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Darker nights/interiors are essential. I wouldn't ever care about them in traditional Skyrim, but waving a torch around or having to use the Candlelight spell is great for **immersion**.
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I am enjoying Skyrim a lot but the scale of the world feels even smaller than usual in VR. Like I'm walking around the set of a theater production. I installed some sound mods for ambient animal sounds and a chirping bird noise came out of a bush like they do at Disney World, was very strange. Also the mountains aren't even the size of foothills when you can walk by them in a matter of minutes.
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jubjub64 posted:I am enjoying Skyrim a lot but the scale of the world feels even smaller than usual in VR. Like I'm walking around the set of a theater production. I installed some sound mods for ambient animal sounds and a chirping bird noise came out of a bush like they do at Disney World, was very strange. Also the mountains aren't even the size of foothills when you can walk by them in a matter of minutes. Now you're getting the Usain Bolt VR experience
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Apr 8, 2018 04:37
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The crossbow firing angle ini tweak is a godsend because the automatic crossbow mod is so much fun. Now someone just needs to make a mod to let me dual wield these bad boys.
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Apr 8, 2018 05:14
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Context posted:Darker nights/interiors are essential. I wouldn't ever care about them in traditional Skyrim, but waving a torch around or having to use the Candlelight spell is great for **immersion**. Speaking of which, I tried a mod that creates dynamic shadows for candles and light emitting spells, but it didn't do anything.  I think it might just not work in VR which is really too bad because it looks great on Flatrim.
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Apr 8, 2018 05:49
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nickhimself posted:The loading issue was apparently something already known. Quitting and restarting fixed it. I had that problem too until I deactivated the speech recognition. Apparently the ambient noises in my computer room translate to "fists" in computer-speak pretty frequently.
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Apr 8, 2018 06:17
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They redid the lighting/shadows for both SkyrimVR and Fallout 4 VR, probably because whatever was already there wouldn't play nice with two viewports (I remember it being an issue with VorpX too).
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Apr 8, 2018 06:19
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I'm not going to mod Skyrim VR because I know if I do I'll spend all my time modding it and none of my time playing it.
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Apr 8, 2018 08:27
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If you use Skyrim VR mods, use the Vortex alpha as your mod manager. It uses NTFS junctions to link your mods so testing out combinations of things is suuuper quick, which is handy in VR as you want to be experimenting and disabling things that affect your framerate too hard. I should probably just create a "how to mod Skyrim VR" post to help people out. Here is a good base set of Skyrim mods I'm using. These are things I think everyone would benefit having: HRTF 3D positional audio - Skyrim doesn't have 3D positional audio. What the gently caress. Manually download and extract into the folder where SkyrimVR.exe lives. Both x3daudio1_7.dll and SkyrimVR.exe should be in the same directory, along with a new "hrtf" folder. Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch - Bug fixes. You should use this. Bethesda games are buggy and anything to help prevent bugs should be used. Immersive Citizens - AI Overhaul - Improves AI behaviors and makes NPCs more life-like. HD Road Signs 2K Version - Being able to actually read signs in VR is pretty nice. 2K works fine, no need to waste VRAM on 4K. Optimized Texture for SSE - Changes the compression format on textures to not waste VRAM. Many textures were saved wrong and waste space. This gives you more VRAM room for other texture mods. Mortal Enemies SE - I'm using the test 2.0 version. It makes melee combat more immersive by making it so enemies can't just lock onto you and instantly spin around to always face you. Immersion is a pretty nice goal for VR. From there, you can start adding some mesh and texture improvements as your GPU allows: SMIM SE - Higher poly meshes. Not much else to say. Skyrim Flora Overhaul SE - Improve flora. An alternative is the 3D Trees and 3D Plants mods, but those have a pretty big FPS hit, so you might find this mod to be better for VR. This might require a beefier GPU or some tweaking, just FYI. I haven't quite finished experimenting with this one; I just wanted to include it as a higher performance alternative to 3D Trees. Realistic Water Two - Better water. Don't forget the LOD fix. Obsidian Weathers - Nice weather effects. RUSTIC CLOTHING - Special Edition - Better clothing textures. Audio Overhaul Skyrim - Lots of audio improvements. I'm running the version with less reverb. The example video was just crazy with reverb. WICO Special Edition - Character improvement mod. There are three versions. One uses the vanilla body and the other two use the UNP body (nude and non-nude, don't twitch stream the nude version you idiots). I've also been trying out some other things like snow replacement mods, blended roads, majestic mountains, etc, but I'm not confident enough to say what works best with what things. And they often cause conflicts so I want to be more certain of what works best before recommending any of them.
