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HTC Vive Launch Thread -- Computer, activate holodeck
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d00d3n
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On what difficulty do you play Holoball?
Compsiox
Banned
No. There have been plenty of experiments going on with this. Someone is bound to find a solution, one has kinda been found but haven't seen it implemented yet.
Teleporting and wave based games won't be fun for much longer.
Don't have it, but never the less. I don't even use straps because I can hold onto to things.
Compsiox
Banned
You truly don't understand. The momentum of sharp movement will steal your controller from your hands no matter how good the grip.
This.. On Expert mode I can easily see someone flinging it into a wall without straps. I haven't dropped my controllers yet, but if you got sweaty palms... one slip and it's flyin'
Yea you need to be smart to understand how some objects behave when speed and inertia are involved. Don't worry about it.
Guess I don't. My room isn't even big enough that I trust myself swinging around wildly such as you guys suggest.
Hah, mhk bruh.
d00d3n
Member
Interesting! And it is the aforementioned point autowalk thing that seems to work?
I encourage you to get Holoball and play it on higher difficulty. It's a great experience, and it will broaden your horizon on what it means to hold onto things, especially after a few rounds
(Though now I'm a bit concerned about playing it again, even with a Wii strap)
Compsiox
Banned
Yes. I'm going to look into it more. It's been bit since I last heard about it. I'll let you know what I find.
Who just casually strolls into a thread pretending to not know what an accident is.. It's kinda weird.
d00d3n
Member
Cool. I assume that rotation of the play area in relation to the game space should be disabled in such a system? (so that only position is changed after a walk, not the direction you are facing)
I'm 100% certified accident free.
Never knew people were so defensive of controllers flying out of hands. Boy.
It's been a common topic on Reddit. People there were saying that the Nintendo wrist straps were easy to find and people were replacing the stock wrist straps with those to avoid issues.
I haven't heard of Gamestop's having the Vive readily available. The only brick and mortars I've heard of with inventory are MicroCenters, which sadly have no Florida locations.
http://www.microcenter.com/product/464891/Vive_Virtual_Reality_Headset
According to Steam's homepage today though, looks like they can ship way faster than before. I intend to buy one in the coming months online myself.
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My fault for not following the Vive thread closely all the time
But my PSA has dangerous red text and scary images, so maybe more people will pay attention
(Fun fact: I was playing with an open window, so if my VR space layout was different... it's actually scary to consider)
That's nothing. My Vive is upstairs, and when my wife had a go on Brookhaven she panicked so much she ran backwards into the wall, only a foot or two away from the open window. If she was lined up with it she would have fallen out and we'd have had our first VR related death. Scary as hell for me as she could have just as easily ran backwards into my pc and knocked it off the desk!
Yeah, since you have a 980ti it could be that it always scaled higher, but now also does so on my lowly 970. Or I simply forgot just how good it looked.
ANYWAY
PSA
I was just playing Holoball, and this happened:
So basically I lost the controller on a swing, the lanyard broke, and the controller was flung into a wall at pretty ridiculous speed. My first thought was "WTF just happened", the second was "Oh shit, so much for VR for however longit takes to get a replacement".
Well, the good news is that the controller still seems to work - and from cursory tests tracks as well as it did before - which I find pretty incredible. These things are built like tanks. On the other hand, the fact that the very thing supposed to prevent this from happening simply broke is also pretty incredible.
So yeah, get some better lanyard if you are like me and prone to really get into these physical games.
Just to give you an idea of the force we are talking about here, this is where it hit the wall:
My roommate thought he was Andre Agassi in Cyberpong VR. The strap didn't break, he was just to close to the wall.
Controller was fine, just some paint rubbed on it.
Well, good to know I'm not the only one! (And that the controllers are sturdy in general)
I actually noticed that mine has a pretty significant gap between two pieces of plastic now (~1mm), but applying some pressure made it snap back together firmly (and with a noise loud enough that I thought I just broke it).
I actually noticed that mine has a pretty significant gap between two pieces of plastic now (~1mm), but applying some pressure made it snap back together firmly (and with a noise loud enough that I thought I just broke it).
Yeah, since you have a 980ti it could be that it always scaled higher, but now also does so on my lowly 970. Or I simply forgot just how good it looked.
ANYWAY
PSA
I was just playing Holoball, and this happened:
So basically I lost the controller on a swing, the lanyard broke, and the controller was flung into a wall at pretty ridiculous speed. My first thought was "WTF just happened", the second was "Oh shit, so much for VR for however longit takes to get a replacement".
