Hi,
I just thought I'd share my most positive experience with in VR to-date. I've being playing ED since the beta (2014) and I've had the Vive for a couple of months now. I've played around with VR settings as suggested on these threads. Using the SS 2.0 in SteamVR and SS at 0.65 and VR High in the game settings has been acceptable for me using a GTX1070, obviously I would like it to be better, but that's for other threads.
Playing ED in VR, even in the state it's in, is still the best VR game experience I have, yes I know there's other exciting stuff out, but they don't hold my attention for long. I love space and the idea of exploration and the big black nothingness out there (obviously with a few objects floating out there too). But the most awesome experience to date has been skimming the canyon floors at the Farseer Engineer's base in my Asp Exp. The views from the Asp canopy are spectacular, especially seeing the ground zooming past a few metres below going at full boost. I would love to do some canyon racing with other players. But come to think of it, the Asp isn't the fastest horse out there, but it does have the perfect VR view, may FD need to make some racing ships with glass floors!.
I've also had a go at exploring in my SRV and collecting materials for the first time since I bought Horizons last year. I hesitated on doing this activity because I didn't have the controls configured nicely and thought it sounded a bit dull. However, I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed driving the SRV and appreciating the gorgeous views from the surface a moon back to space and all those beautiful stars and nebulae.
On another trip I spotted a feature in the centre of a huge crater of another moon I was passing by in my Asp, and decided to go explore it. Originally I thought was a giant meteor in the centre, but as I got closer it appeared to be a mountain in the centre of the crater. I landed my Asp on the peak of the mountain and decided to go exploring in my SRV, hoping to find some metallic materials on my way down the mountain. Hold and behold, plenty of materials to mine and collect. I even found a ship wreckage with Gold and Platinum cargo canisters littered around the crash site half way down the mountain.
During my time on the mountain in the SRV a wing of three Federal Vipers came to buzz me to see what I was doing on the ground, soon after another NPC T9 appeared and also flew close by. For me this was a refreshing experience ED, and has rekindled my love for the game. It has got my hopes and imagination going again of how great ED can be. I hope FD continue to improve and expand the game as they've planned, if they can improve the game using their planned expansions and can keep improving through the years to come, I will certainly be supporting them. How else will I ever get to explore space and planets in VR? I have faith the FD will deliver in the long run.
To summarise my rambling after a few glasses of wine. I do not regret my purchase of Vive, even if the experience is considered sub-optimal by some at the moment, yes it could probably be better (but I've gopt nothing to compare that with). Back to topic, so tonight I raced through Farseer's canyons and was blown away by the terrain (the fact that it's procedurally generated), and discovered the joys of exploring and traversing a mountain inside a huge moon crater. I was even visited by NPCs wondering what I was doing (luckily they didn't want to kill me or blow up my ship). I love this game and I hope it only gets better!
I just thought I'd share my most positive experience with in VR to-date. I've being playing ED since the beta (2014) and I've had the Vive for a couple of months now. I've played around with VR settings as suggested on these threads. Using the SS 2.0 in SteamVR and SS at 0.65 and VR High in the game settings has been acceptable for me using a GTX1070, obviously I would like it to be better, but that's for other threads.
Playing ED in VR, even in the state it's in, is still the best VR game experience I have, yes I know there's other exciting stuff out, but they don't hold my attention for long. I love space and the idea of exploration and the big black nothingness out there (obviously with a few objects floating out there too). But the most awesome experience to date has been skimming the canyon floors at the Farseer Engineer's base in my Asp Exp. The views from the Asp canopy are spectacular, especially seeing the ground zooming past a few metres below going at full boost. I would love to do some canyon racing with other players. But come to think of it, the Asp isn't the fastest horse out there, but it does have the perfect VR view, may FD need to make some racing ships with glass floors!.
I've also had a go at exploring in my SRV and collecting materials for the first time since I bought Horizons last year. I hesitated on doing this activity because I didn't have the controls configured nicely and thought it sounded a bit dull. However, I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed driving the SRV and appreciating the gorgeous views from the surface a moon back to space and all those beautiful stars and nebulae.
On another trip I spotted a feature in the centre of a huge crater of another moon I was passing by in my Asp, and decided to go explore it. Originally I thought was a giant meteor in the centre, but as I got closer it appeared to be a mountain in the centre of the crater. I landed my Asp on the peak of the mountain and decided to go exploring in my SRV, hoping to find some metallic materials on my way down the mountain. Hold and behold, plenty of materials to mine and collect. I even found a ship wreckage with Gold and Platinum cargo canisters littered around the crash site half way down the mountain.
During my time on the mountain in the SRV a wing of three Federal Vipers came to buzz me to see what I was doing on the ground, soon after another NPC T9 appeared and also flew close by. For me this was a refreshing experience ED, and has rekindled my love for the game. It has got my hopes and imagination going again of how great ED can be. I hope FD continue to improve and expand the game as they've planned, if they can improve the game using their planned expansions and can keep improving through the years to come, I will certainly be supporting them. How else will I ever get to explore space and planets in VR? I have faith the FD will deliver in the long run.
To summarise my rambling after a few glasses of wine. I do not regret my purchase of Vive, even if the experience is considered sub-optimal by some at the moment, yes it could probably be better (but I've gopt nothing to compare that with). Back to topic, so tonight I raced through Farseer's canyons and was blown away by the terrain (the fact that it's procedurally generated), and discovered the joys of exploring and traversing a mountain inside a huge moon crater. I was even visited by NPCs wondering what I was doing (luckily they didn't want to kill me or blow up my ship). I love this game and I hope it only gets better!
...in VR that is..![[HJ]-RedRaven](https://forums-cdn.zaonce.net/data/avatars/m/67/67389.jpg?1553527112){kind=avatar}
