Really enjoying this, have a suggestion.

[BecauseReasons]

Really enjoying this so far, but could you please add smooth locomotion? as in using the trackpad /w controller position? like Onward? Being able to quickly sprint using this technique with say your left hand while holding racket with right, would be ideal (or viceversa) depending on which is your dominant hand.

[󠀡Dibelabbes]

Just came here today to ask the same. What I want is a manual variant of the already integrated sliding mode and as Vlad said by immitating Onward, meaning using the left controller to determine movement orientation (instead of the HMD direction) and utilizing the trackpad / thumbstick to freely move around.

Two speeds should be available in that mode. Holding down the trackpad on Vive or holding a button on the right controller pressed for the Rift (Touch has two additional buttons anyway) should activate a sprint / run mode that allows faster movement.

IMO, this would make this the ultimate tennis simulator.

[Mikori Games]

I’m sorry but smooth locomotion doesn’t work well in a tennis game. I have tested it a lot and it is ok when the ball is far from you and you have to run to reach it, but when you are near the ball you need to find the right position with very small steps and it’s very hard to do it using the stick or the vive touchpad. Even changing the sensibility you don’t have a good feeling. Maybe the only way is to mix the smooth locomotion and sliding run, I don’t know, i will test it. Thanks for your support.

[jonnylaris]

Yea I agree with the dev here. I don't think free movement will ever work in VR for a tennis game. The way it is right now with Sliding is perfect in my opinion. The only thing I would like to see added is the ability to move forwards and backwards freely instead of hitting a button to go to the net.

[SutekiB]

+1 for trackpad locomotion! I understand the argument that it would be difficult to stop at just the right distance to hit the ball, but I'm eager for the challenge! I would love to incorporate this into my fitness routine - I use Vive tracking pucks and some software to emulate the trackpad, so I would be physically moving to move in the game. Please add this as an option, thanks!

[Mikori Games]

I think that free locomotion will be out this week. I have to fix the calibration to make the movement more smooth.

[BecauseReasons]

Looking forward to trying it, it would need to have an acceleration curve to work well I think.

[cercata]

Stick locomotion ? Yeah, It can be time to buy this ...

The idea of mixing both like it, if I press button it's automatic, if I use the stick I move freely

It would be amazing if we could define the speed curve that maps from stick inclination to player speed, and also the acceleration

BTW, Dream Match Tennis VR is doing it also, you can look at how they did it to compare:
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/dream-match-tennis-vr-ps4/