Hello, today we present you the latest update 2.6.

New rides

This update also includes two new rides (as with version 2.5)! "Continuum" and "Power Spin" are now available. See for yourself: [previewyoutube=Eo-P8shwt5E;full][/previewyoutube] You can unlock the new rides here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3010360/Virtual_Rides_3__Ride_Pack_2_Power_Spin__Continuum/ As always, you often get a better deal with the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

New: Save your light settings

Added: Light settings can now be saved and automatically reactivate as soon as you enter the ride

Improved speed sliders

Improved: Speed sliders now show the "actual" value in the fill (instead of target value)

Bugfixes:

• Fixed: Speed up / slow down time did not work with keyboard (now works with frame up / frame down keys)
• Fixed: Upside Down was missing a tank model at low detail settings
• Fixed: Glider On Ride camera was not centered
• Fixed: Truck clipping in Salsa ride
• Fixed: Visitors jittering when boarding in "Forge"
• Fixed: Sometimes visitors perform "Buy" interaction in center of square instead of in front of cashier/booth
• Fixed: Upside Down + Glider had issues in the VR Experience
• Fixed: Glider one fence was offset in LOD1
• Fixed: Giant Mill did not park properly when riding clockwise

Evaluation of the big VR4 survey

Disclaimer: VR4 is NOT CONFIRMED. We are still in the process of evaluating its feasibility.

We conducted a large survey under the motto Shape The Future of Virtual Rides. We received a lot of great submissions and were able to get a good overview of your wishes and ideas for a potential successor to Virtual Rides 3. We would like to take this opportunity to give you a little insight into the results:

TOP 5 - the most requested new features:

TOP 3 - the most popular game modes:

TOP 3 - your individual wishes:

[olist]

Ride Customization

Fairground Simulation

Enhanced Audio Features [/olist] Regarding 1. above all, customizable light/LED effects and decoration were mentioned. In addition, (even) more realistic controls and storable, automatic ride programs. For 2. the assembly and dismantling of rides, individual fairground layouts and a career mode were mentioned. Under 3. you mainly asked for an improved music system with playlists, integration of streaming providers and more realistic ride and ambient sounds.

Create Your Ride

73% of respondents stated that they would like to use a Create Your Ride function, similar to Indoorlands. You can take a look at the workshop and see what users have already built there. Pretty impressive. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/

Kickstarter

As the potential development of a successor to VR3 would involve a great deal of effort, both in terms of time and money, we naturally also have to think about funding. That's why we asked you about crowdfunding. Only a quarter of respondents had any experience of this, but 40% could definitely imagine such an approach and a further 46% could possibly imagine it. That makes us very happy!

What does this mean?

The results of the survey will help us to assess the feasibility. Thank you again for your participation. We would like to exchange ideas with you on our Discord in the near future. We would also like to give you our perspective on the project and the great challenge of addressing a larger target group than before with a potential successor to VR3. Until then, we hope you enjoy the latest update. As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts on this update with us. Your continued support helps us make VR3 better with every update. You can also join our Pixelsplit Discord server: https://discord.gg/fDV3YPA -Your Team Pixelsplit

[ 2024-09-20 09:15:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear loyal players and supporters, VR3 is now 7 years old and we at Team Pixelsplit want to give you the opportunity to help shape the future of virtual rides. Do you want to be a part of this? Then join in now. Click here. Discord Discussion Forums for questions/ideas/help:

• English
• German

What is our goal?

We want to find out whether it makes sense to start developing Virtual Rides 4. To do this, we want to find out what your basic interest is and, above all, what a VR4 should look like so that it is the best funfair simulator the world has ever seen. And what better way to do this than to ask you, our loyal players and experts in the field, for your wishes and opinions.

What's the procedure?

Take your time to complete this survey. You have one week to submit your answers. We will read all your answers and summarize the results. Our team will analyze the results and create a feasibility concept.

And then? What happens next?

We want to involve you in the process and will share the results and conclusions of the survey with you as soon as we have finished our analysis and the feasibility concept. At the same time, we will continue to work on VR3 updates and DLCs.

Important:

This is not an announcement for Virtual Rides 4, but a first step to evaluate if a development is reasonable and feasible. You, our community, have made so many great suggestions over the years, which we want to collect here. Let's work together to create something great that has never been seen before. But let's also remain calm, realistic and constructive.

[ 2024-05-27 09:50:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, We have been spending some time over the last few weeks fixing problems with new and old rides.

Changes

• Fixed: VR Experience not showing up in main menu
• Improved: Follower camera limits on several rides
• Improved: "Upside Down" Hub is now slider-controllable (instead of toggle)
• Fixed: "Glider" gondolas not in correct rotation when parked
• Improved: Increased Light range on "Upside Down" ride
• Fixed: "Northstar" - Seat Bucket and Seat Cover customization flipped
• Improved: "Northstar" activation trigger now bigger
• Fixed: "Roundtrip" ride camera clipping in visitor
• Improved: Parking Speeds for Glider, Astronaut and Upside Down
• Fixed: "Glider" Seat entering from behind
• Fixed: "Giant Mill" ride gondolas different rotation speeds
• Potentially improved: "Haunted Spin" gondolas not doing flips
• Fixed: "Forge" ride jittering (especially if gondola engine oposing main engine direction)
• Fixed: Cross on "Glider" was a bit offset to arm
• Fixed: "Prism" ride visitors entering only slugishly
• Changed: "Glider" damper and weight box
• Fixed: "Tentacle" - Crosses drifting away from arm
• Fixed: "Rising Sun" - Cover bar for running lights in mid section were not colorable
• Fixed: Border / warning textures (e.g. on Hurricane), reworked 2 textures to match better
• Fixed: Missing seat on "Upside Down" ride,
• Fixed: Wrong polygons on "Krake" ride arm
• Fixed: "Upside Down" rotation and position of some podium light caps
• Fixed: For a few users MyDocuments / Personal Folder could not be found. If so -> We fall back to VR3_Data/../VR3 (so besides .exe)

