VR - Is it really going to be a success? Or, thanks Time for starting a discussion!

[IkeVandergraaf]

I am leaning towards TWD, espeically since I saved $20 on Project Cars 3 (bought from GMG - Thanks @BrianRubin!).

Also on my wishlist are Skyrimj VR (never finished the original), Fallout 4 VR (heard mixed things about the VR implementation) and Overload, which is inexpensive and probably more my thing.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[TurinTur]

https://www.instagram.com/stories/boztank/2507111163916215271/

[robc04]

@IkeVandergraaf

And there’s a Steam sale. The following are currently in my cart. Which should I keep? And which will fall by the way?

The 3 I’ve played are all good - TWD, The Room VR, and PC3.

[Editer]

It’s weird to live in a time where $20-40 games are considered expensive. I remember saving up $50 for Commodore 64 games in college. That’s $123 in 2021 money.

[KevinC]

The first online game I played cost four bucks an hour. :)

[jpinard]

@KevinC

The first online game I played cost four bucks an hour. :)

What?

[HideousRex]

Even money says he’s talking about the heady days of BBS’s.

[jpinard]

@HideousRex

Even money says he’s talking about the heady days of BBS’s.

Oh right, BBS access as opposed to the game itself.

[BlairFraser]

Oh man, the glorious days of Red Dragon, Tradewars, etc. Such good memories!

[meeper]

@meeper

I’m coming from the Rift CV1 controllers and those were pretty much bang-on for Robo Recall. I was really hoping there was a software solution for this. It seems like it should be fairly trivial to implement.

Success!

OpenVR allows you to modify the angle of your controllers! (but it’s a bit of a pain to use).

Enter OVR:

It’s free and has way too many options, but one of those options is the ability to modify controller angles. Finally I can aim down sights again without cocking my wrist at an unnatural angle.

[jpinard]

Cool! Why is it a pain to use?

[meeper]

The version of OpenVR I was using prior to OVR was just challenging to set up correctly. OVR meanwhile offers a ton of features but I use nothing but the controller orientation settings and it works great. (To be clear, afaik, OVR just wraps a GUI around settings that OpenVR exposes).

[IkeVandergraaf]

I he a dumb question. How do you use OVR Advanced Settings? I have it downloaded and installed but when I run it I don’t see anything happen.

[Matt_W]

@Profanicus

My easy go-to VR recommendation In Death: Unchained is 20% off, with a ‘big update’ due to land in 5 or so days

Tried it for 30 minutes. Refunded. Maybe it’s worth playing enough to get the aiming to feel solid, but it never did for me.

[Profanicus]

Yeah as in real life there’s a definite learning curve to firing the bow accurately - the game does not provide any assistance there.

I don’t recall how long it took me but it’s super satisfying landing the headshots from great distance now. :)

The game doesn’t give any archery tips that I recall either, but what I do is use a side-on stance, the drawing hand anchors to the side of the face, aim down the arrow, and don’t move after you fire so you can make small adjustments to hit the target.

[robc04]

@Matt_W

@Profanicus

My easy go-to VR recommendation In Death: Unchained is 20% off, with a ‘big update’ due to land in 5 or so days

Tried it for 30 minutes. Refunded. Maybe it’s worth playing enough to get the aiming to feel solid, but it never did for me.

I picked it up during the sale but haven’t tried it yet.

[Stepsongrapes]

@robc04

I picked it up during the sale but haven’t tried it yet.

Of my handful of Quest games, this is by far my favorite.

[meeper]

It automatically adds itself to the SteamVR config menu while you’re wearing the headset.

[Houngan]

For the racers, a bundle including Dirt Rally 2.0 plus tons of DLC:

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/killer-bundle-15?aff_track=CJ&CJEVENT=48d10170707f11eb81db037b0a240612&utm_source=CJ&cj_pid=4485850&cj_aid=13212017

[krayzkrok]

Oh my, it seems my Quest 2 has arrived at the local post office. It’s also my birthday. What are the chances?

Also, just in time for Facebook’s war on Australia! Sigh.