Hey everyone!

Today we're shipping our first hot fix for update 24. We're addressing many fixes here, namely those who are unable to start the game. We have also fixed people not being able to privatize lobbies. We are going to address the microphone device choice in a future patch. We've included other important fixes and changes. Please take a look at our patch notes below:



-Added tank explosion killfeed icon
-Added KOTH objective to be in the center of Bridge
-Added sounds for KOTH
-Added sounds for ammo crate spawning
-Adusted RCON to return player score and team score (if applicable), return round number for SND, and modified GiveItem logic
-Adjusted limited ammo game modes to have more ammo
-Adjusted bHaptics to play armhaptics on every gun shot and chest haptics on more powerful weapons
-Adjusted how often the ammo crates spawn to every 2.5 minutes on limited ammo
-Adjusted TankTDM to kick after 4 team kills
-Adjusted KOTH / loot marker to not be affected by fog (Stalingrad)
-Fixed match length drop-down in lobbies
-Fixed many cases of start-up issues and improved start-up time
-Fixed bHaptics issues with receiving haptic events from bots firing in offline
-Fixed bots spawning in TankTDM/WW2 TDM with incorrect weapons and skins
-Fixed AK12 price decrease and damage increase not being present in update 24
-Fixed exiting vehicles pushing vehicles into the air during high latency situations
-Fixed missing collision in Stalingrad
-Fixed attachments being removed from saved weapon on respawn
-Fixed push-to-talk SteamVR bind
-Fixed pins on lobbies and community servers
-Fixed friends only flag in lobbies (use friends tab in menu to join)
-Fixed pins getting stuck in grenades
-Fixed issue with grabbing helmets in shooting range
-Fixed the tank reloading handles not being able to be gripped

Hello everyone! ːsteamhappyː

After a LONG development time (and a few delays), today we are shipping our biggest update yet. This update has been in development for over a year, and has been a long time coming.
Making assets from scratch is a very labor intensive venture. We were incredibly overjoyed with the amount of support the community has shown during this arduous journey. It's been keeping us focused as we kept our heads down and worked hard at delivering this update to you all today.

In this update, we're shipping 3 faction-based weapons: Axis, Allied, and Soviet as we progress the game to faction-based weapons we're starting with our WWII update. We are also introducing a new weapon category, rockets. 18 new guns, 6 grenade variations, and 3 launchers.



Tokarev, PPSH, DP27, SVT40, Mosin–Nagant, RGD-33 Grenade, RGD-2 Smoke

Webley, M1 Garand, Sten, Bren, BAR, Thompson, Springfield, Lee-Enfield, M-18 Smoke, MK2 Grenades, PIAT, Bazooka

Luger, MP 40, StG 44, MG 42, G43, Stielhandgranate M24, Stielhandgranate M24 smoke, Panzerschreck

To accompany the WWII update we are also shipping new player models fit for the WWII era.



For the first time, we're shipping vehicles in Pavlov of the multi crew, treaded variety. Each tank will be have a 3 crew setup for driver, gunner, and commander. Tanks can be placed in maps by mapmakers with the recently updated modkit to place vehicle spawners on the map as needed. Vehicles can be entered by gripping on their step ladders which will glow blue when your hand is near them. You may not be able to enter an enemy tank unless otherwise allowed by the map maker. To exit the vehicle, grip the hatch above your head.

The Commander is in charge of the main gun and responsible for loading the shells, aiming, and firing. Make sure the breach is open before putting in a shell. Grab a shell from the rack and place it behind the barrel. Shove the shell into the gun and close the breech. Grip the bottom of the sight to adjust zoom length. grip and turn the elevating and turning wheels to adjust the gun's aim. Place your hand on the fire and press trigger to fire the gun.







The Driver, steers and accelerates the tank. Enter the tank and grip the forward two levers presented in front of you, each lever controls the corresponding tread on the left or right. Push both forward to traverse forwards and pull back to reverse. Feather a turn by reducing the actuation of a lever on a particular side. To turn in place, come to a complete stop, then pull one side fully back while the other side is pushed all the way forward. To reset your view in the tank simply open the scoreboard.



The Gunner will have control of an unlimited ammo machine gun with a cooldown. This gun comes with a bit of recoil and can be further controlled by placing a second hand on the gun.



With the new tanks, there is a need for a new game mode. To test the waters we're launching a new game mode called Tank TDM. Featuring a 20 player 10v10 game mode intended for large maps to fit the travel lanes for the tanks to navigate.

In Tank TDM, There is a special class that will spawn with a blowtorch in their utility for Tank repairing. To repair a tank, activate the gas by pressing trigger on the black knob and making contact with the flame to the tank to weld repairs.



Gun game is additionally getting a WWII variant. Starting the game off on the right foot with an explosion-filled rocket fest for the first couple of tiers then moving slowly from the automatic to the semi will be a fun way to familiarize yourself with the new weapon set.

