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v0.6.3 One-Hand Accessibility Update!
November 26, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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Update/tutorial video coming soon! I believe that accessibility is a feature that should be baked in by default. I wanted to add one-hand accessibility before, but there were too many core functionali... Continue reading
Community Poll Results: Next Major VH Update
October 21, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
After a week of this poll being active, the community has voted to have OSC support for VRChat added to VH as part of the next major update (after the accessibility update)! Those who voted for the ot... Continue reading
Community Poll: Next Major VH Update
October 17, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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#polls
I'm polling my community on what you all think is the most important feature that should be added in the next major update! You can vote on it here: https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXDmrmye Note that all of... Continue reading
Virtual Handheld: First year in review!
October 11, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
I have learned a lot over the course of making this project, as well as many challenges I had to overcome to get to where it is now. Here's a review of some of the major features that have been added... Continue reading
v0.6.2 Advanced Capture Settings!
October 03, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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If you would like to support the continual development of Virtual Handheld, please donate or become a member at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ZanyCatXR Here's a quality-of-life update that adds just en... Continue reading
v0.6.1c Patch Notes
September 19, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
v0.6.1c patch (09/19/2024) Changes: -Added error message to welcome screen that displays if handheld settings failed to load correctly -Removed Auto capture mode as it used Windows Graphics Capture if... Continue reading
v0.6.1b Hotfix/Patch Notes
September 05, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
Just a little hotfix to address some issues! v0.6.1b patch (09/5/2024) Bug Fixes: -Fixed error where Handheld Settings would fail to load before reaching the tracking settings. This would cause the ha... Continue reading
v0.6.1a Patch Note
September 01, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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It came to my attention that there was a bug with new installs of VH. I fixed the bug and released a patch. I am sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused! v0.6.1a patch (9/1/2024) -Fixed bug w... Continue reading
Window Capture Update Video Tutorial!
August 31, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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#videos
In this video I show you how to use the new window capture feature in virtual handheld!... Continue reading
v0.6.1 Window Capture Update!
August 31, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
If you would like to support the continual development of Virtual Handheld, please donate or become a member at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ZanyCatXR v0.6.1 Window Capture Update (8/31/2024) This upd... Continue reading
v0.6.0.1 Window Capture Beta
August 04, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
If you would like to support the continual development of Virtual Handheld, please donate or become a member at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ZanyCatXR v0.6.0.1 Window Capture Beta (8/3/2024) Please be... Continue reading
v0.6 Custom Aspect Ratios Update!
June 30, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
This update adds functionality to the Screens menu, allowing you to set a custom aspect ratio as well as added support for portrait displays and resolution auto-detection. There are also a few perform... Continue reading
v0.5.3 Save-MORE-Settings Update!
May 26, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
This update introduces numerous quality-of-life improvements, most of which I wanted to get out in the previous update but I ran out of time. v0.5.3 Save-MORE-Setting Update! (5/25/2024) Virtual Gamep... Continue reading
Price Change Announcement
May 15, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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Hi! Just as a heads up, on May 20th I will be raising the price of Virtual Handheld on itch.io to match the price on Steam. This way, I will be able to request more keys from Steam and be able to dist... Continue reading
v0.5.2 Save-Your-Settings Update!
April 27, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
Changelog v0.5.2 Save-Your-Settings Update! (4-27-2024) Finally, you no longer have to configure your settings every time you start Virtual Handheld! At least, that's the way it should work! I kinda l... Continue reading
Installer Re-added to Download
April 02, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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Hi, I forgot to include the ViGemBus driver installer in the last build upload. Sorry about that. Guess you can consider this an unintended April Fools joke!... Continue reading
v0.5.1a Minor Patch
April 01, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
Changelog v0.5.1a minor patch (4/1/2024) -Added missing names (Hexson and Ayadea) to the testers section of the "About" screen -Added Must Be Kitten! logo to the "About" screen (Nefarius Software logo... Continue reading
v0.5.1 UI Art Update!
March 31, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
Changelog v0.5.1 UI Art Update (3/31/2024) This update not only introduces new pixel art graphics by the developer ZanyCat to the bindings UI and input overlay, but also fixes some notorious input pro... Continue reading
Input Blocking Fix, For Real This Time!
March 23, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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Hello! A proper fix has been found for an issue that has been plaguing a few users. There is an option in SteamVR called "Enable global input from overlays (Experimental)" that can be found in SteamVR... Continue reading
v0.5 Bindings Overhaul + Input Bug Fix!
February 19, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
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Hewwo! This is a very important update, as not only does it fix a major bug that prevented the handheld from being used that way it was intended, but also adds more flexibility to how people can bindi... Continue reading
v0.4.1 Dashboard Detection Update!
January 29, 2024 by Must be Kitten!
Changelog v0.4.1 Features: -Added Dashboard Detection, making it easier to interact with the SteamVR Dashboard while the handheld is enabled (This can be disabled in the General settings) -Replaced pl... Continue reading
v0.4a Patch
December 31, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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Changelog v0.4a (12/30/2023) -Fixed self-interaction bug with menus... Continue reading
v0.4 Tracking Update!
December 30, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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This update adds some major new features in the new Tracking menu! See changelog below for more details! Changelog v0.4 Major Changes: -Added new Tracking menu that lets you customize how the handheld... Continue reading
v0.3.4 Update
December 09, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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Mainly bugfixes and some small quality-of-life improvements! Changelog v0.3.4 (12/9/2023) -Changed handheld scaling to be more granular (0-100) instead of discrete steps (1-8) -Handheld can now be sca... Continue reading
v0.3.3 Update!
December 02, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
Changelog v0.3.3 -Added uWindowCapture (currently only used as a backup desktop capture, but actual window capture will be added in the future!) -Added Toggle in Screens menu to switch Desktop capture... Continue reading
v0.3.2 Update
November 25, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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Changelog v0.3.2 (11/25/2023) Features: -Added Discord, YouTube and VRChat group links to the Welcome screen -Added "Analog Stick Multiplier" in General settings. This should hopefully negate issues r... Continue reading
v0.3.1a smol update
November 06, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
This is a smol update for little (mostly visual) things that I missed before the previous release Changelog v0.3.1a (11/5/2023) Features: -Connecting a virtual Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 controller will... Continue reading
v0.3.1 Update!
November 04, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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To coincide with the Steam release, here is another update for Virtual Handheld! Now on Saturday instead of Sunday! Changelog v0.3.1 (11/4/2023) Features: -Added sprite graphics for PlayStation contro... Continue reading
v0.3 UI & Colors Update!
October 29, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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This version has an updated menu UI, (hopefully) making it easier to find the setting you are looking for! These menus include: Welcome General Bindings Screens Colors Quit The names of these menus sh... Continue reading
v0.2.1 Performance Update!
October 22, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
This update adds features related to performance. Namely, you can change the target framerate (to prevent excessive processor use) and you can enable an on-overlay FPS counter to check how well it's k... Continue reading
v0.2: Alternate Sets Update!
October 15, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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This new update allows you to make an alternate binding set that you can switch to on the fly while gaming! This allows you to take advantage of a full Xbox 360 or PS4 controller using just a pair of... Continue reading
v0.1.1 Update Released
October 08, 2023 by Must be Kitten!
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Changelog v0.1.1 (10/8/2023) Features: -You can now bind gamepad triggers to any VR button, not just triggers or grip! -You can now bind gamepad trigger pull to grip pressure or trackpad pressure -You... Continue reading