Version 8.3.0
This release brings an entirely new way to do proximity voice chat to Dissonance. The previous system offers very precise control (proximity is activated exactly when the player hits a collider, which you can dynamically change the shape and size of) it can be difficult to properly setup collider triggers on every player. The new proximity system takes a more "approximate" approach and uses spatial hashing to place players into a room with other players who are nearby. This removes the requirement to attach a collider to every player and is much simpler to setup. This new system also scales better than the old one - previously each new person who could hear your voice would require an extra 4 bytes to encode into outgoing packets - whereas the new system uses 32 bytes no matter how many listeners there are. Get started using the new system.
As of 16-Jun-2022 Unity 2019.4 LTS has reached the end of it's support lifetime. This minimum supported version for Dissonance is now Unity 2020.3 LTS.
New Features
- Added a new voice proximity system which scales to an unlimited number of users by approximating proximity using spatial-hashing.
- More informative error message when a hash collision occurs in the network system.
- Increased the size of the preprocessor input buffer, slightly improving how Dissonance handles terrible frame times (less than 6 fps).
- Added an option to the server admin system to intercept all voice packets passing through the server.
Bug Fixes
- Improved handling for the playback object being destroyed by something other than Dissonance.