ChilloutVR 2025r179

We have just released a Stable update to ChilloutVR that includes various fixes and improvements, including but not limited to:

Main Menu Improvements

• Color palette adjustment (not UI2)
• Updated Support page
• Easily copy GUIDs
• Bunch of other small fixes

Content Discovery Page

• Find & explore random Avatars, Props, & Worlds

Hud & Reticle Improvements

• Smooth Hud
• Gesture Indicator
• HexReticle & SmartReticle native
  • Reticle only displays when needed
  • Desktop throw indicator

Steam Screenshot Integration

• Easily add & share screenshots taken within ChilloutVR via Steam (if enabled)

Legacy Content Mitigation

• Prevented potential mass-delisting of content broken during the engine upgrade
• MultiPass in Non-SPI Worlds
• Many small fixes & mitigations after mass review of majority of Legacy content

New Ways to Interact

• Can now select Props while the Menu is open in VR
• Can now hold Control to unlock the mouse in Desktop
  • Allows you to select Players, Props, interact with UI, and manipulate held objects

Several New CCK Components

• CVRWheelHubController & CVRWheelController for building vehicles
• The beginnings of the CVRLeg & CVRMovementDriver
• Advanced CVRSkyboxManipulator
• Exposed Object Health to Props

Reduced Game Installation Size

• Removal of bunch of assets & shaders we shipped
  • In part due to the new MultiPass rendering in Non-SPI worlds

• Improved our build times & development workflow greatly

Full Changelog:

• Added a basic Gesture Lock SteamVR binding
  • You will need to bind this to make use of it

• Added back the preload complete notification cause someone ate it again
• Added Discover page to the Main Menu shortcuts
• Added event filtering for Health System Components
• Added gentle align upright to PhysicsInfluencer to use force to align an object to gravity
• Added gravityFactor to PhysicsInfluencer to scale gravity and simulate thigs like lift etc
• Added Health DealDamageManually function
• Added input and output transforms to CVRLeg Component
• Added Manual DownBehavior to ObjectHealth
• Added more components to the prop whitelist
  • NavMeshObstacle
  • OffMeshLink
  • ObjectHealth
  • Damage

• Added NavMeshAgent related parameter streams
  • Added new 'CVRSkyboxManipulator' component
  • This allows you to manipulate how the skybox renders for a target camera (rotation, material, mesh, origin, ect)

• Added new damage system parameter streams
• Added new Component 'CVRLineRendererHelper' to help using a line renderer to connect transforms
  • Component is in its early stages will be expanded on in the future

• Added new ParameterStreams
  • LegIsOnGround
  • RigidBodyAcceleration
  • RigidBodyAccelerationX
  • RigidBodyAccelerationY
  • RigidBodyAccelerationZ
  • RigidBodyLocalAccelerationX
  • RigidBodyLocalAccelerationY
  • RigidBodyLocalAccelerationZ
  • WheelHubControllerGrounded
  • WheelControllerGrounded
  • WheelControllerRPM

• Added object health functions to Callback whitelist
• Added optional persistent zoom level
• Added ParameterStream update method onlyUpdateWhenOwner (usable for props and later on worlds)
• Added Pitch Randomization for ParticleSound Component
• Added portal dropped on top of you HUD notification
• Added sanitization to character controller velocity
• Added steerMultiplier to CVRWheelController to reduce steering input and allow for back wheel steering
• Added toggle zoom setting and made it the default
• Added torqueCurve to WheelHubController
• Added UDIM discarding support to the Highlight shader
• Added 'UnityEngine.SkyBox' component to Avatar/Spawnable whitelist
• Adjusted controller line renderer to always display when the menu is open
  • Also now visualizes the active UI ray (inactive ray is dimmer)

• Adjusted default pointer placement to not be skipped if missing third finger bone
• Adjusted Desktop LookAt distance to scale with playspace scale
• Adjusted Desktop Menu input to be done via Controller Ray instead of being fed in from mouse screen position directly
• Adjusted DesktopRayController to not run when window is not in focus
• Adjusted DropProp to allow spawning props in the air
• Adjusted 'CVRWorld.ConfigurePostProcessing' check to ignore volumes found outside of the world scene
• Adjusted how Magica Cloth 2 gravity direction is applied on avatars within gravity zones to address a major performance regression
• Adjusted outbound core parameter syncing to always send MovementX/Z
  • Should fix case where Emote parameter can get stuck looping on the remote side if running anims are disabled in FBT

• Adjusted player controller trigger touch input to also be true if trigger value is more than 0
• Adjusted project skinning quality to enforce 4 weights per vertex
  • This has been enforced on the local avatar for a year or so now

• Adjusted Mature Content Visibility handling to hide irrelevant UI elements when disabled
  • The Search & Filter options will no longer appear when mature content is unlocked & disabled

