fast' settings now turns in the proper direction
  
• Fixed ejection positions on M16 & XM177
  

New Mission: Extraction


Find and extract a downed pilot who crash landed over an NVA-controlled island.




Basic Weapon Jamming


Added 'failure to feed' and 'failure to eject' malfunctions that are cleared by cycling the bolt again. Jam chance is based on the weapon and magazine, so some magazines jam more frequently than others for the same weapon. Additional malfunctions with more advanced clearing procedures are planned for the future.

• Smoothed & polished joystick stance adjustment
  
• Tracers are now only fired every 3 rounds, and their visual length has been decreased
  
• Blood/Injured screen effect should now fit certain headsets' field of view better
  
• Fixed buggy ammo in Tunnel Rat's armory
  
• Increased volume and priority of bullet cracks
  
• Increased required pressure for M16 & XM177 bolt releases to trigger (Currently bugged)
  
• Added ???? Mag????? ??? M14
  
• Hid obstruction colliders from smoke grenades
  
• Removed floating enemies on Gun Truck
  
• Major optimizations to AI character + weapon meshes
  
• Fixed minor material issues with multiple weapon models
  
• Fixed crash on Firefight that occurred when the player got close to a trash pile
  
• Possibly fixed collision issue that made player's hands get stuck around open APCs on Firefight
  
• Removed buggy Obrez from Firefight
  
• Added screen fade when Tunnel Rat is won and the mission is restarted
  
• Lanterns can now be shot out
  
• Fixed collision issues with several environment meshes
  
• Optimized editor performance and workflows for future additions
  
• Decreased loading time for Tunnel Rat substantially
  
• Converted mono Vietnamese voice lines to stereo
  
• Temporarily disabled helmet trigger because it kept falsely triggering
  
• Fixed issue where bolts/slides could be grabbed when the main gun wasn't
  
• Fixed issues with shoulder UI not disappearing
  
• Fixed issue with helmet tap info not disappearing
  

If you'd like to participate in this test build, follow the directions below:

1. Right click on PunjiVR in your Steam inventory
   
   
2. Select Properties > Betas
   
   
3. Click on the dropdown box next to Beta Participation
   
   
4. Select the test_build option
   

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Follow steps 1-3 then select the default branch to revert back to the base build

New Mission: Extraction


- Locate and rescue a pilot that crash landed on an NVA-controlled island.







Revised Chest Inventory


- The new inventory will use physical pouches that are attached to your character's LBE webbing rather than the immersion-breaking floating spheres in the current implementation. Most importantly, however, the new pouches will work the same way as the rucksack, so you'll be able to store any item(s) into each pouch as long as there is enough physical space for it. There will be different pouches with their own shapes and sizes.

While the weight of your stored items still affects your player's speed and maneuverability, it will also affect how easy it is to access specific items within the pouches, so there will be an added layer of inventory management with this new system where you have to plan out not only where items are stored, but how you store them.



Basic Weapon Jamming

Update 2:

New Mission: Gun Run Huey


- The fan-favorite door gunner mission from PunjiVR Version 1. It will be set on a new map, there will be an option to switch your mounted M60 with a minigun, and you'll be able to use infantry loadouts (which will provide a fun challenge once sniper rifles are added).



Revised Weapon & Mission Selection





Item/Weapon Pose Offset Adjustment


- A manual way to adjust how items are held. A beneficial feature for certain controllers and for users with physical disabilities.



Advanced Weapon Reactions





1. A polished recoil system that scales recoil intensity exponentially the more you fire (the longer and more sporadically you shoot, the harder it will be to control your accuracy, but shooting in 2-3 round bursts will be more accurate. This new system will promote real life weapon skills and portray their function better)
   
2. Weapon bobbing/sway system that makes weapons behave more realistically when running and gunning
   
3. Recoil and weapon stability that is affected based on your character's health, stance, and speed
   

Update 3:

New Guns





Placeable Traps





AI Improvements


- Better detection and targeting, better maneuverability and positioning, and (an experimental) use of grenades and smoke.

New Mission: Ambush


- This is still in the planning phase, but the idea for this mission is to create something inspired by traditional tower defense gamemodes where you have to stop US patrols from advancing through the jungle and discovering your camp. Similar to the base defense missions in Version 1, you'll earn points the longer you survive, which can be spent on supplies, defenses, and reinforcements.

The map will be larger and non-linear, and you'll need to change your position frequently. The goal is to create a fun and replayable defense mission without it turning into a boring sitting duck scenario.

This mission will take advantage of the traps added in Update 3.



New Mission: Assassination


- Find your target, eliminate him, and escape!

Update 5:

Helicopters!


- This update will focus 100% on re-adding flyable helicopters to PunjiVR. The UH-1 Huey, Huey Gunship, OH-6 Loach, and AH-1 Cobra will be added. This update will likely only contain a flight range to start, but helicopter-specific missions will definitely get added over the next updates.

