I agree, NMS on PC VR, at least, looks like garbage.
I strongly believe VR needs to be looked at as a platform with games designed specifically for it, not just as an add on to a traditional 3D accelerated game.
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I strongly believe VR needs to be looked at as a platform with games designed specifically for it, not just as an add on to a traditional 3D accelerated game.
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LOL busted
Not only are they not doing that, but by the nature of their announcement they cannot forsee being able to do so in 6 to 9 months. It's, if anything, a bad look.
The wording is something like "will not support VR at launch"
But.. if it doesn't eventually support VR, I'm done with ED. VR IS IT. The REAL deal. 2-1/2 D doesn't cut it.
Not having Odyssey in VR (at launch) just means I'll only be buying a single copy instead of 3 at launch.
Should VR actually appear in the future then I'll purchase 2 further copies, simple.
I play equally happily in VR & Pancake, prefer VR of course, but can only really splurge in the warmer months, when the doors can be left open and my 2 geriatric dogs can go weewee without my having to get up and let them out/back in
Should VR actually appear in the future then I'll purchase 2 further copies, simple.
I play equally happily in VR & Pancake, prefer VR of course, but can only really splurge in the warmer months, when the doors can be left open and my 2 geriatric dogs can go weewee without my having to get up and let them out/back in
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I'm not sure I want Frontier to get a reputation as a can't do developer. Can't do offline, can't do Linux, can't do macOS, can't do VR .....
actually we are going back. If we can't play the functions we have now in VR (flying and SRV) in the Oddyssey launcher, it means we have to restart the game everytime we get out of our ship or SRV and back. That's going back.
I also think you're mistaking how many people are playing in VR.
I don't think I've clocked more than a hand full of my 2000+ hours in elite outside of VR. No VR means there is no way I'm buying this. It's completely useless to release it. So that's where all the development effort has gone: another useless 'feature' nobody wants.
Why can Half-life Alyx deliverer steady 90 fps in VR always, when ED stutters along with reprojection in so many places in the game? I think the Cobra engine is on its last legs. I'd be really surprised if they weren't using something like Unity or Unreal for the planetary stuff.
Remember how the release of mining was an utter show in VR? So bad that I'm sure they never even tested it! Looks like VR is on the way out for Frontier.
Why can Half-life Alyx deliverer steady 90 fps in VR always, when ED stutters along with reprojection in so many places in the game? I think the Cobra engine is on its last legs. I'd be really surprised if they weren't using something like Unity or Unreal for the planetary stuff.
Remember how the release of mining was an utter show in VR? So bad that I'm sure they never even tested it! Looks like VR is on the way out for Frontier.
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Everyone can play on a monitor. No, feelings don't matter here. I am speaking scientifically. If you can use VR, you both can use and have a traditional monitor.
Not everyone can play on VR, be it for money, or health.
If one has to go, it will be the latter.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
They aren't removing anything. Odyssey doesn't exist yet.
It is sad really, as in pancake (4K for me) it is very detailed and vibrant colours, in Vr is is hard to believe it is the same game... But I suppose us VR players have been spoilt by a lot of very good content.
I hadn't touched ANY game in 35 years until VR came out. That's when I started playing again.. As long as there are still other games in VR to play I'll play.. if not.. I can do other things with my time.
Well, to be fair, they could do offline once. You can still download the product from their site, for free even. Raspberry Pi Zero W should be enough.
O7,
David? Is that you?
@frontier: I'm very disappointed that VR will not be supported in Odyssey (at launch, which usually means "forever"). VR used to be a first class citizen in ED years ago.
Could you please clarify: Given we have bought the Odyssey DLC, …
Could you please clarify: Given we have bought the Odyssey DLC, …
- …will we be able to at least use our spaceships on the new Odyssey planet types in VR?
- …wIll we be able to drive around in SRVs on the new planet types in VR?
- …will there be a smooth transition between VR content and non-VR content? Currently to switch you'd need to restart the game, which of course isn't smooth.
Well, to be fair, they could do offline once. You can still download the product from their site, for free even. Raspberry Pi Zero W should be enough.
O7,
Your less than useful remarks have been noted. Thank you.
LOL. Again, speculation is turned into statements of fact. I pity people joining this thread later.
I'm curious. Have there been feature updates to the vanilla game after Horizons was launched? I have no experience with vanilla myself, I've only ever played Horizons.
What I'm after here is whether this means that for the VR users (who won't migrate over from Horizons to Odyssey), the game will effectively stop evolving once Odyssey launches and all future content updates will be applied as increments on top of Odyssey only? Or do the vanilla and Horizons versions still get new features, not just the mandatory maintenance updates to keep them compatible with a common back end that evolves according to Odyssey's roadmap?
What I'm after here is whether this means that for the VR users (who won't migrate over from Horizons to Odyssey), the game will effectively stop evolving once Odyssey launches and all future content updates will be applied as increments on top of Odyssey only? Or do the vanilla and Horizons versions still get new features, not just the mandatory maintenance updates to keep them compatible with a common back end that evolves according to Odyssey's roadmap?
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