We have additionally added a King of the Hill game mode. This mode will also be supported by custom maps by default using dynamic points that are generated on the fly. Mapmakers can also use the modkit to use manually placed KOTH points instead of using the dynamic points. Check out our wiki for more information.

We are going to be hosting 24/7 10 v 10 servers for players to play Tank TDM on our Stalingrad map.

Additionally, some of our community members have already added WWII content to their maps for use. You can subscribe to the collection of maps here: World War II Enabled Maps

We know many of our fans for Pavlov come for the Search and Destroy, We’re shipping two new maps and remastering two of the classic maps that have been in Pavlov for years.

Set in the Greek Island of the Aegean Sea, Santorini is an inclined map in a lovely blue and white color tones with the traditional 3 lanes of movement the Search and Destroy is known for. Come to the market and buy some fish!



Station is an underground map set in a US subway station. With 3 layers of movement and a risk of dying from falling in the train tracks, This closed transit system with a cold atmosphere is a different change-up from a normal flat structure to a layered system we hope to give a nice change of pace for players fight to in.



Bridge is back and looking better than ever. Set in a canal-heavy city in Europe, this narrow battleground has been taken to the highest level in quality while maintaining the identity of the original that players have come to know and love.



Datacenter, has been enhanced with new props, lighting updates, and a fresh new cityscape background without touching the original layout. However, there may be a new way to traverse from the pillar bombsite to the lower hallway



Named after Pavlov VRs namesake, the battle of Stalingrad laid host to Sergeant Yakov Pavlov's fortified defense from the German Wehrmacht during the fall season of 1942. Intended to provide wide lands of traversal for tanks to navigate and various demolished buildings to have close combat with that we hope will provide many hours for our first 15 v 15 map. This is our biggest map yet.



In order to add the WWII features in the UI menu, it was necessary for us to fast track the UI revamping to meet the same deadline for WWII. Information should be denser while also being more visually pleasing. We intend to expose the buy menu to be editable by the modkit for mapmakers to implement for their custom game modes in the future. We aren't finished with the UI yet either! we're leaving room for much-desired improvements and features players have been clamoring for since Pavlov first started such as stats and player customization.



We've been in close touch with bHaptics to implement support for their haptic vest into Pavlov VR. Pre-orders for their haptic suit have already started and will support Pavlov VR out of the box. Simply enable the check box in the settings menu.

We have merged over to a new back end and ditching our previous one. Our server deployment system has been completely overhauled to be more efficient and reliable. This means goodbye to the stuck lobbies "finding game server". It will not be missed. Custom maps can also be cached in our lobby system which lends to faster launch times.

Additionally, with these new back end changes we have also extended the maximum time a lobby can be in-game from 1 hour to 4 hours. This affects many custom/co-op oriented maps that are played in our lobby system. No more connection lost messages after 60 minutes of play.

Vankrupt Games has partnered with ArcticVR to host a mapmaking competition for competitively viable S&D maps. This is free to enter and open to everyone. More information and how to submit your map can be found on ArcticVR's website here: Arctic VR Map Making Contest

We have added a variety of enhancements, bug fixes, and patched exploits. Most notably after much feedback, we have decided to change the AUG from full auto to 3 round burst to improve SnD economy. We’ve also prevented pins on grenades from being pulled to prevent pre-round start grenade spamming.

We have added volume sliders for voice and game audio. This can be used in conjunction with the headset runtime audio for proper balancing.

The dreaded bolt action spam bug has been eliminated once and for all, and players can no longer exploit walls reaching past the collision threshold. For a full list of our fixes and enhancements, check out the changelog below.

If you encounter any issues with launching this update, you can follow our help thread here: Troubleshooting Update 24

• Lobbies pins may be unreliable
  
• Server options missing
  
• New scoreboard disabled temporarily
  
• Community server admin menu not present
  
• Steam avatars not currently showing
  
• Missing lobby map thumbnails for uninstalled maps
  
• Customize and Stats features are not currently present

We’re still not done yet. We have more work to do with the UI such as finish our stats and ranking system, Refresh the scoreboard and new by menu. New unique modern weapons are planned for faction-based.

We plan to split the modern weapon base according to faction or team and introduce more
change to faction-based weapon sets in the buy menu for the respective team.

New maps that are currently in the design phase to add even more search and destroy base maps to the fans, and bring a community classic map as official. We hope to ship smaller updates in the year 2021 going forward instead of large ones that build up over time to keep a more iterative update cycle for the Pavlov.

We could not have done this without the support of all the players who play Pavlov, report bugs, and discuss suggestions on how to improve the game. Looking at the daily player counts keeps us motivated to make a quality product for you that just gets better with time. Please let us know what you think about the update in the comments below or in our discord! We would love to hear your thoughts.

