/vrg/ - Virtual Reality General #757

FIRST FOR VALVE QA SUCKS

>>285124274 (OP)
First for my vrfu

Rate half-life: alyx on a scale of 0-10.

>>285124876
8.8

>>285124876
7 seems about right using a scale where 5 is mediocre.

>>285124747
What am I witnessing?

>>285124876
6, I'd rate it an 8 but there's so many bugs, some of which make me restart from a previous save cause grabbed objects like to clip into the environment
>>285125468
Killed the electric dog, his heart clipped into this laundry basket.

>>285124876
4/10 disappointing

>>285124876
>user's score 88
i agree with that. it's really great game, just not entirely what i expected

>>285125771
what did you expect?
could valve actually have ever lived up to the expectations set up to them?
so far only complaints I've seen have been about smooth turning, what else is there?

>>285125870
>so far only complaints I've seen have been about smooth turning
guess you're blind and deaf

>>285124876
8.8
I really hope HL3 AHAHAHAHAHAHA FUCK WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE 1 has more open exploration like the highway and airboat chapters of HL2.

>>285125870
>could valve actually have ever lived up to the expectations set up to them?
At least in mechanics, yeah. If Boneworks can do it with a bit of jank, a big AAA team with engine experts should be able to do it with little jank.

>>285125870
i expected level of interaction i've been getting in other games, i expected valve to follow the newly founded path of physics-based freedom, basically, no situations like >>285020121 (Cross-thread). this really wasn't much to ask for

>>285125870
- Forced teleporting indicates smooth locomotion isn't fully implemented.
- Gun stuck to hand and toggled by a menu, instead of being something you hold.
- No melee weapons and props don't deal melee or thrown damage.
- Left handed controls mirror everything and there's no way to rebind it properly. (at least useful when your stick is broken)

>>285126281
It's pretty clear that HLA development was started in like 2016 when it was the state of the art of VR interaction. And FWIW, for the vast majority that have never played actual VR, just polishing the initial wow factor of being able to move your hands around and shoot things is a good strategy. Definitely more disappointing for those of us who have been in 6DOF VR for like 4 years though. If they somehow had released it 2 or 3 years ago, it would've been near universal acclaim.

You don't become your own waifu what the fuck is wrong with you people!?
You become a man your waifu wants to fuck!

Is the scale off for anyone else? The doors seem fucking massive among other things..

And no I'm not a manlet

>>285127631
i guess it wows people like robo recall did for me, its basically the new robo recall i guess

>>285127694
Opposite for me, everything's scaled to my IRL height and it feels off because I'm supposed to be a 19 year old blasian girl, but I'm a head taller than everyone I encounter.

>>285127645
why cant I be my waifu and someone myself wants to fuck?

>>285127816
>>285127694
Judging by Pavlov, a lot of people don't have their height configured correctly in VR ever.

>>285125538
>Killed the electric dog, his heart clipped into this laundry basket.
So? It's vr, not some 2d game. Reach into the basket with your vr hand and take it out. :^)

>>285128312
The fucking basket is a solid object you motherfucker

I fucked up bad bros
Just bought a fucking beast CPU but I just realized it’s incompatible with my shorty fucking motherboard.
FUCK

>>285128657
Congratulations brainlet. Send it back, or maybe it's time for a mobo upgrade.

>>285127801
Yeah, Robo Recall was amazing, but only a couple hours long. Honestly if some studio just took robo recall's mechanics and stretched into a 12 hour linear story, you'd have a good VR game.

i love playing half life alyx in seated mode because im a 290 lbs black gamer and streaming it to my subscribers on the VRG discord thanks gabe! anyone wanna play the forest vr for 45 minutes later tonight???

>>285128657
should have let /g/ call you a retard first

>>285128657
Next time, use PC Parts Picker, you brainlet.

>>285124274 (OP)
>screencapped in the dip

>>285128657
are you 8350-kun? please send your part list here before buying shit again

>>285129324
damn bros best 8 hours of vr ever...

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271440/Next_Gen_HP_VR_Headset/
OH NO NO NO INDEX BROS WE GOT TOO COCKY.

>>285129525
someone dig up patents

>>285124876
6/10

>>285124876
8/10. Sound design and atmosphere was top notch, much of it felt more horror than action FPS. Game looked great even on my potato and the scripted events/effects were a visual spectacle missing from other VR games. Level design was good but I have gripes with the gameplay side of it. There were not enough combat encounters and encounters of enough size, I don't recall ever meeting more than 3 combine at a time and only on two or three occasions was there more than one wave of them. Movement also felt clunky and it was clear that they tacked on smooth movement and ladders. The game mostly felt like it made good use of VR without it being tedious, the gravity glove in particular was satisfying all the way through. Story was simple enough and really had me wanting more by the end.

So -2 points for the smooth movement issues, no melee attacks and straying a bit too far from conventional FPS design for my liking.
it's also a bit expensive for the short length (10 or so hours) in my opinion so hopefully the SDK or whatever they're releasing can make up for that.

>>285129628
You mean this one? It basically looks just like the Rift S camera placement with no extra camera on the top.

>>285130225
for the new hp thingy

>>285128718
>>285129270
>>285129353
This literally happens to me every time I upgrade, I am indeed a brainlet but I’m off today and will go back to the store like the fool I am.

I’m trying to find an ATX mobo that will support my 1080ti and this Ryzen 7 3800X 3.9 GHz 8-Core

Thinking of just picking up a tomahawk b450

when the fuck is samsung going to release their next headset? or is this >>285129525 going to be the next best thing. I just want to fucking play half life alyx but the index is $1300 in canada.

Game was designed around teleporting and was ok to play with that. I just walked around in my playspace more.
Smooth locomotion was put in to troll people as it was so badly implemented.
Grav hands were really nice to use. I hope they use this kind of grabbing game items in the future too.
Game had very few items and a tactical vest would have been better than a menu.
Grenades were easy to use and flew accurately.
Exploring for resin was more of an achievement thing as the upgrades besides +10 ammo for pistol were almost useless
Looks were good but I was leaning a lot on nostalgia like the modern Star Wars films
No melee or damage from physics
The flow of the game was very well thought out balancing exploring, puzzles, action and storytelling.

Overall enjoyable game and a good intro for VR 7/10

>>285130370
B450 chipset doesn't support Ryzen 3000 series without a UEFI upgrade

>>285130407
also inb4 oculus rift s, it's sold out everywhere and $550 for no IPD adjustment is a no thank you.

>>285130449
>saved up 88 resin so I could upgrade whatever the 4th weapon was right away
>there was no 4th weapon

>>285130272
Yeah, I got those mixed up. That Samsung patent is the only next gen WMR patent I know of so far though.

>>285130576
Well lick my tits. Said it was compatible, how can I tell if it’s gonna need a UEFI upgrade or not?

>>285127974
>I want to fuck myself.

>>285130576
>>285130945
some mobos get out of the box with bios upgrade (3xxx support). consult their webpage, or give me exact model of what you intend to buy

also, it seems like this tomahawk thing has some magical cpu-less bios flash that lets you do it without CPU. still, if i were you, i'd make sure to pick something that has 3xxx support out of the box

>>285130945
Get the MAX variant, it has support by default.

How come we don't have any more DIY guides on VR gun stocks?

>>285130945
You can't unless the seller tells this. The board IS compatible with Ryzen 3900X but it in deed may need you to boot it with an older Ryzen, update the UEFI and then stick in that monster CPU. I did the same mistake with X370 chipset but then just took the motherboard to local computer store where they did this for 15€.

>>285130614
Quest with Link or Odyssey+ are your only options for now unless you want to wait for HP. Samsung hasn't even officially announced a new headset yet.

>>285131372
odyssey+ was going to be my choice as a stepping stone till I have more money for index but it's sold out now (or too expensive the very few places that still sell it).

>>285131134
>>285131160

So either of these 2 kosher then?

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/TUF-GAMING-X570-PLUS-WI-FI/

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/msi-b450-tomahawk-max-socket-am4-usb-c-gen2-amd-motherboard/6382716.p?skuId=6382716

>>285131835
>x570
safe bet, every x570 supports 3xxx. this one also claims to support 3800x on their website, in case you'd be unsure about power modules or whatever else could make it not-work
>tomahawk max
internet says it supports 3xxx out of the box, website kinda claims the same. internet says he paired 3800x with this mobo

yeah, those two are fine

>>285132265
Thanks bros. I’m gonna make it. Wish me luck in the rebuild :)

>>285131192
Because they're useless.

>>285131192
Because /vrg/ hates fun and only sees shooters as PvP giga-comp, and stocks aren't giga-comp.

>>285128657
this is why you never buy amd

>>285134195
Oh yes, with intel you're always forced to buy new MoBo with next generations so you don't have to worry about it at all.

>>285134719
newer intel doesn't require mobo anymroe

>>285124274 (OP)
>>285134914
>>285134719
So I downloaded cracked HL:3A and my WMR controllers are not being recognized ingame. Anyone know why this issue is happening?

>inb4 buy the game

I probably will if it runs smooth

I just got to the North Star Hotel, is the entire game played in such close quarters or are there sections with more open space?

>>285135862
there are combat sections on longer range/in open spaces later. they're really fun, actually, i'd say they're kinda redeeming the game

So can we fix HLA with mods? Can mods do it?

>>285135862
it opens up a bit more after that
first three chapters are mostly cramped spaces though. enjoyed the hotel the most out of them

>>285135862
Not really, if the maps get more open - it's vertical. The one Combine shootout in the gameplay trailer is about as open as it gets.

>>285136168
>>285136041
That's good news. I'm getting sick of this same clammy environment.

>>285135862
There's a small bit of open space combat i.e. in the gameplay demo video from a month ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uKUSnY0HVs

It's nice, but at the same time a little frustrating, because there's no way you can smooth move between cover with the ultra slow walking speed. Instead you're just zipping around in teleport while you and a combine brute circle some barriers.

Makes me wish for a cover-based combat game with contractors movement mechanics, where if you crouch while moving, you do a slide. would be really satisfying.

does hmd odyssey+ still have the least screen door effect? i tried the o+ and can't get into VR until there's even less screen door

>>285135862
After that stage all bar one of the levels are relatively wide. Unfortunately it's still quite linear, but the arenas to provide some more tactical flexibility to the combat

>>285136192
>shootout
>three waves of three combine
>only spawns the next wave when you do the thing
new game but not designed so babies can beat it when

>>285136432
it has the least after index + vive pro as it's resolution is a tiny bit higher than oculus.