Well, the good news is that the controller still seems to work - and from cursory tests tracks as well as it did before - which I find pretty incredible. These things are built like tanks. On the other hand, the fact that the very thing supposed to prevent this from happening simply broke is also pretty incredible.
So yeah, get some better lanyard if you are like me and prone to really get into these physical games.
Just to give you an idea of the force we are talking about here, this is where it hit the wall:
This shit is the wii-mote all over again, isn't it?
I'd defiantly agree with the sturdiness. Had all my friends over one night and one of them was playing the Budget cuts demo when another friend (which I explicitly told her not to do) slightly pushes him in the back when he was as a ledge inside the game. This causes him to face plant into the wall. I was livid as you can imagine and there was scuffs on the hmd, but thankfully they came off and I didn't have to exile her from my life.
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Anybody have impressions on this?
Edit:
Anybody have impressions on this?
Zalusithix
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Yeah, I don't keep up with Reddit. Take a peek every once in awhile, but that's about it.
I do have Nintendo Wii wrist straps now that I think of it though. I never actually used them with any of the controllers. Stuck them in a drawer and that was that. (Never played any game that actually required large motions.) Now that I dragged them out of their purgatory, I can say I'm not a huge fan of the locking slider, but I suppose I could remove the locking tab from it. Also don't have two in black, but that might be a way to keep left an right straight with the headset off... Assuming one is always right. Haven't tested whether it's power on order or preset on which controller is given which hand.
I never threw a Wiimote -- and if I had, the lanyard would probably not have broken
Then again, there also isn't anything on Wii which caused me to physically move with even half as much force/acceleration as Holoball.
GuitarAtomik
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Just fired up The Lab since the patch, and the IQ looks noticeably better to me. It's been a little while since I've played it though.
If I understand what you mean, I'm pretty sure that's what VR zGame is doing.
If I understand what you mean, I'm pretty sure that's what VR zGame is doing.
Compsiox
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Gonna play this in like 20 minutes ill let you know
Edit: It released but they don't actually have the game to download. Odd.
Compsiox
Banned
It just came out today!!!!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/484350/
Im hitting that shit in minutes. I'm so excited!
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Holy shit, awesome.
Confusatron
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bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
So I have no idea what I'm doing in War Thunder and apparently there's not alot of single player to learn on before going online it seems.
I get stuck in the tutorial mission where it says to zoom in to see the ground target..it doesn't recognize that button or key so I have to bail out.
I was getting alot of judder but noticed the monitor was fullscreen so ingame settings i lowered to 1024x768 and windowed and relaunced and high detail seems perfectly playable on a i7 2600k @4.3 with a 970.
by product of the desktop resolution being lower is the speed and map info are pulled in closer at the lower resolution so easier to glance at.
I get stuck in the tutorial mission where it says to zoom in to see the ground target..it doesn't recognize that button or key so I have to bail out.
I was getting alot of judder but noticed the monitor was fullscreen so ingame settings i lowered to 1024x768 and windowed and relaunced and high detail seems perfectly playable on a i7 2600k @4.3 with a 970.
by product of the desktop resolution being lower is the speed and map info are pulled in closer at the lower resolution so easier to glance at.
Compsiox
Banned
The point and walk method in this is phenomenal!!! Everyone must try this. The gameplay itself is pretty fun.
I didn't get nauseous at all.
Compsiox
Banned
Good luck!
Damn they start moving really fast, lost at wave 38. Still 130 people ahead of me. They must be crazy good.
I'm gonna keep trying often though and get a good workout out of this and holopoint.
Compsiox
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They probably played a lot more. You'll get there. Believe!
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thepotatoman
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At least you're not as likely to be aiming your throw at the tv if the wrist strap broke. One of my friends broke my tv thanks to those crappy Wii wrist straps + Wii bowling.
Compsiox
Banned
Guys you really need to try the movement method in this game:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/484350/
You're going to see a whole lot of games use this.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/484350/
You're going to see a whole lot of games use this.
It sets a path for you to start moving right?
Compsiox
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It's point and rails but you can still walk around in your area as it moves slowly. Really cool when strafing.
Karak
Member
Jezuz yes.
Well then, I know what I'm buying next.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
It really looks fantastic in Vive.
Can we expect Euro Truck Sim / American Truck Sim to have Vive compatibility anytime soon? Any signs?
NewRetroArcade dev doing an AmA on reddit.
Key info:
- Release in the next month or two.
- Multiplayer support confirmed. Up to six players together on a server.
- Lightgun game support confirmed
Key info:
- Release in the next month or two.
- Multiplayer support confirmed. Up to six players together on a server.
- Lightgun game support confirmed
Spiral Insanity
Banned
Oh wow.
If they fix the game speed and add sound, awesome.
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