The Lab — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
|---|---|---|
| Minor performance updates, localization fixes | 2021-08-26 | Some minor performance updates to scene loads. Chinese and Japanese language users should be able to play the Slingshot scene again. |
| The Lab Update - September 17, 2019 | 2019-09-17 | Fixed bug in longbow causing the bow to be dropped unintentionally. |
| The Lab: Hands-On Update | 2019-08-29 | The Lab was released in 2016. It had been created for roomscale VR in a world with no roomscale VR games, and took on the difficult task of building its conventions from the ground up. Now, three years later, conventions have evolved, the state of the art has progressed, and it seems fitting for The Lab to progress as well. In the Hands-On update, we have brought the latest innovations in VR tech to the various pocket universes of The Lab. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23034005/e8c89e77b1252a18433245109d5051175ee53f9e.png Hands: On Step aside, incorporeal controllers and abstracted input. Thanks to tight i |
| Developing “The Lab” | 2016-12-09 | Developing games is hard. When you add in the unique challenges brought on by an entirely new medium, it is arguably even more so. Last October, several members of the team behind The Lab gathered at Steam Dev Days to talk about the experiments, difficulties, failures and successes that ultimately led to The Lab's creation. We thought some of you might enjoy this peek into the process: Developing “The Lab” If you’d like to see more talks from Steam Dev Days, you can find them all here. |
| Developing “The Lab” | 2016-12-09 | Developing games is hard. When you add in the unique challenges brought on by an entirely new medium, it is arguably even more so. Last October, several members of the team behind The Lab gathered at Steam Dev Days to talk about the experiments, difficulties, failures and successes that ultimately led to The Lab's creation. We thought some of you might enjoy this peek into the process: Developing “The Lab” If you’d like to see more talks from Steam Dev Days, you can find them all here. |
| The Lab Update - December 7, 2016 | 2016-12-08 | Oculus Touch users can press the X and A to rotate in place, 90 degrees left or right. Requires the latest SteamVR Beta Fixed issue with Korean subtitles displaying the wrong language in Slingshot Localization update |
| The Lab Update - December 7, 2016 | 2016-12-08 | Oculus Touch users can press the X and A to rotate in place, 90 degrees left or right. Requires the latest SteamVR Beta Fixed issue with Korean subtitles displaying the wrong language in Slingshot Localization update |
| The Lab Update - October 20, 2016 | 2016-10-21 | Longbow: Barrels and Oil now respawn when Wave 1 begins Longbow: Fixed a rare bug where The Lab would hang if exiting to the miniature view with only one controller turned on Xortex: During the title screen, the drone now instructs players to "Defend your ship" Engine updates to improve performance and stability Localization update |
| The Lab Update - October 20, 2016 | 2016-10-21 | Longbow: Barrels and Oil now respawn when Wave 1 begins Longbow: Fixed a rare bug where The Lab would hang if exiting to the miniature view with only one controller turned on Xortex: During the title screen, the drone now instructs players to "Defend your ship" Engine updates to improve performance and stability Localization update |
| The Lab Update - July 5, 2016 | 2016-07-05 | Fixed a lighting bug in the hub Updated localization |
| The Lab Update - July 5, 2016 | 2016-07-05 | Fixed a lighting bug in the hub Updated localization |
| The Lab Update - July 1, 2016 | 2016-07-01 | Update 1 Engine updates to improve stability and performance Fixed a bug which could prevent Slingshot from loading when playing in certain languages Updated localizations Update 2 Fixed a lighting bug in the hub Update 3 Rolled back the lighting bug fix in Update 2 as it was causing the "Headset Not Found" screen to appear if not running the SteamVR Beta. |
| The Lab Update - July 1, 2016 | 2016-07-01 | Update 1 Engine updates to improve stability and performance Fixed a bug which could prevent Slingshot from loading when playing in certain languages Updated localizations Update 2 Fixed a lighting bug in the hub Update 3 Rolled back the lighting bug fix in Update 2 as it was causing the "Headset Not Found" screen to appear if not running the SteamVR Beta. |