It took us a little longer because we were busy with REVEIL in the meantime. Have a look at it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/809060/REVEIL/ Thank you for your continued support, your bug reports and your commitment to the community! Feel free to join our Discord server or use the Bug Report Form. - Your VR3 Team

[ 2024-04-05 14:19:16 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, Today we unveil the exciting update 2.5.

New rides

This time we have focused on adding two new rides instead of one. First up, we have "Glider" - Feel the rush as you soar through the sky. With its unpredictable twists, "Glider" promises an adrenaline-packed experience like no other. Next, prepare to take a ride on "Upside Down" - Feel the G-forces. With its intense rotation, "Upside Down" is guaranteed to leave you breathless. You can unlock the new rides here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2790450 As always, remember that you can often get a better deal with the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

Multiple designs per ride

We have also added a feature that allows you to create multiple ride designs per ride. You can then switch between different designs with just a few clicks. These are also stored under Documents/VR3/Custom Designs. This means you can easily exchange them with other players. We hope that this feature will also be of interest to the active modder community.
As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts on this update. Your continuous support helps us make VR3 better with each update. Feel free to join our Pixelsplit Discord server: https://discord.gg/fDV3YPA -Your VR3 Team

[ 2024-02-26 10:02:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, Today we unveil the exciting update 2.4 with a variety of enhancements and fixes to improve your gameplay experience. And

New ride

We added the Northstar ride to the funfairground. Feel the strong acceleration as you fly through the air at a height of 30 meters. [previewyoutube=tLnWBcLZkQA;full]https://youtu.be/tLnWBcLZkQA[/previewyoutube] You can activate the new ride here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2594530?beta=0 As always, remember that you can often get a better deal with the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

Enhanced graphics

We completely remade a lot of textures and materials to have higher quality and more details, especially on the rides. [previewyoutube=u2aFM-luWDA;full][/previewyoutube]

Other changes

• Added: Keyboard shortcuts for toggling laser, movinghead and skybeams.
• Improved: Some slight performance improvements.
• Fixed: Some typos in German language
• Fixed: Spawn position when selecting Prism ride on map (so it is directly controllable)

What is next?

First and foremost, we are overjoyed by the vibrant enthusiasm and enduring passion that you, our valued players, continue to show for Virtual Rides. The creativity shown through modding and the countless hours many of you have dedicated to the game truly warms our hearts. A big thank you to each and every one of you! Now to the burning question: what is on the horizon for VR3? As a compact but ambitious studio, we've been channelling our creative energies into two other exciting projects - Indoorlands and REVEIL. Admittedly, this has left us with limited resources to devote to Virtual Rides. However, we're eager to put some more focus back into VR3 and are outlining plans to release 2-3 updates each year. The updates will mainly include new rides, but we are also working on some features such as managing different customisations for your rides, allowing you to switch between different themes. This should be of particular interest to modders. This rhythm is planned to be continued for as long as the technical framework of our nearly seven year old game allows. We are beginning to bump up against some of its inherent limitations, but our ambition to bring you exciting new content and improvements remains unwavering. As always, we value your feedback and encourage you to share your thoughts on this update. Your continuous support helps us make VR3 better with each update. Feel free to join our Pixelsplit Discord server: https://discord.gg/fDV3YPA -Your VR3 Team

[ 2023-10-20 14:02:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Virtual Rides Community, you surely all have noticed that we have been working on our new park building simulation "Indoorlands". As in Virtual Rides 3, you can control rides. However, you can also construct your own rides and roller coasters and manage an entire park. Today we finally release Indoorlands for PC, Mac and Linux as a full version: [previewyoutube=e80MfXtOiO8;full][/previewyoutube] And now off to your own Indoorland: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ Cheers, your Pixelsplit Team

[ 2022-10-14 18:03:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello dear community, after a longer break we have an update today. Especially we have fixed some bugs. Thank you for your contributions! But we also have a little surprise for you.

A new ride: Prism

Included in the latest update is a new free ride. It's a classic.

