Hello! Minor update notes, this was released last week but forgot to document it here. I've been taking it easy this month to recharge so haven't been updating as often as I would like.
New Commands
Added new misc commands to the hand menu when selecting a ship:
- rotate left 90 degrees: simply turns the ship, good for shield rotation without move command
- rotate right 90 degrees: simply turns the ship, good for shield rotation without move command
- all stop: cancels all movement commands
- reverse engines: when toggled on, the ship will move in reverse of its nav point at 50% speed
- Fire at will: when toggled off, the ship will not fire on its target
Component Additional Details
- revamped the component info display to show much more detail about an equipment's stats.
Recenter play space button
- added recenter player position and orientation with THUMB DOWN for 1 second
Bug Fixes:
- fixed boarding party not launching
- fixed skirmish equipment bug
- fixed multiplayer fleet recalculation when selling ships
- fixed siege position unable to turn off
- fixed conquest defense platforms preventing mission completion
- fixed bug where your roster captains would not show if you had no ships
Other news:
Voice Commands - been trying to rebuild the voice command system using Google Voice Recognition and while I have it working, it is very inaccurate because it does not use a strict grammar structure like Windows Native Voice Recognition. It's also a lot slower since it has to send the audio to a remote google server for processing before returning the text result. I will need to do more research on this to find something that better fits the bill.
Hope everyone is staying safe and having a good holiday all things considered! I signed up for the Steam Winter Sale (Dec 22 - Jan 5) so BattleGroupVR will be on sale for 30% off, if you have any friends that were thinking of getting it please let them know and try out multiplayer!
Thanks again for all your support and I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year!