Update #16 - Voice, World UI, QoL Improvements

It's that time again! I have been hard at work improving HEXION. Focusing most on my energy on the social aspects of the game, and on features that enable team-work and tactical decision making. The new voice and UI systems are a big part of that! Furthermore there's a ton of quality of life improvements, and some minor gameplay enhancing features, such as the new "portal-like" teleporters! Make sure you come join us on Discord! Our awesome moderators are in full swing arranging games, tournaments and the likes.

NEW:

• World UI (AR-Layer). Displays information such as: Hit, Kill, Players, Interactables, Objectives etc

• Added new audio for certain UI Feedback

• Added footstep + dash audio

• Distance-Grab: Point with an empty hand and teleport objects directly to your hand (max 5 meter distance)

• Teleporters now transport all matter, such as: Arrows, Weapons, Grenades

• BOTs now have a proper damage model. Body has damage resistance, and the eye takes critical damage

• Completely reworked voice systems (see below)

VOICE 2.0:

• Fully reworked the voice-networking to use Steams Peer2Peer api

• Switched from always on, to push to talk (menu button on non-dominant hand)

• Added voice chat to lobby (before entering a game)

• Added Team-Voice system, for talking over distances (hold the backside of your hand close to your mouth and talk)

CHANGES:

• Increased the drag-threshold in the UI menu (makes shaky-hand button presses easier)

• Reworked the flashbang effect

• Dead players are now always shown

• Increased the networking tick-rate

• Improved the system for when players are inside geometry

BUG FIXES:

• Respawn positions are now correct when standing off-center, and the play space is rotated ingame

• Weapons should no longer be able to penetrate geometry when dashing

• Audio spatialization engine no longer crashes randomly

• Player are no longer interpolated towards their respawn position

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Weird ownership behaviour can occur when two players grab the same object in a small timeframe.

Next big upgrade on the list is Full-Body Avatars - looking forward to showing you all some sneak-peek footage soon! See you ingame! :reheart: