No Man's Sky VR

NovaKill4 · 15 Aug 2019 at 22:45

Update released today, anyone tried it yet?

I have bought it and spent an hour or two on it and it looks good, shame my PC struggles on the higher settings!

Im not far enough along in it to make any meaningful judgement on it yet but the controls feel well thought out to me, anyone here who has played it flat going to give it a go in VR?

melmac · 15 Aug 2019 at 23:06

It's a game I will try in VR when it matures a bit. Seems like there is a lots of problems at the moment.

ArmitageShanks · 15 Aug 2019 at 23:38

Reprojects like a son of a bus driver on my system. Might refund this and revisit it when the 3080Ti or 4080Ti comes out.

GBRusty · 16 Aug 2019 at 08:26

Pretty bad running but fun to play if it does. Managed to follow a few guides online and managed to get it up to 60fps.
Still time to tweak more. Might try 90 in the headset and turn on motion smoothing see if that does anything.

NovaKill4 · 16 Aug 2019 at 09:00

Seems that there are a few performance issues, a quick google has revealed these which i will be trying tonight:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/275850/discussions/0/1643171537290748334/
https://uploadvr.com/no-mans-sky-vr-performance/

DoneADougalOnSofa · 16 Aug 2019 at 09:11

Just ordered a Rift S to find out...

Give it a couple of weeks or so for tweaks and optimisations, but reports from the Twitter community are along the lines of "Wow.", "Oh my god" and "The best gaming experience of my life. Ever."
It's looking fantastic- albeit admittedly with a couple of bits n bobs to iron out...

Been hooked on this game since day one. Doubt anything else would've sucked me into VR, but I've been itching since they announced it!

NovaKill4 · 16 Aug 2019 at 09:50

Yeah some of the reviews i have watched/read of it after the announcement said it could be the next big thing for VR which prompted me to buy it, especially as its currently on offer on Steam!
I have been waiting for something like this to sink a lot of hours into VR.

Ravenger · 16 Aug 2019 at 10:19

I've played over 100 hours flat, and have just gone through the tutorials in VR by starting a new game. I think I'm now going to go back to my original save game as I want to do some multiplayer without having to do everything from scratch. I love the exploring, but not fond of the grind.

DoneADougalOnSofa · 16 Aug 2019 at 12:30

Ravenger said:
I've played over 100 hours flat, and have just gone through the tutorials in VR by starting a new game. I think I'm now going to go back to my original save game as I want to do some multiplayer without having to do everything from scratch. I love the exploring, but not fond of the grind.

I did use a mod to play normal/survival modes without the grinding. Can't be doing with all that, so I'll be in creative mode until they update that mod!
Shame creative is a bit uninvolving...

stooeh · 16 Aug 2019 at 12:51

Not getting any stutter but reprojection basically 100% of the time I am in my ship

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And happens maybe half of the time outside it

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Still seems playable due to the motion smoothing I guess but needs some work. The screenshots are from the mirror which seems to show some AA despite having it off in the settings (and I don't see it in HMD).

NovaKill4 · 16 Aug 2019 at 13:06

is there a way to view fps counter while having the headset on?

hyperseven · 16 Aug 2019 at 13:09

NovaKill4 said:
is there a way to view fps counter while having the headset on?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/908520/fpsVR/

NovaKill4 · 16 Aug 2019 at 13:15

hyperseven said:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/908520/fpsVR/

Awesome, will get that before playing tonight

Ravenger · 16 Aug 2019 at 14:49

stooeh said:
Not getting any stutter but reprojection basically 100% of the time I am in my ship

Still seems playable due to the motion smoothing I guess but needs some work. The screenshots are from the mirror which seems to show some AA despite having it off in the settings (and I don't see it in HMD).

The thing that fixed it for me was making sure Steam's supersampling settings weren't too high.

GBRusty · 17 Aug 2019 at 14:03

NovaKill4 said:
Awesome, will get that before playing tonight

Just be aware that your life will revolve around those little numbers and trying to make them better....
It's very accurate though.

NovaKill4 · 17 Aug 2019 at 15:17

GBRusty said:
Just be aware that your life will revolve around those little numbers and trying to make them better....
It's very accurate though.

I had a read into it and unfortunately it doesn't fully support the rift. Need to look into it more before I purchase.

Dano · 17 Aug 2019 at 18:02

NovaKill4 said:
I had a read into it and unfortunately it doesn't fully support the rift. Need to look into it more before I purchase.

Oculus Tray Tool will show fps details in the headset, sadly not in an at all convenient position but it's enough to see what you are getting before you then disable it.

kevman · 17 Aug 2019 at 19:27

I bought this the other week when it was on sale. So far I have managed to repair ship and get off planet. Flying the ship in vr is pretty cool on the index.
Best optimisations for me was to make sure v-sync is off in control panel and turn off all AA as it makes it a blurry mess. As said before quite a bit of re-projection but has been fun so far.

Ravenger · 18 Aug 2019 at 12:20

My Rift gave up the ghost this morning when I went to play NMS - won't detect HDMI

Luckily I have a Quest and Virtual Desktop, so I've been able to play it streamed from my PC.

It's surprisingly playable, though the slight lag makes dogfighting very difficult (It's difficult enough with the motion controls anyway).

Picture quality is a bit soft, but it's good enough, so at least I have some way to play the game until I get my Rift sorted out.

BattleMoose87 · 18 Aug 2019 at 15:00

I'm eager to try this on my Rift S but currently away from home until the end of the week.

I can't wait to see the scale to fully immerse myself in the world. One of the common complaints levelled at the terrain generation in NMS was the lack of genuinely tall mountains, something that was improved in last year's NEXT update. The thought of that now in VR is impressive.