Update 1.6.0 live - 10/23/2017

Hey everyone, we’ve been working really hard on Obduction. As an indie shop, we have a small, but amazing team - and they’ve been pushing very hard to make Obduction better and better. We hope you like what we’ve cleaned up. This update focuses primarily on stability and engine updates, but you’ll also find lots of little tuning and polishing. And just so you know, the next update will fix a few of the known issues below, and it will be coming very quickly - we promise! And we still have more performance specific updates coming, along with some surprises down the road. So… enjoy this update, stayed tuned, and thanks so much for the support.

Known Behaviors

Hitching: Loading times are improved in this update and we have partially addressed hitching in the game. There are still a few areas that hitching can be seen and we are continuing to work on these areas for a future update.

Known Issues

Vive HMD sometimes won’t start in VR: A fix for this will be in hotfix 1.6.2 - which will be up in Public Preview very soon - like within a day or two. The current work-around is to start the game in Desktop (2D) mode and then put on the headset while at the Main menu.

Free-movement in Vive: This issue will be fixed in hotfix 1.6.3 - which will also be coming very soon. Partial Free movement is possible if you have an Xbox one controller. To initiate movement, disable the Vive controllers (plug into charger) and plug in the Xbox controller.

Side-effects when using this workaround for Free movement on the Vive:
The lighthouses scan since a Vive controller is not visible
Xbox controller won’t work if at least one Vive controller is active
The camera reset button is not mapped as it is listed in the Settings menu
The reticle is not always present

Change in HDR feature: Due to changes in how Microsoft supports HDR in Windows 10, the in-game HDR option has been removed. Workaround: For supported nVidia graphics cards, turn ‘on” the HDR option under Windows Settings > System > Display. For AMD graphics cards, due to current engine support, washed out visuals will be noticed with HDR. Please temporarily disable the HDR option within windows while playing with an AMD graphics card.

Temporarily Disabled Features

Nvidia VRWorks: nVidia VRWorks and related features have been disabled. This is due to an issue that is beyond our control at this time. While VR will continue to function as well, or better than before, the following options have been removed: Single Pass Stereo, Multi-res rendering, Multi-GPU, and Lens-Matched Shading. We are continuing to work closely with nVidia to get these issues resolved and returned as soon as possible.

Changes

Unreal Engine updated to 4.15.3

General
Lightmap data size on disk dramatically reduced
Game-wide Texture resolution optimizations
Better-tuned scalability settings
Arai creature optimized to reduce hitching
CW updated to use less resources
Book system optimized to reduce hitching
Loading screens now display progress
Level streaming optimizations
Startup videos added
UI navigation fixes

VR Features & Fixes
VR support no longer requires VR command line flags
Wearing or removing VR headset will enable or disable VR automagically
New and improved hand models for VR motion controllers
Fixed teleport position issue when attempting to teleport to an invalid location first
Fix for threading issue that could occur if motion controllers disconnect
License plates have been enlarged in VR mode for better readability
VR controller interface updated to support various motion controllers
Teleport indicator provides a better sense of depth
Subtitles improved to reduce penetration with other objects in the scene
Interaction with in game devices improved for motion controllers
Better Vive support
Player height fixes
Added support for stereo capture cameras to clean up portals
Show tracking sensors (if controller connection lost) to help players reorient

Media Player Features & Fixes
New media player framework
Increased stability of media player
Movies now loaded only when needed
Increased trigger area for Farley’s message in Maray
Fixed issue with imagers still playing audio & video when disabled
Removed test movies that are no longer needed

Razer Chroma Updates
Updated Chroma to support new hardware, including Chroma Link.
“Breathe” animation deprecated by Razer - ambient world color is now static gradient

Audio Features & Fixes
Ensure arai swarm audio components do not auto-activate
Don’t use Oculus Rift audio device for startup movies if Rift isn’t connected
Fix for a threading issue when ambient sounds are removed
Subtitle loading is now asynchronous
Music player music loading is now asynchronous
Music and dialogue can be marked to play when volume is all the way down
Fixed audio hitching on devices that put resources on the game thread

Localization
All [Simplified] Chinese texts have been reviewed for accuracy and are now complete
Any menu terms that were not localized are now complete
Minor corrections made to the Portuguese language
Overlapping menu texts have been fixed
Cut-off menu texts have been fixed
Missing menu texts for localized languages have been added