The Forest supports for up to 8 players on PC and 4 players on PS4.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This report outlines the technical features of this version, its impact on online multiplayer, and guidance on official access. 1.

Players can use the metal tin tray (found at the back of the plane) to share items like food or weapons with other survivors. Updates - Official The Forest Wiki