ChilloutVR 2026r182 Hotfix 4

Changelog

• Added debug info for hardware decode and low latency mode to video player UI

• Added setting for choosing videoplayer backend in game (Implementation -> Video Player -> Video Decoder)

• This setting only applies to video players spawned after it's changed

• Choices are AVPro (Default), VLC, Disabled (won't spawn new video players)

• Added Steam Signups username picking (will still get the 4 characters at the end)

• Added supported extension check to AvPro to skip YTDLP for containers that should work

• Changed the authentication to use the User Id instead of Username

• This should address the authentication issues when changing Username

• Custom build of VLC with the d3d11 frame stutter patch applied

• Fixed accepting/rejecting friend requests not clearing the message in certain scenarios

• Fixed blank space on main menu message when no image is given

• Fixed cached videos getting stuck in resolving UI state

• Fixed camera grab range expanding every time it's pinned

• Fixed clicking on a not available avatar details opening the details a previously viewed profile. (Also fixed some other places where this happened)

• Fixed creating instances with the wrong tags for GS

• Fixed debug args not being set for LibVLC

• Fixed LibVLC livestream playback (twitch and other HLS sites)

• Previously livestreaming platforms would resolve but never start playing

• Fixed main menu alert message text being cut off if it's too large, font size will shrink now

• Fixed Player Trigger Enter not firing while the player is seated

• Fixed playing direct media in VLC (URL that end with .mp4, .mkv, ECT.)

• Fixed portable camera viewport being too small in VR

• Fixed some friend requests not showing up in-game right away in certain scenarios

• Fixed some gravity zones breaking on world rejoin

• Fixed sometimes receiving a new friend request clearing your other pending ones

• Fixed spawnable triggers "Change per sec" mode being tied to frame rate

• Fixed use low latency mode setting not being respected in video player initial state

• Fixed VLC crashing Linux Proton on video start

• Currently VLC on Proton doesn't currently support hardware decoding, I'll look into a fix eventually

• Fixed VLC sometimes crashing when changing instances or videos

• Fixed Wheel Hub Controller vehicles handling differently depending on framerate

• The baseline behavior value was picked based on how it behaved at 60Hz

• Fixed YTDLP format blocks causing fallback match when attempting to use webm (above 1080p res)

• Fixed YTDLP not overwriting existing files in cache

• Force RTSPT for all RTSP links when using AvPro

• Improved the error handling for the login/signup

• Improved the session authentication rejections handling

• If for any reason the API started rejecting the requests, the client would basically break silently

• Match using vcodec instead of container, ignore "Premium" formats

• This may address the garbled video issues that popped up, seems vp9 is a bit fucky here and there

• YTDLP's change to use the visionos Youtube client changed which formats we saw, so this kinda just broke

• Moved Muted Speech Detection to Audio & Comms page

• Moved nameplate settings to User Interface page

• Player backend is displayed in videoplayer info panel

• Removed launch option --enable-libvlc

• Replaced with --force-libvlc and --force-avpro these ignore the in-game setting

Known Issue

• Occasional crashes still occur when video changes resolution with LibVLC under Proton/Linux