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Yeah see, thats what I'm waiting for. I'll pick it up in a few months and by then there will be a a great list of mods plus any vr specific ones people have been working on and the issues should be worked out like your uh... hitbox and character not actually following you when you move.
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Apr 8, 2018 09:37
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Well, I had never played any VR past like 20 minutes before; especially not per session, and I've put about seven hours into Skyrim VR so far in just 3 sessions, and each time I look forward to the next session even more. It's really transporting. https://twitter.com/unormal/status/982903909982310401
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Apr 8, 2018 10:18
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Question with setting up Vive lighthouses, just so I know in advance if I need to get anything before my headset arrives in the mail; Do I explicitly need to set the Lighthouses up high facing downwards on a mount, or is placing them flat on a shelf acceptable?
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Apr 8, 2018 13:12
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Question with setting up Vive lighthouses, just so I know in advance if I need to get anything before my headset arrives in the mail; Do I explicitly need to set the Lighthouses up high facing downwards on a mount, or is placing them flat on a shelf acceptable? It'd be best if you could get some mini tripod thing to just angle it down ever so slightly, or maybe a clamp. I think it comes with clamps that you can attach to the shelf, though I don't remember if I bought those. It might suffice depending on how far the shelf is from your playspace, or what height it's at, but it may struggle to pick up the ground without being angled which could be very annoying. Be sure to grab Open VR Advanced Settings as well, it introduces a whole host of settings you can tinker with to make sure you get the most out of it.
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Apr 8, 2018 14:05
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Question with setting up Vive lighthouses, just so I know in advance if I need to get anything before my headset arrives in the mail; Do I explicitly need to set the Lighthouses up high facing downwards on a mount, or is placing them flat on a shelf acceptable? HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:It'd be best if you could get some mini tripod thing to just angle it down ever so slightly, or maybe a clamp. I think it comes with clamps that you can attach to the shelf, though I don't remember if I bought those. It might suffice depending on how far the shelf is from your playspace, or what height it's at, but it may struggle to pick up the ground without being angled which could be very annoying. It doesn't come with clamps, just a wall mount bracket with a ball joint. I recommend picking up a set of trigger/ratcheting bar clamps to use with the stock brackets.
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Apr 8, 2018 14:34
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Kraven Moorhed posted:To expand on this a bit more: The lighthouses contain motors that adjust the IR emitters. Vibration hitting your lighthouses = bad, and resting them on a surface without any form of bracing means they'll vibrate whenever the motors kick on. Plus you'll want to be able to angle them to get the best FOV. I wondered if that might be the case. Do you have any particular recommendations for compatible clamps?
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Apr 8, 2018 15:59
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Reporting in to say that Payday 2 in VR is actually a really really fun game and totally playable. Being able to fire with your right hand whilst doing stuff like helping a teammate up or putting a drill on a vault with your left hand is just rad.
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Apr 8, 2018 16:51
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Jarf posted:Reporting in to say that Payday 2 in VR is actually a really really fun game and totally playable. Being able to fire with your right hand whilst doing stuff like helping a teammate up or putting a drill on a vault with your left hand is just rad. I tried it recently but unfortunately I really don't know what the hell I'm ever doing in payday. Is there a good tutorial? I never played it even in pancake mode, so I'm super lost.