Pavlov VR Discord



-Added new official maps
-Added WWII weapons
-Added WWII characters (skin ID: german, soviet, us)
-Added new ammo pouches for the WWII characters
-Added bhaptics support
-Added tanks
-Added new grenade spoon animation
-Added new rotation animation for grenades when thrown
-Added mechanic where dropped or thrown unreachable SnD bombs will teleport back to map navmesh
-Added all diagetic sounds to be influenceable by audio volumes/ambient zones (Modkit/Workshop)
-Expanded CTF mod kit options (adjust cooldown timers, round time, spawn time, disable touch return)
-Added new infrastructure for master server (end of "finding gamer server" bug)
-Added Volume sliders for voice and master audio in menu
-Added extended json returns from rcon to show context as to which thing was acted on during successful/failed rather than just a generic pass/fail for the command type
-Added bind when dominant hand is switched in game user settings for tutorial
-Added volume and microphone slider in audio settings
-Added new voice communication codec
-Added bind when dominant hand is switched in game user settings for tutorial
-Adjusted muzzle flashes to be more performant
-Adjusted bullet tracer rounds to be more performant
-Adjusted dead body physics to react more realistically
-Adjusted LMGA belt from physics to animation for easier reloading
-Adjusted M4 brass eject flap to be locked open
-Adjusted Uzi to be open bolt
-Adjusted Uzi magazine placement in gun
-Adjusted AUG to be 3 round burst instead of automatic
-Adjusted AK12 to price of $2300, and increased damage slightly.
-Adjusted Anti-Tank rifle to not longer be able to use red dot, holo, or acog
-Adjusted In-game admin menu to writes ban to blacklist.txt
-Adjusted knife and frag throwing physics
-Adjusted UZI unfold animation
-Adjusted following hand poses: sawed off shotgun shell, M4 magazine, beretta magazine, LMGA bolt
-Adjusted Pistol hammers to show if the chamber is loaded or not
-Fixed rare custom item bug that would crash the game on custom game modes
-Fixed 8x / 4x scope x-ray wall exploit
-Fixed an exploit where player had the ability to fire past wall threshold
-Fixed bomb arm timer delay exploit
-Fixed Famas, Glock, and AK family of weapons fire select switch
-Fixed attaching scope with LMG feed tray open
-Fixed one way physmats with small caliber weapons
-Fixed sight attachment exploit
-Fixed gun teleporting exploit
-Fixed revolver rounds disappearing when reloading
-Fixed LMGA overheat when a player died holding the trigger
-Fixed LMGA overheating when colliding with object/blocking volume
-Fixed decals bleeding into the scoreboard and nametags
-Fixed sawed off / revolved ammo floor hit sounds
-Fixed Uzi stock clipping through hand when unfolding
-Fixed for semi auto sound spam glitch with bolt actions half closed
-Fixed custom server prices carrying over to next joined lobby
-Fixed issue with bomb prime light not turning off after code input expires
-Fixed not being able to switch teams in preround SnD
-Fixed tutorial audio attenuation issues
-Fixed issue with AK-12 recoil
-Fixed rare issue with spawning with an unprimed gun
-Fixed SND bug where trading while the bombs planted would cause the round not to end

Like Elon Musk, we have not been the best at keeping estimated timetables. Game development is not a smooth straight road, it's a rocky path going uphill with many twists and turns. We estimated that we could finish the WWII update by late November, and we have obviously missed that window. We're not finished yet, but the development team is working very long hours trying to finish this final stretch.

We are continuing to post weekly steam betas with our latest changes on Thursday evenings EST. We're listing all our changelogs from prior beta builds we have been pushing on a regular basis. See the full list below.

Here is how to access the beta on Steam:

• Right click Pavlov VR in Steam
  
• Go to properties
  
• Click Betas Tab
  
• Select "beta-" from the drop down

We don't want to break your hearts week after week. We don't have a solid date at this time to share, but we are VERY close now that our UI is in a good state. We're so close we can almost taste it.

Our good frozen friends at Arctic-VR are hosting a map designing contest aimed purely at the Search and Destroy game mode and we are happy to sponsor the winners totaling up to $10k in cash prizes!

This contest is free and open to enter for everyone and specifically for Steam Workshop submissions only on Pavlov VR for PC. The submission is open and closes on a new projected final design submission day of January 31st 11:59 PM Easter Standard Time. After the submission closes, the judges will then go through the maps and determine 5 finalist maps.

More information and rules can be found on the website: Arctic VR Map Making Contest

VR Master League is hosting the finals for season 7. The top 8 teams in the world are fighting it out this weekend in a round-robin bracket. More information about the championship can be found on the VRML website here: Pavlov VRML Championships Season 7

You can watch the stream of the matches on their twitch here: Pavlov VRML on Twitch