Bugfixes

• Brakes were misbehaving on many rides
• Parts of custom themes did reset when changing the window
• When activating Strobo, the logo running light was not turned off
• At the "Rising Sun" the light sources were placed a bit behind the light boxes
• On the "Rising Sun" a few running light caps were missing on the back wall
• At the "Rising Sun" the spotlights at the deco-parts were not deactivated
• At the "Rising Sun" and "Forge" the theming was not applied correctly on the ticket booth
• At the "Hurricane" the red tail lights were not deactivated when the strobo was activated
• At the "Chopper" the cashier was not positioned correctly
• On "Kraken" the cross motors were too weak in some situations

Other

• Added: VSync + FPS Limit options
• Improved: Brakes should now respond a bit smoother and not so jerky
• Improved: Microphone now next to the control panel when "forging"
• Improved: Chaser cameras at the "Forge" have been repositioned.
• Improved: Clouds are now slightly smaller and move slower
• Improved: On some rides the automatic damping was on too early or too strong

Indoorlands on offer

At this point we would like to point out our other project "Indoorlands" again. This one is still available for one day with 20% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ The next update is also already in production, here you can find more information: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1378890/view/3328738190615557898 We hope you like the update steamhappy - Your Team Pixelsplit

[ 2022-07-06 18:59:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hello dear VR3 community, today is the day: A new VR3 update is available for you.

Relaxing at the lake

We have enlarged the festival area by another piece. There you will find a beautiful body of water, but unfortunately too cold for swimming. But riding a ride with a view of the water sounds good, doesn't it?

New Ride (DLC)

A new - frequently requested - ride has also made it to the new fairground: Forge. [previewyoutube=EgCz44Aqrec;full][/previewyoutube] You can activate the new ride here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1833970/Virtual_Rides_3__Forge As always, remember that you can often get a better deal with the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

New mid-sized deco parts

We have added new medium sized deco parts for the middle.

Other changes

• Added: Running light groups can now be toggled on and off with CTRL + 1-9.
• Added: It is now possible to filter by your own music in the audio player
• Added: The tail lights from the Hurricane gondolas can now be colored
• Improved: The brakes should now grip much better on most rides.
• Improved: The brakes now release immediately (instead of being released slowly over ~1 second)
• Improved: The 3rd light-change-program now contains all colors
• Improved: On a few rides the bounds of the free-fly camera have been increased a bit (especially upwards)
• Balancing: Kraken 20% slower main motor acceleration, slightly faster eccentric extension
• Balancing: Hurricane main engine ~15% faster
• Balancing: "Flying Swing" slightly increased acceleration
• Balancing: "Chopper" a little more damping and weight
• Balancing: "Discus" slightly increased arm speed
• Fixed: The navmesh on the fairground piece from the last update was sometimes loaded incorrectly, so visitors walked strangely
• Fixed: Visitors were walking across the ride area from the "Ghost Spin".
• Fixed: Price list at the "Falcon" ride was positioned differently in different LOD levels.
• Fixed: At the "Centrifuge" a few paint materials were not updated correctly when changing theming
• Fixed: The color change for the strobo only worked before turning it on. Now the colors can also be changed while the strobo is active.
• Fixed: Trees were shaking a lot in normal sunny weather.
• Fixed: "Giant Mill" parked the arm at a slight angle.
• Fixed: Staff were sometimes still standing on the "Hurricane" plate (are now reset to their original position).

Like building your own rides?

For those who haven't seen it yet: We released "Indoorlands" - an indoor amusement park building game - in July. A few days ago there was an update that allows you to build your own rides. [previewyoutube=iffNM8a6EWA;full][/previewyoutube] If this interests you, feel free to check it out: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ We hope you like the update. Feel free to leave us your feedback. If you want to talk about VR3, funfairs or rides, feel free to come to our Discord server ( https://discord.gg/2X8WWaK ). If you want to report bugs, you can also do so via our form, which is directly connected to our task system: Here. - Your Team Pixelsplit

[ 2021-12-23 19:39:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi riders, STEAM halloween sale started and you can get a 50% discount now! Also make sure to check out our "Ultimate Edition" bundle this can give you an additional 25% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

One more thing ...

For "Indoorlands" we released a first experimental version of "Create Your Ride". It lets you construct your own rides.
It is part of the big Update for "Indoorlands". You might want to check it out. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ - Your Virtual Rides 3 team

[ 2021-10-28 18:11:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Virtual Rides Community, you surely all have noticed that we have been working on our new park building simulation "Indoorlands". Today, after 2 years of work, the time has finally come and we are releasing Indoorlands for PC, Mac and Linux as Early Access. [previewyoutube=zSlqCk1413Q;full][/previewyoutube] Of course we also took the wishes of the Virtual Rides community into account when developing the game and integrated the well-known ride features into Indoorlands. You can expect 8 unique rides at the beginning of the Early Access phase, which you can not only control and color, but also create your very own environment with the help of our decoration system. Whether it's pirate, western, space, urban, Viking or Japanese, there's something here for everyone. Of course, we'll be adding more rides during the Early Access phase, as well as adding new theming options. In addition, we have of course also the theme "roller coasters" on the screen and will find a way to integrate roller coasters into the game here. To celebrate the release, Indoorlands is available at a special price of 9.99 euros. One feature we are currently developing we are especially proud to announce to you: The ride builder. "Build your Ride" We are currently developing a mode in Indoorlands where it will be possible to design a ride from scratch. Should it be a round ride? What platform should there be, how many gondola crosses should there be, how fast should they be able to rotate or are they physical? Will there be rollover gondolas and how many of them? Or should it rather be a ride with lift? A swing? There are no limits to creativity and we are only at the beginning! As soon as the prototype is further developed and there are first pictures, we will of course share them with you. For now, we are looking forward to your feedback on Indoorlands and are excited to see how the game will develop with you over the next few months. We will have some time for Virtual Rides in the future and will deliver new content there as well. Thank you for this incredible journey over the last 15 years! We're proud of how what was once a small ride simulator has now evolved into an entire park-building game. And now off to your own indoor land: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ Cheers, your Pixelsplit Team

[ 2021-07-14 16:37:51 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi riders, STEAM summer sale started and you can get a 60% discount now! Also make sure to check out our "Ultimate Edition" bundle this can give you an additional 25% discount. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

One more thing ...

