(Note: You will have to opt-in to the "VH Open Beta" to try out this new update. It may take some time for updates to roll out to all users. Try restarting your Steam client if the update is does not appear.)
vh0.9.0-beta.2 - (2026-06-16)
Summary:
This beta update sees a major back-end overhaul to the Tracking settings,
which are now loaded from separate profiles based on the active input mode.
Some changes have also been made to the Settings UI.
NOTE: Due to major changes in the way Tracking settings are saved and loaded,
your Tracking settings will be reset when updating to this version.
I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
**Sadly, VH does not yet have a system in place to disambiguate between variants of a particular gamepad style.
Therefore, Xbox style will show "(Back/View) + (Start/Menu)" and PlayStation style will show "(Select/Share) + (Start/Options)".
I do apologize for this not being very elegant.
Welcome Screen:
- "(Select) + (Start)" or equivalent for your gamepad style will now be shown in the intro text**
- Intro text will now reflect the state of the "(Start) + (Select) toggles handheld" setting while in physical input mode
General Settings:
- Removed Size & Rotation Settings from General Settings. These settings have fully migrated over to Tracking Settings.
- "(Select) + (Start)" or equivalent for your gamepad style will now be reflected in the "(Start) + (Select) toggles handheld" setting**
Tracking Settings:
- Major back-end improvements to how Tracking Settings are handled internally
- Several changes to the Tracking Settings UI
- A header has been added to the Tracking Settings to show the currently active tracking profile
- Tracking Presets now appear above the settings and below the header
- The button for the currently selected preset will now be greyed out to indicate that it has been selected
- Updated sliders
- Restored the missing minus (-) button on the Angle Stabilization slider
- Handheld Position Offsets and Head Look Distance now display two decimal places instead of just one
- Tracking Settings are now saved to separate profiles depending on the current input mode
- If the profile for the input mode is not found, the settings will default to the Handheld Mode preset for virtual input mode and the "TV" Mode (Upright) preset for physical input mode
- These files are saved in "\Documents\My Games\Virtual Handheld\Tracking"
- "TrackingAutoSave_Physical.o-o" contains the tracking settings for physical input mode, and likewise "TrackingAutoSave_Virtual.o-o" contains the tracking settings for virtual input mode
- Don't let the file extension fool you. These files are merely JSON data in plain text that can be manually edited with a normal text editor (though doing so is not recommended). The ".o-o" extension merely continues the tradition of VH files making faces at you.
- Normalized the handheld scale value. Though the values appear different in the settings, the resulting overlay scale is the same.
- Default scale is now 0.50 instead of 40
- Scale range is now 0.00 - 12.5 instead of 0 - 1000
- Presets have been updated with appropriate values
Input Visualizer:
- Minor optimization where analog input graphics for virtual input mode are no longer updated while not in virtual input mode