Steam News 24 April 202626d ago

Voice Chat & Optimizations Update

Greetings Hunters! Mic test 1–2, 1–2 works! In this update we have added a highly requested feature in the game – voice chat! Join your friends on a hunt and communicate your tactics with ease. Hear others with spatial…

Update log

Full Virtual Hunter update

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Extracted changes

12 fixes5 additions5 changes0 removals

UI and audio
Gameplay
Fixes
Balance
Server

addedGreetings Hunters!Mic test 1–2, 1–2 works! In this update we have added a highly requested feature in the game – voice chat! Join your friends on a hunt and communicate your tactics with ease. Hear others with spatial audio close and through an automatic radio from further away! There are different voice channels as well if you want to split up to different teams for a friendly competition. The update also includes a lot of optimizations, changes and multiplayer fixes. Female roe deer got a mating call sound, so finding them is now easier than ever. Enjoy the new update and as always, let us know what you think. Happy hunting!

addedGreetings Hunters!Added in-game voice chat for multiplayer

changedGreetings Hunters!Supports proximity voice chat and automatic radio when further away

addedGreetings Hunters!Added four voice channels (global, 1, 2, and 3) where to choose from

changedGreetings Hunters!Player specific voice chat settings(mute, volume, channel) are under multiplayer menu

addedGreetings Hunters!Added Roe deer doe mating calls

Greetings Hunters!

Mic test 1–2, 1–2 works! In this update we have added a highly requested feature in the game – voice chat! Join your friends on a hunt and communicate your tactics with ease. Hear others with spatial audio close and through an automatic radio from further away! There are different voice channels as well if you want to split up to different teams for a friendly competition. The update also includes a lot of optimizations, changes and multiplayer fixes. Female roe deer got a mating call sound, so finding them is now easier than ever. Enjoy the new update and as always, let us know what you think. Happy hunting!

Added in-game voice chat for multiplayer
Supports proximity voice chat and automatic radio when further away
Added four voice channels (global, 1, 2, and 3) where to choose from
Player specific voice chat settings(mute, volume, channel) are under multiplayer menu

Red deer caller is now unlocked by default when tutorial is completed
Added Roe deer doe mating calls
Multiplayer optimization
Animal optimization
General optimization
Broken arrows are now bent
Tutorial improvements
Improved how the optics view is activated/deactivated

Added better storm and rain sounds
Decreased cloud shadow intensity so it doesn't black out the whole landscape

Fixed an issue where track and animal highlights were shown on top of optics view (scopes, binoculars, rangefinder)
Fixed issues with Pheasant flee behavior
Fixed issues with Pheasant & Hare behavior in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where animal rotation sometimes worked incorrectly in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where footstep audios randomly disappeared after fast travel
Fixed an issue where the game broke when host left the game in multiplayer
Fixed several desync issues in multiplayer
Fixed an issue where deleting a save file and creating a new one without restarting the game between left some data copied to the new save
Fixed an issue where tunnelling feature didn’t work
Fixed an issue where one target in bow range was behind a rock
Fixed an issue where dead boar could still make damage
Fixed several other issues

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Steam News / 24 April 2026

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