Volta-X is finally here, pilots! Today is the day where your career in the World Volta Association truly begins. After completing a Beta and a Limited Preview, we’ve taken in some of the feedback provided by the community in an effort to strengthen Volta-X at launch. We want your experience in the world of Volta-X to be the best it can be, and hope you’ll appreciate this first round of adjustments to the overall experience. We’re still hard at work on continuing the improvements, and can’t wait to hear more from you about making Volta-X better.
Below, you’ll find a breakdown of the improvements made since Beta/Limited Preview. We’ll see you in the arena, pilots.
General
- Enabled additional visual effects to increase the overall fidelity of the game on PC.
- Smoothed over various UI and battle animation issues reported by players.
- Added more visual indicators to the Headquarters UI to better help the player understand when things require their attention.
- Added SteelSeries GameSense support.
- Added time limits to qualifier battles.
- Fixed bugs causing some Steam achievements to not trigger properly.
- Fixed a bug where Volta special attack animations were sometimes not visible.
- Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes become non responsive when viewing certain replays.
Input
- Added mouse input as a confirmation option for most screens and menus.
- Improved highlight responsiveness when using the mouse to select UI elements.
- Added the ability to use the mouse to click on crew members who are moving throughout the Headquarters and open their assignment windows.
- Added scroll wheel functionality on most screens to help navigation on PC feel more natural.
- Streamlined the input mapping for PC to eliminate the need for players to have to use the keyboard in combination with the mouse when navigating some screens and menus.
- Updated the button hint display when using a controller to dynamically display based on the controller type and locale settings currently being used.
- Updated tutorial dialogue to dynamically express button hints based on your most recently used input device.
We’ll continue to update you on everything great and good about Volta-X , including in-game events, seasonal challenges, upcoming content releases, game updates, and more. Staying in the know is one of the easiest ways to get a leg up on the competition out there, and combined with following us here and on our Twitter at @voltaxgame, you’re sure to have all the information you need to be a successful pilot in the World Volta Association.
You can also follow us on Twitch and subscribe to the Volta-X newsletter, which promises exclusive access to leadership of the WVA (aka - our development team) and advance looks at upcoming content both in-game and out! Learn more about how you can get involved on our official site.
Now get out there and put your piloting skills to the test. We have a feeling the world is going to need heroes like you.