Milestone Release: 2022_01

Happy New Year! This is our first update in 2022. We have used the vacation to add a new member to our team and to work on some major improvements on the game.

We identified and fixed two serious memory leaks, that were causing a lot of trouble for some users. The game runs now with improved perfomance and doesn't need as much memory as before. We could also reduce the load on the GPU. In the HUB you will still see a higher load than in the stages. This will improve in a future update. We are looking forward to your feedback on this matter! 

Two new poses have been added (T-Rex, Raptor) with 20 new animations. The Stallion will receive the same treatment soon. You can let them face the wall or let them go down on all fours for you in a doggystyle position.

We have also updated the underlaying technologies. You should see improvements in VR and also in the desktop-mode perfomance.

Some smaller issues and bugs were also eliminated. Especially on the speech engine that displays the on-screen text for the characters.

If you experience any issues, please let us know.

Thank you all!

We are looking forward to your feedback!

Have fun and enjoy the game.

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We have an amazing journey ahead of us and we will be implementing many ideas in the future with the help of you, our valued patrons.

Thank you for your support of Hybrids: Virtual Encounters! You help us to grow this game and your feedback helps us to make it even better for you! :-)

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Tutorial: How to run Hybrids: Virtual Encounters

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Controls

XR-Controller (Left)

Thumbstick: Move

Thumbstick Press: Run

Primary Button: Main Menu

Trigger: Trigger

Grip: Grip

Secondary: Character Menu

XR-Controller (Right)

Thumbstick: Turn

Thumbstick Press: Toggle Crouch

Primary Button: Light

Trigger: Trigger

Grip: Grip

Secondary: Activate

Non-VR Mode

Arrow-Keys / WASD: Move

Left Shift: Run

C: Toggle Crouch

F: Flashlight

Left-Mouse: Activate Pointer

ENTER: Character Menu

ESC: Menu

Interactions in non-VR mode are considered experimental and do not offer the same experience compared to VR mode at this point.

IMPORTANT If you experience any issue with the controls, please send us a message on Discord, here on Patreon or Twitter as soon as possible. We are currently focusing on the control mapping and will release a HOTFIX as soon as possible!

Changelog 2022_2

• Added: 2 new poses (Doggystyle, Facing the wall)
• Added: 20 new animations (Raptor, T-Rex)
• Added: Wolf Male and Female profiles (not visible at the moment)
• Added: Character lines for new poses (WIP)
• Update: Various touchups and improvements on all stages
• Update: Character profiles
• Update: Credits
• Update: OpenXR Technology
• Update: High Definition Rendering Pipeline
• Update: Unity Engine to Version _26 LTS
• Improvements: Perfomance of the stages has been optimized
• Improvements: Perfomance and system requirements
• Improvements: Mesh Updat Engine
• Fix: Character Speech Engine
• Fix: Memory Leak identified and fixed
• Fix: Wristband issues
• Various improvements, bug fixes and optimizations
• Minor sound fixes
• Minor changes (world)

Experimental Features:

• Camera Auto Center

Known Issues

• You may encounter button mapping issues (controls aren’t working correctly).
• There may be performance issues. If you experience FPS issues, choose a lower graphics quality setting, please.
• Stallion and Raptor still have missing dialog lines (three dots bug)
• The T-Rex sometimes doesn't hold the grab on your head while you give him head