Any change on Frontier's stance on VR?
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As I said, whatever floats your (space) boat. So far I'd guess I've had something like 80 hours of gameplay out of Odyssey, so I'm fairly comfortable that I've gotten a decent amount of fun for my intial purchase price.
Getting back to the topic at hand (thanks for the reminder @Ian Phillips) a significant chunk of that was in VR, either fully-fledged VR in cockpit or virtual cinema screen for on foot stuff. I'll skip the VR if I'm doing predonminantly on-foot play in a given session since there's little advantage to be gained from wearing a cumbersome headset (especially in this heat) and I'd happily take a quick switch option if Frontier ever offered one, but otherwise for my playstyle it's just fine.
It would not be a good idea to even try to get it working.
Have a look at the VORPX site: it will tell you much about the software: https://www.vorpx.com/
No. I never get motion sickness. Having played ED in VR since the DK2 came out in 2014, then bought the Oculus Rift, I now own a HP G2 and stopped playing ED when this Odyssey shambles was released. I gave it a go, but as soon as it went all pancake I shut it down.
As for VorpX. It's not worth buying in my opinion. I own a copy of VorpX.
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The topic is VR and it's demise in Elite, and any reference to star citizen were related to the refuges being found by displaced elite players, all peripherally related to the core topic. Anyways, I'm outta here for another few weeks before I get in even more trouble. o7
Yes, but seems to be on the worse end of what vorpX can do. (IE just a large flat screen in VR space, with no effective 3D faking). And to use it you have to play in classic mode, so you lose all the VR in ships & SRVs. Not really a VR experience at all, and not worth it IMO.
It doesn't add anything profound like that at all (motion controller hand control etc). For the 250 odd games where the author has managed to jerry rig slightly better 3D fakery etc, it might be worth it for some players, although normally comes with a big performance hit, and the game itself isn't adapted for VR in any way (so there's smooth turn nausea for those who are susceptible, UI legibility issues etc). It generally has a poor reputation in the VR community on all of those fronts.
You're normally better off going for a bespoke mod where they exist. (Such as the GTA V & RDR2 ones)
I'm getting the feeling FD's new game engine can't handle VR since the FPS issues mean no viable VR until, or if, those FPS issues get fixed with OD, currently playing NMS in VR here and having a blast NMS can do VR, it is a shame FD apparently actually can't do-VR-anymore its way-too-hard without repairing current optimizations.
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Ok. Thanks.
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Hi sorry to OT reply but how does it compare to the "Mother" mod which reenables the VR which was originally meant to be in the game?
I have oft considered buying vorpx but held off in the end
Edit already answered sorry should have read whole thread.
I’ve tried both, and as per the previous reply MotherVR is far superior - VorpX was more like having a 3DTV strapped to my head, if that makes sense? Instead of feeling “in” the game I was getting a view that had depth perception, but felt like it was still in front of me. It just felt “off” compared to the native mod.
I’ve tried several games with VorpX and even with a lot of tinkering, the experiences didn’t really compare to proper mods. If there was a way of getting a refund, I’d have asked for one
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As an aside, Nibre, the guy who made the MotherVR mod and was working on the Halo VR mod up until going silent last year after a few teasers, has apparently been hired by the current Halo Devs and is now working on mod tools for them - whether this means we get a native VR mode for Halo, I don’t know. Pretty hopeful though!
That was such a bad line David Brabens script writer added to that post. Publically focus on repairing the game and if you can add some stuff as you're going along, awesome, but if not, no ones the wiser.
Wouldn't that mean having to exit ED then change the settings and run in monitor mode for VorpX to work?
They haven't got a VR guy in the company. Ship / SRV etc VR was already built into the game (and the one dude who implemented that in a day or so left), and whilst us hardy VR heads would be happy for mouse look in 3D thru our headsets they probably felt they couldn't offer such a hacky solution for public consumption.
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There are so many conditionals in that statement that it makes it utterly meaningless - they can come back in a few months and say "we looked into adding new content and decided against it" without difficulty, should they want.
Judging by the job adverts they're posting, it looks to me like they've outsourced much of the development for ED, although they do appear to be still handling the Cobra engine internally. It's a bit of an employees market at the moment, so I suspect they'll have difficulty filling any senior roles, especially given recent bad press which will likely scare some candidates off.
Long and the short of it, forget VR for Odyssey. It's not going to happen. Ever.
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Well I'm playing Fallout4 VR atm and that is based on a game engine that is over 10yrs old, I think what is more likely is them not wanting or willing to make changes to the engine
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You missed Native PS5 support. PSVR2 support anyone?
VR is not going to be supported anymore in Odyssey.
That’s not what they’ve said. (And is at odds with VR currently being maintained in EDO).
The last things they’ve said on the matter remain these statements about VR Legs etc:
Frontier don't even honour their own words!!! (Angry about VR)
Last week, on stream they said they would make a thread to gather questions about VR, and get answers around a week later https://clips.twitch.tv/ImpartialCarefulSoybeanRlyTho-bBIj2VAmy81k9dBD A week has passed, no thread, no questions, and today they announced there are no future plans for VR...
Its a complete blimming let down, a real dampner, its so blinking sad. I would be willing to pay much cash even a subscription. Theres nothing as good as getting in your ship in VR. In 2d its eating a steak but having had your teeth pulled out.
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