| The Lab Update - June 7, 2016 | 2016-06-08 | Fixed an issue in Xortex Infinite which caused certain enemy types not to properly self-destruct after a time out. Unfortunately, as this bug could impact scoring, we have reset the global leaderboard for Xortex Infinite. Fixed the ‘-longbow’ launch command not properly starting the player inside the full scale castle Fixed a missing localization string in the hub and in Longbow Updated localization files Also, a reminder to players that Leaderboards can be found on the web from The Lab’s Steam Community hub under ‘View Stats’ -> ‘Global Leaderboards’, or directly at this URL: http://steamcommunity.com/stats/450390/leaderboards/1267291/ |
| The Lab Update - June 7, 2016 | 2016-06-08 | Fixed an issue in Xortex Infinite which caused certain enemy types not to properly self-destruct after a time out. Unfortunately, as this bug could impact scoring, we have reset the global leaderboard for Xortex Infinite. Fixed the ‘-longbow’ launch command not properly starting the player inside the full scale castle Fixed a missing localization string in the hub and in Longbow Updated localization files Also, a reminder to players that Leaderboards can be found on the web from The Lab’s Steam Community hub under ‘View Stats’ -> ‘Global Leaderboards’, or directly at this URL: http://steamcommunity.com/stats/450390/leaderboards/1267291/ |
| The Lab: Appliance of Science Update | 2016-06-06 | http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23034005/c373cd6d3e6a3aa12c9e4732258291f750631e62.png Update News What's science without a little competition? Why, it's barely science at all! That's why we applied some science to The Lab and created the Appliance of Science Update, introducing a spirit of bloodthirsty competition to the world of ethically questionable research. Now you can compete with your fellow test subjects on the new global leaderboards for Longbow, Xortex, and Slingshot, and prove to the world that you're the best at science. But hold on to your grant money, because we didn't stop there. We've also |
| The Lab: Appliance of Science Update | 2016-06-06 | http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23034005/c373cd6d3e6a3aa12c9e4732258291f750631e62.png Update News What's science without a little competition? Why, it's barely science at all! That's why we applied some science to The Lab and created the Appliance of Science Update, introducing a spirit of bloodthirsty competition to the world of ethically questionable research. Now you can compete with your fellow test subjects on the new global leaderboards for Longbow, Xortex, and Slingshot, and prove to the world that you're the best at science. But hold on to your grant money, because we didn't stop there. We've also |
| The Lab Update - April 28, 2016 | 2016-04-28 | GENERAL - Pressing the Application Menu button will skip the Valve Intro for returning players. - The intro can now be skipped with the following command line parameters: -nointro or -novid - Players can use these command line parameters to load The Lab to a specific scene: -xortex, -slingshot -longbow, -humanbody, -solarsystem, -vesperpeak, -park, -lavatube, -venice - Fixed controller text hints doing acrobatics when viewed from certain angles. LAB - Trained FetchBot to not steal toys from the table. - Fixed the 'new' marker sometimes pointing to the wrong item on the table. - Several sound fixes - Lighting fixes SOLAR SYSTEM - Fixed being a |
| The Lab Update - April 28, 2016 | 2016-04-28 | GENERAL - Pressing the Application Menu button will skip the Valve Intro for returning players. - The intro can now be skipped with the following command line parameters: -nointro or -novid - Players can use these command line parameters to load The Lab to a specific scene: -xortex, -slingshot -longbow, -humanbody, -solarsystem, -vesperpeak, -park, -lavatube, -venice - Fixed controller text hints doing acrobatics when viewed from certain angles. LAB - Trained FetchBot to not steal toys from the table. - Fixed the 'new' marker sometimes pointing to the wrong item on the table. - Several sound fixes - Lighting fixes SOLAR SYSTEM - Fixed being a |