*** Half-Life: Alyx ***

[Ravenger]

What difference does Steam resolution make in that instance, I thought only the VD setting mattered. Or does it do something like steam 150* the upscaled res that is set with godlike?

I think it applies on top of whatever VD settings are.

 

[B@Th*nG]

Look at military sim games like Onward, or The Walking Dead Saints and sinners, or Arizona Sunshine 2

Guns go on holsters on your belt. You can use a gun in either hand or even in both hands. You can't do a two handed weapon grip in Alyx.

Saints and sinners and Arizona Sunshine 2 allow you to melee with weapons or even your hands. In Saints and Sinners you can grab a zombie anywhere and use a melee weapon on it.

Now these games aren't as polished or as good graphically as Alyx but they don't play it safe with movement and interactions.

One of the biggest omissions in Alyx is not being
to melee headcrabs when they jump at you. It's natural to want to fend them off with your hands or a weaponbut all you can do is shoot them. What's a Half-Life game without a crowbar?

It arises from Alyx being designed in the early days of VR and avoiding things that might make players feel ill or uncomfortable as it could be their first VR game.

I love Alyx, but it is not a perfect VR game in terms of movement or interactions.

They did address this at the time i think, they included a crowbar in playtesting but people started to get the impression that you were playing as Freeman

 

[Devious]

I've never finished it either, mind you, I've not played EP1/2 yet either.

I'm near the end but not finished either.

Can't never be bothered to set it up to play compared to normal games and I usually feel brain drained for the rest of the day after a few hours of VR.

I'm an old git though

 

[Noxia]

I'm near the end but not finished either.

Can't never be bothered to set it up to play compared to normal games and I usually feel brain drained for the rest of the day after a few hours of VR.

I'm an old git though

No I get it. Extra effort required and I don’t always want to waggle arms about to play. Wish I could just use mouse and kb bug use vr to look about.

 

[meths]

I'm near the end but not finished either.

Can't never be bothered to set it up to play compared to normal games and I usually feel brain drained for the rest of the day after a few hours of VR.

I'm an old git though

Same. I think I'm about half way through and can never be bothered to plug in the VR.

 

[danswan]

Same. I think I'm about half way through and can never be bothered to plug in the VR.

I've got two headsets just sitting there (admittedly older gen, quest 2 and pico 4) and when I do actually put them on it's great fun - for a short while. But I stop and then find it can be months until I try again.

Not even sure what it is - hot, claustrophobic, heavy, anti-social (none of the family can contact me when I'm 'in'). Just stupid little things like not being able to easily check your phone or glance up at the football on the TV. All solvable problems I think, but a combination of some or all of them definitely limit my time in VR.

 

[meths]

I've got two headsets just sitting there (admittedly older gen, quest 2 and pico 4) and when I do actually put them on it's great fun - for a short while. But I stop and then find it can be months until I try again.

Not even sure what it is - hot, claustrophobic, heavy, anti-social (none of the family can contact me when I'm 'in'). Just stupid little things like not being able to easily check your phone or glance up at the football on the TV. All solvable problems I think, but a combination of some or all of them definitely limit my time in VR.

For me it's 2 things:

1. I need to wait until everyone else in the house is in bed because they keep giving me a fright when I have the headset on and don't know they're there.

2. I can't get my beer glass to my mouth with the headset on. I should really get some bottled beer.

 

[SimonRigga]

2. I can't get my beer glass to my mouth with the headset on. I should really get some bottled beer.

do what I do when VR sim racing.. use a straw

 

[melmac]

do what I do when VR sim racing.. use a straw

It's more of a funnel really.

 

[ShiWarrior]

do what I do when VR sim racing.. use a straw

not on Golf nights? slacking !

 

[SimonRigga]

not on Golf nights? slacking !

it's easy when sim racing as i'm sitting down with a table next to me.. not so easy when wondering around the room playing golf..

I have tried a couple of times, but look a total spaz, flying my arms around trying to find the boundary.. to orient myself.. so I know where the table with my beer is..