If the inventory is not displayed correctly in the Terminal (Pill Street or Shop) scene you can now use the -disablecrt launch parameter to disable camera fx and solve the issue.

When we started to work on VirtuaVerse our vision has always been to create an old school graphic adventure that would bring back that same feeling and difficulty of the good old point & click adventures of the 90s.

On the other hand we felt the need to give an opportunity for everyone to enjoy a more relaxed experience. To do this we implemented the STORY MODE option we are releasing today.

We were always aware that such a type of hardcore game design nowadays wouldn't be an easy ride for everyone and someone would even consider it flawed, however from our point of view the absence of hints or hotspot highlights, inventories full of objects with thousand of combinations, pixel hunting, dialogues unlocking conditions or the imperative need to read every single text in those games is exactly what we loved and what we missed.

We were in fact really surprised that in the end the vast majority of people really enjoyed the game and provided a great positive feedback and we are very thankful for that but we also listened carefully to all those who complained having an hard time to complete the game.

Playing the STORY MODE would be a great option for all those people that don't want to deal with hardcore puzzles. You won't miss much of the story but at the same time most of puzzles will be easier, require less conditions to be unlocked and you will deal with much less inventory objects. Some passages have been cut but the big part of the game is still there. If you are among those who gave up because the game felt too difficult this is also a good opportunity to give it a try again. Also you can still try the old school mode again once you have completed the story mode.

Be aware that you'll need to restart the game from the beginning in order to play the STORY MODE version. Loading previous savegames will just resume the original OLD SCHOOL MODE.

We hope you will enjoy this update and if you find any bug please use the bug report tool, email us at info@thetadivision.com or send us a message on discord to let us know!

Theta Division

A changelog of all recent fixes and features added after our major update including four new languages & full controller support.

• [Feature] Added "Prevent accidental subtitles skip" in preferences / Video. When enabled, subtitles cannot be skipped before 0.35 secs / each
  
• [Feature] Added "Capture Mouse" functionality in preferences / Video. When enabled the mouse is forced to stay in the window (and in the letterbox / pillarbox area). Changing the resolution automatically disables the checkbox to avoid bizarre Unity bugs.
  
• [Feature] Added "Manual Skip Subtitles" functionality in preferences Video. When enabled, the subtitles must be skipped manually. Talking animation will loop accordingly to the subtitle display time.
  
• [Engine] Fixed blank spaces in Chinese
  
• [Engine] Imported Spanish text. 10463 line(s) imported, 4 line(s) updated.
  
• [Engine] Imported Japanese text. 10460 line(s) imported, 626 line(s) updated.
  
• [Engine] Imported Chinese text. 10464 line(s) imported, 196 line(s) updated.
  
• [Engine] Imported Russian text. 10464 line(s) imported, 47 line(s) updated.
  
• [Engine] Removed unused unhandled interaction dialogue line
  
• [Joypad] Drone Manual: fixed mouse cursor not changing when hovering with joypad
  
• [Joypad] Added D-Pad scrollable UI for Xbox Joypad
  
• [Joypad] Added pixelated icons
  
• [Joypad] Desert / Hut Outside: Polished Joypad collider
  
• [Metro / Entrance] Polished NavMesh
  
• [Various Scenes] Fixed: "Double fade when when exiting the scene"
  
• [Space] Fixed a bug in the Zaymon conversation
  
• [Club / Dark Room] Fixed a glitch in the navigation area
  
• [Squat] Fixed: "After the tatooed guy has been shot, when Nathan looks at the tatoo artist says that's he's still busy on the guys' leg."
  
• [Space] Fixed: "Continuity problem & Bug making the puzzle easier than it should be"
  
• [Space] Fixed: "Altenative Journal based on the course of events"
  
• [Space / Room2] Fixed: "After dechipping the foreground disappear on the hearth room"
  
• [Iceland] Fixed a bug in the riddle number parser in Chinese and Japanese
  
• [Crack Intro] Fixed Japanese scroll text
  
• [Waterfall] Fixed: "Glitch at the nest puzzle"
  
• [Space] Fixed: "After dechipping the foreground disappear on the hearth room"
  
• [Space] Fixed: "End credits do not finish and few lines stay stuck at the end"

Four new languages (Russian, Portuguese Brazilian, Chinese and Japanese) and full implementation and UI integration for the joypad bringing a new dimension for a point & click adventure experience.

ABOUT FULL CONTROLLER SUPPORT

Make sure you have disabled the Steam Input or, if you really need it, make sure to select the GAMEPAD template so to avoid Steam using your joypad as a mouse.

To verify if the Joypad Support is working it should be detected inside the configuration options of the game inside preferences - controls - configure joypad. You can assign a joypad by clicking on the assign joypad button and then clicking any button.

The controler is also fully customizable but the default configruation is the following:

Left stick: Movement
Right stick: Cursor
A: Left button
B: Right button
X: Journal
Y: Inventory
Left Trigger: Slow cursor
Right Trigger: Very slow cursor
Right shoulder: AVR On/Off

To hot swap from mouse to joypad you can use A,B,X or Y.

The joypad has been tested extensively but if you find any bug please do not hesitate to contact us.

ABOUT JAPANESE LOCALIZATION

The Japanese version was initially planned for the end of June. However, to coincide with this STEAM sale, we decided to make the localization work into Japanese one week earlier than originally planned so that Japanese fans could play it as soon as possible. Given the time constraints, it's complete but not fully playtested.

We would like all Japanese players to purchase at the sale price during this sale period, but it may take another week or so to play VirtuaVerse in the best condition.

Thanks a lot for your support!

The Original Soundtrack by MASTER BOOT RECORD is now available as DLC with a launch discount of 20% and bundled with the game with a further 10% discount overall.