Addressed several issues where enemies' colors would glitch for clients and fixed a bug where the "Host Not Responding" alert would fail to trigger.
Only the host saves the world state and environmental progress (buildings). Clients (guests) must save their own individual inventory and character stats (like strength and athleticism) before leaving, or they will lose their items upon returning. Download The Forest v1.12 ONLINE
While primarily a VR-centric update, v1.12 introduced critical stability and input improvements for players using headsets while maintaining core survival mechanics for standard PC play. Addressed several issues where enemies' colors would glitch
A new VR Quick Select System allowed players to equip items more naturally. The update also introduced Impact Haptic Vibration and Item Hover Vibration to increase tactile immersion. While primarily a VR-centric update, v1
The game utilizes Steam multiplayer , removing the need for manual port forwarding or IP entry. You can host public servers or invite friends directly via your Steam profile.
Full support was added for Valve Index (including independent finger tracking) and SteamVR 2.0. It also included custom input maps for Oculus , Vive , and Windows Mixed Reality controllers.