>>285135289
Doesn't look like a problem with the cracked version specifically, and it's not a problem for all WMR users. There's some stuff you could try here, but I'm not sure how helpful it'll actually be. You may just have to wait for something to get patched.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/546560/discussions/0/1861616237338454946/

>>285136432
I thought the O+ already had 0 SDE?

>>285137015
i'm pretty sure it's very unnoticeable but not 0.

>>285134719

the time saved by not troubleshooting amd problems and checking compatibility can be used to work and earn enough to not care about a motherboard upgrade x)

Also who keeps a motherboard .. by the time your cpu needs upgrading motherboard tech has advanced considerably

My index kit is now almost entirely ship of Theseus'd. Got the advance headset RMA replacement today. They sent me a whole new retail box, with the foam insert and new faceplate, which is nice since my current one has the fabric falling out at the seams. Makes that $1000 price tag feel more like a headset subscription than a one-time purchase.

>>285136540
I fucked around with the cheats and tried to remember when was the biggest shootout and realized it's all bite sized.
Fuck I need something like stadium from Sven Co-op

>>285137086
>>285137015
So the index actually has less? Is there a comparison?

>>285137462
Index's one is good, but it's still "I'm shoving my face into my 1440p monitor" tier.

>>285137364
>he got an advanced headset
>they won't even send me an advanced controller

>>285136709
odyssey+ has special anti SDE stickers on the lense brainlet it actually has less SDE than those and a not common mod is odyssey+ lens stickers on the index

https://youtu.be/_T2-9MwA5JI
Seems like very educational game. Im bad at math, should i give it a try ?

Half-Life: Alyx is a G-Man pocket dimension to try and see if Alyx is loyal enough of a pawn to be hired by her, it's NOT a time travel scenario.
Discuss

>>285138785
wait a minute you could actually draw on that? shit

>>285138907
I missed that too

>>285138907

Guys i am in the Northern Star hotel. I am at the place where you have to jump down and fight 2 Electric dogs and like 5 zombies at once, i also managed to pull down 5 poison crabs from previous area there too. How do i get past that place? A zombie takes like 1 SMG mag in the head to die. Everything is so bullet spongey.

>>285138907
you can draw on the TV's that eli and russel are on too

>>285138841
the only implication that it actually being time travel would have is that the combine were somehow able to capture and contain the gman for a while
it's probably not "just a dream lmao" because those headcanons are autistic

>>285139163
are you playing on Hard? I've found Hard mode is way too bullet spongey

>>285138785

>>285139319

Yeah, hard.

HL:A is set in a different timeline/multiverse. That's the only way to explain the ending and generally different world.

>>285139163
You need to power the things. Zombies only take 1 shotgun blast to the head at point blank range and the doggos need to be killed quick when they leave the bodies so save your SMG ammo for them.

>>285139271
Well, again it's a pocket dimension for Alyx to prove her loyalty to Gman.
Several things don't make any sense in the world itself if it truly is time travel.
>Alyx's gun doesn't transform into an SMG at the end of the game
>Combine SMG's are different then AR2's and they use SMG's and Shotguns primarily in HL:A despite having future guns
>we never see the alien combine again after this game
>The citadel is FUCKHUGE instead of being very tall
>Nobody ever mentions Russel again
>Alyx never mentions G-Man again
>Alyx saves her father in Episode 2 despite "not knowing what she wants yet" and never mentions to him HOW he dies
>The combine EVER capturing a being that can literally stop time and fuck with space itself

Literally all of this and several other things i'm forgetting about right now, all point that it's a test by the Gman to hire Alyx after the events of Episode 2

>>285139712

But the SMG is uselss. Take like a whole mag just to kill a single poison crab on hard.

>Order quest this morning on express delivery
>Supposed to be delivered by now
>Website still shows "in transit"
>No sign of delivery
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Do these niggas just keep spawning indefinitely? What are you supposed to do here?

>>285140171
no, just keep throwing grenades down the pit until your sure they are all dead
then get blindsided by 3 more

>>285139993
It's better than the pistol for doing as much damage as possible in a short time, even moreso with the magazine upgrade. Shotgun would be better but on hard I never seemed to have much ammo for it and what I did have was best saved for zombies and manhacks.

>>285134195
I wish I could wastes hundreds on being retarded and not give a fuck

>>285140171
you're supposed to look down from the second to lowest floor and figure out where to rush before the crabs get you

>>285140134
>Ordering shit when Corona is happening.

What did you even expect?

Just finished playing Half Life Alyx. Did anyone else spend too much time looking in hard to reach spots for upgrade resin but continued to be disappointed because Valve made almost all of them easy to find?

>>285143104
nah
glad it wasn't a boneworks situation where some ammo packs were hidden in absolutely retarded places and you needed to find them alll to 100% the game
wish there were more upgrades that actually did something, though, there was only one good upgrade per weapon

>>285143660
>only one good upgrade per weapon
what
the bullet resevoir and the burst mode or the pistol were amazing
the shotgun has multiple useful ones too
u trippin

>>285143660
The SMG felt like it had a fourth upgrade cut for some reason. Pistol gets a second fire mode, Shotgun has the grenade mode but the SMG has nothing. Not sure what it would have been as I don't think the HL2 energy ball would have fit well with the game. A flash to stun enemies like the combine shield guy has would have been cool.

>got to the part with eyeless zombie creature
holy shit, this game just went from 5/10 to 10/10. i can finally see some use of vr, some interaction, some fun

>>285144759
seriously this game is a fucking masterpiece
the graphics are fucking mindblowing too
i cant believe how hard poorfags on /v/ are coping and seething

>>285143838
bullet reservoir was the most useful upgrade, followed by the grenade launcher because it was basically a free backpack slot
burst ate up too much ammo on hard, usually wasted at least a bullet or two so I switched it off
there was only a single setpiece in the whole game where the shotgun auto-loader came into play
double-shot can take heaves down .5 seconds faster, I guess?
and the rest of the upgrades just help you aim

>>285140171
This is the part where I started avoiding combat RE2Make style.

how long is hl alyx?

>>285145142
longer than ur cock

>>285124274 (OP)
Are there any games/programs that just have CGI female models you can move and play with or at least look at lifesize? I know some games have decent graphics, it seems like it would be pretty easy for someone to just make a life-size 3D female character that you can position, customize, etc.
You know.... for reasons.

>>285144867
>masterpiece
lol

>>285145305
there's mmd vr port, it had some cringy name, virtual sex simulator or something. it basically lets you run animations on mdd models

>>285145142
a little longer than boneworks, but the whole time is spent playing the game instead of trying to QWOP up to a ledge for a box
I think it'll have less replayability though, least there's mods

>>285143838
To be honest all of the pistol upgrades make it look like shit. Laser is also plain better than reflex sight. Shotgun just needs the grenade launcher SMG is disgusting, max it out.

>>285145404
cope

Feels good to know poorfags are upset while I am enjoying Half Life.

>>285124274 (OP)
>shitpost OP anon once again fails to use an OC image that is in a VR game for the 30th time
>same shitty scribble circle he used in paint.net in previous shitpost
>actively discouraging VR games again with misinformation
Oops, it would appear that we have to do this again. For personal reasons, or other ones, you replaced the introduction pastebin with one that has a racial slur in it, and removed the discord and the steam from it.

https://pastebin.com/SvQCfk7r
Here is the proper introduction an anon who reworked the OP proper made. Would you please stop making OP's anon, you have an issue with self inserting your personal issues into it.

>>285145142
About 10 hours.

>>285145560
fuck off discord nigger

>>285145560
M-muh pastebin!

>>285145305
Virt-a-Mate is exactly what you're looking for.
Unless you mean anime females in which case dilate.

>>285145678
>expecting the OP to be treated as a resource and not a political agenda is cringe
Oh fuck dude sorry for being so cringe!!!

>>285145489

>>285145917
>play like a complete retard
>die
wow this game suuuucks

>>285145815
ur the politics man stop bitching noone reads the pastebins

>>285145815
Take a shower, stinky bitch.

>>285146056
>missing the point

>>285146273
you didnt make a point. you posted a webm of some retard goofing around in with the first enemy in the game and being like wooow i have to play the game wtffff

Fucking moron

>>285142512
Nigga, it's supposed to be delivered by this evening. I even paid extra for the express delivery. These damn jews!

>>285146086
>actual retard doesn't understand the point of resources to newfags in an OP
>removing resources isn't a bad thing I s-swear
Its for newfags who just dropped by and want a full picture. They still find their way into the botnet because they can just google search it. You might as well put up more signs for the dedicated anons to find their way to, because it hasn't stopped anything.

@285146428
lmao literally no argument retard

>>285146609
Wow theres tech demos in the op and discord

>>285145774
>>285145428
thanks!

>>285146649
Well if someone else wants to explain it to you they can, I'll leave a hint that is "MELEE" and let you figure the rest out yourself.

>>285146689
Why the hell do you stick around in a virtual reality general if you can't stand the current state of it? Just fucking leave dude, at this rate the damage you have done complaining has scared away that indie dev who could have made the game you are looking for.

>>285146609
Newfags don't care and you just want them to join your tranny HRT cult.

>>285146056
>>285146365
you can't touch things like you can in indie game released 3 years ago.

>>285146086
>noone reads the pastebins
Except for the people new to VR posting in the thread about how out of date they are. You know, those people that got VR because of some big new game recently? It's pretty obvious all you want to do is shitpost and stir up drama.

>>285146858
Stay in discord faggot

>>285147006
Holy shit I didn't think he would go that far to vandalize the OP. Actual tantrums goddamn.

>>285147006
Ok what does your pastebin do besides recruit people for discord?

>>285146858
Dont try to reason with the local retard. They have no purpose in life and resort to trolling to stay relevant

>>285147290
Thanks Dal290

>>285146834
>>285146886
waaaahh melee weapons arent an option waaaah bad game wahhhh
lmao cope harder poopbabs
go back to your cope threads on /v/

>>285147290
I just wish he would fuck off from doing this shit during the big release. Does every newfag need to open the intro and see that shit. How many were spooked because they wanted to avoid dramamongers like this fag?

