Volleyborne: Unbound Horizons news & patch notes

HERES ANOTHER BIG ONE

Controller

• Added official controller support to the game

Bots

• Improved the intelligence of the bot
• Added 2v2 beach bots
• Bots now swap out players who left the game midway

Matchmaking

• Added two new modes to the casual mode selection (Indoor 7v7 + Indoor 7v7 (Solo))
• Queuing without any other online players will open a bot match
• You can now queue into running games

Party

• You can now join your party members matches

Scoreboard

• Added score tab to the scoreboard (points added based on actions)
• Fixed issues where points didnt get updated on scoreboard

Miscellaneous

• Changed what counts as an ace (not only direct contact)
• Added option to toss the ball in any mode (spike, set, block)
• Changed the ball indicator to a new design
• Added helpers in "Helpers" category in settings
• Added linefaults to serving
• Readded hand raise on call for a set
• Improved visuals of the In-Out / Foul Indicator

Tutorial

• Added rules tutorial

UI

• Overhauled the settings menu
• Added mode specific crosshairs
• Added crosshair opacity and crosshair scale in preferences
• Removed mode indicator on the top right

Bug Fixes

• Fixed training and scenario bots not spawning a ball
• Fixed scene loading on set and spike tutorial
• Scoreboard not updating for clients
• Block touch does not register as receive touch anymore

Bots

• Increased the overall intelligence of the bots
• Setter can now call plays for the Middleblocker
• Bots dont spike outside the antenna anymore
• Adjusted block position of bots on backrow attacks
• Press E as setter can delegate other bot to set

Mechanics

• Buffed the early hits so spikes have the chance to go over
• Limited body rotation in midair

Animation

• Improved player animation while being in midair

News Page

• Added a news page to the main menu

HOTFIX: 1.6.0.1

FIXED BUGS:

• Skip warmup vote was not updated
• Added ref whistle back to matches
• Adjusted position selection for casual matches
• Fixed mentions in chat
• Fixed whispering in chat
• Fixed an issue where spamming ball spawn results in getting a ball stuck in your hand
• Skip timeout vote is now changeable

OTHERS:

• Lowered volume of pre game soundtrack in matches
• Added a join message whenever a player joins a game
• Cancel match when not enough player connected to the match
• Added Spike and Set tutorial

Party System:

• Added a brand new party system

• You can now join lobbies and matches together with your friends

• You can invite your friends through Steam to get them into your party

Matchmaking:

• You can now queue into online games and play against other players without having to look for people on Discord

• The only available mode for now is Beach 2v2, but more modes are planned for the future

Private Matches:

• Added the option to host private matches

• You can change a variety of different match settings

• You can choose between hosting with your party members or hosting via match name and password

Home and Away Jerseys:

• Reworked player cosmetic presets so you can select a home and away jersey and shorts per preset

Referee:

• Added a referee to online games

• The referee now shows signals based on how the point was scored

Scoreboard:

• Added a scoreboard to the online maps

• The scoreboard now shows the current score of the game

Improved Bots:

• Improved bot AI in many ways

• Improved bot intelligence, awareness and overall consistency

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed set and spike target practice for training on both gym and beach

Other:

• Changed the overall color theme to a darker design

• Added crowd density to the settings menu

• Changed the gym map floor to a new model instead of a texture

ANOTHER BANGER UPDATE! PRETTY LARGE UPDATE YET AGAIN AND I THINK WE COOKED Bots:

• Improved detection on who should receive the ball

• Added traits and stats for bots

• Improved hitting options

Beach map:

• Brand new beach map!

Libero:

• Added a new libero position which will automatically swap out the backline middle blocker

• Swapped out players will have higher stamina regeneration rate

Tutorials:

• Added new tutorials for receiving, blocking and serving

Rotation:

• The scoreboard will now show the current rotation (the banners will be disabled because we are working it into the touch logs instead)

• The host can now change the starting rotation (will eventually change so that each team will have a captain)

Gameplay:

• Touch log now displays without the game starting

• Middle blockers now have brand new set options on the set wheel

• The set wheel will now send a message to team chat showing what set has been called

• Added rollback into antenna and overreaching to prevent high ping players from getting fouled for no reason

• Re-added certain fouls (double touch on same player)

• Added crowd, and a new setting to turn down the amount of crowd/remove crowd

Net physics:

• Nets now have proper physics and react realistically

• Balls will no longer bounce into the skies on certain angles

Scenarios:

• Added a new game mode for practicing

• Challenge different scenarios for different positions to reach different medals

• Climb the leaderboards and become the best spiker in each category

Block rework:

• Reworked the entire block hitbox, and is now separated into 3 sections (Fingers, Palm, Arm)

• Buffed the stiffness of the block

• Brand new animations for blocking

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a bug where the set positions in sandbox was not assigned correctly

• Fixed a bug where players get stuck if the game starts while holding a ball

• Fixed a bug where the wind flags did not sync across clients

Just a few improvements and bugfixes!

