Are you afraid of spiders?
Hey fellas! I have been silent for a while, but in the upcoming days I'm going to positively flood your inbox with posts, to the point that you will probably think "man, I wish he would just shut up already".
Well, if my health permits. I have come down with something that feels suspiciously like COVID. These days it's become really hard to tell it apart from a normal bout of the flu, and even tests are inconclusive, especially in the beginning, but I have been feeling some shortness of breath, which for me is a first, so that makes me wonder.
Anyway, we all know that R.E.A.L. life is messy, so let's head on over to the virtual land, which as you'll see in the livestream from Eurogamer that's starting in about four hours... is pretty messy too, with insect goo splattering all over the place ;-)
EDIT: I'm not sure why the embedded placeholder above is showing the wrong thumbnail (an old Red Matter video), but if you click on it, it should change to the correct countdown ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So, the seemingly never-ending work that I undertook during the last few months, in order to make a quality leap on the Alternate Eye Rendering tech that my mods employ, is finally starting to come together. It's not quite ready for public release yet, and in fact you'll see that the preview version of the Grounded mod that I gave to Sir Ian Higton, Knight of the Order of VR Streamers, does not have the new tech yet. Also, I'm not publishing the Grounded mod until next week.
But again, unless I need to be hospitalized (definitely hope that won't be the case), the schedule for this year's end, and for 2023, will be pretty crazy.
AER v2 is in its infancy and still needs a lot of TLC, which means that at least for the moment every game will require some custom tuning to really shine, so I'm thinking that I will roll out the new tech incrementally, alternating old titles and new ones. The first game to ship will probably be FF7R, since it was the one I chose for the teaser video, and also it runs beautifully without a single hitch on my system. Before Dec 31 there will also be the public release for Grounded that hopefully you'll be able to see in the stream above in a few hours, and... yes, of course dear old Spidey, who finally swings the way I want in perfect, ghostless 3D with the new tech.
I know that you're full of questions, so today or tomorrow I'll be writing a technical post explaining why AER v2 is so important, what I already achieved, and how I hope to evolve it from January onwards.
However, let's first have some fun with spiders! And ants, and ladybugs and towering blades of grass! And did I mention giant, horrible SPIDERS!!
I will be in the chat :-)
I'm sure that Ian will cover the following in the livestream, but just in case: the mod has been developed for the PC Game Pass version of the game. It should also work on the Steam version as usual, but this time the Game Pass build is what everybody's got. And if you don't have a subscription, good news: you can get a one-month trial for $1, which means that you'll be able to play online and offline for 30 days basically for free.
Being co-op and not competitive, the game has no anti-cheat protection, so it should be perfectly safe to play online without the risk of getting banned.
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Hi! New to all this so thank you in advance for your patience with me. I have a 3060 and when I run the game I get an error to update from 527.56 to 528.49. I looked up how to do this and my system says it’s current. I’m not sure if my issue is from this or not. I can only get the game to work on my vr headset (hp reverb g2) if I start it in VR then open the game. It comes up flat and looks like a movie theater. I read the directions that said to just open the game from steam. When I do this I can hear the game in the headset but can only see the Microsoft studio looking thing. I followed these directions then: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Engine\Plugins\Runtime\Nvidia\Streamline\Binaries\ThirdParty\Win64" or equivalent, and rename "sl.interposer.dll" to "sl.interposer_bak.dll“. And that didn’t change anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Is it asking you update your GPU driver? The latest driver is actually beyond that at this point. it is 531.18 with a hotfix to make it 531.26 or something like that. You can download it from here https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/199990/en-us/ If you have already done that, put a copy of your RealVR64.log file on pastebin and post the link here and I will take a look. Also make sure you have disabled Steam Theater for the game.
My kids are nuts about Grounded (it's grounded, right) - Yea!