• Can now hold Control to unlock mouse in Desktop mode
  • While unlocked, you can select Players & Props to open their Details Pages
  • You can also move held pickups around & interact with the world
    • This can be disabled in the Controls setting category

• Changed the default index bindings for the left 'A' button to be the gesture toggle instead of the skeleton input toggle
• Changed the Main Menu theme to match company color palette
  • This is not UI 2! Colors were just tweaked to match the ABI landing page

• Changed WheelController to now stop updating transforms if the vehicles rigidboy is set to kinematic
• Clicking a prop while the menu is open will now open the details page for it
• Clicking on the icons in the Support page now prompts to open them in browser
• Disable Magica Cloth culling for the local player avatar
• Don't needlessly 'tex.GetRawTextureData()' on downloaded portal images
• Dynamic Bone & Mesh Cloth are now separate filter options
• Exposed 'CVRSharedPhysicsController'
  • This component is automatically added onto the same object as 'CVRPickupObject', 'CVRAttachment', 'CVRObjectSync', 'CVRSpawnable', & 'PhysicsInfluencer' and is used to manage the default RigidBody state to restore once the mentioned CCK components are done overriding it
    • SetDefaultUseGravity(bool useGravity)
    • SetDefaultIsKinematic(bool isKinematic)
    • SetDefaultPlayerCollisionMode(CollisionWithPlayer collisionMode)

• Exposed 'CVRWorld.SetPlayerPropVisibility' & 'CVRWorld.SetPlayerRemotePlayerVisibility'
  • These APIs are purely for experimentation to see if such functionality is desired.

• Fixed 0G controls being incorrectly activated during the gravity zone alignment warmup
  • The 0G controls now only activate when in real 0G

• Fixed an issue where taking a Steam Dashboard Screenshot while multiple other clients connected to Steam were open would take the screenshot on all of them
  • Fixed Avatar Overrender UI feature not respecting UDIM discard properties that were not animated

• Fixed avatars not loading default profile from AAS on initial load
• Fixed case where local user could not make changes to a CVRSpawnable when network lerp timer got stuck
• Fixed center of mass shifting not working for physics influencers
• Fixed clicking any tab not closing details pages
• Fixed controller line renderer not displaying in worlds with nameplates disabled
• Fixed 'CVRSnappingPointManager' nullref when reference point is null
• Fixed CVRSpawnable interpolating from the last network state when the local user has made changes
  • This should fix subsyncs snapping back when alternating sync when using a prop like a chessboard

• Fixed Desktop & Halfbody IK root angle not being maintained on movement parents
• Fixed force applicator runtime gizmo
• Fixed game icon being incorrectly colored
  • 'e41010' to 'e43600'... absolutely game-changing

• Fixed LoginRoom scene load unintentionally skipping some game initializations
• Fixed Main Menu detail pages being broken after logout
• Fixed Main Menu drag scroll not disabling while holding dropdown & toggle inputs like the Quick Menu
• Fixed Main Menu haptics
• Fixed main menu not playing hover & click sounds
• Fixed menu auto-refresh causing applied prop/avatar/friend list filters to not reapply
• Fixed never releasing Grab sync type on subsynced kinematic pickups
• Fixed not being able to raycast to the Quick Menu if launched into VR with only Left Hand and not yet raycasted to another collider on UI internal
• Fixed objecthealth down logic
• Fixed performance issue when replacing default clips on avatar load
• Fixed potential race condition where menu wouldn't mark itself ready because authentication occurred too fast
• Fixed prop spawn placement not correctly facing player when spawned in Gravity Zones
  • Example: spawning a prop on a gravity wall would not correctly face towards your direction

• Fixed rotatechestbyhands being reenabled in the spine solver when toggling FBT >:(
• Fixed RuntimeGizmos to correctly display more characters
• Fixed Vive tracker interaction profile for OpenXR
• Fixed window focus detection failing when there was multiple ChilloutVR windows open
• Fixed User Details button not functioning on Request Invite element in Main Menu
• Highlight Profile Updated:
  • Is now constant width
  • Changed the quality of it so that it is significantly faster
  • Made it overrender everything, this may or may not be good, need feedback
  • Changed the color to be the ABI orange

• Implemented a basic gesture indicator after chopping the old filtered avatar's hands off
• Implemented a system to manually render both eyes in Legacy (NonSpi) worlds
  • This system has replaced the automatic shader replacement when entering NonSpi worlds in VR
  • Issues with terrain foliage are mitigated, and will kick in when loading Unity 2019 bundles
  • This is far from perfect, but it is much better than opaque grass & flowers!
  • NonSpi Avatars & Props loaded while this system is active will also not be shader replaced
    • Loading into a Spi world after a NonSpi world will run shader replacement for any loaded Avatar or Prop
    • This is to ensure the currently worn avatar is properly shader replaced when the mitigation is inactive