• Fixed chat on other maps
• Fixed wrong discord link on main menu
• General improvements on performance and optimization
• Changes to bot behavior on deciding receivers
• Fixing sidespin being applied wrongly
• Adjustments to stamina so that the effects of low stamina stays low until ~50% stamina remaining

• Linefault giving points to the wrong team
• Bots not covering your spike when you get blocked

Changelogs

• Added a ball machine for serves, which is highly customizable. along with 3 presets to pick from
• Serve bots have been removed and replaced with the ball machine
• Split training and settings in the pause menu

• There is now a jumbotron in the stadium map which shows the gameplay with a 5 second delay
• You can change the amount of zoom by pressing 1-4 on the number keys
• We added a new settings in the graphics tab to change the resolution of the jumbotron screen.

• Updated the net collision to remove pushback on jumps that are too close to the net
• Update online game manager for beach/grass (in and out indicators work for everyone)
• Fixed a bug where the ball would launch away when receiving with high ping
• Fixed a bug where ping will cause a receive to act as two touches and skip a step in the bot's logic
• Adjusted the rollback system to ensure fairer gameplay

• Added changable keybind for underhand serve
• Players are no longer able to see their own nametag
• HideUI hides nametags on everyone
• Added Y Block (Split Block) by pressing Middle Mouse Button when blocking
• Added forward/backwards crouch walk animation
• Fixed a bug where you were able to crouch while serving
• Fixed bug where when you tried to spawn a ball while yours is in play, spiking becomes disabled

This update mainly focuses on improving AI behaviour, alongside several QoL improvements and some UI tweaks. Below is a full overview of all changes included in this update:

• Removed Singleplayer from the main menu
• Unified the entire main menu in terms of alignment and order
• Added the option to view the latest Patch Notes from the main menu
• Added a proper map selection screen to the multiplayer lobby hosting instead of individual map buttons
• Slightly adjusted the design of the lobby code and chat text boxes

• Singleplayer has been completely removed from the game. To play against bots, simply host a multiplayer lobby and join it solo

• Fixed sandbox bots on Beach and Grass Map
• Added Set Target Practice to Beach and Grass Map
• Disabled the option to choose Pipe and Back Oppo on Beach Map as Set Target
• Re-added the wind flag to Beach and Grass maps

• Changes / fixes to AI behaviour:
• Fixed bots getting stuck in receive state
• Fixed bots hitting the ball into the net
• Fixed bots not reacting to balls sent over due to physical touches
• Fixed bots getting stuck after blocking
• Fixed bots setting twice after the ball rolled down on the net
• Fixed bots not reacting on block covers
• Bots now properly recalculate positioning after block deflects
• Only a single bot reacts to serve receive to prevent multiple bots running into the receive
• Added top spin to bot spikes
• Reduced the hitbox size of the net collider to allow players to stay closer to the net, resulting in fewer waterfall balls

• There is now rollback before you start a game. That means warmups and beach 2v2s are now possible!
• Added Gym Map and Grass Map to Multiplayer
• Fixed incorrectly counted points when the ball rolls down under the net
• Fixed a bug where the touch log wouldn't count new touches after blocks
• Fixed a bug where the setting animation would get canceled while charging
• Fixed players getting stuck in the serve toss animation when starting a game while spawning a ball
• Touches between blocks are now correctly counted as block touches
• When playing with a human setter, bots will no longer react to balls if a player calls for the set, preventing bots from stealing sets

• Removed XMAS hats from player models
• Added three new jerseys (Team Shikuzen) to the game (If anyone has jerseys they would like to see in-game, feel free to contact @.korai)
• Moved the antenna on the Beach map to its correct position
• Changed animation for float toss
• Press "H" while holding the ball to perform an underhand serve. Power and height are fixed - only the serve direction depends on where you’re looking.
• Changed float physics for a overall more controlled feeling
• Added a skybox texture to both beach and grass map

Small update for now, the rest are currently in the works

• Added a new foul if teammate touch the serve
• Added new foul for blocking/spiking the serve
• Make bots try to react based on current touch (Bots will try to spike the ball over on third touch and avoid 4 touches)

This is half the update, the rest is still unstable but will come soon:

• Bots will stay in their position and only move after receiving the serve, preventing issues where bots will run in front of receives
• Bots will use underhand if the ball is too low for second and third touch
• Removing singleplayer and merging both SP and MP

Quick hotfix to deal with some issues in 1.4.3

• Fixed a bug where the ball doesn't despawn on Multiplayer beach map
• Fixed a bug where the point is wrongly given when the ball hits the roof
• Fixed a bug where there are no in/out indicators in sandbox maps
• Fixed a bug where aces dont count in sp
• Fixed a bug where the ball touches the antenna when it didn't in Multiplayer
• Fixed a bug where the fouls UI doesn't disappear
• Fixed a bug where blocks dont register sometimes
• Fixed a bug where cancelling a jump results in a double approach animation
• Removed ghost touches on the blocks and on players

• Improved bot's capability to cover after being blocked
• Improved rollback system
• Added scoreboard system to Multiplayer
• Added a ping indicator
• Added ball velocity in Multiplayer matches