-Added dryfire sounds to the tank if its not loaded
-Added reloading instructions to the tanks
-Added logic to prevent tanks from potentially killing themselves via splash dmg
-Added T34 damage models
-Fixed SND bug where trading while the bombs planted would cause the round not to end
-Fixed shooting range crash
-Fixed Bren bolt-on spawner
-Fixed new sound mix sometimes muffling the player audio
-Fixed a rare issue where teleporting would cause you to collide with any tank in the path
-Fixed tank turret exploit, viewport turns black if barrel inside wall
-Fixed Sherman horizontal left-hand pose
-Fixed exiting tanks by grabbing another seat box
-Fixed grenade spoons spawning on the wrong grenades
-Adjusted ability to grab the tank mg top handle when the player wasn't holding the main mg handle
-Adjusted tank zooming controls back to the controllers
-Adjusted tank interiors to paint interactable elements red for player clarity
-Adjusted various weapon charging handle hand poses
-Adjusted Uzi stock to open when held then close on the drop

-Added WWII Gun Range
-Added T34 tank (WIP, there may be some issues still)
-Added velocity limit for tanks
-Added Tank RPM/ KMPH/ MPH now shown on the dashes
-Added New tank shell loading hand pose
-Added engine hitboxes to the back of the tanks (deals 1.25x damage)
-Added new grenade spoon animation (flies off when cooking/release)
-Fixed Panzer turret/hull orientation indicator gauges
-Fixed new sound mix issues
-Fixed ability to throw frag grenades through tank from inside
-Fixed tank assenting to the heavens on player exit
-Fixed issue with LMGA belt going to incorrect state when replacing ammo box
-Fixed blowtorch being offset in backpack slot
-Fixed UI elements duplicating in the tank
-Fixed issue with players inside tanks with rocket launchers in inventory appearing outside of the tank (Requires testing)
-Fixed issue with bomb prime light not turning off after code input expires
-Fixed MG42 not ejecting shell when pulling slide
-Fixed Tank seats not showing the correct passengers skin
-Fixed an issue where you would be lowered when leaving a vehicle, it should now fix on exit
-Adjusted tank grips to toggle hold for vive controllers
-Adjusted tank camera mechanics when driving on a slope
-Adjusted collision on all tanks, items/other props now collide
-Adjusted tank interior lighting
-Adjusted Tank turning to be more reliable
-Adjusted Tank seats to no longer snap rotation (Reset view with scoreboard bind)
-Removed unused tank shells in the rack

-Adjusted sound mix changes to weapons and explosions
-Adjusted valve animation for blow torch.
-Adjusted limited ammo boxes to scale down when attached to chest inventory
-Adjusted M1 Garand damage lowered to match the G43 and SVT40
-Adjusted M1 Garand to use rifle ammo instead of sniper ammo
-Adjusted WWII gun low-quality LODs
-Adjusted tank friction issue when overturned
-Fixed tutorial audio attenuation issues
-Fixed not being able to switch teams in preround SnD
-Fixed names and selection boxes not appearing in admin menu
-Fixed offhand grip teleport bug experienced in gun game.
-Fixed glitch with shotgun shell floating outside shotgun
-Fixed bullet decal issue with shooting range door
-Fixed M1 Garand dropping when one-handed shooting anymore
-Fixed grenade pins from being grabbed when not held
-Fixed LMGA ejecting a bullet when grabbed from spawner
-Fixed buy menu staying open past the buy time
-Fixed primed grenades being brought into next round in SnD
-Fixed issue with floating sawed off after being replaced with bought weapon
-Fixed rare issue with spawning with an unprimed gun
-Fixed health/armor on wristwatch not visible
-Fixed destroyed tank collision

-Added all diegetic sounds to be influenceable by audio volumes/ambient zones (Modkit/Workshop)
-Added player models of other players to be viewable in the tank
-Added radius damage when a tank explodes
-Added bHaptics support
-Added LODs to the WWII characters
-Fixed an exploit where a player can grab a deployed bomb. (needs testing)
-Fixed SnD server crash
-Fixed M1 Garand ejecting round after clip is ejected
-Fixed player magazines showing up outside tanks
-Fixed backward sound in the tank
-Fixed tank bumper accidentally killing the driver
-Fixed semi-auto glitch on the remaining bolt actions
-Fixed exploit of being able to x-ray outside the tank with the menu open
-Adjusted M1 Garand ejected clips, can no longer be picked up
-Adjusted the ghost sound mix
-Adjusted tank sound mix
-Adjusted Tank shell reloading binds
-Adjusted tank bumper not pushing players when the tank starts moving from a standstill (needs testing)

-Added WWII characters (skin ID: german, soviet, us)
-Added new ammo pouches for the WWII characters
-Added new throwing rotation for modern grenades
-Fixed m249 overheating when colliding with object/blocking volume
-Fixed Uzi stock clipping through hand when unfolding
-Fixed rockets crashing the server
-Fixed Sawed off / Revolved ammo floor hit sounds
-Fixed Flash_ru becoming invisible in loot spawner
-Adjusted SnD frag grenades, they now cannot have pins pulled before round start