We just announced the release date for our upcoming Early Access Indoor Park Management game "Indoorlands" with ride simulation aspects. Make sure to wishlist it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ ... and check out our announcement going into detail of the current state: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1378890/view/3004446040117554293 - Your Virtual Rides 3 team

[ 2021-06-24 17:04:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi riders, today we released our newest status update for our upcoming Early Access game "Indoorlands". Go check it out if you are not exclusively into funfairs, but also into amusement parks. The status update is is especially interesting because we are searching for beta testers - and who would be better suited than you? https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1378890/view/3064115564637534247 If you are interested also make sure to wishlist the game if you haven't done so yet in order to receive all the latest news and information about the release of "Indoorlands". https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands/ - Your Virtual Rides 3 Team

[ 2021-05-21 20:15:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just released a minor patch.

Changes

• Fixed: Ride logos not centered
• Fixed: Visitors moving slowly when entering "The Kraken" ride
• Fixed: Custom themes unloading when game looses focus and ride is not selected
• Fixed: Sometimes scenes were loaded multiple times
• Fixed: Positioning of snowman

- Your VR3 Team

[ 2021-01-12 17:39:12 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, yesterday evening we released a small hotfix to the new update. Here are the changes:

• Fixed: custom fonts not working
• Fixed: setting panel not opening when no microphone available
• Fixed: fog machine material
• Fixed: "Flipping Disc" hub lift animation

- Your VR3 Team

[ 2020-10-24 09:08:09 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, today we publish the new update 2.1. At the end of these patch notes (at the very bottom) we have some more news for all ride fans, who not only love funfairs, but also amusement parks... steamhappy. The update contains the following changes:

New ride: Flipping Disc

We added the long-awaited new "Flipping Disc" ride via DLC.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1427010 Like always you might get the DLC cheaper via the ultimate bundle: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

Strobe colors & hex colors

Many of you wished different colors for the strobe light, so we added a selection for it.
We also added a hex input field for color selection so it should be much easier to set the perfect colors.

Modding improvements

We added custom font modding support. In the modding folder (Documents/VR3) you can find "Custom Fonts" now. Throw in .ttf or .otf files and they'll be made accessible in the game. This feature is experimental for now, so please give us your feedback about it. Additionally some of you players had plenty of custom themes in the game which could lead to memory problems (because all these themes were loaded). Now we just fully load the themes that are actually used by a fully loaded ride. If the ride is unloaded and no other ride uses the theme we unload the theme again.

Other changes

• Added: Setting to select from different microphones (under "Audio")
• Added: Setting to disable vomiting of visitors (under "Game")
• Improved: Camera bounds for free cam
• Improved: The additional logo support frame is hidden now when entering no logo text
• Improved: When strobe is active material based lights are also deactivated (like Hurricane gondola headlights)
• Improved: Increased Big spin arm acceleration a bit
• Improved: Flic Flac gondolas should be a bit more dampened now
• Fixed: Clicking map item multiple times would start loading loop
• Fixed: Cashbox were not correctly mapped with cashbox texture (important for custom themes)
• Fixed: Memory issue with custom themes
• Fixed: Fog going in weird directions
• Fixed: Big Spin automatically putting podest in safety position when arms are parked
• Fixed: Chopper gondola physics acting weird
• Fixed: Titan gondola physics acting weird
• Fixed: Casino swing backwall being transparent in lower model detail
• Fixed: Hurricane gondola decoration being hidden in lower model detail situations
• Fixed: Astronaut ride parking upside down
• Fixed: "The Falcon" gondola grid texture being invisible sometimes
• Fixed: "Giant Mill" engine not rotating correctly when controlled with panel
• Fixed: "Giant Mill" not parking correctly
• Fixed: Wrong flag order on "Handstand" ride
• Unity Engine Update 2019.4

We hope you like the update and are happy to receive your feedback. As always thanks to the whole community without you this would not be possible. Feel free to join our Pixelsplit Simulations Discord server: https://discord.gg/fDV3YPA

Indoorlands

Yesterday we published our page about our upcoming new game "Indoorlands". Please feel free to check it out and wishlist the game to stay up to date. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1378890/Indoorlands - Your VR3 Team

[ 2020-10-23 07:19:56 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey, today we're releasing the version 2.0 update. It contains the following improvements and extensions:

Two new rides:

The Update includes not only one, but two new rides. And as a thank you to our loyal community, one ride is completely free.