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Apr 8, 2018 18:28
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Knifegrab posted:I tried it recently but unfortunately I really don't know what the hell I'm ever doing in payday. Is there a good tutorial? I never played it even in pancake mode, so I'm super lost. Most of the missions are just get to thing with valuable stuff in it, put drill on thing and defend from cops whilst the timer runs down, take valuable stuff to exit. If you follow the story line thing on the main menu it takes you through a couple tutorials and then eases you in with some of the simpler missions.
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Apr 8, 2018 18:42
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Nalin posted:If you use Skyrim VR mods, use the Vortex alpha as your mod manager. It uses NTFS junctions to link your mods so testing out combinations of things is suuuper quick, which is handy in VR as you want to be experimenting and disabling things that affect your framerate too hard. I should probably just create a "how to mod Skyrim VR" post to help people out. Spend some time doing INI tweaks if you haven't. Seriously. I would have been really disappointed in this game without the mods and ini tweaks. The world scale was really off for me and everything just felt weird. I didn't like stealth out of the box. Leaving depth of field on in a VR game is just criminal. If you're sitting here thinking 'oh my god, mods so much work' well yeah kinda, but it's really worth it in the end. I'm using Mod Organizer 2 myself, which works fine and also has a sort button to auto-fix conflicts. I've never used vortex alpha as above but I'm sure it works as well. In general, script stuff like the unofficial patch need to be at the top and lighting/visual stuff needs to be at the bottom, with overhaul packages like SWIM being above specific improvements like trees. But the sort button has worked fine for me, I haven't had any issues with the below. The biggest thing to note is that as I've said in the past, I've got a borderline VR machine - i7-5500k and 970gtx, and I've got NO slowdowns even with the below installed and everything set to max except supersampling. This includes the 3d trees and plants and SWIM which some people have reported decreases frame rate. I suspect they haven't installed The SSE DLL FIX. If your PC is beefy enough to run VR, you should be able to run any 2k texture mods you want. I'm still adding mods, but my current ones are: For Visual: SWIM (static mesh improvement) Vivid weathers instead of Obsidian weathers (the weather is great but the skybox is annoyingly bright in VR, so I actually switched to obsidian weathers just now) 3d plants/trees instead of flora overhaul (personal choice here but I REALLY dig the 3d trees and plants in VR) immersive fallen trees Sounds of Skyrim instead of Audio Overhaul Realistic water too (you don't need the LOD fix with the latest version though it doesn't hurt to have it installed) Realistic lighting overhaul WEBS SE (prettier webs in caves) HD Road Signs 2k Real Mountains Obsidian Mountain Fogs (this hides some of the not-great looking for away textures) JK's skyrim all in one (better town textures/layouts/flavor) birds of skyrim (adds chickens in/around town, birds, bird scounds, small touches but a lot of flavor) hold border banners A Quality World Map Frozen electrocuted combustion (bodies visibly burned/electrified/frozen if you kill them with elements) glowing ore veins xXawesome potionsXx xl (stupidest name for larger, prettier, more obvious potions so I don't miss them on tables) electrify (better lighting spell textures) cinematic fire effects 2 hd (better fire spell textures) For NPCs: WICO Immersive Mouth and Teeth (way cooler than expected with wico) RS Children Overhaul (this must be above wico in your load order) Immersive Citizens AI (warning: This has a known issue with a crash outside of whiterun during a mission, you have to disable it for that section but I really like the added ambiance of npcs sweeping or wandering about) Misc: Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch (this needs to go above all other mods else) Cutting Room Floor (then this) Diverse Dragons Realistic Ragdolls and Force (I felt "realistic" was too boring so I set to medium, which still lets me whack monsters about a little heroically without them sliding around like they're on ice.) unique uniques zim's immersive artifacts acquisitive soul gems weightless overhaul (I'm a hoarder of books and think they and crafting mats shouldn't weigh anything. I want witcher style loot gameplay without 100% ignoring weight) I kinda wanted a locational damage mod so I can feel more badass when I aim for the head but all the ones I've seen so far are either crazy unbalanced or half-working. Let me know if someone finds one they like. I'm also adding rustic clothing and the positional audio from the list above. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 03:16 on Apr 9, 2018 |
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Got most of the mods working, its extremely pretty, the better mouths one looks especially good. Live Another Life didn't, but makes sense if its tied into the VR opening area I guess?