-Added Bunker blockout map for testing and feedback
-Fixed Steam ID issue with blueprints and server owners.
-Fixed Webley zero bias
-Fixed LMGA overheat when a player died holding the trigger
-Fixed decals bleeding into the scoreboard
-Fixed revolver and sawed-off shells/casings not making floor hit sound
-Fixed knife throws going through geometry/meshes
-Fixed Gun Ammo Pocket Bug on
-Fixed flashbang player voice bug
-Adjusted Scoreboard to update much faster
-Adjusted M1 Garand charging handle only grabbable by the holder to prevent mag sync issues

-Added new ammo boxes
-Adjusted hand poses on beretta magazine, uzi magazine, LMGA bolt, M4 magazine
-Added DP27 mesh to lootspawner
-Fixed revolver rounds disappearing when reloading
-Fixed revolver & shotgun round sound effects incorrectly triggering
-Fixed LMGA ammo box sound effects incorrectly triggering
-Fixed nametags receiving decals
-Fixed WWII era utility chest slot overlap issue
-Fixed sight attachment exploit
-Fixed gun teleporting exploit
-Fixed double rocket trail
-Fixed zombie hit marker exploit
-Fixed revolved rounds disappearing on loading into the cylinder
-Fixed exploit, scopes now blackout when trying to wall exploit
-Fixed watch health status no being visible on spawn
-Fixed ghost magazine
-Fixed semi-auto sound spam glitch with bolt actions
-Fixed rockets sometimes not exploding on impact

-Added Rockets smoke trail effect
-Added Degtyaryov machine gun (lootspawner id “dp27”)
-Fixed 8x / 4x scope x-ray wall exploit fixed
-Fixed exploit that allowed the player to fire gun in wall
-Fixed Zombie rocket skip exploit
-Fixed bomb arm timer delay exploit
-Fixed M4 magazine hand pose
-Fixed Sawed-off shotgun shell hand pose
-Fixed Famas fire selector
-Fixed Glock fire selector
-Fixed LMGA scope attachment with LMGA feed tray open
-Fixed Uzi magazine placement in gun
-Fixed custom server prices carrying over to next join lobby
-Adjusted AK family of weapons fire select switch to be correct
-Adjusted Pistol hammers to show if the chamber is loaded or not\
-Adjusted Pistol hammers to show if the chamber is loaded or not
-Adjusted LMGA Belt physics adjusted
-Adjusted m4, brass eject flap locked open
-Adjusted Uzi to open bolt
-Adjusted In-game admin menu writes ban to blacklist.txt
-Adjusted tracer rounds less thick on some weapons

-Adjusted muzzle flashes
-Adjusted bullet tracer rounds
-Adjusted dead body physics to react more realistically (no more cartwheeling dead bodies)

-Added Progress bar for lobby server download
-Added the ability to release M1 Garand clip with mag release
-Adjusted charging handle linear ranges (BAR, Bren, MG42, STG44)
-Adjusted Lee Enfield to now loads with 2 stripper clips
-Adjusted Aug, nerfed to 3 round burst
-Removed M1 Garand clip ejection by pulling the handle back
-Migrated master server backend to Epic Online Services

-Added mechanic tossed or dropped unreachable SnD bombs now move back to last drop location
-Fixed PIAT loading before rocket inserted
-Fixed Panzerschreck loading before rocket inserted
-Fixed M1A1 loading before rocket inserted
-Reverted M1A1 offhand grip back to the barrel
-Fixed M1 Garand clip ejection weirdness
-Fixed rocket launchers reload handle being updated by non-holder
-Testing infrastructure master server migration to Epic Online Services (end of "finding gamer server" bug)

-Added WWII killfeed icons
-Added extended JSON returns from RCON to show context as to which thing was acted on during successful/failed rather than just a generic pass/fail for the command type
-Added SVT sling mounts
-Added Springfield sling mounts
-Added Thompson sling mounts
-Added BAR sling mounts
-Added STG44 sling mounts
-Added radial damage for zombies + wounds for radial dmg
-Fixed issue with rockets not causing hit fx when hitting flesh
-Fixed Hand snapping when grabbing open M1Garand bolt
-Fixed issue with rockets not dealing dmg on occasion due to location
-Fixed Bazooka offhand affecting weapon rotation
-Fixed M1Garand ping replication
-Adjusted rocket grab volumes bigger for the M1A1 and the Panzerschreck
-Removed bulletproof shield on Panzerschreck (unrealistic and exploitable)

-Added launcher loading sounds
-Added ability to grab BAR charging handle when it's loaded
-Added ability to grab BREN charging handle when it's loaded
-Fixed RGD-33 not damaging holder
-Fixed RGD-33 priming sound firing too early
-Fixed BAR fire selector being rotated the wrong way
-Fixed BREN grab handle not lining up with the right hand
-Fixed STG44 charging handle pull length
-Fixed M1 Garand ping replication
-Fixed being able to grab the pin handle on grenades once the pin is removed (WWII grenades)
-Fixed being able to grab the rocket launcher rockets once they've been loaded
-Fixed backblast not working when firing a launcher one-handed
-Adjusted rocket launcher hand loading animations
-Adjusted Panzerschreck shield to bulletproof
-Adjusted Bazooka reloading, no more safety pin
-Adjusted M1A1 offhand
-Adjusted zeroing for the Luger/ Sten/ Bren
-Adjusted Tokarev magazine size
-Adjusted PIAT loading time so its inline with the Panzerschreck/ M1A1
-Increased launchers rocket grab volume size

