Hello all,
We've just uploaded a fix for Mars 2030 crashing on AMD machines after landing on the surface. Thank you all for your help in getting to the root of the problem and appreciate the patience. The issue should be fixed now. Let us know if you encounter any other issue related to this crash.
As well as this, we've introduced a fairly simple tutorial for driving the rover at the beginning of the experience which visualizes the necessary movements required for HTC Vive and Oculus Touch controllers. We aimed to make the rover drive just like the real one at Johnson Space Center by having the Vive controller become a joystick. The real one also uses a 6-axis system to drive in order to avoid any obstacles meaning turning is done with yaw rotation and driving sideways requires you to tilt the controller. The trick is keeping the controller upright while driving. We've seen some people having a hard time with this and with that we propose this question:
Would you like to see the rover drive with the D-pad and thumbsticks as and Easy mode? What about integrating a choice between using the left and right controller?
Behind the scenes we're still working on making performance optimizations on the project and have made significant progress. We should have another update just around the corner.
We also have some exciting things planned in the near future that we will be announcing in the coming weeks. In the meantime, what else would you like to see integrated into Mars 2030? Would love to hear your feedback on this.
All the best,
Julian