ChilloutVR 2024r177

We have just released a Stable update to ChilloutVR that includes various fixes and improvements, in addition to the new Deep Links feature.

• Added a Notification when loading an unknown URL and the whitelist is disabled. (Can be disabled in settings; On by default)

• Added a VideoPlayer Unknown URL notification.

• Added instance type parameter stream

• Added pickup disable push/pull option

• Added some measures to prevent the avatar loading from stop working

• Added Deep Links, which can trigger game actions by clicking on links.

  • You can enable this feature by accepting the prompt the first time you open the big screen

  • You can use `--skip-deep-link` as launch argument to disable deep link install prompt and and behaviour while the game is running (it won't prevent the game from starting)

  • After Installing you should be able to click links to:

    • Join an instance (will start the game if the game is closed)

    • Open the details pages on the main menu (only works if the game is already running)

• Attempt to fix crash issue with the Portable Camera's Image Saving system

• Finished implementing Auto-Switch on SteamVR Quit as an Experimental Setting

• Fixed `CVRInteractable` Teleport Player with gravity alignment option not working

  • It works both with world and gravity zones gravity (depending which one has higher priority)

  • Respects the same rules for aligning as the normal gravity alignment

    • You won't be aligned if the winning gravity result has alignment disabled

    • You won't be aligned if the resulting gravity is `0`

• Fixed Alignment Issue with Nameplates and Loading/Distance Avatars

• Fixed an issue that prevents hearing other Users

• Fixed an issue with AssetFilter causing crashes.

• Fixed an issue with Avatar Reload Spam when other players get Reconnected

  • Now when players disconnect their avatar won't be deleted right away, there is a short period which the game waits for them to reconnect

• Fixed an issue with Avatars not Reloading properly

• Fixed an issue with Background Threads not awaiting for Main Thread Jobs in MTJobManager.

• Fixed an issue with CPU Flooding on AMD CPUs from unmanaged Thread.Sleep calls.

• Fixed an issue with CVRFaceTracking not staying within BlendShape array bounds

• Fixed an issue with FixedDeltaTimeAdjuster getting overridden by outside sources

• Fixed an issue with Loading Avatar showing 0% when actually loading assets

• Fixed an issue with Nameplate Height Offset being incorrect for Loading Avatars at Distance

• Fixed an issue with not Validating Players when receiving Prop Spawn requests from the Game Server.

• Fixed an issue with Player Join/Leave Notification Spam when other players get Reconnected

• Fixed an issue with Players being invisible until their Avatar Download starts

• Fixed an issue with Prop Spawning that deleted Props upon Update

• Fixed an issue with Prop Spawns breaking Loading Avatars

• Fixed an issue with PuppetMaster spamming errors when an Avatar's Animator isn't initialized

• Fixed an issue with RCC_Exhaust spamming errors

• Fixed an issue with some Avatars breaking the instantiation queue

• Fixed an issue with TTS sometimes using the wrong Pitch and Rate values on some systems

• Fixed an issue with World Loading causing Instance Desync.

• Fixed a threading and crash issue with Comms_AudioTap.OnAudioConfigurationChanged

• Fixed Custom Physics Collision matrix from worlds not affecting the Local Player

• Fixed interactable not spawning objects

• Fixed Re-joining a world that has been updated does not load the new version the first time

• Fixed Render Issue with Loading/Distance Avatars

• Fixed Scaling Issue with Loading/Distance Avatars

• Fixed some cases where the asset filter would error with null references from already destroyed objects.

• Fixed the Jump & Gesture Toggle Buttons not being able to be bound to the opposite hand.

• Fixes late sync for prop video players.

• Implemented and Exposed `SetGuid` method call for `CVRAvatarPickupMarker` and `SpawnablePickupMarker`. This must be called from `CVRInteractable` Method Call

• Implemented a Rate Limiter to the VideoPlayer

• Implemented Close Menus On Join Setting

• Implemented Instance Connected HUD Notification Setting

• Improved the Join/Disconnect notifications to clear the pending same user notifications when new ones are arriving.

• Merges three AVPro players down into one per player

• Optimized the mirror by masking the area that the mirror actually needs to render.

• Preparation for new pointer interaction

• Reworked Connection Handling to fix an issue with all Avatars being reloaded on Auto-Reconnect

• Reworked Stale Player Reference checking to be more reliable

• Reworked the download manager

• Updated MagicaCloth 2 to 2.10.0

  • Release Notes available here

• Updated SteamVR Unity Plugin to v2.8.3-beta