0culusness - old oculus software.

[drakulton]

I have a 11/2017 copy of the oculus installer and the oculus download cache for version 1.20 (which has the old oculus home)

How do I go about installing it on a PC without connecting to the internet.
I can make the files available for those that also want to have a crack at it.

 

[drakulton]

Will it install from the download cache? Or will it go looking to get the latest version straight away?

It goes looking for the latest version even though the download cache folder is sat there in the dame location.

Do you know the name of the server that the installer goes to looking for the updates?

Put that server name in your windows host file and point it to localhost. That way when it goes looking for an update it won't find anything.

Thanks Melmac, I ran the above through google translate, and it just came back in Klingon for budgerigar feeding instructions.

 

[drakulton]

Sorry Drakulton!! I missed this post. I just thought of something that might be a problem. (haha as if all the other things weren't problem enough)

How big is the download cache folder? You see some of the updates were only updates. So if you only have an update and not the main files, it won't install.

As for the windows hosts. Klingon translating is very accurate

Thanks for the ongoing assistance. The downloads cache is 1.79Gb and has a load of zipped files. When they're all unzipped in cache folder, plus the pre unzipped ones comes in at 4.14Gb.

 

[drakulton]

Ah, great, that sounds about right. And you have the Oculus setup download cache folder, in the root of the c: drive?

Yes, the download cache, is called this - OculusSetup-DownloadCache-2b601ae6-8d14-4c2b-9daf-bcbecd3ba8f3, but the one downloadable from oculus today is just called OculusSetup-DownloadCache.

I can tell I'm being a lot of help.

 

[drakulton]

You have a copy of the folder? A backup, in case things go wrong?

You have to rename your old download cache folder to the "OculusSetup-DownloadCache" It won't work if it's called anything else, It won't find the files.

LOL, Don't worry!! I am just winging it here.

Yeah, I just tried it with all the files unzipped in the same folder and the name shortened, but the installer still insists on having internet. I thought there may be some exe. in the cache that may start things off manually.

 

[drakulton]

For anyone wanting to try their luck with oculus software 1.20 and installer, here's a link to an upload on myairbridge https://mab.to/lewjWowVz

Obviously, safety first. I'm just some random idiot on a forum with an xmas emoji fetish, so please scan the download.

 

[drakulton]

I found this.

GitHub - drosoCode/Offculus: Offline install script for Oculus Rift

Might give you some ideas.

The kind of idea it is giving me, is that I'm completely out of my depth.

 

[drakulton]

I still think your best option is to try and find the files that make up the original home area and try to export that into the Quest 2.

Is that an even doable thing? Surely not as simple as save as quest filage?

Or else try to find the name of the update server that the software goes looking for the update from.

Nope, my Klingon-fu has gone again.

 

[drakulton]

I don't know, that's why I recommend the Oculus Custom Home Discord on your other thread. People in that might know.

In the Oculus Download cache folder that you downloaded and unzipped, is there an environment folder? Or a Rifthome folder?

It's not going to be as simple as copying it across. You have to make them into an APK and install it like program, but, that part can't be too hard to do as there are loads of custom home environments on that Discord channel.

I think you need a new klingon translator

Thanks, I'll have a look. I seem to be running out of fingers to have pies in.

I don't know if you see'd this, it's a copy of the folder wot I have. https://mab.to/lewjWowVz

 

[drakulton]

I might download it tomorrow and take a look.

You absolute superstar. While I'd really love to be able to pop into the old home, and freely share it with anyone who'd
like to experience it. I really don't have the skill/knowledge to know what the foook I'm doing to accomplish it.

 

[drakulton]

Downloading your virus now.

Reality is a virus, the download is the cure.

 

[drakulton]

A little look round the 'classic' home...… from the first floor balcony.

 

[drakulton]

Does this mean you got it working somehow???

I have been messing around with Unity and an assets extractor. But, I am not having much luck to be honest. I thought the media files for the home area would be more easily accessible.

Very sadly no. This is just one of the home environs for the Q2. Thanks for having a look at the problem though.

I even tried installing the latest version of the oculus software on another machine, and then replacing the oculus folder in program files with one copied from the old machine. The setup starts to run but the headset isn't picked up.

If by some miracle it could be made to work, rather than having a thousand yard active cable to a Rift S, it would be easier to run the S with the default cable to the PC and then lob the PC into a bergen with a standard domestic extension to run the PC in a big enough space.

 

[drakulton]

I'd forgotten that when you pointed the hand controller at some of the plant pots and hit one of the buttons, the plant pots jumped.

 

[drakulton]

Eureka-ka-ka!

Firstly I'd like to thank Mr @melmac, for taking the time and trouble to have a look at the issue I was having, trying to recover/restore some of the older oculus software from a system I had.

I wanted to revisit the old Oculus home with the radio and the koi pool and the jumping plant pots???

It looks like the original home folders still work when run using the current Oculus PC software. Even with the Quest 2 and link. The VR hands are no longer visible and the library/menu screen is absent, which actually makes it better.
If anyone wants a copy of the old home room, avatar editor, dreamdeck and touch controller intro, featuring 'first contact' the zipped folders can be found here. They all also work offline as well.
https://mab.to/XvF74MbaH

 

[drakulton]

Hey, Well done!! How did you get it working?

Cheers chap. My old working install had become corrupt when I whipped the HDD out to transfer the airship video into a machine that was connected to the internet to upload the first video.

The Oculus home files were zipped in the download cache and were unzipped in the old oculus install. I was just messing around, and plonked the unzipped home folder onto the new machine . I had the oculus software running on the new machine and double clicked on the home application file, and after a bit of egg-timer action I was back in the old home room.
After running it once, it adds the launch icon to your recently played games list, as seen in the video. You're still able to turn on the radio and change channel. The blimp still does it's thing during the day. The day/night must be linked to the PC time. The comet still appears near the moon. And the four plant pots jump when you point the controller at them and press on of the controller buttons. Just a great place to chill out with a glass of vino collapso. The uploaded files should last for a couple of days if you're interested.

 

[drakulton]

haha, so simple in the end. I still have the downloaded files. I had been trying to get it uploaded into unity and transferred across as an APK into the quest 2.

I didn't think for a minute that the old version of Oculus home would work on the new software.

Fair play Drakulton!! All that Sherry has obviously helped you out

It would be great to have it on the Q2 as well.

 

[drakulton]

More sherry fuelled nonsense, and another thing ticked off the bucket list.

A proper mooch round the old Oculus Home, using oculus quest 2 and link cable, attached to the backup PC, 4690K, (not backup 780Ti), attached to a 50m extension cable.
Recorded using the Q2 screen recorder.

 

[drakulton]

Nice one It does look cool to be able to walk around the whole environment like that. Surprised there are no easter eggs though.

You should have done some narration though, would have made the video a whole lot better.

I think you should drink more Sherry, you seem to accomplish a lot when you are drinking it!

It was always a place I wanted to have a look around, but even with long cables for the headset and sensors it was just a no-go. Perhaps that's why the lack of easter eggs. Unless the jumping pot plants are easter eggs.

I don't think the world is ready for any narration in a west mids accent..... especially after some sherry.

I probably shouldn't drink anymore sherry than I'm currently doing.

 

[drakulton]

It may be due to the sherry, but I think I've become hooked on a jazz track. Spooky baby!