State of VR in Odyssey

[dodalee]

Now, I don't want to turn this into another begging for proper VR in Odyssey. We all got the message by now that it wont happen. Even the newly found love from FDev for Elite is unlikely to change that.

But hear me out...
How about allowing us to increase the resolution of the screen via graphics settings? It really looks old by now, especially on higher res headsets.
Also, a slider to resize the screen and adjust FOV would be great. That way we can move that floating screen closer and enjoy more details, mimicking proper VR to some degree.

And don't tell me that would be difficult...

Your thoughts?

 

[Arioch]

Now, I don't want to turn this into another begging for proper VR in Odyssey. We all got the message by now that it wont happen. Even the newly found love from FDev for Elite is unlikely to change that.

But hear me out...
How about allowing us to increase the resolution of the screen via graphics settings? It really looks old by now, especially on higher res headsets.
Also, a slider to resize the screen and adjust FOV would be great. That way we can move that floating screen closer and enjoy more details, mimicking proper VR to some degree.

And don't tell me that would be difficult...

Your thoughts?

I messed around with Virtual Desktop to try and simulate what a customisable VR flatscreen might look like - black surround, nearer screen, curved surface.

The result doesn’t really get shown very well in a 2D video, but I hope people would get the idea. It looks massively better than what we have now, though that’s not exactly saying much

VR virtual flatscreen on foot - can we have slight adjustments, please?

I know the likelihood of getting full VR for on-foot Odyssey is so slim as to be two-dimensional, and what we have now is better than the nothing-at-all we were originally going to get, but would it be possible to make just a couple of minor changes? Playing around in Virtual Desktop, I made...

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[Craith]

I'd love anything to improve the on-foot experience while in VR. I love playing elite, but everytime I have to leave the ship in VR my motivation drops, and I often stop playing for the day after a few times.

If I could at play on my regular screen with a button switch (as was promised in alpha), I could use the much better (and adjustable) steam virtual screen or any of the alternatives out there. Or just take off the headset - even that would probably be less jarrring (the tiny low res virtual screen, the grey surrounding, the faulty recentering on every on foot loading screen).

Don't get me wrong, I do love playing in VR on foot. As long as it is walking around and using the external camera for VR. Not much gameplay possible unfortunately without a hud and interaction keys not working.

 

[TomCatT]

I'd love anything to improve the on-foot experience while in VR. I love playing elite, but everytime I have to leave the ship in VR my motivation drops, and I often stop playing for the day after a few times.

If I could at play on my regular screen with a button switch (as was promised in alpha), I could use the much better (and adjustable) steam virtual screen or any of the alternatives out there. Or just take off the headset - even that would probably be less jarrring (the tiny low res virtual screen, the grey surrounding, the faulty recentering on every on foot loading screen).

Don't get me wrong, I do love playing in VR on foot. As long as it is walking around and using the external camera for VR. Not much gameplay possible unfortunately without a hud and interaction keys not working.

I should post my thread about this, but I'll keep it short.
In VR, DON'T use the in-game HMD SS. Just use the Main SS. When switching to on-foot, the HMD SS doesn't work at all.
DON'T use FSR. Trash. Use MLAXX4. There's more to this, but this is the skinny version of your answer.

 

[Craith]

I should post my thread about this, but I'll keep it short.
In VR, DON'T use the in-game HMD SS. Just use the Main SS. When switching to on-foot, the HMD SS doesn't work at all.
DON'T use FSR. Trash. Use MLAXX4. There's more to this, but this is the skinny version of your answer.

I read your thread in the past and it did make it a bit better, but the Steam Virtual Screen is still more comfortable to use than the one coming with the game (resizing for example, changing the background, remembering the positition it is in)

I still dream about real 3D rendering on foot - the same way it works with the external camera, unfortunately not able to interact and no HUD. No Roomscale for me, NMS has it and I wish I could play VR with mouse+KB there.