>>285147519
Stop samefagging, it's pathetic.

>>285147578
Scissors lol

>new ip
>comes in to yell about his boogieman for the fifteenth time this week
>calls them the drama monger
Lol
>>285147648
Stop phone posting

>>285147519
You're not helping by getting uppity about it instead of posting on-topic content.

>>285147891
hes also not helping by furthering the bullying of someone as well as blaming every post he hates on one person again, literally snowball

>>285147891
Roger roger.

>>285147519
Newcomers have plenty of other resources besides this site. I would imagine that the people coming here know full well how 4chan culture is and take everything with a grain of salt.

>>285147953
>blaming every post he hates on one person again
You mean like you're doing now?

>>285147959
You know, at least the local retard is discussing VR content, you're just sitting here bitching about his existence and pastebins.
Who's the real local retard now?

>>285148108
We need a lowered bar because this one is really high, the smarter/experienced ones persist, the ones below that line don't. I try to believe anons from /v/ that never used a /vg/ thread should be able to drop by and just participate.

>>285148136

Pittance

>>285140669

spend less time troubleshooting AMD problems and more time working on your business, fag

>>285147648
lose weight

This tard should stay in /qa/ to complain instead of shitting this place up.

My oculus rift keeps fucking adjusting the height so i gradually get taller and taller and the scaling gets FUCKED UP

WTF is going on - ive tried running trhough the setup multiple times

>>285148963
the processors work just fine if you buy the right parts

VR games with scissors?

>>285149074
All threads pertaining to babysitting angry man-children are busy or at capacity, try again later.

>>285149130
Restart your computer, unplug it, plug it back in, then do the setup.

>>285137724
speaking of which
WHY IS RIFT S SO FUCKING BRIGHT how do I turn it down fuck

>>285149130
reminds me of trying PSVR at a friends house for the first time
>1 minute in and I've autolocked my height to a dwarf

was it worth the weight, bros? was it the everything you hoped it would be?

These bulletsponge combine fights on Hard are no fun at all. I'd rather fight more enemies with lower health than these tanks.

>>285150115
it's the Half-Life experience lmao
seriously fuck HL combat

>>285130643
>Never upgraded any weapon, 130 something resin in total stacked up
>No achivement
>>285130449
I don't write a review because pretty much this, but 9/10.
I loved the last level, it felt like Playing HL2 for the first time again.
The reason I judge it 9/10 instead of 10/10 is because there wasent enough variety in scenery/levels, just a dumb russian city, no melee and to few guns.
Best VR game I have played.

>>285124876
6-8 depending on how much you care about the vr mechanics themselves, the story itself was excellent as were locations, but the incredibly linear feeling maps as well as the low difficulty and lack of melee are big strikes. The made around teleport and floaty ladders fucking suck flat out.
>>285107915 (Cross-thread)
>a massive ladder
>he didn't propsurf to the top
Lmaoing at your lack of gmod experience tbqh

>>285147782
I just noticed the Rainbow Dash inside of a glass on the top of the pic lmao.

>>285147383
>>285146056
play boneworks

>>285150096
>was it the everything you hoped it would be?
Yes and no. I had high expectations for the sound design and visuals, it met them. I was uncertain about replayability and how the smooth locomotion would feel, both were weak and the lack of replayability bothers me most. I also bought it expecting that the SDK would help if that was a problem and it still remains to be seen what potential that has.

>>285126281
Then you haven't been keeping up. Until recently, the game didn't even let you move without teleporting and you couldn't even climb ladders. Valve is an ivory tower with no fucking idea what the standard is in VR games. Their VR design phisophy is outdated as fuck and they still adhere to it like it's law. They're so scared of making the players uncomfortable, which is fine, except nobody who spends thousands of dollars to be able to play VR doesn't already have VR legs and can handle VR games that don't hold back so fucking hard.

>>285150831
i did
it's got good physicss interactions but the enemies, the art, and the level design are all shit
it's a tech demo, alyx is a game

>>285151014
the lack of even rudimentary melee combat in alyx when you're under forced ammo shortage is a huge pain in the ass and heavily detracted from the game, you can't even slam a headcrab with anything that deals damage

>>285150960
That being said it's a great fucking game.
I just wish Valve would look out the window. Thank God Boneworks happened and probably led to them letting us actually MOVE.

>>285150687
That's a cum jar.

>>285151127
They may as well have added a nice pair of plastic safety scissors. Only a retard thinks those could kill someone.

>>285151127
I'll let you in on a little secret:
the ammo is part of a "dynamic difficulty" system and more will spawn in outside of your FoV if you run out, you literally can't run out of ammo

>>285151401
A what jar?

>>285151684
C U M

>>285129525
Nah this isn't going to be an index competitor.

>>285151736
Please don't tell me that is actually a thing..

>>285151473
a cinderblock, a shovel, scraps of metal would easily be able to crush something the size of a headcrab with any normal amount of strength

>>285151521
wait what? where?

>>285151521
i ran out of ammo while fighting electrodogthingy for the first time, had to reload the save

Some things are so weird in this game. I dropped a Heavy ass box on a combine from 10 meters and he barely flinched.

I threw 2 grenades at the feet of a combine and he did not die.

Also, i just realized after 4 hours that you can load the shotgun with 7 shells.

>>285149254
Budget Cuts literally lets you use scissors as weapons to murder robots.

Gmod 2 replacement for vrchat when

>>285152221
i hope she's riding a dick.

>>285152221
Never ever

>>285139191

>>285152207
were the grenades trhown at a heavy combine> those fuckers can take a beating

>>285152513

It was some faggot with blue armor and SMG.

>>285152221
That is supposed to be Lavender but we all know it's a scam being made by one of the inner circle retards.

Showing the last two Psycho Pass Sinners of the System movies tonight at 10 EDT, I'll post details to join off when the world is up.

>>285152565
im not far enough to see smg yet but the dudes in the train station with the super heavy armor, the giant dudes, i threw three grenades at one and said fuck it and charged him with a shotgun

Assetto Corsa tomorrow night at 8PM EDT. We'll be doing the Mountain Route track with cars from the base game and Japanese pack. The track mod is in the link below, and the server is up if you want to test mods or get some practice in. Let me know if you've got any car requests before we start and I'll try to get them added.
server: vrg racing
pass: tfwnodriftfu
mods: https://mega.nz/#F!IgMnDK7Y!16gzEjZRZsea9QE3NDQg6Q

>>285139858
You seem to be forgetting that Alyx takes place 5 years before HL2.

>Alyx's gun doesn't transform into an SMG at the end of the game

In the game we upgrade the pistol to have all those extra features in the period of about 12 hours. Alyx takes place roughly 5 years before HL2. Does it seem unlikely that she could upgrade it to its HL2 form in 5 years?

>Combine SMG's are different then AR2's and they use SMG's and Shotguns primarily in HL:A despite having future guns

Again, their weaponry seems more primitive at this stage, five years prior.

>we never see the alien combine again after this game

What alien combine?

>The citadel is FUCKHUGE instead of being very tall

A combination of it being in the process of being built, and creative liberties, I would guess.

>Nobody ever mentions Russel again
In this universe there's totally no way for a resistance member die, right?

>Alyx never mentions G-Man again
In the HL2 timeline, Alyx had never met him, and Eli still dies.

>>285144759
Jeff is the best part of the game by a mile.

>>285151830
Summer already?

Newfag here. I don't understand. I thought Jelly was the villain of this general. Now it's Dal? Or are they both pieces of shit that are best avoided and unnamed?

>>285155063
they're the OTP actually

>>285144759
Fucking this. I was scared shitless during it the entire time. After finishing it I just sat and laughed. No other experience has gotten me like this before. It's fucking unreal.

Valve wouldn't tease us by putting us into the eyes of Gordon Freeman if they didn't have serious intentions of letting us play as him in the near future would they? Not after everything they said about HL3 never being made in part because they were scared of the expectations after all these years.

>>285155063
Both hates the other and they're both autistic so it fills the thread. Also
>villain of this general
You have to be 18 or older to go on 4chan.

>>285156645
>https://www.gamesradar.com/half-life-3-would-have-launched-in-2022/

Is anyone going to talk about HL:A's sound design? The music may have been mediocre to bad, but all of the ambiance and directional audio really helps with immersion. Valve had been saying that game designers needed to focus on audio more in VR experiences, and I feel like they've shown the industry how powerful and immersive good sound design can be.

>>285157441
Steam Audio is really fucking nice. I'm more impressed by the lighting though.

>>285157441
yeah uh, I liked it?

>>285154664
What does that have to do with anything?

>>285155063
They both live in each other's head rent free and they try to false-flag you if you don't pick a side.

Did a little game world called "Cube." But it was just a concept, not much to it but finding buttons really.

>>285157441
Yea, it's really impressive. I think all of my "it's impressive" alyx moments were at least partially sound-related. This entire blind zombie section was amazing, I also had this one super immresive moment when I threw a safety helmet somewhere aside and accidentally broke a window - audio was on point, particularly audio location.

You're right, it's really great.

>>285158085
Nice! I'll check it out tonight! Arctic brit friend, right?

Also visited this neat world. The image doesn't do it justice. Called "VR Mange World." It makes good use of stencil shaders and has a little story, do recommend visiting some time.

>>285158085
I'm not the one pictured, but the one taking the pictures

>>285157441
It can be really subtle at times but the quality of the sound design and the way that the soundtrack works with it really made it feel like a AAA experience.

>>285158806
Dumb boothcat.

>>285155063
>>285155981
>>285156762
>>285157913
strange how they always show up at the same time to argue with each other

>>285159039
Gee it's almost like you can set 4chan to show notifications when you don't have it open.

An oldie but always comfy. "Twin Spire Village"

>>285159245
Took me a minute to find this screenshot. Easter '19. Worst butler NA.
Twinspire is super comfy.

>People arguing
>Immediately start spamming VRChat selfies

Strange defense mechanism.

>>285155063
Dal is immature and Jelly is a spastic
Pick your poison

>>285159165
wow. I don't even answer my phone half the time.

Half Life VR is too spook for me. They do a good job of easing you into it but I still can't. The sound design pushes me over the edge.

>>285161545
Stream it to a friend. It's actually pretty fun and comfy. Not necessarily on twitch, just screenshare to someone on discord or steam.

>>285160432
Makes sense if people don't ever call you.

>Halves your framerate
Pssh, nothing personnel kid.

>>285158085
that was a pretty cool world. I'd like to see the idea expanded to use the turning and gravity a bit more by putting the buttons in places you could only reach by turning the world in a specific way or from a specific place or something like that

>>285162539
>turning the world
That type of mechanic reminds me a lot of Backend. There's sections where you get a little ... gameboy thing and you can use it to rotate certain platforms that allow them to be projected *invisibly*, then you watch the gameboy as you run around to make sure you don't fall off. Really enjoyable.

>>285161759
This. Just hopped off to take a break but man it is actually cozy despite being in a bleak, industrial setting. Just a shame that there's a whole lot of nothing since I like to explore and they make it hard to miss mags and resin.

The amount of things you can't interact with in Alyx really throws me off. I thought Source 2 was supposed to be amazing?

>>285165330
There's a lot of nice ones, and some frustrating ones. I found a bookshelf and tried to grab a book off it, but it was just entirely static. And the books that aren't static aren't actually interactive.
I got so mad when I could interact with the jackets hanging on things, but I can't actually lift them off the hook.
The pens are awesome though. Drawing on the windows, then wiping them off with an eraser or a pencil is great. Wearing the hard hat and respirator is pointless but fun. Or maybe the hard hat stops barnacles, I don't know.

It may make me sound like an idiot but the gravity gloves are the best part of the game. They're so satisfying to use and they work incredibly well. Wish they would have let them become supercharged so you could grab and throw enemies.

>>285166314
The gravity gloves are INCREDIBLY satisfying. It's so natural to just grab things and flick them with index, slapping a mag or matter into the backpack just makes me smile.

>>285165835
Respirators stop spores from making you cough, made jeff really easy.

>>285166314
I 100% agree. Even though it's functionally the same thing as the "force grab" in e.g. boneworks, the gravity gloves feel much more satisfying with that little whip motion. Which speaking of, the whip weapon in one of the rec room quests is also really satisfying.

>>285165835
Yeah hard hat stops barnies from grabbing you. I remember trying to see if I could wear it and once I could, I found it obvious that it could help with enemies.

>cant store a traffic cone and put it on gman at the end
Missed opportunity for a solid gmod shoutout.

How bad is NoloVR as a budget option?

>>285168703
>NoloVR
likely not supported by much if anything, regardless of how good it is
an odyssey+ is like 300$

Do guys think there's an Index 2 right around the corner? Should I hold off on my purchase?

>>285169242
No. Valve will be working on refining the existing manufacturing process for a while (completely uninformed guess, 2 years?) before they start developing a replacement.

>>285169327
Ok thanks

>>285168703
It's a bitch to set up and its only slightly better than Kinect One, at 4x the cost of Kinect One. put the money towards 3 pux and a 1.0 base station in my opinion.

>>285161545
You can do it anon! Be brave and play it smart! Go slow too and remember that the bad men can't hurt you irl!

>>285139031

Just finished it. was a blast. maybe a second playthru some day?
>>285170773

>>285170957
I just finished too. Took me 13 hours and only got 28 cheevos.

>>285154298
By far. Every flat screen game has pretty much done the mechanic but in vr it makes it more tense by far

>>285171746
It was neat but having the mouth covering mechanic only used for this part was pretty pointless.

>>285172048
yea and unintentionally spoiled it to me 10 seconds into the game cause i needed to scratch my nose

So I just got "The Climb", i'm playing the very first level and there's a section where I need to jump backwards and grab the wall behind me, only problem is whenever I do that, the game aligns me the wrong way; My body is inside the cliff looking out, which causes the game to say my head is clipping and I can't seem to fix it.

Anyone encountered this?

>yfw

>>285172048
it's also rendered useless with the dozens of respirator masks found around

but i like how head gear can be worn to sacrifice to the barnacles, as if getting around barnacles are ever difficult

>>285152782
Psycho-Pass starting in 10-15 minutes, you can join off Silencen or anyone else in Silent Theater if you're interested.

I just finished Alyx without ever playing any of the Half Life games. What the hell is going on?

>>285173896
Doesn't matter, Alyx retcons the events of the previous games.

>Half-Life: Alyx Update 1.1 released
Changes:

Improved turning options in Preferences:
- Added "Continuous Turn", and associated turning speed options.
- Renamed "Quick turn" to "Snap Turn" to make its functionality clearer.
- Added option to disable controller turning.
Improved hand-over-mouth pose usability for Windows MR controllers.
Improved the resolution of impact decals on enemies.
Improved automatic detection of default Quality settings for some machine configurations.
Fixed an issue where some sounds didn't play as intended.
Fixed an issue where the main menu could become less responsive if you had many save games.
Fixed several crashes.

>>285174050
It changed the the very last seconds of the most recent game.
Hardly that big of a deal.

>>285174423
>It changed the the very last seconds of the most recent game

Which in turn completely alters the outcome of it all.

>>285124876
10/10 presentation, 6/10 for gameplay

Can't believe there is no melee combat in a Half Life game they couldn't even give us a crowbar early on to whack headcrabs with

>>285174532
Freeman still blew up the portal at the end of HL2 the Citadel still blew up at the end of ep1, The rocket was still launched at Wight Forest in ep2.

How did it alter everything those games did?

>>285129819
>Sound design and atmosphere was top notch
really? The sound was my biggest complaint. There seemed to be times where stuff fell over but made no noises.

>>285174992
>>285174383
>Fixed an issue where some sounds didn't play as intended.
Might've been this bug.

https://streamable.com/xeesw
10/10 game

>>285175054
ah I just finished the game. The ending cutscene audio was desynced which was a bit disappointing. Maybe I'll try watching it again with this patch.

>>285172885
Fuck this room
>defuse a tripmine
>snap turn to look around, right into a barrel which tips over and explodes
>round 2
>accidentally clip into a box which explodes into fragments, tripping a mine

If you go left from the entrance you can stack two barrels and mantle over the lasers

>>285124876
Solid 9/10
The Jeff level is probably the single most kino level in the entire game.

>>285132396
Well bros I failed.
New MOBO
New CPU
New RAAM
And I can’t get this shit to boot.
Going to try to find some nerd who is still working under quarantine to help me get it later this week.
Fuck, why am I such a brainlet?

>>285137756
my shit failed first month of purchase and those shitbags didn't advance one to me

>>285176012
>go to grab a battery in a cabinet
>xen clam I didn't see behind the bottles snaps at my hand
>bottle gets knocked over, falls in slow motion at my feet
>hear jeff roar mere feet behind me
I didnt even try to run, I just put my gun to my head and fired.

>>285152207
the 7th shell is when you +1, 6 in the tube mag and 1 chambered

>>285176448
Ok, troubleshooting step 1: Does it POST? That's to say, do you get a BIOS/UEFI screen at all?

>>285177220
>no floating shell
fucking dropped

>>285176448
did you attach all the power? sometimes i forget the additional gpu cables.

What video player should I get for VR videos? I just want to coom, Skybox has a shitty interface.

>>285178083
FELLAS MOTHER BASE IS FUCKED.

>>285176448
If you don't get a POST screen, back to basics. Remove everything non-essential, that is, motherboard, CPU, 1 stick of ram in the first slot. No GPU, no drives, see if it POSTs.
If you still don't, try a different RAM stick. If one of the sticks works, there's your first problem.
If you can't POST even with nothing but CPU and RAM, you might need to re-seat the CPU or you might've damaged the pins, or the motherboard might be faulty.
>>285178208
As this person said, make sure the power ATX12V and EPS12V are connected to the motherboard.

>>285178030
Nay. It doesn’t post. Some LEDS on the mobo turn on, and the gpu light comes on.

>>285178208
Everything except my fans.

>>285178432
Ok, see >>285178334 but the diag LEDs on the motherboard might help you narrow it down. What mobo, what lights? I'll look up the manual as well.

>>285174383
Continuous is still fucked for me

How is everyone's system handling HL:A? Personally mine is running a lot worse than expected.

>>285178759
Perfectly smooth on my i7 6700/1070. But it defaulted to the lowest quality settings. Still looks fine on my Vive.

>>285178536
The qleds don’t even come on :/ only the decorative ones do.
Got the X570-plus.

Removed everything non essential, still no post :(

>>285178936
Did you try swapping out the RAM sticks/RAM slots? Reseating the CPU is a last resort, and probably not worth doing if you're able to get someone in to look at it.

>>285178852
I have a i7 5820k/1080. Maybe it's because im using VD to stream to my Quest. Tracking and whatnot looks fine but it just stutters a overwhelming amount on all graphics settings.

>>285178759
I5 4690k and a GTX 980 here. Stutters a bit when certain holograms spawn but it hasn't happened since the map in russel's place. Looks fine on my vive but looking at my screenshots it only looks mildly better than half life 2.

>>285179145
Yes. I also reseating the cpu already as well

>>285179542
If you're not even getting the diagnostic LEDs as it starts up, then I'd suggest the problem is the motherboard or power supply.

>>285179835
Probably f’d up my mobo somehow then
:(
Ill bring it in and see what they say. What a fucking waste of a day this was

>>285180083
Honestly, unless there's visible physical damage or you somehow managed to plug the power in the wrong way, odds are a faulty component instead of you actually breaking anything.

>>285180420
I did initially use the wrong kind of screws to attach the mobo to the frame which I suspect may have caused a short.

>>285180968
There's an area around the screw hole that is intentionally designed to ground the motherboard to the chassis. Unless you used screws in the wrong places, or some giant ones that were wide enough to touch capacitors, there's nothing to short there. The bare metal is intentional.

>>285178083
pretty sure you can't float that shotgun's mechanism, you stuff another round into the tube while one is in the chamber, so it's +1ing

>>285180420
How common is out of the box hardware failure?

>>285181224
I've had DOA mobos maybe twice in 20 years... Maybe out of 15 PCs I've built? It's not impossible.

>>285181224
But I also have my own PSU tester and spare PSUs, so I can pretty reliably eliminate the PSU as the potential problem for my builds. Motherboards are much more fickle.

so a buddy somehow managed to use a friend to losen up the geometry and now its following him

>>285182089
and now the floor is clean w

>>285182089
Just found out about that achievement and I don't want to play the entire fucking game again just for it. Maybe in a month or two.

>>285181353
That’s more common than I thought. Well I’ma bring it in tomorrow and see what they say. Odds are I’m just missing something retardly small or God is testing me and I’ll have to get new parts.
Thanks anon, you’ve been helpful. May we cross paths on the VR plane some day.
Till next time friend.

>>285182291
Wait, is that Jeff?

>>285182921
Hey, I'm glad to help anyone doing a build for their first, or frankly any time. Hope you don't have any problems with getting it resolved or replaced, and I'll see ya 'round.

>>285182784
At least you can store it on your wrist pockets. Right?

>>285182089
>>285182784
What about this guy?

>>285178432
whats the wattage on your PSU? do you have any spares? does the PSU fan spin up?

Playing Alyssa made me realize how much I miss actual girl voices. Why can’t there be any cute single real girls in /vrg/? Why must this place be full of gross prison fags?

>>285185079
Seriously WHY is everyone on the internet so fucking gay? My married friend keeps trying to get me to crossdress when I join his discord and it's starting to weird me out because they gang up on me.

>>285185079
You're on 4chan looking for girls? You're definitely in the wrong place.

>do so many H3VR mag dumps that I nuke my framerate even in the tiny gunrange room
why do I have gun autism I'm not even American

>>285185527
when you're behind a screen people forget about your ugliness. also everyone is a bit homo

>>285185827
Yeah but these guys know me irl. They know what I look like.

kinda random question, how do the private worlds work in VRchat? I heard that's where you're allowed to use NSFW avatars, but how do you access private worlds? do you just "have to know someone" to gain access? or can they be searched? (kinda defeats the "private" though)

>>285186570
silence jizzbrain

>>285186570
Basically, public and friends+ worlds are considered "Public" and you aren't meant to be using anything NSFW.
Friends-only, Invite+ and Invite Only are considered private. Friends-only does exactly what it says on the box, Invite+ means anyone in the world can invite people, Invite only means only the host can invite, but other people can request the host invite people.
Invites don't always work reliably though, so have fun. Also, there's no way to index f+/f/i+/i, you need to know people or use a portal.

>>285186850
>or use a portal.
what's that all about? sorry, pretty new. But thanks for all the helpful info

>>285187021
When someone is creating a new instance, or to (specifically public) worlds, or if you're using a client, you can drop a 30 second portal to a world. This bypasses restrictions like friends/invite. The timer refreshes when someone goes through, and once it expires it's gone.

>>285186570
It's worth noting that if whatever NSFW stuff goes on in private worlds is uploaded somewhere with nametags, it is actioned as public.

>>285187145
>>285187125
Thanks for the info. I hang out in regular worlds, but it's something I wanted to get to know since I'm pretty open minded. Last question, if I wanted to get into some private worlds what's the general simplest way to go about it? The people I know right now are just regular pals, not really anyone I'd ask to hook me up with a NSFW world.

>>285184919
https://www.newegg.com/evga-600-br-100-br-0600-k1-600w/p/N82E16817438146?Item=N82E16817438146&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ASID=https%3a%2f%2fpcpartpicker.com%2fproduct%2fr2TPxr&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-OTWtGcTroCrQqE1nqAxKaA

>>285184919
And no PSU spin either

>>285187317
Go hang out in Void Club or something and find someone who's interested, or if you want to be really simple about it just go to/create a public Let's Just H! world and wait for someone to join.

Or, go to /vrlg/. It's in the OP. This is what I'd actually reccomend.

>>285187472
Thanks dude.

>>285187327
Did you remember to plug in the 8-pin ATX power connector?

Well shit if people are already being degenerates. Are there dedicated furry worlds in VRChat and are they easy to find?

>>285188661
get the fuck out

>>285188661
Yes there are. You should be able to find them searching "furry", actually that easy. Finding populated worlds though, is harder. Furrys tend to stick to private worlds.

>>285188139
Yes indeed. I got the cpu as well

>>285188637
Can you use a trip so I can filter you? Thanks.

>>285188794
>Furrys tend to stick to private worlds.
So how do I get in a furry private world?

>>285190114
Meet me in Public FurHub

>>285190114
Meet people in those furry worlds.

>>285190225
>>285190276
thanks for the information, I'll check it out tomorrow

>>285190646
Don't. Unless you want cancer.

So do most people in VR chat just copy avatars? I doubt all of them are skilled modelers

>>285191814
In publics? Mixed. In /vrg/ and a lot of other older communities? Almost everyone has uploaded avatars, at any level from unmodified booths to scratch builds.

>>285124876
9/10. Gameplay cuts it down by one, but it's not bad. Great introduction to VR that I would recommend to anyone starting out and looking for a high-budget experience.

Dunno why people keep having spergouts comparing it to Boneworks when these two games are obviously built for their own specific showcase purposes.

also, FUCK JEFF

>>285191929
I'm kind of a shitter so I wanted to just buy a nice looking avatar off sketchfab and upload it in. Still thinking about it

What's the best privacy-oriented headset right now? I can at least assume HTC/Valve would respect your privacy slightly more than Facebook.

>>285192029
buy from booth instead. japs make better models

>>285139426
Spent the first 30 minutes picking up and crushing cans. 10/10 Index experience

>>285191929
What's a good place to pick up a base furry avatar? I can try and modify myself later but gotta start somewhere. Are they just MMD models? I had a few .blend files laying around with some models but idk if .blend will work

>>285192158

Index, hands down. Valve couldn't give more than two shits about anything you're not doing on Steam.

If you wanna be paranoid, disable the FF cameras.

>>285192029
Check out booth.pm for Japanese-style premade ready to upload ones. There's a massive event coming up called Vket 4 that has like ~1400 exhibitors and there'll be a bunch of new ones.
>>285192248
MMD models probably. I'd look at deviantart for western-style stuff, but honestly don't know that much when it comes to furry models. Lexidoll is a popular base for Nanachis, the only one I could name, unless you include 10%ers like Seikis or a lot of Booth models.

>>285192375
very helpful, thank you

>>285192025
Jeff is the best chapter, don't @ me

>>285192158
If you're fully tin-hat, you can cobble together your own with http://www.osvr.org/ . But otherwise index or vive is your best bet; they have actual native linux support too so you can avoid the windows botnet.

>>285174893
they should've put a crowbar in the beginning before you get tazed just to fuck with people

>>285176601
I had similar but it was clearly to wait for 2nd wave controllers. Good thing I kept my wands.

>>285179250
I use ALVR to stream to my Quest and it works perfectly with these settings. I use the same for Pavlov although with VRChat I can push the bitrate a bit higher.

Ryzen [email protected] and 1080Ti

>>285195425
Forgot to mention I use 150% super sampling too

>>285193571
jeff is the best chapter because of how much of a nigger he is
this is the most fun I had in the entire game

well we're all getting trumpbux next week

since every VR headset is going to sell out quickly, what should I target, under $400 preferably? I wanted odyssey+ but it looks sold out already

>>285195970
>I wanted odyssey+ but it looks sold out already
Still up on Amazon, but it's $330 for a new one.
At that price, I'd wait and try to find a Rift S instead.

>>285196461
isnt that the one with no hardware ipd? seems like a waste of money

i knew i shoulda bought that odyssey+ like a month ago. shits not gonna be in stock forever now.

>>285196573
>isnt that the one with no hardware ipd?
Yeah, but that's not a problem for most people.

>>285194360
>they have actual native linux support too so you can avoid the windows botnet
I've been meaning to mess around with that, but most VR games don't have native support and a lot of them had issues in Proton last time I checked.

>>285195970
Would hope so. Likely though, we won't see them until June~September at the latest.

Thanks to everyone who's ever been nice to me going around behind my back constantly talking shit. I really appreciate it haha

>>285201030
You're welcome

>>285201030
>>>/facebook/

haha

Where can I get a download for alyx?

>>285201030
This. You are all fake sociopaths and I hate you all.

>>285201449
Haha just ignore it bro it'll go away... it's probably your fault, anyway...

>>285201790
I try every few weeks lmao sometimes every other month

>think about hanging out here because im getting a headset soon
>discord drama

and im out

>>285201874
join the /vrg/ discord 500 active members and we all hate the local retard scissors lmao

>>285202103
shut up tranny

>>285202147
scissors

>>285202443
I am being serious: none of you are intelligent enough to understand why you're stupid. Usually I'm memeing or injecting a little bit of irony for fun but there is no irony here. All of you, with one or two exceptions, have little more than a thimbleful of political credibility and it stems from your complete inability to think through or research your points beyond coming to a conclusion spoon-fed to you by the culture around you since birth. None of you have the intellectual capacity to question the world around you and at least half of you don't even have the potential to develop it.

>>285202530
local retard, maybe try an actual knife next time.
t. black man

>>285202589
No you. Lick my butthole, Loser!

>>285201345
Steam

In chapter 3 where the fuck do I go from the sewer part, I got the Flashlight but the path back just loops me around

>>285203927
If you retrace your steps there's a dark path just after the machine where you upgrade your weapon, up the stairs

>>285203927
t. Valve playtester

>>285204836
silence fat bitch

How do you take high-res screenshots in VR? Mine are really low res for some reason.

>>285205704
you need to set vrchat's graphics to VRHigh when the launcher does pop up

>>285205704
Something about the desktop window resolution. I can't remember. Also AA.

>>285205704
or if you're talking about other vr games, maybe this will work

>>285205704
desktop previews in games are usually more or less configurable, but they keep low res for performance reasons. you can try mirror software, oculus has oculus mirror half-hidden in files, steamvr has it in its own menu

>having a fine time in alyx
>left hand disappears
>using Touch
>can still feel it just fine
>can take screenshots just fine
>it's definitely tracking fine as I feel the vibration when I push my hand against a wall
>but it doesn't show up and I can't use it for anything like pulling the slide on the pistol or grabbing items
>save and reload fixes it but it happens again a bit later and this time it doesn't fix
What the fuck?

>>285206207
Happened to me, had to reload from an even earlier save and re-do half of the zoo level.

Thanks again for another ruined day. I wish you were dead.

Restart the controller to fix missing hand issue brainlets.