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Apr 8, 2018 23:25
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Bhodi posted:Leaving depth of field on in a VR game is just criminal. If you're sitting here thinking 'oh my god, mods so much work' well yeah kinda, but it's really worth it in the end. Well that explains that. Thank you.
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Apr 8, 2018 23:29
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Can't count the number of times I've shouted at innocent people (though it's still pretty funny when it happens)
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Apr 8, 2018 23:31
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Chop Sunni posted:Got most of the mods working, its extremely pretty, the better mouths one looks especially good. Live Another Life can work, but requires some console commands until a new version can be made: https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimvr/comments/89hg5i/live_another_life_works_with_simple_console/
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Apr 8, 2018 23:31
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Apr 8, 2018 23:33
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Less Fat Luke posted:Can't count the number of times I've shouted at innocent people (though it's still pretty funny when it happens) Having shout on my right grip has lead to plenty of "LOL oops, welp lets see if we can wiggle stick this dude down". Its hilarious every time.
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Apr 9, 2018 00:22
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It's not just that it's on the right grip, it's that it triggers on such a light touch of the right grip. I've been going archer and just got the "slow time when you aim" power and the game just got much easier. gently caress the weightless NPCs who can go from moving 100% left to moving 100% right instantaneously the moment your arrow leaves the bow, though.
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Apr 9, 2018 08:25
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Another night of BoxVR. Holy poo poo its still so good. If you're looking for a game, that uses music and will kick your rear end, get it. Its a heap of fun, well made, and if you're into the streaming thing its mixed reality support is fab. Such a good workout.
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Apr 9, 2018 12:26
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Note to self: stop playing Doom 3 VR right before bed. That game gets me so amped up that it takes me 2 hours to get relaxed.
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Apr 9, 2018 13:52
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Well, I think I went a little overboard on that Anniversary sale. I picked up: Superhot VR Edge of Nowhere The Gallery Episodes 1 and 2 Lone Echo I Expect You To Die Duck Season Arktika 1 From Other Suns Knockout League Rick and Morty Virtual Rickality and on Steam: LA Noire Elite Dangerous (50% off) The Mage's Tale (25% off) Payday 2 Even with the sale prices and the $50 credit for buying a new Rift, I don't really want to count up how much I spent in the last week and a half. I also tried and refunded a half-dozen games I thought might be fun but didn't grab me, like Space Pirate Trainer and EVE and, sadly, Gorn, which may or may not be a really cool game but got refunded after 5 minutes after realizing how amazingly dangerous it was going to be to move around the room blindly swinging my arms like a crazy person. How do you guys do it? Maybe if there was a toggle to keep the guardian borders on fulltime? The boxing in Knockout League or LA Noire is comparatively much safer, since you can pretty much just plant yourself in a good spot with room to swing your fists and not have to worry about moving around and accidentally slamming the lamp or dresser with a right hook. Still, I've picked up just about everything I was interested in playing and I've got a good variety of games to go through over the next few months, and then Skyrim on the horizon once I work my way through most of this stuff.
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download openvr advanced settings, it lets you permanently put on chaperone and much more. skyrim continues to amaze. first time on a year ive had that feeling of unreality when taking off the headset, like I have really just been somewhere else. just got to solstheim, will i have an issue if i am only level 7?