-Added tumble/rotation to grenades
-Added semi-auto to PPSH (no visual representation yet)
-Added slow fire rate to BAR (now has fast/ slow fire rate)
-Fixed RGD-33 fuze sound not following (Soviet grenade)
-Fixed hand snapping back to let go position on the charging handles
-Fixed MG42 bipod falling off
-Fixed MG42 dry fire sound not playing when the top cover was open
-Fixed MG42 to empty magazine visual bug
-Fixed Tokarev shell ejection being in the wrong place
-Adjusted Thompson shell ejection velocity
-Adjusted PPSH shell ejection velocity
-Adjusted M1 Garand ping volume
-Adjusted Updated open bolt system
-Adjusted low ammo sound for the Webley
-Adjusted Bren bipod (folded up)

It is with our deep regret that we must delay the WWII update from its original announced release date for Summer. We owe you an explanation for this delay. We are still hard at work to make this update as fruitful for the player base as possible.


We are aiming for the end of November. This may be subject to change, but we are hoping for sooner rather than later.


Many of the new WWII weapons are in a very good state, minus a few balancing tweaks and slight adjustments. Some players have played the steam beta versions that include the WWII weapons and have provided very valuable feedback on what you like and dislike about the guns and we have iterated from those impressions accordingly, but this isn't enough. We want to replace the UI.


For the new weapons to work in the update, other pieces of the puzzle need to fall in place. Instead of spending the time to update the current UI to fit the new WWII weapons, we would rather overhaul the UI that we had planned now, instead of later. We would want to offer a more complete solution then slap a bandage and patch up something that will be replaced anyway.

We recognize the need for the UI to be improved with Pavlov in its current state. From the voting system, to the scoreboard, all the way down to the server browser. We want to make it easier for players to find the game they want to play. We also want to condense and display more useful information to make it easier for the player to scan around quickly with their eyes. We also want to include some long requested features players have been suggesting. Here is a concept of our main menu for what we have in mind for the new UI:


Please note that this concept is subject to change for the final version


For a long time now, lobby hosts have been running into the dreaded "finding game server" bug. Getting stuck in a loading state and never starting the match, leading to everyone to quit the lobby and the host having to close Pavlov entirely. This was one of the most painful bugs we have dealt with. We have ended up completely changing the back end and our master server list. Most if this is behind the scenes, so will not be noticeable to the plaver. However, lobby leaders will be able to breathe a sigh of relief that they are not going to get stuck in a loop in the future. We have also added more visual feedback to showing the progress while the lobby server remotely downloads the map. This change will also open up opportunities we have planned for the long term that we are not ready to announce yet at this time.


We have opened up our Patreon page to have all the older posts unlocked and set to public. This will allow everyone to read some of the behind-the-scenes material that has been dispensed to Patreon supporters over time. Patreon is not something we want to lock exclusive content behind, nor has it ever intended to be, so we have made a correction to address this. The Patreon page was originally started after many requests from community members who simply wanted to contribute to Pavlov more. It has since morphed into a monthly dev blog as Vankrupt was formed and grown with more on staff. We still plan to provide delayed exclusive posts for Patreon supports in the future.

Please give us a visit on Patreon!


World War II era weapons have been in the pipeline for a long time now. Each weapon modeled from scratch to bring high fidelity versions of weapons to Pavlov. Please see the list below of nearly all the weapons. You can now test them out for yourself in the Pavlov beta on Steam. At this moment in time, we are asking our community to place them in their maps for experimentation and testing. Maps will have the guns implemented soon as time goes on.

Want to know more? Check our now public Patreon post with photos of almost all our WWII weapons

If you would like to test online or offline and play with them now, here is a few of the maps from our community members that currently supports the weapons:
Berlin WW2 Guns
Snow Trail (Rush Mod)

Here is how to access the beta on steam:
1. Right click Pavlov VR in Steam
2. Go to properties
3. Click Betas Tab
4. Select "beta-" from the drop down

Keep in mind these weapons are still in beta, so balance and functions are subject to change. We look forward to your feedback!

We now have the new official maps on the beta build of Pavlov VR for playtesting and feedback! We have rigorously been testing them every week to make sure they are properly balanced for our hardcore search and destroy players. These maps have seen drastic changes and iteration during their development to make sure the play flow for Search and Destroy feels fine tuned. We have also completely remade our classic Bridge map from the ground up. Try them out in the beta and let us know what you think!