>>285124876
7.5/10
Haven't beaten the game yet. I'm playing really slowly so I can savor it and take it in. I'm at chapter 5 I think.

>pros
Amazing graphics.
Lots of little details and world building.
Love the updated design for the combine.
Holy shit it's a new half-life game.

>cons
Not the original VA for Alyx.
Can't turn on and off the flash light manually.
Pacing is worse than in previous games, there's not as many breaks from the action like in half-life 2 with black-mesa east and other similar locations.
The zombie/xen sections lasted for too long. Shooting regular combines is way more fun. (pacing)
I know I'm a minority on this one but I miss the vehicles sections. (pacing)
Not enough friendly NPCs between fights. (pacing)
No melee weapons.

>>285206207
>left hand disappears
>can still feel it just fine

>ywn be so immersed that you end up surprised with the fact that your real hand doesn't disappear along with the ingame controller

>>285206402
i did multiple times
it wasn't the controller that was bugged it was the game, it even showed up when i opened the menu

>>285206543
Also one more con: the dialog feels worse than before. I wonder if this is because valve bought campo santo and some of the old writers left.

>>285206207
swapping which hand holds the gun fixes the invisible hand.

>>285206379
i feel the same

>>285203927
you have to backtrack a bit to the tunnel that alyx and russel commented on for being too dark

>>285206914
Go eat a salad.

>>285207304
im not replaying it again just for the fucking gnome

>>285207197
>eats salad
>eats three salads
>puts on ranch dressing
wtf y am i fat i walked for 20 minutes too

Survey time

As a VR user, do you also like:

[ ] 5G wireless
[ ] Fluoride in the drinking water/toothpaste
[ ] MSG
[ ] Corn syrup
[ ] GMO crops

>>285209546
there's nothing inherently wrong with MSG or genetically modified crops

>>285209546
5G wireless is peobably nice, faster speeds.
I only eat Organic food, so yeah, I avoid GMO. Corn Syrup don't exist in the EU, but I avoid sugar and when I drink Soda, it's sugarfree.
No flouride in the drinking water either, tap water is higher quality then bottled water here.
Dunno what MSG is but I probably don't.
Do you anon?

>>285124876
9/10

Hands down it's currently the best VR singleplayer title available to date.

>>285210184
Holy fucking shit is this the only VR game you've played? Even robo recall has better gameplay

shut the fuck up about half life for five minutes i only play vrchat in desktop mode and i don't care about your 30 minute long teleport wave shooter

>>285209951
msg is salt of glutamic acid. Goes in everything to make it taste more savoury.

>>285210291
>Walk forward and pew pew robot is better

Wow what an immersive sounding story

So are we finally getting the Quest V2 or what?

>>285124876
9/10
because loading screens and lack of sprint

>>285210985
Probably, Quest mobile headset probably don't have a long product lifetime. The ones who love it will buy the next version. Selling their old one, getting more people into the Occulus ecosystem by trickling down economics.
Probably a new version every year or something of the Quest I suppose.

>>285211125
teleport works as a sprint replacement. i know it's shit, but this is how it works, if you're going through some boring backtracking bit and you want to go fast, you teleport in front of you while moving forward all the time. realizing this spared me some frustration

>tfw he's nothing but a coombrain now
i miss him bros

>>285178759
i7-8700k, 1080ti, Index on 1.0SS and 90Hz, high details, it was still visibly stuttering during some parts towards the end, usually anything involving Antlions and the Combine.

>>285211229
Imo, the teleport+slow walk is 10/10 loco. Wish more games adapted it.
Both that kind of movement and the wrist flick would work wonders in VRC.
You can choose between teleport or amooth loco, but both combined is where it shines.

>>285178759
3700X, 2070 Super, Rift S - Was getting stuttering at the start on high fidelity, so turned down particles and fog to medium. After that I never noticed any frame drops other than during loading scenes.

>>285211350
Just forget about him

>he didn't do the rat assisted half life alyx run
Best way to ladder skip desu

>>285209546
msg is a good flavoring

>>285210985
Del Mare is almost certainly an application of the hand tracking tech they acquired via ctrl labs. Oculus already had a haptics wrist prototype called Tasbi. Combin the two and you have a feature complete controller alternative.

>>285211750
the problem with that is that it's kinda meh in situations where you'd expect to be running fast like firefights

>>285210449
How about Asgard's Wrath?

>>285212146
hurt every time i see them

>less than 48 hours has pasted of HL:alyx
>Vrchat lewding and shitposting is leaking back into /vrg/.

Well guys it was fun. Now back to business.

>>285211350
Hintdrop.

>>285213928
There's nothing to talk about. Game was meh and completely soulless.
I don't even want to shitpost about it as much as I did about Boneworks.

>>285213990
A

>>285124876
9/10

engine itself and grabbidy gloves are godly, but game itself can be improved upon. new weapons, new ways to interact with environment, melee, etc. make no mistake, this is the best video game period, available up to this point in time.

golly, i wish they made a soft reboot of dark messiah in vr, now that would be something.

>>285214637
Game wise HL alyx wasn't a flop and as step in the right direction.

Sales and player wise, IT's a fucking FLOP

I even think it dropped harder than boneworks. I like how the first 8 hours VR was booming and then suddenly everything after went back to normal and nobody cared about VR again...

>>285216220
people are just resting. vr's fucking exhausting even for me, it must be like running a marathon for stereotypical an obese /v/irgin.

2hu in vr when

>>285216220
I'm sure we'll see a lot Index/VR listings on ebay and what not in the coming weeks. Might be a good chance to grab a spare pair of controllers.

>>285216552
The Lab game where you hold a spaceship would work as a full Touhou game.
Imagine manhandling little Reimu's body and trying to catch a peak of her pantsu while avoiding bullets.

>>285216651
i want a game where you sniff okuu's panties. you just sniff okuu's panties endlessly, that's the game.

>>285216220
Index is supply strained due to Corona, and I don't think HL:A is a flop.
It peaked at 42k players, which is good for a VR game. And we don't know the total amount of HL:A owners either.
How many players did you expect? This is not some bing bing wao poorfag game.

>>285216552
>people are resting

I played through the whole game with for 9 hours straight and I'm still impressed I didn't feel exhusted or motion sickness. Wtf did valve do to remove the sickness?

>inb4 ''an engaging story''

>>285213928
it had 10 hours of gameplay

>>285217172
Atleast 200.000

Valve and the VR community is always screaming that there is more than a million VR users.

Holy fuck I wish they ported the first map to SteamVR envoirments, Snark and markers and everything. Russell's lab is boring and the streets are pointless. Petting the snark and watching the City 17 change overtime in SteamVR Home would maybe make me consider not disabling this piece of shit.

>>285209546
><1000 lux
>high intensity EMF radiation

>>285216220
>Game wise HL alyx wasn't a flop and as step in the right direction.
You cannot be serious

>>285216220
>gunhand syndrome
>teleporting
>oh wait smooth locomotion without a jump button or sprint button haha XD
>no melee
>cant even throw props to do damage
>no crowbar
>like 3 guns and theyre all gunhand
>In the right direction
This is 2016-2017 vr game mechanics

imagine multiplayer game that looks as good as hl:a

>>285217427
Mention 5 games better than HL:alyx right now....

>>285217587
Boneworks
Blades and Sorcery
Pavlov
Onward
Contractors
Gorn
VRChat unironically, for muh immersion I have FBT and an actual body LMAO FLOATY HANDS SOOO IMMERSIVE

>>285217427
Game was made to show off what VR can do to new users. And it did that great.
Jeff, the floating apartment in the end, the shooting, the gameplay. It was great and have showcased what a VR game should be like, and to ve improved upon.
It's not Pavlov, it's not Contractors, B&S or Boneworks.
What HL:A did will be the future of VR games.

>>285217587
>>285217651
Also Robo Recall

>>285217540
Imagine CS:VR

>>285217587
As far as mechanics go, every other shooter has more depth.
It feels like a console movie-game, reaplayability is close to zero.

>>285217730
>Game was made to show off what VR can do
>Doesn't actually do what VR can do and is old design
Lmfao so it's even WORSE, triple A money valve itself who made the Index made this game annnnd its mediocre at best with Oculus Studios robo recall being a much better "this is what VR can do"
>>285217774
>walk to window
>watch cutscene
>look at sky
>watch thing fly
>walk to bars
>cutscene
>walk to door
>it opens
>CPS blocks it
>watch cutscene
yes

>>285217738
By Valve? Not happening or I don't want it to happen. Imagine Pavlov but the gun you buy is stuck to your hand. Literally stripping all the VR features to the point it really VR really is just a screen strapped to your face and a pair of Wiimotes.

>>285217651
My mind can make a distinction between arcadey stuff and immersive stuff and properly suspend disbelief enough to use floating hands/guns properly as my own body. Only get really into it with phantom sense etc in vrc where I can relax or in pavlov where it's reaction-response and not much else. Being shot in the chest and feeling light impacts is one hell of a trip.

It feels like they've missed their initial, 2016 release date by 4 years. Even if it was packed with Index pre-orders in 2019 it would feel dated as fuck.

>>285217893
Pavlov floaty hands is also jank as fuck but the IK would probably get in the way of the guns and the focus is multiplayer FPS over an immersive storyline or social environment, which Alyx is a storyline game about IMMERSION but how is it immersive when LOL TELEPORT JUMP HAHAHA and FLOATY HANDS ::::)))) wow gameplay is SOOO GOOD i mean what would i do if i dropped my gun??
Im gonna get index controllers with my trump bux and therefor alyx but my god i am disappointed

>>285217524
Yes, it has a lot of 2016 mechanics. The level of polish is far and above what I've grown used to in VR though. A lot of elements feel incredibly natural. Putting on the respirator Just Werks. Hard hats are not terribly reliable, but it's just a natural action. Grav gloves are amazing. The hacking games are ... I mean, in concept interesting but typically too easy.
There are downsides, for sure. The floaty feeling when walking off a ledge, or how you float up into the air when you walk on some obstacles. The disembodied hands. Not having smooth turning at launch. BULLET SPONGE SYNDROME at max difficulty. I constantly grab mags out of my backpack by accident when I go to adjust my headset.
But honestly? Overall? It feels really good. It's an AAA title that wasn't beta-on-release and had the proper polish. Yes, there were bugs, there's always bugs, but it was pretty smooth for most people I've talked to.