'The Giant Mill'

This huge ride is available for everyone for free:

'The Astronaut'

The second new ride brings you and your visitors an outer space experience. Get it as DLC and customize it with our new effect devices:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1270000

New effect devices

We created and implemented 3 new effect devices that enhance the fun and the visual possibilities even further:[olist]

The Co2 Jet

The Confetti Shooter

The Skybeam [/olist]

Overworked sound implementation

We reworked the engine sounds and implemented more sound variations including wind noises and creaking noises. Furthermore we're giving the player the opportunity to control the volume ratios for the rides, the jingles and the ambient sounds.

Engine upgrade

We upgraded the whole game engine. This will increase the performance for some users, but much more importantly, it gives us the possibility to work on - and improve - Virtual Rides 3 even more in the future. So the engine upgrade provides the basis for further long term improvements.

Other changes

• Fixed: Krake cross engines would rotate strangely without being on
• Fixed: Krake break not working properly
• Fixed: Big Spin restraints not colorable
• Fixed: Break sound on Handstand ride very loud
• Fixed: Cashier disappearing on Chopper ride
• Fixed: Crashing game with speed up and running
• Fixed: Small loading overlay sometimes doesn't stop
• Fixed: Moving head program resets when leaving ride
• Fixed: Running lights could stop working when having on-during-strobe enabled
• Fixed: Trees wouldn't move
• Many more little bug fixes and optimizations

Thank you!

We want to say thanks to our loyal community and hope you enjoy the update we've been working on for quite a long time. We are always happy about feedback, screenshots and discussions on our Pixelsplit Simulations Discord Server. Here is the link: https://discord.gg/fDV3YPA Ride on! - Your VR3 team

[ 2020-03-30 17:01:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just released version 1.7. Here are the changes:

New ride: "The Falcon"

We extended the fairground with a new tile and we worked on a new funfair ride: The Falcon.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1188040 Here's another tip: You'll get a good additional discount if you buy the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

New bubble thrower

We added a new soapy effect piece that you can attach to your light cages.

More virtual reality rides

We implemented the "Titan" and "Handstand" as virtual reality rides. We hope you like these experiences!

Other changes:

• Fixed: Broken cashbox textures
• Fixed: Rain in Salsa ride
• Fixed: Ride automatic not parking correctly on Handstand

New Discord Server

We just opened a Pixelsplit Simulations Discord channel. Feel free to join us here: https://discord.gg/2X8WWaK We would love to hear your feedback. - Your VR3 team

[ 2019-11-19 14:32:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just finished version 1.6 for you!

MP3 streaming

We know you waited quite some time for this. You can now throw in MP3 files in your custom jingle and music folder. We hope this makes customizing the game a bit easier for you.

Two more virtual reality rides

We implemented the "Discus" and "Danger Zone" rides as virtual reality rides.

New ride: Salsa

We added the "Salsa" ride on the latest fairground tile. It is part of the "Salsa" DLC. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1113140/Virtual_Rides_3__Salsa
Here's another tip: You'll get a good additional discount if you buy the Ultimate Edition. https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/10726/Virtual_Rides_3_Ultimate_Edition/

Other changes

• Improved: Model of backwall of "Rising Sun" ride
• Improved: Improved positioning of orbit cameras on "Roundtrip" ride.
• Fixed: Parking on the "Roundtrip" now also moves floor plates.
• Fixed: "Rising Sun" had no light in the control booth
• Fixed: People walking in very small steps when going to pizza or sausage booth
• Fixed: People didn't properly dequeue at the cashbox of roundtrip rides
• Fixed: On some rides it was not possible to use flags anymore

We hope you like the update. Feel free to leave us some feedback! - Your VR3 team

[ 2019-07-15 13:14:40 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just released a hotfix for the navmesh issue on the Krake / Big Spin rides. Sorry for the trouble. - Your VR3 team

[ 2019-05-02 17:49:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, today we proudly present you version 1.5!

Extended fairground and new ride

We made the fairground even bigger in this update. You can find our new ride waiting there: The Roundtrip. ATTENTION to everyone who already has the Bounce Machine DLC. You can get additional 15% off when buying our "Ultimate Edition" bundle.
If you just want to get the "Roundtrip" use this. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1065730/Virtual_Rides_3__Roundtrip/

Start of Modding Support - Custom themes

What you guys already did with VR3 is awesome! We are always speechless of the stuff we see in the screenshot section. Unfortunately we always break your mods when we release an update. We now started opening the game for modding! The first step is that you can load custom themes in your game. Therefore just open the game and it will create a folder with the custom theming files in Users/Documents/VR3/Custom Themes/Custom Example. You can modify or duplicate this folder and change all the images inside.

Support for aspect ratio 21:9

Some of you said that the game UI doesnt properly scale with an aspect ratio of 21:9. We adjusted and improved the scaling of the UI accordingly.

Further changes

• Improved: Some minor performance improvements
• Fixed: Rising Sun ride was floating a bit in air

We hope you like the update. We appreciate any feedback you guys have and if there are any questions: we are here for you. - Your VR3 Team

[ 2019-04-23 16:30:20 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi! While we're working on new content for you, we've prepared a more technical update for you based on your feedback - version 1.4.5.

What has changed?

