Virtual Novel

3DCG, 3D game, Virtual reality, School setting

1. Extract and run.

Tech Demo 2019-05-22
We have a build release to explore the world of Virtual Novel, all the buildings have their full architecture in place. Some of the enviros are more populated than others, so please forgive empty rooms and bare school grounds – the whole place will be full of detail soon enough.
Here’s a of us running through most of the environments.
The main purpose of this build is to test our level loading system, this allows us to have a lot of different environments and a big world and no loading screens.
We have a loading distance scale which can be controlled with the U and V keys on your keyboard (the system isn’t integrated into the Settings Menu yet, so there are no VR controls to change the loading distance for now). A number will appear on screen when these keys are pressed, and that number denotes the distance in meters that building interiors will load out. For example, if you set the distance to 30, and you are 30meters away from the outside wall of gymnasium, the gymnasium’s interior will have unloaded for performance gains, and the windows will be opaque.
The larger this distance, obviously the further away building interiors will load in, and the more buildings you’ll be loading at once. Please experiment with this and tell us what kind of distances you could achieve with your hardware, and if you notice any particular drops in performance when approaching or moving away from buildings.
Enjoy the build! Thanks for your continued patronage. We have a bug list on Discord, please check it out (if you’re on Discord) before reporting anything, the main feedback we’re interested in for this build is if users experience any performance drops when loading and unloading buildings, or when in particular parts of the map. The download and Discord link will be up after this post.

Locomotion
Thumbstick (Rift) Trackpad (Vive) to move traditionally, on the motion controller with Feet icon – orPoint and Trigger press to teleport, on the motion controller with Feet IconGrip button and pan / rotate controller to rotate, on the controller with Feet iconWASD and Mouse for movement and aiming for non-VR playersInteraction
Trigger on the motion controller with Hand icon to pick things up and drop thingsGrip button to readjust props while heldHold Left Click while the object is in the middle of the screen for non-VR playersModes
Shoulder button (Vive) or A button (Rift) to swap between Feet mode and Hand mode. Long press to open the Settings MenuPoint and Trigger press menu elements to select themPoint and Trigger press when within range of UI elements to interact with buttons and slidersM key to open Settings Menu for non-VR playersRight Click to enter Mouse Mode for non-VR players