Gas Production Site - Release Notes
Gas Production Site
v1.1.11
Official Patch Notes — March 2026
Updated: March 9, 2026
⚙️ System Updates & Performance
- Faster Load Times: Improved how training scenarios load, significantly reducing loading times and optimizing memory usage.
- Multiplayer Syncing: Upgraded internal tracking to ensure menus, tools, and objects sync flawlessly between all users.
- Realistic Tool Penalties: New penalty system for unguided tasks; using the wrong tool now triggers a mistake notification.
- LOTO Safeguards: Simulation locks now only snap into correct, secure positions, preventing accidental sequence breaks.
- Cloud Updates: Seamless rollout of new training modules without requiring a full app download.
- Smoother Login Flow: Virtual keyboards now pop up and type flawlessly in VR when entering credentials.
- Expanded Device Support: Enhanced support for switching between PC, Meta Quest, and PICO headsets.
📖 Training Content & Modules
- New Module: Gas Production Site Tour featuring dynamic animations and professional voiceover.
- Conditioning Skid: Integrated into System Assessment and Site Identification training modules.
- Lab Scenario Updates: Refreshed Site Flow, ESD, and Overview scenarios with updated starting locations.
- Refined Core Procedures: Smoothed logic for GPU Blowdown, Pig Launching, and Plunger procedures.
- Upgraded Beginner Tutorial: Controllers now pulse and highlight specific buttons to guide you step-by-step.
- Live Progress Tracking: In-game boards now display real-time "Current Step" for all users in a room.
🕹️ Player Controls & Interactions
PICO VR Support
Full support for PICO headsets with high-quality models and optimized button layouts.
Tool "Home Base"
Dropped tools automatically snap back to your toolbelt or workbench.
- PC Equipping: Press 'Q' to equip items anchored to camera view; 'F' acts as the uniform Use/Equip button.
- Smart VR Pointers: Laser pointers now pass through walkways and railings to prevent environmental snagging.
- Precision Wrenching: Exact precision for high-detail tasks like the Little Joe rebuild.
- Spray Can Overhaul: Revamped trigger-based system with custom particle effects.
🌐 Multiplayer & User Interface
- Room Browser: Overhauled with Join/Private tags, confirmation screens, and room-capacity indicators.
- Late-Join Syncing: Mid-session joins now instantly sync all training boards to the correct current step.
- Comfort Transitions: Added "Connecting..." fade-to-black for more comfortable module jumping.
- Redesigned Boards: Scenario and Bulletin boards feature sharper text and cleaner transparency.
- Whiteboard Tools: Added a "Clear All Drawings" button to reset whiteboards for new groups.
✨ Environment & Visuals
- Lifelike Avatars: Newly animated worker avatars performing realistic idle and working animations.
- Training Center Minimap: New functional minimap display for easier facility navigation.
- Smart Rendering: Optimized object loading at distance to maintain high frame rates and prevent pop-in.
- Visual Polish: Cleaned up visual glitches and flickering on complex machinery like the Compression Skid.
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