Steam Winter Sale Dec 22 - Jan 5 10am PT Big Steam Winter Sale is ongoing! Thank you for your support. We hope you have a great and fun times while playing Voltage!
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Full Voltage update
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What changed
0 fixes4 additions7 changes0 removals
Balance
Gameplay
Performance
Maps
UI and audio
Store
changedSteam Winter Sale Dec 22 - Jan 5 10am PTBig Steam Winter Sale is ongoing! Thank you for your support. We hope you have a great and fun times while playing Voltage! And those who have not yet bought Voltage, you still have about 7 days to buy it Winter Sale price! Year 2021 will bring price increase to the main game, due the next huge update... (read more below).
changedIncoming HUGE updateWe are very excited to get a licence for the Game Guru MAX game engine, which will make a HUGE improvements to the main game and also bring new cool features, like a multiplayer! If new engine is not going to be released during January 2021, we will continue with the old one to add more levels. This MAX-update should bring these features (for example) to the main game:
changedIncoming HUGE updateFaster performance
addedIncoming HUGE updateIncredible new visuals
addedIncoming HUGE updatePerhaps the most fundamental enhancement over the classic version is the implementation of a new scene lighting model and world system to bring a greater sense of realism. For this engine developers have started from the ground up by throwing away the old shaders, terrain, grass and sky systems, replaced with the powerful 'Wicked Engine' for correct light and shadows, which will also feature scalable terrain system with improved geometry and texture control, multiple grass forms for realistic ground coverage, scalable tree rendering system and new dynamic cloud and weather system. Using these improved controls, even an empty world will look realistic and ready to explore (of course in Voltage you would not see empty worlds).
addedIncoming HUGE updateOne of the most powerful additions to the software is the NEW character creation and behaviour system which features:
Voltage changes
changedBig Steam Winter Sale is ongoing! Thank you for your support. We hope you have a great and fun times while playing Voltage! And those who have not yet bought Voltage, you still have about 7 days to buy it Winter Sale price! Year 2021 will bring price increase to the main game, due the next huge update... (read more below).
changedWe are very excited to get a licence for the Game Guru MAX game engine, which will make a HUGE improvements to the main game and also bring new cool features, like a multiplayer! If new engine is not going to be released during January 2021, we will continue with the old one to add more levels. This MAX-update should bring these features (for example) to the main game:
changedFaster performance
addedIncredible new visuals
addedPerhaps the most fundamental enhancement over the classic version is the implementation of a new scene lighting model and world system to bring a greater sense of realism. For this engine developers have started from the ground up by throwing away the old shaders, terrain, grass and sky systems, replaced with the powerful 'Wicked Engine' for correct light and shadows, which will also feature scalable terrain system with improved geometry and texture control, multiple grass forms for realistic ground coverage, scalable tree rendering system and new dynamic cloud and weather system. Using these improved controls, even an empty world will look realistic and ready to explore (of course in Voltage you would not see empty worlds).
Steam Winter Sale Dec 22 - Jan 5 10am PT
Big Steam Winter Sale is ongoing! Thank you for your support. We hope you have a great and fun times while playing Voltage! And those who have not yet bought Voltage, you still have about 7 days to buy it Winter Sale price! Year 2021 will bring price increase to the main game, due the next huge update... (read more below).
Incoming HUGE update
We are very excited to get a licence for the Game Guru MAX game engine, which will make a HUGE improvements to the main game and also bring new cool features, like a multiplayer! If new engine is not going to be released during January 2021, we will continue with the old one to add more levels. This MAX-update should bring these features (for example) to the main game:
Faster performance
Incredible new visuals
VR support
Photon for standalone multiplayer support
Photon Multiplayer (standalone multiplayer games, no need to own GameGuru MAX to play saved multiplayer games)
Mixed Reality VR Support (Use any Microsoft Mixed Reality Headset to play your single or multiplayer games in VR)
Multi-core Asset Loading
Perhaps the most fundamental enhancement over the classic version is the implementation of a new scene lighting model and world system to bring a greater sense of realism. For this engine developers have started from the ground up by throwing away the old shaders, terrain, grass and sky systems, replaced with the powerful 'Wicked Engine' for correct light and shadows, which will also feature scalable terrain system with improved geometry and texture control, multiple grass forms for realistic ground coverage, scalable tree rendering system and new dynamic cloud and weather system. Using these improved controls, even an empty world will look realistic and ready to explore (of course in Voltage you would not see empty worlds).
One of the most powerful additions to the software is the NEW character creation and behaviour system which features:
Quality art
Voice recording
Text to speech
Lip-syncing
Auto-gestures
Smooth transition animations
New characters can walk and talk with the player with a greater sense of realism.
Claim your free forever access to Voltage: Episode 2 DLC as soon as possible! Update to this DLC will be made on first half of 2021 and DLC will be changed from free to paid.
