Vacation Simulator Patch 2 Released! (Accessibility & More)

Your vacation just got a little more accessible! Vacation Simulator Patch 2 is OUT NOW on Steam VR and Oculus.

Enjoy exquisite amenities like Accessibility Enhancements, Bug Fixes, Performance Improvements, and more!— Read all about it in our blog post here.

Full patch notes below:

Accessibility Updates

• One Hand Mode
• Seated/Comfort Improvements
• Non-Audio Feedback Improvements

One Hand Mode

• When only one controller is connected, One Hand Mode is enabled which makes the game 100% completable with one hand
• Skiing, rafting, yoga can now be started by grabbing one ski pole, raft handle, and yoga weight respectively
• Adjusted climbing wall fall speed when one handed
• Fixed a few caps that were previously not removable without two hands
• Books open automatically
• Slingshot and joystick float when released
• Adjustments to knitting station interaction for one handed play
• Roasting stick now tosses attached item when shaken

Seated/Comfort Improvements

• Increased detection area for back-facing teleports (shouldn't have to rotate more than 90 degrees anymore)
• Adjusted placement of many props in Small Playspace for easier reach when seated
• Adjusted Bot handout positions for items to be more centered
• Lowered Travel Museum counter so start lever is generally more reachable
• Optimized Beach target to be visible when seated

Non-Audio Feedback Improvements

• Added additional signs and icons for increased understandability
• Sandcastle and Ice Sculpt Stations now give visual feedback
• Bots with glasses now lift them when showing icons
• Added icons to some bots when explaining tasks for better understandability
• Added flower on Planting Station by default
• Shell Station music sheet now bounces in response to playing each note in the sequence

Major Bug/Crash Fixes

• Fixed several issues causing broken saves and black screens at load time
• Made deleting saves a bit more complicated so other very excited players don’t do it on accident
• Fixed crash after rehydrating a dehydrated item
• Fixed crash during living things escaping waffles/dehydrated packs

Feature Changes

• Harmonica now shows highlight on currently blown slot
• Exported photos now remove all transparency
• Airhorn can now be pressed with face
• Added moon back to night sky during campfire story
• Added sound and particle to dipping paintbrush in photo color
• Instruments now blow bubbles when played underwater
• Ukulele is now playable while not held
• Ski Station game additionally responds to moving instead of just tilting poles
• Added text to Fishing Order Board and A Human's Guide To: Fish book to help fisherhumans

Gameplay Fixes

• Cooler no longer breaks when closing lid with a fish inside
• Fixed Not-Tuna can sometimes opening with nothing in it
• Fixed Resort phone playing wrong lines or delivering wrong items occasionally
• Fixed yoga breaking if starting and stopping several times
• Fixed lighting issue in Forest that persists until listening to part of campfire story
• Fixed painting scaling when attached to certain frames
• Fixed hermit crab overlapping with knitting preview and having weirdly colored shell once knit
• Fixed player being able to teleport out of Summit without watching cutscene
• Fixed radio breaking all other music when left turned on somewhere
• Fixed some items not being retrieved when left outside playspace
• Fixed some cases of items not respawning after removed from zone
• Fixed waffle issues introduced (by Chris) in Patch 1
• Fixed oversight where save file could be infinitely large thanks to photo waffle sandwich sandwiches

Performance Fixes

• Improved performance when building/destroying complex sandcastles and ice sculptures
• Improved performance when viewing credits
• Fixed rafting getting out of sync

Visual Fixes

• Fixed encyclopedia/waffles/dehydrated foods using low detail version of items
• Fixed lighting on splash particles
• Fixed lighting issue in Sunken Ship
• Addressed various other minor bug fixes and issues