• Added: Two new movement programs for the "Bounce Machine"
• Improved: Visitors and staff should now be less stuttering
• Improved: The brake of the "Bounce Machine" should now grip better
• Fixed: The selection of the last colors did not work correctly with the logo
• Fixed: When certain steering wheels or joysticks are connected, the screen turns black.
• Fixed: Program selection at the "Bounce Machine" didn't work correctly with keyboard
• Fixed: The "Navmesh" of the "Bounce Machine" was too high in some places (visitors a bit in the air)
• Fixed: Occasionally visitors went into the driving area of the "Bounce Machine

- Your "Virtual Rides 3" Team

[ 2019-03-01 11:45:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, Today is the day. We release version 1.4!

New ride

The "Bounce Machine" is now built up on the fairground. You (and your passengers) will love the hiss. You activate the control and adjustment of the ride with the DLC.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1020290/Virtual_Rides_3__Bounce_Machine/

Advanced Logo Editor

We've added a font and color selection to customize the logos to give you even more freedom in designing your rides.

New flags

We have added new flags to give you a little more variety when decorating.

Other changes

• Added: The "Rising Sun" ride can now be experienced in Virtual Reality
• Added: New quadratic barrier texture variations added
• Fixed: People stumble every now and then walking across the fairground
• Fixed: Restraint toggle switch sometimes does not change to green
• Fixed: Crash or wrong status in UI when changing camera by keyboard
• Fixed: Wrong status in the UI when changing light by keyboard
• Fixed: Fog on round rides behaved funny
• Updated: Steamworks Libraries

We are looking forward to your feedback on the update! - Your VR3 Team

[ 2019-02-04 16:33:58 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, first of all: Happy New Year 2019 to all of you! It is going to be great :) Today we release update 1.3.5 to you. Here are the changes

Performance

The last patch introduced some performance problems on some systems due to the engine changes and how the UI was handled. We improved that and hope the performance is at least back at the old niveau. It even should be even better now compared to the pre-1.3 update. Please give us feedback about this!

New settings

In the last patch we reduced the distance you can see and added a distance fog to blend out the distant geometry. Not all of you were happy about it so we added options for that (fog and distance).

Other changes

We also changed the following things:

• Improved: Reduced sound volume of Rising Sun engine crosses
• Improved: Increased the text size of time and speed in the time control panel
• Fixed: Freeze at Crazy Spin
• Fixed: Black screen on some systems
• Fixed: Moving head and laser random program selection missing
• Fixed: Duplicated color schemes for light change
• Fixed: The automatic program for the Centrifuge acted weird
• Fixed: Teleportation point at the krake beeing mid-air

We hope you enjoy the patch and are looking forward to your feedback. - Your VR3 Team

[ 2019-01-14 06:50:25 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, We know you waited so long for this (us too!) - today we release Update 1.3 to you. At first: Please note that you will probably have to re-adjust your screen resolution, when starting the game.

New ride and new map tile

We extended the map (to the left of the current city tile) and added a new ride to it. We hope you enjoy it!

New customization parts

We also added some new customization parts, several of which are Christmas themed. But more importantly we added a new effect part. We present to you: The Flamethrower.

Ride automatics (BETA)

To give the fairground a more lively feel we added automatic programs. These are started automatically when you enter a fairground tile. They are interrupted as soon as you take over the ride controls. Please note that this is a beta feature, so it could have some bugs here and there. Also note that there is no automatic program for the Crazy Spin right now.

Other changes

• Upgraded to new engine version which allows future improvements
• Improved: Increased speed of animations in queue
• Improved: Increased microphone volume
• Improved: Performance (due to new engine upgrade)
• Improved: Running lights also have a color during daytime
• Fixed: Adjusted some of the navmeshs so visitors can walk more fluently
• Fixed: Visitors glitching in the lot booth
• Fixed: Graphic issues on some Mac devices

Future outlook

We are definitely not done here! In the next updates we will be working on:

• Customizable logos (font + color)
• Further performance optimizations
• Support for MP3s for your custom music
• More rides!

We are looking forward to your feedback and opinions. Feel free to use the STEAM Discussions. We also created a sub-forum for Bugs there. So if you have any bug reports, please post them there. Have a nice Christmas!
If you didn't know yet why it took us so long to create this update, read this: https://steamcommunity.com/games/515260/announcements/detail/1706195930374952175 - Euer VR3-Team

[ 2018-12-21 14:11:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear Community, while we are working on the next update for Virtual Rides III, we are also building the next ride that you can discover and control in the update. Here are some first impressions.

So what is the current status? The ride is almost done and we started the new fairground. It will be left to the current city tile. We are also working on these topics:

• Automatic ride programs so the fairground is always in movement
• Improving microphone volume
• Some performance improvements
• Improving AI, also to allow a more fluent and queuing and dequeuing process
• New effect part for the light cages (you will like it :D)

Unfortunately we still dont have a release date for you, but we estimate it to be somewhere in December. Maybe well also open a beta branch so we can get your feedback prior to releasing the patch. - Your VR3 Team