The Future (After Update 5):

• More Vehicles
  
• New Range
  
• Health & Healing System
  
• Navigation System
  
• Artillery
  
• Operations Gamemode
  
• Squad AI (Allies that you can command)
  

• Campaigns
  
• Mission Editor
  
• Mod Support
  
• Multiplayer
  

• Fixed bug with bullet impact effects not despawning
  
• Fixed bug with gun truck loadouts not spawning when bought
  
• Fixed issue with certain gun truck buttons automatically buying themselves
  
• Tweaked lighting on Firefight
  
• Fixed issue with camera-based movement not saving properly
  
• Minor optimizations
  

• Full player body
  
• New locomotion system (a combination of joystick and armswinger movement, plus physical crawling & climbing)
  
• Overhauled audio (you'll like it)
  
• Improved visuals
  
• Better gunplay and weapon handling
  
• Updated inventory system that's affected by item weight & bulk
  
• Traps
  
• Larger map potential (the Gun Truck mission and Intro are set on a 2km X 2km size map)
  
• Better AI
  
• Allied AI
  
  
• SteamVR integration (Index controllers use finger curling now, rebindable controls via SteamVR, pausing, and overall more stability)
  
• Better performance
  
• Proper controller positioning (no more need for manually adjusting your hand offsets)
  
• Reliable height calibration
  
  
• A whole lot more. Scroll through the last 20 test build update notes for details
  

Current Content:

Missions

• Intro
  
• Main Menu / Shooting Range
  
• Movement Tutorial
  
• Obstacle Course
  
  
• Firefight (Endless 10v10 battle set near a village)
  
• Last Stand (Endless wave defense mode that gets harder the longer you play)
  
• Tunnel Rat (Collect 3 pieces of randomly placed intel and escape the Viet Cong tunnel system. Watch out for traps!)
  
• Gun Truck (Defend the gun truck as long as you can. Each kill earns one point that can be saved up and spent on loadouts for you, armor and weapons for the truck, and ammo refills. Make sure to keep an eye on the truck's health and repair it with the wrench to keep it moving!)
  

Weapons & Tools:

• 15 infantry firearms
  
• 4 fixed/static weapons
  
• 5 frag grenades and a set of 5 smoke grenades
  
• 4 Traps to watch out for (each can be disarmed)
  
• Flashlight
  
• Your fists
  

Version 2 | Test Build 18:

• Intro Scene

A new intro scene plays the first time you launch the game (after height calibration). Deleting your save file lets you experience the game from scratch, but the mission was also added to level selection as an alternative.



• Credits page

If you have voice lines in game and don't see your name, or you would prefer I use a different name for your credit, please contact me and let me know!



• Rucksack now works with custom loadouts

• Disabled custom loadouts on Range
  
• Fixed issues with M60 in custom loadouts
  
• M60 top cover now closes when the gun is stored in a shoulder slot
  
• Open bolt weapons now spawn with their bolts back in loadouts
  
• Fixed UI errors with shoulder slots
  
• Made logic for stored flashlight work better (no more double lights, more accurate checks, etc.)
  
• Flashlights that are powered on now stay lit when stored in your shoulder slot. It also follows your camera rather than your chest, because it's stored on your helmet instead of your chest rig.
  
• Smoke grenades now block bots' vision
  
• Chest inventory now moves and rotates more accurately with your body and is easier to access when crouching
  
• Fixed multiple pathing errors for the gun truck
  
• Can no longer store grenades once their pin is pulled
  
• Added extra particle effects to the gun truck
  
• Added more cover logic to multiple props and vegetation
  
• Optimized bullet trails
  
• Improved dynamic lighting for default graphics setting (High) to look better with Tunnel Rat
  
• Weapon sounds will now continue playing even after the bot is killed, or if the weapon is stored (for player guns)
  
• Various other bug fixes and optimizations
  

1. Right click on PunjiVR in your Steam inventory
   
   
2. Select Properties > Betas
   
   
3. Click on the dropdown box next to Beta Participation
   
   
4. Select the test_build option
   

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Follow steps 1-3 then select the default branch to revert back to the base build

Version 2 | Test Build 17:

Settings/Options



Since the video, a new option has been added that lets you disable controller turning entirely



• Custom Loadouts

  
  Create and bring your own custom loadouts into the missions (except for Gun Truck). The rucksack inventory does not save or load properly at this time, but it will be fixed before release.
  

• Height calibration is now only done once at the start of the game
  
• Movement tutorial goes to the proper main menu now
  
• Added ??????*$%(@#?????? to the Range
  
• Added icon to the executeable
  
• Adjusted pose zone size for level selection
  
• M60 bipod now folds when stored in a shoulder slot
  
• Adjusted volumes & priorities of misc. sounds (collision clips, bolt manipulation, etc.)
  
