This isn't a very large update for the game, but I think it's a pretty big deal for the community. Before I get in the details, I want to mention that this update adds another half hour of music with a country-western vibe by Nathan Boler. It's awesome. Up to this point it's been possible to share your layouts, but it required passing the save files around manually and making sure that wherever you stored them didn't re-compress them. This update adds support for the Steam Workshop allowing you to share your layouts and custom models easily with the community. To upload a layout, open the toolbox and press the "Show Workbench" button:
Open the scanner lid:
Grab a layout photo and drop it in the scanner:
Press the "Upload" button:
And wait for the upload to complete:
When it does, the workshop page for your layout will be opened in the overlay:
From here you can edit the title and description. You can also access this page outside of VR if you find typing with controllers annoying (I do). Once you're satisfied, share it with the community by changing its visibility to public. If you've never uploaded an item to the workshop, you'll need to accept Steam's workshop agreement before you can make your items public. If you're more interested in downloading new layouts, head over the workshop and start subscribing. I've uploaded four new layouts and hopefully the community will start adding to this collection. You can also upload and subscribe to custom models in much the same way. As for why I took so long to get this update out. I recently got a full time job and moved cities. This combination has left me kind of burnt out on development, but I knew that I needed to get this update out as it's an important one and the final feature that was in the game, but not fully functional. This is not to that say that I'm done working on Locomancer, there's still lots of stuff that I want to add, but it does mean that development is going to be (even) slower than it has in the past. Once things settle down I'll have a better idea of what that means. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this update, I'm really looking forward to seeing your layouts!