A Call For Frontier To Put VR Legs On The Upcoming Road Map

[CmdrKull]

I agree that Frontier should add this to the roadmap, please sign me up as well.

The thing is, I don’t care if it isn’t added to the roadmap for this year or the next year, I care that they commit to it by giving it a date they want to finish it by.

 

[[VR] Merkir]

Add me please.

 

[CMDR Dahak]

Definitely add me to this. Elite was THE flagship VR game at launch, and it needs to not backpeddle.

 

[buzzx]

Me three. Ive spent far too much money on the setup below to play this!

 

[Cmdr Aos_Si]

Please add on-foot vr when you can. Elite is what brought me to vr, it's recognised as a first class vr game. Lets not lose this brilliant way to experience the Elite Dangerous universe.
o7 Cmdr Aos_Si

 

[BeyondAeon]

I would be happy with just sit down VR head tracking with mouse and keyboard control ......

 

[[VR] EvilEagleOwl]

You have my sword Jay! I mean my beam laser!

 

[Ki-Natas]

Add me.
Full VR Support needs to be added after the performance issues are fixed.

 

[[VR] zodd]

Most definitely add me. Let's also voice the need for VR motion controller support on the roadmap. Odyssey game mechanics are made for this (i.e. arc cutter).

Further to my comment, it is vitally important that we let Fdev know that VR motion controller support must be part of the road map implementation. Let's not compromise for less - if No Man's Sky can do it then Elite Dangerous must also do so on principle. My opinion is that mouse and keyboard VR (face gun) is not VR. FPS gameplay in VR requires hand controllers - Skyrim VR, Fallout 4 VR, NMS, Onward, etc... The ED universe deserves this.

I worry that this this seemingly upward trending post started by our friend @VR Jay Le Chardon will simply have Fdev do the bare minimum in order to quiet us down. Again, let's ask for VR properly on the roadmap - full VR!

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[ferus]

Absolutely, I would like to see VR on the roadmap. It really is an integral part of the Elite experience and Odyssey should have it.
Please add me to the list.

 

[CMDR Harada]

Sign me up !

VR is the absolute ONE thing that ED has over any other space sim. Show someone VR, and you HAVE to show them ED. Not adding it to expansions is short-sighted.

 

[[VR] James Constantine]

Sign me up.

Of course, the performance issues and more critical game-play bugs should get precience, but On-foot VR needs to be on the roadmap and dealt with in a timely manner, if they want to keep VR users playing.

 

[virosh]

You can also add me to the list.
After getting my Rift S i haven't played ED without VR (except for the first part of the Odyssey Alpha) and i think that such VR support should be in the roadmap.
I would also like to see the VR controllers supported in order to use them on foot as currently i am using my HOTAS which is working but is far from ideal.

 

[psefergr]

it should have been implemented correctly from the beginning.I am in.Sign me in too.You can do a lot of activities that we see in games in real life but you can experience Space only in VR.And the best space game out there doesn't properly allow it ? Shame FD!

 

[[VR] James Constantine]

Further to my comment, it is vitally important that we let Fdev know that VR motion controller support must be part of the road map implementation. Let's not compromise for less - if No Man's Sky can do it then Elite Dangerous must also do so on principle. My opinion is that mouse and keyboard VR (face gun) is not VR. FPS gameplay in VR requires hand controllers - Skyrim VR, Fallout 4 VR, NMS, Onward, etc... The ED universe deserves this.

TBH, I'd probably switch from throttle/joystick while flying to throttle/mouse on foot, and continue playing seated. Flying around in NMS using the controllers is a bit meh, and I wouldn't be crazy about having to change controls, every time I step in or out of a ship, while wearing a headset. Not to say the option shouldn't be there, just that I can't see myself using it.

 

[Blairvoyach]

Please add CMDR Blairvoyach to the list.

 

[[VR] zodd]

TBH, I'd probably switch from throttle/joystick while flying to throttle/mouse on foot, and continue playing seated. Flying around in NMS using the controllers is a bit meh, and I wouldn't be crazy about having to change controls, every time I step in or out of a ship, while wearing a headset. Not to say the option shouldn't be there, just that I can't see myself using it.

I've been hacking my way through EDO VR vanity cam using my index controllers that I've mapped to WASD. It's not too bad. I take off the controllers when in ship or srv and put them on either side of my joystick, all without removing my headset. Proves that the combo works and actually no different than needing to use a keyboard in Horizons for inputting chats/system names etc.

 

[[VR] James Constantine]

I've been hacking my way through EDO VR vanity cam using my index controllers that I've mapped to WASD. It's not too bad. I take off the controllers when in ship or srv and put them on either side of my joystick, all without removing my headset. Proves that the combo works and actually no different than needing to use a keyboard in Horizons for inputting chats/system names etc.

I have no doubt, and agree support for the controllers should be there, just that all that switching around is probably not for me. Yes, I'm lazy...

 

[[VR] Deggial]

Frontier, you may have started ED in VR as a fun and cheap experiment.
What you’ve created with it, was one of the best gaming experiences I’ve ever had in my life.
Please realize, what you have achieved here and don’t abandon it! It’s worth your effort!

Jay, please add me to your list!

 

[felixlennart]

Add me to the list. VR is the future!