[ 2018-11-17 14:46:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Dear VR3 Community, first of all we would like to apologize for not beeing able to say a single word for so long. We would like to explain this circumstance now and explain how we continue with VR3. What happened? We don't want to overstrain this part, therefore a short summary. After the release of VR3, our publisher was unsatisfied with the sales and the delivered scope of the project. Unfortunately, our contract seemed to allow too much room for interpretation for both parties. In particular our financial security was strongly endangered by this situation, therefore we saw ourselves after some unsuccessful solution attempts forced to call in a lawyer. From this point on it became so uncomfortable that we could not give out any more information (especially not to you, the community). It was painful to read the discussions here, but not beeing able to contribute - that will change now. How did we come to an agreement? After more than a year and a lot of back and forth we could find a satisfactory solution for everyone. The most important aspect for you might be that we have the license for digital distribution back and the product "Virtual Rides 3" can now be found in our account. This means we don't have to fear an account block anymore and can develop the project on our own, without the former publisher being involved. A further aspect worth mentioning is that the agreement includes that the publisher will continue to be active in retail sales with our product for the next few years, especially in order to reduce existing copies. What are the future plans? We still believe in "Virtual Rides". Contrary to some opinions in the discussion forum, we are not working on a fourth sequel. We will continue developing VR3 further. The used engine "Unity" has improved very positively in the time and we would like to try to take some of the improvements and use them for VR3. But much more important for you: We will build a new tile on the map first, on which you will also find another ride. Unfortunately we can't give you an exact timetable yet. Of course we also have many more ideas, but more about that at a later date. We hope that you can understand our situation as developers and would be happy if you give us the chance to revive "Virtual Rides". Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section! - Your VR3-Team

[ 2018-11-02 16:39:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just released a minor patch to fix some issues that were reported to us. Changelog: FIXED Tentacle brake sound is now hearable Tentacle cashbox running lights now are working properly Statusbar activation does not turn gray when you are in operation mode Fixed animation on "Centrifuge" ride - Your VR3 development team

[ 2017-07-19 14:38:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi, we just released a minor patch to fix some issues that were reported to us. Changelog: FIXED • Tentacle brake sound is now hearable • Tentacle cashbox running lights now are working properly • Statusbar activation does not turn gray when you are in operation mode • Fixed animation on "Centrifuge" ride - Your VR3 development team

[ 2017-07-19 14:38:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey community! Today we present to you something very exciting a new update with the title Release the Tentacle. Some of you might be able to guess what that means. In the new version 1.2 we bring you the new ride called The Tentacle. A rotatable main engine, from which five tentacle-like arms emerge, which are moved up and down by the eccentric. On each arm is attached a controllable cross with five free-swinging gondolas (if the brake is not activated ). The ride is optically garnished with the flashing octopus head on the middle section.
The very brave of you can of course experience the ride in Virtual Reality a the ride is of course also in "Virtual Reality" mobile but maybe put a barf bag aside Besides the new ride, we fixed a few small bugs in this patch and worked slightly on the performance. Here is the Change-Log: New content: New ride: The Tentacle Modified map tile for the new ride VR Experience for The Tentacle Improvements: Visual improvements of the weather system Several performance optimizations Fixes: Fixed sound problem for players that had a lot of jingles in their custom jingles folder The podest of the Casino Swing ride lowers to the correct position now We hope you like the new update. Enjoy it! -Your VR3-Development-Team

[ 2017-07-12 10:01:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey community! Today we present to you something very exciting – a new update with the title „Release the Tentacle“. Some of you might be able to guess what that means. In the new version 1.2 we bring you the new ride called „The Tentacle“. A rotatable main engine, from which five tentacle-like arms emerge, which are moved up and down by the eccentric. On each arm is attached a controllable cross with five free-swinging gondolas (if the brake is not activated

[ 2017-07-12 10:01:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey riders! Today we deliver the latest version 1.1 which comes with some improvements, and above all with additional content, which we created for you – the community. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions! We present to you the new ride "Big Spin" - two independently controllable arm motors and a free-swinging gondola should give you even more exciting fairground thrills. You can even experience it in Virtual Reality

[ 2017-04-28 16:01:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey riders! Today we deliver the latest version 1.1 which comes with some improvements, and above all with additional content, which we created for you the community. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions! We present to you the new ride "Big Spin" - two independently controllable arm motors and a free-swinging gondola should give you even more exciting fairground thrills. You can even experience it in Virtual Reality
This ride can be found on a new fairground tile, which seamlessly extends the already existing map.
Furthermore, we added two highly requested features. We added a free cam to fly around a ride (you can control it with your mouse and the arrow keys on your keyboard) this should give you even more ways to experience your rides. Many of you also requested that the control panel activation (Shift key) should be available from all ride-cameras, so we added this feature. We hope you will enjoy this update as we do and are looking forward to hearing from you. Here is the full changelog: New content:

• New ride: Big Spin
• New fairground tile
• VR Experience for Big Spin and Casino Swing

New Features:

• Free Camera to fly around rides and finding the perfect camera angle

Improvements:

• Control panel camera can now be activated from any other camera on the current ride (in previous versions just the operator camera)
• Ride audio sources for jingles and music now have a reverb effect on them for more realistic sounds

Bug fixes:

• Fixed visitors queuing up in ride-internal queues, but never going to their seats (thus blocking the whole queue)
• Fixed visitors entering the "Titan" ride slowly
• Fixed visitors that left the ride after slowly advancing ride with restraints open
• Fixed sidebar tabs sometimes not closing properly (leaving a gap in the sidebar)

