Hello awesome people!
We have went live with the "nextversion" beta branch, for the ones who use Manycam (and encounter a crash on start-up), and for anyone wanting to test the latest fixes ahead of time.
On this branch we will always have the very latest updates, though these latest updates can generate surprising new bugs sometimes (which is precisely why we are not going live with them on the main branch right away). To use this version instead of the regular public one please follow these steps:
1. Open Steam Client. Go to Library -> Software
2. Right mouse click on FaceRig -> Properties
3. Go to BETAS tab, click in the "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" drop down, select "nextversion"
4. Close window. The FaceRig program will update to the "nextversion" branch.
Here is the change-log of the build currently on the "nextversion" branch.
* switched hand - face masks on Midori-Chan
* minor changes to splash and tutorial screens ("Spazzing out" was apparently a slur in UK - we didn't know, sorry about that).
* fixed audio device list issue. Refreshing the audio devices always listed default ones before, now it should work as intended.
* performance optimizations: main loop rate is default at 60 fps, face tracking at 30 fps and lipsync at 30 fps
* additional lipsync optimizations
* fixed crash with changing webcams. This does not fix crashes related to unsupported webcams (see http://steamcommunity.com/app/274920/discussions/3/613935404021759925/)
The Octodad and Floran free avatars are now ready to be deployed as free DLC.
If you are on the experimental "nextversion" Beta branch and don't see the two new avatars in FaceRig, just go back to the default branch, update, then switch back to "nextversion":) . It should work without this being needed ( at least in theory), but some users have told us that this is what it took for them to see the two new avatars provided as Free DLC on the "nextversion" branch.
They won't work with the old "previousversion" branch, that version is already too old.
UPDATE: After the weekend we have pushed the fixes from the "nextversion" branch on the official branch, as many of you have tested them and told us they are definitely improving their experience. :).
We wish you a kick-ass end of the week
The FaceRig Team