>>285217651
>Boneworks
A fucking HL:alyx demo with no story no world building nauseating boring bug infested climbing
>Blades and Sorcery
Legit just and arena melee demo
>Pavlov
CS in VR but worse
>Onward
>military shooter
>Contractors
>dead military shooter
>Gorn
???
>VRChat unironically, for muh immersion I have FBT and an actual body LMAO FLOATY HANDS SOOO IMMERSIVE

You lost all credability you discord tranny. Go stick a remote up your ass.

>>285217893
Mine can too.
The autists brain probably can't do this, which is why HL:A bad, floating hands bad. Muh Immersion and whatever.
HL:A did almost everything right.

>>285217738
>CS:VR
id rather have something pve desu

>>285218041
>The level of polish is far and above what I've grown used to in VR though.
>but it has 2016 mechanics
Were you born retarded or did you wear your index too tight and cut off the blood flow to your brain?
>>285218079
Boneworks
>A HL:Alyx demo
>When it's mechanics are straight up better
>And has better gameplay
>No teleport bullshit
>Actual Arms
>Actual gameplay
Blades and Sorcery
>its a demo yet the gameplay is still more fun its flat out better maybe worse if you're a HL autist
Pavlov
>Cs in VR
>Except there's TTT and zombies
>retard
Onward
>Nothing you said here matters
Contractors
>true its still better, HL:Alyx died within 48 hours of release
Gorn
>Yes its better people still play it
VRChat
>WAAAAHHH NOOOOO STOP ACTUALLY USING VR

I accept your concession

>>285218237
I see you're too stupid to understand the difference between polish and mechanics. You could make VR Chess well polished without changing any mechanics from 600 B.C. But I don't really expect much from -you-.

>>285218432
Oh excuse me, your turd is very polished and shiny. I digress and apologise.

>>285217730
>What HL:A did will be the future of VR games.
One and done movie-games with no extra modes, multiplayer, or even a New Game+, catering to the common lowest denominator, at the expensve of the game having half-baked mechanics and gamebreaking cheats masked as locomotion?
Cool, VR is dead then. Might as well buy a PS5 and PSVR if the games won't get any deeper than that.

>>285218237
Oh....

I'm debating with the local tard. Awww so cute sorry that I opposed your opinion.

Here let me help you and say sorry for my superior taste in VR.

Now now child go back and play with cleetus

>>285218141
>HL:A did almost everything right.
Okay so why are guns duct taped to the hands?
Where's the jump button?
The sprint button?
The game was clearly designed specifically around teleporting with smooth locomotion tacked on.
It's 10 hours of gameplay, and story only matters to HL autists who such gabens cock for 30 dollar 2 hours games like old HL games.

>>285218595
>It's 10 hours of gameplay, and story only matters to HL autists who such gabens cock for 30 dollar 2 hours games like old HL games.
Half-Life autist here. The franchise died in 2007, Epistle 3 was the closure. HL:A is just Hunt Down the Freeman, but canon.

>>285218594
Oh no I used a shinobu smug reaction image, did that upset you? Sorry puny brain. Us big brain chads will be using VR for its intended use, alcoholism and escapism.

Good day, sir.
>>285218697
That sucks to hear that it can't even be a good thing to HL autists, so I guess it's not irredeemable. Now, maybe if this was an indie game release without Valve themselves backing it up it's be an okay game, but okay at best. Okay is overstating how disappointed I am with this fucking game. I thought it'd be better than boneworks at least. C'mon.

>>285209546
what's the rationalization behind "gmo bad"? except "i'm a drooling retard and i saw spider-man cartoon uuuuuuuuuuuu". i mean really, fucking really. do these tards just not understand how proteins work?

>>285218782
>high intensity EMF radiation
cool maybe i can become megaman like in megaman starforce and travel em wave roads

GET DOWN

>>285218595
Yeah, the teleport+smooth loco combo was perfect. Never broke immersion for me. Same with gun duct taped to hand. Never broke immersion.
Using it felt wrong for the 5-10 first minutes, but after that it felt soo good.

>>285219132
You tied your Index too tight and it cut circulation for too long, I'm sorry, but you have mental retardation and need to see a doctor.

>>285218775
>That sucks to hear that it can't even be a good thing to HL autists
Real HL autists have a hard time even caring about HL2 storyline, but no genuine Half-Life fan is satisfied with fucking retconning a 13 year old cliffhanger for no reason.
Half-Life 2 Episode Three would be interesting because of how Eli's death would impact Alyx. Now it's fair game to do asspulls Half-Life 3 might as well end like Stardust Crusaders with big bad G-Man using poor Alyx for his evil, evil deeds.
I don't even give a fuck about the lore anymore - why would Combine stop using gene-coded weapons? Why are there no signs of the Vault in HL2? Is it an alernate storyline? Then lol, who gives a shit about those.

>>285219239
Damn so it gets more negative points for shitting on lore even more then, that's pathetic and sad.

>>285217879
As I said before, even if it has the shortcomings of Alyx, I'd rather have that than Pavlov if the netcode and hit detection works, and it isn't full of bugs.

>>285219132
It was perfect because of how fucking slow Alyx was and how utterly pointless it was to climb a ladder if you can just zoom zoom your way to the top.
Some fucking horror shooter where you can just teleport yourself away from the enemies.

I can't believe Valve saved VR

>>285219335
I guess, but is this really the best we can do? Fucking Counter-Strike where the only gimmick is throwing grenades, aiming and waggling to reload?

>>285219239
>let's just retcon the HL cliffhanger so actions don't have consequences

Who ever wrote the script was a retard. G-man is seen as a outside force a form of narrater but by having him captured it totally destroys the irrtional fear we have of him giving us hope to beat him.

>>285217651
what's the problem with floaty hands? floaty hands are great. better than the fucking boneworks retarded body, that's for sure. are you constantly cognizant of your body irl, too? are you one of those self-conscious anxiety virgins?

>>285219843
Bros... I'm so fucking immersed... this is the future of VR

>>285219843
They probably are.Floating hands is the best. Autists and retards who needs to look down and see a body to know they have one are wrong.
With FBT, a body can work in VR, but would need elbow tracking probably. For just 3 point tracking, floating hands is the best.

>>285220046
you dont need elbow tracking inverse kinematics calculates knee and elbow position just fine brainlet

>>285220090
Ah yes, that perfect elbow positioning in boneworks, how could I forget...

>Still haven't beaten alyx
>want to read the thread and be part of the discussion
>want to stream first impressions to my bros
>don't want to get immersion broken by them memeing on me constantly
>also want to meme with them
Fuck

>>285220252
it works perfectly fine in vrchat 80% of the time

>>285220267
Harry kills Voldemort

>>285220267
gman gets captured

>>285219896
that's not a funny picture.

besides, what's you problem with floaty hands? i find not having a stupid looking body better than something like boneworks. blade and sorcery has decent body that stays out of the way, but you don't crouch in that game, or look around for that matter.
plus body would needlessly compicate interactions with objects.

and what's your problem with teleport in alyx? you can move slowly and you can teleport as a form of sprint. that's how they solved motion sickness.

honestly you can only complain about all this if your goal is to complain.

>>285220267
NOOO I NEED MY HECKIN ORBITERRINOS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S SINGLEPLAYERINO

>>285220470
the pictures hilarious and encapsulates two of the biggest issues with alyx, gun hand and "jumping"(teleporting)

>>285218782
the same people that think replacing meat agriculture with plant agriculture would somehow fix all our problems and definitely not lead to earth being a barren rock in 200 years

>>285220297
except vrchat is garbage. it can't track my hands unless i keep them in a specific space right in front of me, while all the other games track everything with no issue.

>>285220470
>you can move slowly and you can teleport as a form of sprint. that's how they solved motion sickness.
So we're back to acting that motion sickness is an unsolvable issue? Did HL:A mindbreak VRlets to the point we're back to 2016?

>>285220267
back to discord, normalfag

>>285220618
>it can't track my hands unless i keep them in a specific space right in front of me,
That's because your HMD sucks ass you retard

>>285220624
>Did HL:A mindbreak VRlets to the point we're back to 2016?
Unironically yes people are defending this garbage

>>285220543
you still haven't explained what's the issue with gunhand and teleport.

it works well in the game. are you autistic? be honest with me!
>>285220624
it's more comfortable to use than the fucking boneworks. technology does not become good just because it's new. you people are autists.

>>285220845
>you still haven't explained what's the issue with gunhand and teleport.
Sure yeah since your HMD was on so tight you got brain damage and forgot the last fifteen times I explained why it's bad.

>>285220686
you are the retard, every other game(including hlvr) tracks my hands properly. vrchat is just trash.
>your HMD sucks
i'm on odyssey+ you tard

>Some people have bought index only to get exclusive CS items

I don't wan't to believe it as a HL fan but in all honesty I don't think anyone cares about HL:alyx. It's this odd bastard child.

>VR community hates it for being 2016 vr game with good gaphics but a total lack in VR potential

>Valve drones don't care and just plays CS and Dota

>HL fans a mad that valve shat on the story

>Reddit hasn't even played it but loves it anyways because they feel the need to be accepted into their group mentality hivemind.

>>285220984
Your HMD doesnt track anywhere but infront of you with a WMR like Odyssey + you moron

>>285220885
>I explained
you explained in your mind, but we aren't telepaths here. now go home and get into your fucking hugbox.

>>285221006
Who are these people then?

>>285221062
in alyx it just werks you cumguzzler.

>>285221141
i explained like 4 times in the last 4 threads, your gun being attached to your hand is a literal mechanics from 2016
holstering and unholstering is how VR should be done, just do VR like real life
now you see, the guns are key items to get through certain areas and clear mobs
you NEED them
so what happens when you drop it?
hurrr durrr just put in a respawn gun mechanic thats either a button or fully automated
or if you let go of the gun snap it back to the holster
ANYTHING but duct taping your gun to your hand
>>285221274
No it doesnt you're placeboing hard as fuck since it has no arms you're assuming your controller/hands where your hand is, but in reality, it isnt.