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Apr 9, 2018 16:46
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If I recall, skyrim's interiors (like dungeons and caves) pin monsters levels to yours when you walk in for the first time. So if things are too hard, you can go back later. But creatures also have a min and max level so they might still be too hard initially. If things are too hard in the overworld, you're probably in the wrong place. Either way, I'm pretty sure VR gives you a big advantage because you can fire faster with the bow and swing faster with weapons than the base game intended. Spells are still time-on-target DPS but you do get dual-casting for free. I'm playing on "adept" difficulty and I may notch it up because things are too easy at the moment. I'm only a few hours in though, level 7 and just finished climbing the 10,000 steps and the initial greybeard training. Bhodi fucked around with this message at 17:20 on Apr 9, 2018 |
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Apr 9, 2018 17:17
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I’ve had my PSVR for about a week now and having a bit of a problem, and the OP still says it isn’t out yet so that hasn’t helped much. Is there any particular reason why the UI for a lot of games seems to be way far up the field of view? I’ve noticed it mostly in Doom VFR and the VR Worlds dangerball game, but anything with a targeting reticle or box UI seems to be too far up my range of vision to feel right. Doom’s navbar is pretty much off the screen, for example. Holding Options doesn’t help either. Is there some kind of VR safe zone function I’m missing?
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Apr 9, 2018 17:36
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^^^^^^^^^^ might have better luck in the PSVR thread why are certain things just funnier/better/more fulfilling in VR? i wander into the barrow in iverstead, some ghost guy is all like "LEEAAAVVEEEE!!! NOOWWW!!! LEAEEAAAAAAVEE!" and I'm just like "yep ok" and turn around and get out of there. would have been a nothing moment in pancake but it was super funny in VR.
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Apr 9, 2018 17:39
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Don’t leave go kill the guy he’s a chump
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The Walrus posted:^^^^^^^^^^ might have better luck in the PSVR thread Well drat, didn’t even know there was one! Thanks. 
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EbolaIvory posted:Another night of BoxVR. Holy poo poo its still so good. It really is. If you haven't tried the beta, you should. They made the "train to your own music" option a million times better and there's extremely rudimentary multiplayer.
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Dr. Fishopolis posted:It really is. If you haven't tried the beta, you should. They made the "train to your own music" option a million times better and there's extremely rudimentary multiplayer. Does the difficulty ramp up or is there introductory stuff in BoxVR? For as great as The Walrus' feed for Soundboxing is, they're way too complicated for me just starting out. Soundboxing's UI is absolutely terrible so gently caress scrolling to the beginning of his stuff, 3 at a time, where there might be easier tracks.
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Obsurveyor posted:Does the difficulty ramp up or is there introductory stuff in BoxVR? For as great as The Walrus' feed for Soundboxing is, they're way too complicated for me just starting out. Soundboxing's UI is absolutely terrible so gently caress scrolling to the beginning of his stuff, 3 at a time, where there might be easier tracks. fwiw I made this map a few days back - it is quite lengthy so a good workout, but due to the length I made it much less complex than usual. thanks for playing my stuff though  other easier tracks I've done are 'gimme shelter', 'where is my mind', or 'saint john'. all are still not necessarily easy but are more medium-difficult than most other thingshttps://www.soundboxing.co/challenge/c1d5bdf4-3776-11e8-b92b-0a580a20040c PenisMonkey posted:Don’t leave go kill the guy he’s a chump obviously , I slaughter all comers with my stamina/frost damage hunting bow. I'll go back for him sometime.
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Obsurveyor posted:Does the difficulty ramp up or is there introductory stuff in BoxVR? For as great as The Walrus' feed for Soundboxing is, they're way too complicated for me just starting out. Soundboxing's UI is absolutely terrible so gently caress scrolling to the beginning of his stuff, 3 at a time, where there might be easier tracks. There's beginner category for the built-in workouts, and there's a difficulty slider for user tracks. There's also a "Training" mode that I've never tried, but the description makes it sound like some sort of endless mode.
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Nalin posted:If you use Skyrim VR mods, use the Vortex alpha as your mod manager. It uses NTFS junctions to link your mods so testing out combinations of things is suuuper quick, which is handy in VR as you want to be experimenting and disabling things that affect your framerate too hard. I should probably just create a "how to mod Skyrim VR" post to help people out. Thank you much! I've never gotten around to touching Skyrim cuz it didn't look like my thing at all (bounced hard off the few ~western~ RPGs I've tried), but I grabbed the VR version and am figuring out how to load this stuff up for the next couple days off work.
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