• Lowered default master volume
  

1. Right click on PunjiVR in your Steam inventory
   
   
2. Select Properties > Betas
   
   
3. Click on the dropdown box next to Beta Participation
   
   
4. Select the test_build option
   

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Follow steps 1-3 then select the default branch to revert back to the base build

Version 2 | Test Build 16:

New Main Menu



Thank you to MemeIsMyDream on Discord for providing the intro music.



New US Voices



Voices by:



• Jaiden Christensen
  
• louie.
  
• Maximus The Great
  
• Nebulyte
  
• Notgodchrist03
  
• TrypZ
  

• Silhouette targets now automatically reset on their own after a few seconds
  
• Spinner targets make a louder sound when hit
  
• Fixed bug where storing mosin ammo in your inventory consumed one bullet
  
• Suppression resets faster
  
• Explosion blur is half as intense if you're covered from its blast
  
• Made helmet tapping easier
  
• Various optimizations, mainly to Firefight
  
• Price of static weapons and their ammo refills on Gun Truck now scale with how many static weapons you currently have -- the larger and more powerful your armaments, the more costly it is to expand and maintain it, but the starting cost is a lot lower (static M60 = 5 points to start and raises your next purchase by 3, minigun = 20 but raises your next purchase by 10...)
  
• Added audio to storing and retrieving items from your chest rig pouches
  
• Renamed a few items (for helmet tap info & inventory storing) to their correct ones
  
• Fixed issue where 1911 wasn't able to be stored in shoulder slots
  
• Fixed bug where chest rig was enabled/disabled when shooting certain guns
  
• Made grenades more deadly to enemies
  
• Fixed issue with grenades not applying damage when they were supposed to
  
• Made fixed weapons easier to aim and handle
  
• Getting a new loadout now destroys all instances of the old loadout (even if the item is no longer on your person)
  
• Fixed an issue where the gun truck tried to start on a waypoint that doesn't exist, causing it and the player to not be able to move
  
• Adjusted priorities of bullet snap audio so it no longer plays over gunshots
  

1. Right click on PunjiVR in your Steam inventory
   
   
2. Select Properties > Betas
   
   
3. Click on the dropdown box next to Beta Participation
   
   
4. Select the test_build option
   

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Follow steps 1-3 then select the default branch to revert back to the base build

Version 2 | Test Build 15:

Firefight

Hillside

Gun Truck

• Removed broken enemies from Firefight
  
• Fixed issue where the player's shadow would be headless
  
• Added correct ballistic materials to all props and items
  
• Tweaked all ballistic materials to be accurate to real life values
  
• Replaced all bullet impacts with proper effects
  
• Adjusted AI's gunshot sound priority so that player weapons play over it
  
• Decreased intensity for both explosion and gunshot suppression effects
  
• Added max value cap for gunshot suppression effect
  
• Fixed multiple minor issues with the buttons on Gun Truck
  
• Fixed issue with old loadouts not being destroyed when a new one is loaded
  
• Removed leftover remnants of older chest inventory
  
• Made magazines easier to load on multiple weapons
  
• Made Mosin bolts easier to cycle
  
• Fixed collision issues with grenades stored in inventory
  
• Switched chest inventory to TOGGLE with trigger to open/close
  
• Chest inventory no longer opens automatically when a storable item is near. Pull trigger while holding the item to open it (prevents it from opening when not wanted)
  
• Allies now shoot more often
  
• Improved bot cover behavior
  
• Made enemies more aggressive on Hillside
  
• Grass no longer billboards (rotates to face player) on Gun Truck
  
• Made enemies more aggressive on Gun Truck when they first spawn, but decreased max number of enemies
  
• Made gun truck more agile to avoid it turning into trees (it still drives poorly in a few places, please let me know if you find a spot it goes off road on)
  

1. Right click on PunjiVR in your Steam inventory
   
   
2. Select Properties > Betas
   
   
3. Click on the dropdown box next to Beta Participation
   
   
4. Select the test_build option
   

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Follow steps 1-3 then select the default branch to revert back to the base build

1. Graphics

   
   All of the new models are ready, so the only things left to do is to place them in the levels, adjust their colliders and AI cover spots, and bake the levels' lighting. The Firefight mission is ready for its lighting to be baked, Tunnel Rat's graphics are already complete, and I won't be messing with any of the menu visuals right now, so there are only two levels to finish — Gun Truck & Last Stand. In short, it shouldn't take too long!
   
   

2. Main Menu

   
   The main menu will be a new scene that combines level selection and the shooting range (similar to how the current menu scene is, but it'll look better). It won't take too long to create.
   
   

3. Settings & Options

   
   This test build will add in the player settings (i.e. options for turning, height calibration, accessibility, etc.), but it will also add in mission settings to let you tweak the difficulty and gameplay of each level.
   
   

4. Tutorial

   
   The original scope of the tutorial has been dramatically reduced now that the inventory and other core features have been simplified. The main focus will be to teach the basics of weapon handling, movement and climbing, and the inventory.
   

Overall Goal of PunjiVR:

Conclusion: