Hello Awesome People,
As some of you may know, FaceRig is in continuous development, despite it having exited its Early Access on Steam. With each iteration, we strive to offer our users with an increasingly improved experience.
In case you are not familiar with FaceRig's build branch system, you can read about it in this forum post http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/0/523890046872944000/
Since the "nextversion" build is currently what we consider to be a stable and improved version, we are getting ready to make this the Default branch. At the same time, the "previousversion" build will be updated to the version currently on the Default branch.
- When will this happen? This awesome event will take place this Thursday, September 17.
- Why is this so awesome? Because a lot of you using the Default branch will get some pretty cool updates that are currently only on the "nextversion" branch.
- Like what? Facebook share! Yes, the "nextversion" branch has a Facebook sharing system implemented that allows you to share your screenshots directly onto your Facebook timeline if you wish to do so.
- What can you do to help us (and yourselves)? You can switch to the "nextversion" branch before the big change and see if there is anything we missed so we can deploy any fixes before this branch becomes Default. Why? Because no matter how stable we deem the "nextversion" branch, there can always be a couple of surprises when migrating it to the Default branch as a result to a *way* higher number of people using this branch.
- What happens to the current Default branch? It gets moved to the "previousversion" branch so you can still have access to the old version if for some reason you don't like the 1.1 update and had an event planned.
Again, if you require more info on our branching system and how to switch between branches, read more here http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/0/523890046872944000/
WARNING: The "nextversion" comes with a NEW version of the FaceRig Virtual Webcam Driver. If you are not prompted to install/reinstall this, you will have to manually do this.
You can find the driver in \steamapps\common\FaceRig\Bin\prerequisites\FaceVirtualCamDriver.
Rightclick the right installer for your system (and if you have Windows 10, use the Windows 8 one) and select run as administrator.
To uninstall the previous version, go to Programs and Features in Control Panel.
The correct version you want to be displayed next to the FaceRig Virtual Video driver is 1.0.1.1000
But that's not all of it!
You can expect a couple of new and shiny avatars this Thursday. Wonder if anyone can guess what these are...
Have an awesome week,
The FaceRig Team