>>285221146
Chinese payed bots and people than want steam achivements

12 years for a VR title that lacks 3 yr old features.
it looks great and all but why the FUCK can't i judo throw zombies to the ground and drop a cinterblock on their head
why the FUCK can't i so much as push zombies into eachother with a canned "i've been shoved" NPC reaction animations, a very simple ~2010 feature
why the FUCK can't i mash a skull in with a brick then splatter a headcrab across the room with it when i throw it
why the fuck can't i stab zombies to the wall with a random length of pipe i just unblocked a door with, let alone smack them with it
why the FUCK does gabe think something so lackluster with no attempt at breaking new ground is going to sell this already horrible inaccessible niche part of the hobby that is videogames?

aside from the arbitrarily 3D spacial puzzles this game literally lacks any meaningful VR features that would require this to be VR exclusive

>>285220845
>it's more comfortable to use than the fucking boneworks
So now it's also either Boneworks or HL:Alyx? I hated both, for different reasons.

>>285221318
>so what happens when you drop it?
This problem literally exists and was solved in real life.

>>285221379
Anon this is actual cope

>>285221146
Newfags. They're very easily impressed. If Valve forgot to make a game and sold them Arizona Sunshine, they wouldn't notice.

>>285221509
exactly. thank you, vr is magic so we dont even need a coil thingy

>>285221146
the 8000 vrchatters who play VRChat every day and finally had something else to do besides erp drink and cause drama

>>285221509
Space Junkies has the exact same thing and it is great and immersive.
I'm left handed, but most of the puzzles were obviously designed for right handed people, especially with mines. That would be a non-issue if Valve weren't retarded, but my tool is stuck to my left hand, like it or not.

>>285221318
>holstering and unholstering
no, fuck you. this shit makes you constantly drop the weapon, like in b&s, when you press trigger by accident. i'm already holding the fucking controller in my actual hand, i don't need a fucking button to constantly press so that i don't drop the fucking thing ingame, just because you sperged out. and i don't want none of that holstering shit - even respirator and helmet in alyx notably degrade the experience. just dropping shit over your shoulder magically is the way to go. fuck off with your realism, if you want holster simulator drive out into the woods.

>>285221146
>Who are these people then?
Redditors and people that only heard about VR after HL:A announcement.

>>285221725
>this shit makes you constantly drop the weapon,
Good now learn to stop fucking dropping it

>>285221725
This is bait.

>>285221725
>Constantly hold button to hold gun
Or, you know, the grip button could be set to toggle in the menu for Non Touches and Index controllers.

>>285221665
These people just buy the game and play one hour just to say to their inner circle erping group that they have played it.

Non of the Vrchat coombrains and zoomers actually care about VR.

Valve
>Index Controller makes you pick up and drop things naturally
Also Valve
>Your items are stuck to your hand so you can never let them to
Almost as good as the fact they don't want to do multiplayer games because of small audience, but they still designed the input thing as restrictive as possible to """""avoid exploiting in multiplayer games""""""

>>285221798
Did you listen to Valve's talk on developing doors in VR?

>>285221436
you must be fun at parties

>>285221931
>1 hour
No anon they actually complete it, because it's like 6 hours long
>>285221952
>Valve
>Conference on VR game design
I could not care less about their opinion of VR after this polished turd, reminds me of the "VR Dev" from a few threads ago insisting he knows what to do in VR game design and getting bitched out by multiple anons

>>285221996
i want a vr swing

>>285221974
You must get a lot of upvotes on Reddit.

>>285221996
the guy on the right kept trying to lewd me constantly for some reason even after i said it needs to be special and his asexual friends yelled at me

>>285221798
>>285221912
i prefer alyx gun menu to grabbing stuff like in blade and sorcery. i mean sure, let me grab stuff to use as a weapon, but once it is a weapon it should stay in my hand so long as i don't drop the actual controller.

>>285222148
this has to be bait, your controller is your hand, not the gun, its a translator of your neurons to your vr hand like a HDMI to Display port adapter, the equipment is merely an adapter to your VR body.

theres a reason controllers like index track fingers, and touches had capacitive sensors for fingers

theres a reasons controllers are becoming your hands and we abandoned wii mote accessory tier shit like guns with Vive trackers

>>285222043
I'm just saying the talk gives a lot of context for their design decisions
If you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kzu2Y33yKM
In this particular talk he describes some abstractions they've added to doors after playtesting

>>285222347
I don't really care how they excused their stupidity

>>285222043
The average drop point of people playing the game after announcement is 6 hours meaning that a lot of users only played it for a brief period.

>>285222418
people beat the game in 6 hours, not everyone opened every toilet seat

>>285221665
VRchat online didn't drop this much when the game came out.
Conclusion - either it's populated by 90% of desktoppers or vrtrannies refuse to do anything that's not sitting in front of a mirror.

>>285222347
The cat's out of the bag, I don't give a shit about the smoke they can blow up my ass about how much time they spent designing those. The doors feel exactly the same as any other doors, and rest of the game is backwards and forgettable at best.
They learnt from SL0 to overhype their piece of shit game, if Gabe really feels HL1 or HL2 were disappointing and HL:A is "ready to ship" then they're still the same old stubborn retarded Valve that designed the Vive wand because nobody will want to use buttons and anything but teleportation.

>>285222610
8k average and 20k vrchatters a day, they did some alyx and got back on vrchat, there wasnt enough gameplay for even a 24 hour session

>>285222610
>Conclusion - either it's populated by 90% of desktoppers or vrtrannies refuse to do anything that's not sitting in front of a mirror.
Water is wet basically.

>>285222513
>doesn't know basic math and statistics

I said average as in the median.

>>285222874
median and average in datasets like these are usually within par of eachother though

https://youtu.be/9kzu2Y33yKM?t=1452

>>285218432
ok then, tetris effect is the best vr game.

So I finally caved and bought a headset. Is Alyx really as good as you VRfags make it out to be?

>>285222259
autist please. funny handgun go brrrr.

>>285223306
what the fuck did you even just say
>>285223270
no but vr as a whole especially vrchat is where i live

>>285223270
we're in the middle of arguing about it.
Personally no. You'll maybe feel otherwise if it's the game you buy your headset for because novelty will carry it for you right to the 8+/10 mark.

>>285222962
Can you spew some more incomprehensible nonsense? You sound like a math book translated from chinese and back

>>285223534
1 through 10
go on
whats the median
and whats the average? usually they're very close

>>285221146
>a popular vr game
>a niche simulator
less than %1 of vr users.

>>285223587
Use a bigger example tard

>>285223875
1-100

>>285223270
it's the best game on the planet for now. anons bitching about it are either trolls or genuine autists upset about it not 100% conforming to their ideas.

>>285223908
Ok now you find the average and median for me. I don't trust your intelligence :-)

>>285224069
nope

>>285224036
>it's the best game on the planet for now.
Not really.

>>285224094
Well I guess I'm right then. Stay in school big boy

>>285224317
im an adult

>>285223416
multiple people
>"it's not that great, actually, it's a little disappointing. here's why"
local retard
>"it's the best game ever, if you don't like it you're autistic"

>>285224405
local retard means jelly, the guy shitting on the game. newfaggot.

>>285224405
Local retard is referring to jelly who lives in a mental home and is diagnosed by the government as disabled.

>>285224776
okay, local retard

>>285224776
You realise the government doesn't diagnose people, medical professionals do, right? What is a mental home anyway?

>>285224405
I was under the impression J man hates the game? Or is /vrg/ retarded to the point they yell poorfag on /v/ at every person, VR use or not?

>>285225146
/vrg/ always leaks into /v/ when VR is mentioned and it usually end with Shitposting.

>>285225146
None of you even talk to Jelly, how the fuck would you know his opinion about the game

>>285225996
how is this VR related?

>>285226068
It's not but the jannie is a vrchat and discord trannie, alongside a mod, so they get away with it

>>285225639
He lives in my head rent-free and I argue with him constantly.

>>285226207
Absolutely based

>>285226237
He also wins everytime so I can only shitpost about him.
Deagle > Pyo
*dab dab dab*

>>285226359

>>285226359
How can you still obsesses about that?

>>285226430
Kaka.
Just like HL:A and most other VR games.
Just a huge perro taking a big kaka. All over my hopes and dreams.

>>285224451
>>285224776
>>285225146
>>285225639

>>285226502
It was an event that changed everything.
A j-man singularity... SINGELARITY

>>285226627
All me.

Has anyone figured a way to keep left stick for move/right stick for turn while using left handed guns in HLA? I'm left eye dominant so using my right hand for guns is really fucking awkward

>>285226825
technically speaking, you could probably remap it in steam controller settings, but don't take my word for it. i'm a leftie too, and i just kinda cope somehow. it's shit, but it's somewhat doable

>>285226825
No. It's not possible. My left stick is broken, so I have to play left handed to get movement on the right.

>>285226914
The controller bindings don't actually work. Valve's own input system doesn't work in their first VR game.

>>285215526
They fell along time ago, you just didn't notice

>>285227148
>tfw recovered from being a gamer

>>285227069
is it gibberish like Boneworks/H3VR or what?

>>285227206
Pretty much. If you remap exactly this to the right stick, it does nothing. It does work on the left touchpad. I don't even know what is the actual movement control, because it doesn't work without 'click = walk' bound. Spaghetti code.

>>285227503
lmao, never change Valve.

>>285229427
Dm me

>>285221006
a lot of assumptions there, mr reddit

>>285229531
Sent.

>>285225996
I always forget to catch up with the seasonal anime and join you guys

>>285221382
coming soon in HL3

>>285221382
damn now i want a multiplayer zombie gaem
i cant wait til we get good vr with a playerbase like Old COD zombies...

>>285223270
vrchat trannies are threatened by a new hot vr release, dont think this is the right place to ask desu

>>285230052
im not threatened i just think its a game with 10 hours of mediocre at best gameplay from a triple A company claiming to know how to make a VR game

>>285229870
Only if they outsource it to someone that cares. Valve are hacks.

>>285230031
>like Surv1v3?
why don't people actually play vr games?

I don't have VR but some fags on /v/ are claiming Alyx is genuinely a 97% and the positive reviews it has isn't just stockholme syndrome. It's not that good right?

Just got the quest. Is there any way to extend the battery life without fucking up the internal battery? Just did the first experience myself and showed my parents. And already it's down to 4% from 50%. I thought people had 2hr long sessions?