Hello everyone! ːsteamhappyː

Today we are launching a small update for Pavlov VR. We hope everyone out there is staying healthy and safe. The current epidemic the world is currently experiencing has affected personal lives in various aspects. Vankrupt Games is no different and has caused some delays in our production. We are humbled by the outpour of support from our community and appreciate your patience in these trying times. We are still laboring away working on our biggest update ever for Pavlov currently set to release later this summer.

We wanted to get some of these new features out the door to help server admins and workshop creators hit the ground running with these new functions to better serve their communities.



We feel that user-generated content is one of the most impactful forces in our community, and we’ve expanded our tools as a result. We made character replacements easier and included a set of premade ones to choose from. We also have created custom item interaction and limited ammo functionality in the kit. You can see all the latest tools and functions with examples when you download the latest repro from Github. Check out our wiki to get started with map building.



Adding RCON for community servers helps hosts administer their servers with more control. Some of the long-requested features include persistent bans, ability to whitelist players, add moderators without restarting the server, give item/cash to the player, inspect player info, team switching, return server information, and more. If you are currently hosting or looking to host a community server you can read more about it on our wiki.



We have enhanced the way attachments can be handled in real-time. Simply rotate the gun to be parallel with your chest to highlight the attachments and use the trigger to remove them. There is a slight delay before the weapon will be highlighted to prevent accidentally grabbing in high-stress situations or normal reloading. You do not need to enter the blue highlighted removal mode in order to place an attachment. Attachments can be placed at any time. Attachment interactions can be disabled by mapmakers for custom game modes if needed.

You can also slide the sight and scope attachment back and forth on the Picatinny rail when placing them on the weapon. You simply need to hold the trigger when placing on the weapon to adjust, then release the trigger when you want to lock it in place.

Community servers are now mixed in with your region by default when you start the game. This will allow the community servers to receive more visibility. Better sorting options have been added as well. The UI and menu will be receiving a complete overhaul in the future but we wanted to get these minor improvements out the door to help the community servers see more traffic and engagement.

The microphone has also been addressed. There is now an in-game menu option to choose your microphone hardware. There is also an activity indicator to make testing the microphone more easily than before.

For proper balance, the knife now sticks to a body when you stab or throw at someone. When you stab someone the knife is taken out of your hands and dropped for balance. The knife will then be able to be picked up again by the player.

Revolver cylinder now spins for random duration when flipping the cylinder back in place. You can hold the magazine release bind to replace the cylinder without spinning.

These new features being shipped today may not immediately be felt by the core player base, but we have been hard at work on our next major content release which has been a massive undertaking and we would like to show everyone a little sneak peek of what we are working on.







Many of you may already be aware of our plans for World War II content. A lot of time and effort has been put into designing a large number of high-quality historic weapons. We’re creating content for Russian, US, and German powers set in the early to mid-1940s.





Thank you everyone for your support ːsteamhappyː Stay tuned for summer!


- Expanded blueprint functions for custom game modes for workshop creators.
- Added RCON logic to community server tools
- Added ability to edit balance table on community servers
- Added toggle-able skin pack (clown, prisoner, naked, farmer) for map makers and community servers
- Added new ability to remove and stow attachments
- Added ability to move attachment sights/scope forward and backward
- Added limited ammo enabled by map makers or community server console command (cannot force on custom game modes)
- Added more audio options addressing the microphone
- Added splash screen when switching maps
- Added Knife sticking in enemy body on kill
- Added Revolver cylinder spinning mechanic when flicked back into place.
- Enhanced how community servers and lobbies are viewed. They are now mixed together by default.
- Fixed community servers not cleaning up bodies
- Fixed random damage in zombies game mode
- Fixed glitch that allowed players to walk through walls with the menu open
- Fixed glitch that prevented gunshots from being heard by other players
- Fixed sawed off shotgun and revolver getting stuck open
- Fixed LGMA being able to fire with feed tray latch open
- Fixed bullet penetration in certain circumstances that would cause it to bypass or not pass through an object
- Fixed an instance of a client side bug that would automatically fire after reloading in burst mode
- Fixed ability to fully load the pump-action shotgun with a single shell
- Fixed glitch that allowed any round to be placed in Anti-tank rifle
- Fixed issue with placing magazines on chest when using Index or Oculus controllers
- Fixed watch being backwards for lefties
- Fixed buy menu tutorial with SteamVR default bindings in left hand mode
- Fixed gun selection bug where a player could pick up a dropped weapon from any distance
- ForceTube VR support added
- ːcsgo_chickenː

Hot fix is now available for testing, opt in in game properties -> betas if you are having issues running the game.

Will go live on monday if everything goes alright. ːsteamhappyː

0.60.12

- Upgraded SteamVR Input
- Support for HTC Cosmos
- Added network failure message box

- Fixed custom mode filtering
- Fixed random lag spikes
- Fixed occlusion issues
- Fixed server crashes
- Fixed menu grab exploit
- Potentially fixed black screen at startup

Hello guys ːsteamhappyː

Finally after couple of years of missed deadlines, we were able to bring zombies to Pavlov, you can play offline or coop online. We'll keep updating this mode on a regular basis.

