Hello lovely devs!
This suggestion is based on some major assumptions, but it would be great if it were possible.
Initial Assumptions:
- That the native VR support used for ships & SRVs in EDO functions in Legs mode.
- That the 2D screen mode for Legs can be set to toggle on or off.
Suggestion:
Allow players to set the 2D projected screen to 'off' by altering an option file. (In the same way that players can alter their HUD colours by editing the existing XML file, for example.)
Advantages of this approach:
- It could allow very basic VR access to EDO Legs, prior to full official support.
- Only the most dedicated EDVR players would learn of it and want to try it.
- It's a very clear 'opt in' process, where you can't do it by mistake
- It wouldn't be an officially launched or marketed function.
- It would hopefully require a low level of dev work & support at this stage.
Caveats:
I'm sure there are a ton of other considerations which might conflict with this idea (technical stability, impacts on non-VR players) and so make it a non-starter.
And the experience for the VR player would clearly be very rough, even if it were to prove even partially functional. (It would only work for those with their 'VR legs', would doubtless have real issues with UI, and would be unlikely to facilitate full EDO gameplay by any means).
Reasons to do it:
If this system allowed those of us with our 'VR legs' to take in the scale of our ships from the outside, or appreciate a station NPC 'in the round', or even do some basic exploration using classic controls, this would be a massive boon for the veteran EDVR community. The current pause in access to EDVR content is an unusual circumstance. This unusual approach could perhaps act as a temporary bridge to fuller, official support.
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(PS, if you're considering some no-HUD options for EDO gameplay, that could also be helpful
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