- Your VR3 Development Team

[ 2017-04-28 14:19:27 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi riders! The next patch is finished. Changelog:

• Feature: Auto-Talkover for microphone (like for jingles)
• Improved: Several performance optimizations
• Adjusted: Ride spawn points closer to rides, so they can be directly activated
• Adjusted: Several follower cameras
• Adjusted: Crazy Spin physics to allow easier rollovers
• Adjusted: Visitors now get pre pooled on initial load – thus increased initial loading time but better performance during runtime
• Fixed: motion blur not taking depth into account
• Fixed: Performance decrease when changing tile and adjusting time of day
• Fixed: Quite long loading times when not starting on tile 0
• Fixed: People vomiting when walking around
• Fixed: Sometimes walking visitors would be affected by gondola movements, that they are not on anymore
• Fixed: Airwolf inner waiting queue did not work correctly (visitors just went away)
• Fixed: Sometimes on ride camera was inside a visitor
• Fixed: Stationary chip collectors (e.g. on Centrifuge) moved away over time
• Fixed: Camera on Hurricane sometimes was in customization parts
• Fixed: Non-stopping firework
• Fixed: Fixed people walking through red car
• Fixed: Glitch where people could unseat on the Casino Swing while engines running
• Fixed: Several bugs in visitor spawning system
• Fixed: Mouse not clamped in window when on fairground
• Fixed: Missing translation on “Control ride” tooltip on the top bar

Further fixes and features are in the making

[ 2017-03-25 12:03:15 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hi riders! The next patch is finished. Changelog:

• Feature: Auto-Talkover for microphone (like for jingles)
• Improved: Several performance optimizations
• Adjusted: Ride spawn points closer to rides, so they can be directly activated
• Adjusted: Several follower cameras
• Adjusted: Crazy Spin physics to allow easier rollovers
• Adjusted: Visitors now get pre pooled on initial load thus increased initial loading time but better performance during runtime
• Fixed: motion blur not taking depth into account
• Fixed: Performance decrease when changing tile and adjusting time of day
• Fixed: Quite long loading times when not starting on tile 0
• Fixed: People vomiting when walking around
• Fixed: Sometimes walking visitors would be affected by gondola movements, that they are not on anymore
• Fixed: Chopper inner waiting queue did not work correctly (visitors just went away)
• Fixed: Sometimes on ride camera was inside a visitor
• Fixed: Stationary chip collectors (e.g. on Centrifuge) moved away over time
• Fixed: Camera on Hurricane sometimes was in customization parts
• Fixed: Non-stopping firework
• Fixed: Fixed people walking through red car
• Fixed: Glitch where people could unseat on the Casino Swing while engines running
• Fixed: Several bugs in visitor spawning system
• Fixed: Mouse not clamped in window when on fairground
• Fixed: Missing translation on Control ride tooltip on the top bar

Further fixes and features are in the making As always: If you have any feedback or if you find bugs, then just write us an email (contact@zeichenkraftwerk.de) or contact us on Facebook. - Your VR3-Team

[ 2017-03-25 12:02:37 CET ] [ Original post ]

Hey everyone! Today we finished a first patch, which fixes many issues that you guys reported to us.We are happy about the hundreds of messages, comments and emails! Thank you for the all the great and constructive feedback, as well as all the praise and wishes (which of course we try to implement gradually). If there is one thing that we want to do better, then it is to develop the game continuously with you together! And that is exactly what we are going to do. Of course, we have also read and heard your reviews regarding performance and bugs, and are already diligent in fixing these errors! But we still need your help, because we want to finally improve Virtual Rides 3 with you together! So keep writing to us, with bugs you've noticed and how you got them - best via Facebook or E-Mail. Now here is the changelog for version 1.0.2:

• Fixed the many many redundant cameras on some rides (especially the Flying Swing) [this could also lead to crashes on the respective tile, so also for the Hurricane ride]
• Fixed strange physics on the Casino Swing ride
• Fixed issues with music player, especially crashes when only selecting one song + random song selection
• Fixed jingle UI breaking in certain situations (thus not showing second page)
• Fixed bug where shopping cart would show zero as a sum constantly, even with new parts activated
• Fixed pressing spacebar activating last UI element
• Fixed that settings screen would not open in main menu on OSX + Linux
• Fixed people don't stop vomiting in certain situations
• Fixed error log spamming (decreasing performance on some PCs)
• Adjusted follower cameras, to offer greater variety (+ less signs in the viewport)
• Added keyboard controls for microphone (- and , Key currently [- is with echo])
• Reduced the frequency of the bottle opening ambient sound

We know that this is just a part of all reported issues, but it should fix some major issues. We’ll now starts working on the next patch. Important: Many of you complained about performance, we are aware of that. In order to improve this in all cases, we still need some time. But we know that there is one present bug: The loading screen disappears while still loading, so often it is loading without showing the loading screen. If you notice lag in these situations (e.g. teleporting to another ride or walking to another tile), then it is still loading and not a performance problem - please don’t mix these things up. Furthermore we’d appreciate when you would try to adjusting the graphic settings, until it works best on your machine. Probably we’ll add an auto-benchmarker, which automatically detects the best settings for your hardware. - Your VR3 Dev Team

[ 2017-03-18 23:51:42 CET ] [ Original post ]