Steam News 15 June 202511mo ago

Performance Improvement, Campaign Bugfixes and Forest Burning

Thanks to everyone who's bought and played OVRLRD in the last few days! And a big thanks to those of you who've been providing feedback and bug reports. This is a quick patch to address the most urgent issues - to say t…

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Full OVRLRD update

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Performance
Fixes
Gameplay
Maps

fixedFixed a serious performance problem caused by accidentally rendering all grass and trees twice.

fixedFixed an issue where completing a campaign mission would return you to the briefing, not the debriefing.

addedAdded a temporary button to escape back to the main menu from the campaign debriefing, to avoid softlocks.

addedChangelog: 15 June 2025ADDITIONS -You can now burn trees and raze forests with explosive or beam weapons. -Added 'skipping' behaviour to leg animation system, allowing mechs to raise both feet off the ground at speed.

changedChangelog: 15 June 2025CHANGES -Trees and foliage will now warp subtly around the cockpit instead of clipping into it. -Tree leaves will disintegrate into particles when their tree is knocked over. -Infantry now gibs instead of disappearing into red mist. -Trees now obscure NPC vision as well as your own. -Swapped out BAO-8 reticule for a higher-res one. -Weapons will now only be overheat-damaged if the cooling system is overloaded (i.e. the entire mech is overheating). -Reduced overheat damage on weapons globally. -Swapped out beam impact particle effect for a more violent one. -Slightly improved infantry combat AI. -Map screen will now correctly show offscreen icons with a pip. -Grouped weapons will now all aim at the same spot. -Pressing 'V' in non-VR mode will now allow you to slew your weapon gimbal. -Tweaked effects and physics on knocked-down trees.

fixedChangelog: 15 June 2025FIXES -Fixed a bad performance regression where all trees and foliage were being rendered twice. -Added an embarrassing temporary button to let you escape to the main menu after a campaign mission. (I will fix this properly ASAP.) -Fixed campaign missions playing the briefing again after completion, instead of the debriefing. -Fixed volume of dialogue and briefings being way too quiet. Audio quality may be slightly degraded while I improve this system. -If you set a volume slider to zero, it will now be silent instead of just quiet. Revolutionary technology! -Fixed just.... just... so many bugs with the campaign. It's rough in there guys. I'm sorry. -Fixed several issues with grouped weapons. -Fixed trees having an open gap on the base of their mesh. -Fixed an issue where trees and foliage were not rendered on the TGP feed. -Fixed some wacky movement on the goyangi leg animation. -Fixed a bug where infantry animations failed to play. KNOWN ISSUES (Working on it!) - The campaign is generally buggy at the moment. This is a top-priority set of fixes and I'm working on it as you read this.

Thanks to everyone who's bought and played OVRLRD in the last few days! And a big thanks to those of you who've been providing feedback and bug reports.

This is a quick patch to address the most urgent issues - to say thanks, it also includes some fun stuff I've been working on to do with trees physicalisation. Full changelog below, but here are the key points:

Fixed a serious performance problem caused by accidentally rendering all grass and trees twice.
Fixed an issue where completing a campaign mission would return you to the briefing, not the debriefing.
Added a temporary button to escape back to the main menu from the campaign debriefing, to avoid softlocks.
Made it so that trees obscure NPC vision, shatter when knocked, and can be burned to stumps with weapons.

Changelog: 15 June 2025

ADDITIONS -You can now burn trees and raze forests with explosive or beam weapons. -Added 'skipping' behaviour to leg animation system, allowing mechs to raise both feet off the ground at speed.

CHANGES -Trees and foliage will now warp subtly around the cockpit instead of clipping into it. -Tree leaves will disintegrate into particles when their tree is knocked over. -Infantry now gibs instead of disappearing into red mist. -Trees now obscure NPC vision as well as your own. -Swapped out BAO-8 reticule for a higher-res one. -Weapons will now only be overheat-damaged if the cooling system is overloaded (i.e. the entire mech is overheating). -Reduced overheat damage on weapons globally. -Swapped out beam impact particle effect for a more violent one. -Slightly improved infantry combat AI. -Map screen will now correctly show offscreen icons with a pip. -Grouped weapons will now all aim at the same spot. -Pressing 'V' in non-VR mode will now allow you to slew your weapon gimbal. -Tweaked effects and physics on knocked-down trees.

FIXES -Fixed a bad performance regression where all trees and foliage were being rendered twice. -Added an embarrassing temporary button to let you escape to the main menu after a campaign mission. (I will fix this properly ASAP.) -Fixed campaign missions playing the briefing again after completion, instead of the debriefing. -Fixed volume of dialogue and briefings being way too quiet. Audio quality may be slightly degraded while I improve this system. -If you set a volume slider to zero, it will now be silent instead of just quiet. Revolutionary technology! -Fixed just.... just... so many bugs with the campaign. It's rough in there guys. I'm sorry. -Fixed several issues with grouped weapons. -Fixed trees having an open gap on the base of their mesh. -Fixed an issue where trees and foliage were not rendered on the TGP feed. -Fixed some wacky movement on the goyangi leg animation. -Fixed a bug where infantry animations failed to play. KNOWN ISSUES (Working on it!) - The campaign is generally buggy at the moment. This is a top-priority set of fixes and I'm working on it as you read this.

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Steam News / 15 June 2025

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