• Implemented Desktop FOV & UI Scale sliders
• Implemented fix for remote avatars causing a native crash when animating a camera off on the first frame
• Implemented HexReticle (Thank you SketchFoxsky!)
  • The reticle is now a hexagon that reacts when hovering anything interactable
  • It also displays an indication of the Desktop throwing multiplier when holding 'G'

• Implemented known mitigation for AMD GPU wireless vr stutter
• Implemented new local avatar clone
  • Addresses a huge hitch when loading a local avatar with many renderers on it
  • Shadow casting mode is now properly respected & can be changed at runtime
  • Projectors targeting the local player layers no longer hit the head hidden mesh in first person
  • Generic avatars can now use the 'FPRExclusion' component

• Implemented scroll to change zoom level
• Implemented Smart & Disabled modes for the HUD reticle
  • In Smart mode, the reticle will only display when hovering something interactable or using a mouse input
  • While in Disabled mode, the reticle is... disabled

• Implemented VR HUD smoothing option
• Improved CohtmlHud to not needlessly allocating every frame
• Improved CVRPathCamController to also not allocating every frame
• Improved the VR Intro display of errors when the initialization fails
• Increased contrast of the reticle
• Made applying NetIK less stupid
• Made clicking author name in Avatar & Prop detail pages bring you to the authors details page
• Made double-clicking Avatar/Prop/World/User detail page image to copy guid to clipboard
• Made HUD unaffected by zooming
• Moved Cosmos Controller evaluation before Vive Touch Controllers
• Moved cursor lock to shortcuts 2
  • Added push notification to tell you the lock state

• Moved Use Telepathic Grab option to Controls setting category
  • This addresses somewhat the Logout button not being visible once mature content is unlocked

• Portable Camera captures now save to Steam Screenshots when available
• Removed Aura 2 due to several critical issues, like not supporting SPS-I
• Removed deprecated 'PuppetMaster.OnAvatarInstantiated' event
• Removed Desktop Free Look while in Menus
• Removed loads of unused assets from the compiled game
• Removed most shaders that we compile
• Renamed "Mature Content visibility" toggle to "Show Mature Content"
  • Added subtext to better explain the option

• Renamed the setting 'Control Enable Gestures While Finger Tracking' to 'Finger Gesture Recognition' under 'Controls' -> 'VR'.
  • With Gesture Lock implemented, this naming makes more sense
  • Added the description to the setting: When finger tracking is enabled, infer the avatar's gestures using your finger positions
  • Also it's now enabled by default

• Reworked cursor lock management so there should never be a scenario where the mouse incorrectly locks
• Reworked when controller smoothing is applied, this should feel better
• Separated HUD notification settings under its own category
• Steam Dashboard captures (F12) now saving to the ChilloutVR pictures folder
  • Steam Screenshots have their location tag set to the current world name

• Switching Main Menu tabs now closes ui confirmation dialogs
• Unwhitelisted 'UnityEngine.Cloth' from Avatars & Props
  • It was incompatible with Gravity Zones, Avatar Scaling, and the local Avatar Clone

• Updated Avatar/Prop Detail & Avatar/Prop Pedestal responses
  • Detail responses IsSharedWithMe is now correct
    • Was returning true when had permission to switch/spawn (ex: when content was Public)

  • SwitchPermitted & SpawnPermitted are still returned
  • Pedestal response now returns IsPublished
• Updated Support page in Main Menu to not be horridly outdated & useless
  • It was pointing at an old forums page which has been dead for years ;-;
  • eat bread

• Updated Magica Cloth 2 to 'v2.14.2'
  • Release Notes available here

• You can now confirm FBT calibration when only one hand is connected

Communications Changelog:

• Added Push-to-Mute option to Mute Bind Modes
• Added Noise Suppression and Mute Bind Mode to VR Aware settings
• Adjusted Pipeline Objects to fix several issues with Positioning and Playback
• Adjusted Positional Tracking and Handling
• Adjusted TTS to fix an issue with artifacting in the transmitted Audio Data
• Fixed an issue with Audio Normalization not being active by default
  • Thanks DDAkebono for identifying and helping to fix this issue

• Fixed an issue with Microphone Toggle keybind still being active during Desktop Login
• Fixed an issue with Mic Toggle being active while Text Inputs are focused
• Fixed an issue with not being automatically muted when switching Input Device to "No Device" while unmuted
• Fixed an issue with the Audio Capture thread sometimes not restarting when changing Input Device
• Fixed an issue with the Audio Capture thread sometimes not restarting when Connection Recovery occurs
• Fixed an issue with TTS not broadcasting when "No Device" is selected as the Input Device
• Fixed an issue with Voice Data sometimes not being sent to the Server
• Reworked Push to Talk into Mute Bind Mode