bHaptics Support Included
We’re excited to announce cross-platform support for bHaptics in Synth Riders! You can now use the enhanced haptics of the bHaptics TactSuit or Tactosy and really feel that rhythm and look out for the walls!
There’s a lot more to this release than this we are always listening to your feedback, and looking for ways to make getting in and playing Synth Riders a better experience for everyone. So there’s lots of great “Quality of Life” (QoL) improvements included with this release.
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Sort, Filter & Random Song Improvements
- Sort & Filter saved between songs.
- Selecting "Random Song" from the song summary screen will not repeat songs you've played in the current session.
- "Random Song" will try to stick to the song difficulty of the first song when available. If the difficulty is not available in the next random song, it picks the nearest available.
- Previously only available while using Play Non-Stop mode, the Pause menu now always shows song information.
Multiplayer
- Banned players can no longer rejoin a room by manually entering the room name.
- Individual player settings panel size increased to make it easier to access controls for adjusting mute, relative audio level (all players) and ban (room host only) for other players in the room.
No Fail -50% Penalty Only Applies When You Fail
- There’s no reason not to use No Fail with friends in Multiplayer Mode now! When you enable the "No Fail" modifier, the score modifier and leaderboard tag will only apply when your energy bar reaches zero. At that point while playing, instead of failing out of the song, you can continue playing but your score for the song will be halved and your score will be tagged as "No Fail" on the leaderboard.
Camera Improvements (PCVR Only)
- Selecting Settings > Visuals > Display Camera > Off now correctly disables the camera on the menu scenes. This is recommended for performance if you are not capturing the window.
- Settings > Visuals > Display Camera > Window Size settings are now sticky.
- Scriptable, simulated camera movement through making the playspace rotate while you play is now available. This is an awesome effect which content creators can use to make their mixed reality videos even more amazing! For more information on this, please see https://bit.ly/srcamera
- LIV SDK Updated to 1.5.4.
- Controller trails updated.
Improvements / Bug Fixes
- Back button in the settings menu goes back to the previous screen if a sub-panel is open (e.g. Advanced Graphics -> Graphics).
- Changes to behaviour when playing songs with Custom difficulties that specify a Note Jump Speed (NJS) to be used AND using a Note Jump Speed modifier essentially players will only receive bonuses and score marking if the actual played Note Jump Speed is greater than that specified by the map (thanks Tititor).
- You'll now be prompted for a water break at the song end screen, rather than waiting until you return to the main menu (thanks HeavyGee).
- Finished Challenges display correctly when in Multiplayer.
- Room Adjustment now applies correctly while playing on Quest.
- Various typo fixes.
Twitch Integration
- When Power-Ups are disabled, score uploads are no longer disabled for !color, !invaderz, or !warp as these do not help the player. In addition, they are only disabled for !vanish and !prismatic when used in conjunction with the corresponding gameplay modifiers.
- Bot is no longer disabled if pub sub fails.
- Fixed error for follower updating when bot is disconnected.
- Improved behaviour when switching channels.
- Added a disabled reply for invaderz when in command mode.
- Added message if a command is unavailable due to being in channelpoint mode.
- Improved handling of blank/empty twitch channel name.
As always we welcome your feedback and bug reports on our Official Discord server (Invite: ) or in the Synth Riders Official Community on Facebook.
If you want to support the development of Synth Riders, we really appreciate reviews left on the Steam/Oculus Store!