The Forest VR Beta

Hey everyone,

This release adds a first pass of VR Support to The Forest. This release supports both Vive and Oculus Rift.

Some of the highlights of the VR version include: Full bow aiming. Throwing flares by breaking the tops off them. Lighting molotovs with your lighter, full 3d inventory, and 3d book, and of course chopping down trees with touch controls, but our favourite part of this release are the caves. The caves feel claustrophobic and terrifying and the creatures at scale take on a new life. 

We’re releasing this as beta as we see VR as something really exciting but also very new. We’re trying a ton of ideas with how selection works, with how cutscenes work, with our inventory and want everyone’s ideas and feedback so we can make this the best VR experience possible.

As it is beta, expect some bugs and technical issues. We’ll be updating this branch regularly. 

Note: First release does not have multiplayer support but that’s coming soon. 

Note: Some users have been experiencing issues with their controls not working when running the SteamVR Beta. Rolling back to the public version of SteamVR should correct this issue.

As always, please continue to post your bug reports and feedback in the Discussions area of the Community Hub 

V0.67c - hotfix

Hey Everyone,

Here is a hotfix to a few issues that came up in the 0.67 release last thursday.

V0.67b hotfix

Hey Everyone,

For the full list of today's v0.67 patch notes, please visit:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/242760/announcements/detail/1473097867082161532

V0.67

Hey Everyone,

This patch adds a new weapon holder type. This can be built by placing the weapon display structure on the ground instead of on a wall, and once built can be used to show off your favourite weapon.

V0.66

Hey Everyone,

 

V0.65b

Hey everyone,

Here's a small hotfix fixing two issues in yesterday's 0.65 patch release.

V0.65

Hey Everyone,

V0.64

Hey Everyone,

For this patch we added a first pass of achievements, this includes 45 so far. These should all be unlockable currently in single player, however a couple may not be fully activated in multiplayer games just yet.

V0.63b - hotfix

Hey Everyone,

Here's a small hotfix to last night's 0.63 build, fixing an issue with some language settings causing p2p connection issues

V0.63b hotfix

V0.63

Hey Everyone,

This patch adds a bunch of new buildable items, a new weapon, an improved flashlight, along with a ton of bug fixes and some big memory improvements.

V0.62

Hey everyone,

This patch was focused on a ton of bug fixes, polish, optimizations and some anticipated dedicated server features.