Curation
As I mentioned in my last post, we are curating crafts so that SPVR players will have a nice selection of VR friendly crafts available when SPVR is released. If a player is not logged in inside the game, they will only be able to see curated crafts, but once they log in they will be allowed to see and download any craft.
The upside to being curated is that your craft will earn double points for every upvote it receives while in the curated state (this is a limited-time offer and will only last until SPVR is released). Also, it will be visible to more players. The downside to being curated is that you can't edit the title or description while it's in the curated state. If you want to make any changes you'll need to ask a curator to un-curate and then re-curate it when you're done. This is to make sure there's no profanity or other offensive content in the post. You can find a list of curators here.
How can I get my craft curated?
We are looking for crafts that work well in VR, so make sure you tag your craft as VR. Mostly, we care that the craft is usable in VR, the scale is reasonable, controls are easily reachable, and it doesn't explode when taking off or firing weapons. An ugly craft that works well in VR can be curated, but a beautiful craft with controls that are tiny or out of reach will most likely not. Unfortunately, there have been some really great crafts that have been uploaded where the scale is just a little too far off and it feels strange in VR. An example is this beautiful Sea Dart by AWESOMENESS360. Unfortunately, the cockpit looks too small in VR and it breaks the immersion. We are considering adding a placeholder "pilot" mesh in the designer in v1.12 so you can more easily visualize the scale of your cockpits. Another issue we are having is that some crafts' wheels are very glitchy on the Low Physics quality setting on mobile, which is what the Quest is currently using. We are investigating if there's anything we can do to help this, but checking your craft's behavior on low-quality mobile physics will help ensure your craft will be curated.
More tips on how to build for VR are on my post here.
Uploading new XML to your craft posts
Platinum users can now upload new craft XML to their airplane posts. I'm restricting to platinum users right now so that it can be tested before rolling out to more users. Note: if your craft is curated, then uploading new XML will remove your curated status. When that happens, just ask a curator to review it and re-curate your craft.
@Speedhunter you don't really need to ask, you just add the tag
VRon your builds once you post it. Eventually, someone is going to test out if it's VR compatible, and if it is then it will be curatedIdk who that person is tho, I heard it was Andrew garrison himself since no more green roles exist
I'm not sure where to ask for a craft to be curated, but is it possible to curate This aircraft and A variation of it
@AndrewGarrison could I be a curator? I am active on the site, have a VR headset and I am willing to test peoples aircraft.
Well even though I don't have a vr headset i want vr and non-vr players have fun with my creations and i am having fun building my creations (i can't approved that my creations are best quality or having many details) i am really happy with this game with my creativity so thanks devs for the game. (Sorry for the long comment)
@V lol i need that mountain dew
@Tanker123 Aww, don't look at it that way bud...
There's nothing preventing you from still building stuff the old-school way.
This just makes it so everyone can not only make snazzy cockpits, but now more people can ENJOY those builds, since now they don't require all the parts to accomplish it!
Can i ask for this new vr game
For mobile user can we move some of the stuff like joystick with our hand?
When Are The Challenge results announced?
@Tanker123 why?
@Juanfly154 sure
@V yo V want to check out what i've been working on?
@WereOutOfNames 1.427E+14 years
@V, thank you. More than 1 hour left then the challenge ends.
@Sm10684 I'll just go dump it into the intake of a water treatment plant and then melt the barrel and sell the resulting ingots
Or evaporate it. @V
Sounds dope babe
@Bellcat no I mean you have time after the challenge ends to upload new XML
@Sm10684 the problem is that the sludge isnt flammable, perhaps we can paint the barrel yellow, and put it in with the nuclear waste at the nearby powerplant
You could burn it and spread his ashes. That’s not even sus at all. @V
@V, it does not even correlate to the upload xml problem. To upload XML you have to pick the winners, which does not make sense to me. Sorry if you have to go to great lengths to explain this to me.
@Bellcat you need to decide who wins the challenge, which can take a week or so
@V, I still cannot clearly understand your comments. Sorry for bothering you.
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@Gravitons I spilled mountain dew on my gold rank and stained it
@Bellcat ???
@Bellcat oh so thats why i seen it the first time