Good news everybody! We’re announcing quite a few things today so it might be a good idea to grab a cup of coffee while you’re reading this.
Before we get started, there is a slightly longer version of this post if you're interested in how and why we did things in VR.
http://www.croteam.com/serious-wednesday-update/
TL; DR - Thank you for being awesome!
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope “Shanti” update is now finished and will become available right after internal testing. The update will include the new planet (Shanti), new weapons (one melee and one long ranged weapon), new feature (Sam’s personal shield) and a very scary new boss. Boo!
Yes, there will be SSVR: The Second Encounter and Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE!
Yes, there will be The Talos Principle VR!
Yes, Serious Sam 4 is still happening and our core team remains hard at work on this, while two much smaller VR teams will continue to grow and work on more VR projects.
No, we haven’t forgotten our “flat” games. We’re announcing Serious Sam Fusion 2017, a FREE update for all owners of Serious Sam games, both flat and VR versions. This update will be rolled out gradually, starting with The First Encounter, and then The Second Encounter and Serious Sam 3: BFE.
Serious Sam Fusion 2017 update will bring a common workshop for cross-game mods support, as well as enable multiplayer between “flat” and VR versions of games, among other things. So, if you have Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter and your friend has The First Encounter HD, you can connect and play coop or versus with one another – using Fusion 2017.
Here’s the complete list of Serious Fusion 2017 update features that will become available in ALL of the games, for free:
All games now support SteamOS/Linux/OSX!
Split-screen!
64bit executables
Support for Vulkan API (DirectX9 is now being removed; so long and thanks for all the bugs)
Multithreaded rendering
The new “lightweight” savegame system; savegames are now saved much faster, are very small and stored in the Steam cloud, and savegames still work even if a level is changed in a patch, or if a mod is updated
Full support for all controllers including Steam controller, PS4 gamepads, all older DInput joysticks
Proper multimonitor support
Borderless window support
Customizable sound outputs
Proper 3D audio using a proprietary sound-mixer (the same approach as used in the old Classics games)
Improved physics engine with better handling of character movement
Texture streaming in all games
Much better modding support with customizable weapons and items, improved scripting (including better support for scripting networked games)
Lots of other improvements, optimizations and fixes
And last but not the least – we will now be able to more easily ship updated code towards all these titles more regularly!
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 284242
Build 284242 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
Here are the changes:
- Fixed several issues with co-op mode where players would not be awarded medals or would lose medals earned in single player mode.
- Tourist and Easy difficulties no longer erroneously award double bonus Credits.
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 284170
Build 284170 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
Here are the changes:
- Added two-player coop mode: play campaign with your friends online.
- Added two new difficulty settings: tourist and serious (both in single player and coop mode).
- Gameplay balancing:
> weapon pricing inside store (shotgun is a little cheaper, laser ammo is a bit cheaper)
> adjusted health of certain enemies (Khnum has less health)
- Various bug fixes.
- Various performance optimizations.
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Grab SSVR, it's 20% off
Hello VR followers. As a part of Steam Autumn Sale Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope is 20% off until November 29th.
This is a great chance for you to get the game to become Sam "Serious" Stone for real.
Stay serious!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/465240/
Coop is coming (and more cool stuff)!
Good news, everybody! Cooperative game mode is coming to Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope!
When we started this adventure together, we promised to listen to your feedback and requests. And out of many requests, this one stood out: bring coop to SSVR! We listened, implemented and tested, and today we can confirm that we have an internal build that's coming along nicely and the patch should be out soon, bringing coop to the game!
Thanks to your awesome response, we were able to bring even more devs to the Croteam VR, our internal department for all things VR, and those things are getting bigger and bigger. We have plans for many more surprises, but first things first. Team is hard at work on implementing the skill tree and bringing Captain Sam to Shaanti, a gorgeous planet extremely abundant in resources. This planet's biodiversity rivals that of Earth but recent research suggests its inhabitants may be extinct. OR ARE THEY?
As always, we'd like to get the coop mode out and running as soon as possible, and this being the Early Access title means we can do just that! Standard disclaimer applies, tho: expect bugs, mayhem, even more Mental's minions and fun (not necessarily in that order).
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 279777
Build 279777 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
Here are the changes:
- Added support for nVidia VR SLI.
- Minor gameplay fixes and tweaks.
- Various performance optimizations.
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 277406
Build 277406 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
Here are the changes:
- Fixed a crash that could occur for some users when starting up the game.
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 276580
Build 276580 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
Here are the changes:
- Added full support for Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch on SteamVR.
- In multi-GPU setups, the game will now automatically use the GPU into which HMD is connected.
- Minor gameplay fixes and tweaks.
- Various performance optimizations.
- Added mixed reality setup wizard: https://youtu.be/c_An0vxvPnk
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope is 20% off till October 31st!
Due to popular demand we are prolonging 20% off discount on Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope till October 31st!
If still undecided if you should buy it or not, here is a short selection of previews that might help you make up you mind!
Stay serious!
"The Last Hope feels like you’re living out scenes from the cover art of previous Serious Sam games" http://uploadvr.com/serious-sam-vr-early-access-preview/
"If you like guns and shooting, then this game would be right up your alley" https://www.okgames.com.au/reviews/serious-sam-vr-early-impressions/
Watch Early Access release trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gn67Cc-Gag
Serious Sam: The Last Hope - Update 276060
Build 276060 for Serious Sam: The Last Hope is released.
If you experience serious issues (no pun intended), you may switch to "previousversion" branch.
Here's how:
- locate the game in the Steam's "Library" panel
- right click and invoke "Properties"
- select the "Betas" tab
- choose "previousversion"
Here are the changes:
- Switched to a new, incremental patching system. This will ensure that subsequent patches (including this one) are minimal.
- It is now possible to adjust trigger sensitivity, by pressing the menu button and adjusting Options / Game Options / Weapon Trigger Threshold.
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when fighting the last boss.