Try your skills to climb the global leader-board or just a quick warm up run, it's up to you.


Now by default you start the game into the menu mode (forced), this is to make it easier for newbies to grasp the menu system, you can however set either the killhouse or shooting range as start map in the settings so it works like before.

Siberia (Jail)


Container Yard


We will bring new maps on a regular basis from now on and until release date in Feb 27 2021 this is just the beginning.

As mentioned two months ago, the game has moved into a more competitive price to allow us to keep expanding the team and bringing more stuff to Pavlov.

Thank you everyone for the support ːsteamhappyː


- Added zombies
- Added Killhouse offline map/mode
- Added Hunt offline mode
- Added Siberia & Container Yard maps
- Added coop lobbies
- Added voice over tutorial
- Added anti-cheat
- Revamped Datacenter models
- Improved game mode filtering
- Improved overall performance

- Fixed knives in general
- Fixed hand animation glitches
- Fixed several server crashes

Hello ːsteamhappyː

Second half of the update is here!

Per faction characters, with eye and mouth animations, high resolution textures, finger tracking and optimized for VR.



With the new characters there a full gore system with hit blood stains to full dismembering. This can be disabled in the settings under general



Snap turn is enabled and binded by default on Vive, this caused many issues and confusion. If you don't want snap turn disable in the settings.

I've added a more comfortable input scheme that relies on the grip force to grab items, this makes avoiding unintentional grabs while keeping the curl for releases.

if you can't grab any weapon please either:

• Reset to the default binding
  
• Bind GripForceLeft/Right
  
• Disable Use Grip Force under Input settings

TLD; The game is not longer a solo-dev project, we're a dozen developers working on this full time. This will happen on the next update, the biggest to date on November 1st. In the mean time grab it for cheap if you haven't already ːsteamhappyː


- added AntiTank rifle
- added new pistols
- added new rifle-smg
- added new characters
- added Gore System
- added third person finger tracking
- added several surface hit sounds
- added Eye and Mouth dynamic animations
- added snapturn checkbox and default on Vive
- added Russian Grenades
- added cocking hand animation/poses
- added pooled corpses with permanent blood decals
- added official left handed steamvr bindings
- balancing tweaks

- fixed Pavlov TV bindings
- fixed hit vector replication
- fixed scopes/sights
- fixed bomb receiving decals
- fixed crooked arms
- fixed inconsistent leg IK
- fixed inconsistent handle grabbing (noticeable in bolt action)

Hello guys ːsteamhappyː

We've been busy implementing SteamVR Input to allow full support for Index Controllers and Windows Mixed Reality, basically finger tracking and input mapping.

This update might be quite disrupting to left handed players as we've removed all related settings - with the exception of the dominant hand checkbox for weapon spawning purposes.

However, i'm confident that allowing full input remapping is the best choice in the long term including remapping for left handed players.

If you happen to have your Index already, WMR or just interesting in remapping your controllers, please try the beta and let us know what you think in steam discussions or discord

You might notice there's two new pair of hands, this is because there's something else cooking up in the oven so expect the other half of the update later in July.

There's no remapping if you run the game with native oculus however, Oculus support is now also available in SteamVR with full remapping features.

Thank you everyone for the support ːsteamhappyː

ːsteamhappyː Hello guys!

This update has taken more time than expected, from upgrading the engine to implementing Steam Audio with a complete sound revamp, it's been a challenge to get to this point.

Aside from that we got features that have been getting requested for a while like better workshop support for custom game modes, attachments, shooting range, etc, etc.

Sadly this update is not compatible with AMD FX processor line, however we added sound quality settings to mitigate the effect this might cause.

Note that if you stream or have a lot of background processes, the sound settings might come handy as well.



A huge effort has been put into replacing old weapons with high quality vr-ready models, i hope you guys enjoy them as we did adding them.



A byproduct of this update is that all maps not packaged with Unreal 4.21 are not compatible now. However there's been an active effort to get new maps and game modes for this update by the community. ːsteamhappyː

Community servers are exactly that, servers hosted and managed by the community allowing more than 10 players per server. This will be available soon as a small update, in the meantime try the battle royale testing server.


Join the discord: http://discord.gg/pavlov-vr and follow me on twitter @davevillz for updates. If you believe on what we are doing and wanna go the extra mile to support the developing effort take a look here https://patreon.com/davevillz ːsteamhappyː

Thank you everyone for the support! ːsteamhappyː




0.50.0

- Upgraded Engine to 4.21
- Implemented Steam Audio
- Added Gun Handling sound replication
- Added attachments
- Added shooting range
- Added community servers
- Added overheating LMG
- Added new weapon models
- Added tactical ak
- Added menu as
- Improved high caliber handgun recoil
- Improved S&D economy balancing
- Improved weapon and scope shader
- New flash, smoke, and frag effects
- Workshop API

- Fixed joining private games
- Fixed AMD sound issues
- Fixed several weapon exploits