Ha, Awesome! Despite my best efforts, my kids aren't that interested in VR. Out of 3 daughters only my youngest really enjoys it. I plan on surprising her with Grounded as I think she will have a total blast as well.
hello i have a question i would like to play elite dangerous odyssey with my pimax but i would like it to start without supporting steam vr just by the oculus application how to do it?
Yo Def, unfortunately we have to draw a line somewhere in the sand as to what we can help with. Since Elite Dangerous has nothing to do with Luke's mods, I'm going to have to leave you mostly hanging on this one. Not completely though, you should join the Flat2VR discord, which can be a decent place to get help with general stuff. If googling gets you nowhere, I would find a busy channel on that discord and ask for help.
3 days, no new posts ? Are you ok ?
Yes, a bit worse for the wear but OK :-) Thank you my friend. I will try to put up a post tomorrow
Luke- can you please work on a forum or own discord.. the informations here are all over the place -and you really have to tinker and become an expert to get the best results with you mod
Discord would definitely have some big advantages. You have to consider the extra time involved though. Setup, considering exactly how a discord would best fit into future plans and add value to peoples memberships with possible perks and so forth. How much time is involved in running it and possibly having admins. Could be a great thing with some planning and foresight but having Luke's time focused on the mods is the highest priority. Plus I'm sure the man has a life and wants time to game himself :) There is a Luke Ross section on the Flat2VR discord but nobody actively runs it or answers questions with any real regularity. I go on now and then but don't invest much time there. There are people there and they do help sometimes. Patreon itself could definitely use an upgrade though :)
For anyone like me who was going to buy High on Life, it is on xbox game pass along with Grounded. Save yourself some money!!
Yowza! That background blur is terrible. There is a mod to remove https://www.nexusmods.com/grounded/mods/25 Also can disable in the Engine.ini file. For game pass looks like it is located at C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Maine\Saved\Config\WinGDK\Engine.ini Just add r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 also if you want no motion blur r.DefaultFeature.MotionBlur=0
So I just bought a new PC (RTX 3080) and it can run Cyberpunk on medium to high setting with resolution 2700 by 2700 (27-something, to be exact) just fine. However, the halo'ing is just insane. It's not "ghosting" because GTA works fine. But halo'ing. Very annoying flickering aura around objects. Makes the game barely unplayable and quite frankly look very bad. Any idea how to minimize or fix this? Also, I heard people say the halo'ing started after a certain cyberpunk update. If so, do you know which one? Because maybe downgrading the game might help me!
Hi Thomas, there are options for eliminating or mitigating the haloing and it all depends on what kind of experience you want to go for. After the last update a lot of people have noted that the haloing is worse and the current theory is that they changed something in their TAA or something along those lines. DLSS Qaulity seems to bring the haloing back to how it used to be where it was less noticable. So first, you could try raising your resolution which helps in itself and then using DLSS Quality. Native and FSR TAA both seem to be worse right now in terms of haloing. You could also eliminate TAA with a mod on nexus which will remove haloing but leave you with worse aliasing(trees are a real mess) You could also switch the rendering mode from aer to mono which will eliminate stereoscopic depth but will also remove haloing completely. This is how I did my first playthrough and the game looks perfect visually. Still immersive but may not be the VR experience you want. You could also try increasing the world scale, this will make things larger up close and eliminate the stereoscopic effect the higher you go but will also reduce haloing the higher you go. So first try lowering some settings and playing at a higher resolution which will help then turning on DLSS Quality which will help some more and then moving the world scale up to 2 or 3 if you are still not ok with that. If you just can't stand any haloing at all it is probably best to play in mono which is still far more immersive than playing on a monitor.
Hope you feel better soon.I been in the same boat bruh. Cant wait for grounded. Keep up the good work :)
Hey, Bro! The Witcha! I want The Witcha!
Luke, I'm sorry to hear you don't feel good remember your health should come first. Please take care.
Returnal... When it comes out please , it's my dream
1000%!!
Hello Luke . Sorry to hear that you are un-well. Hopefully it won't be too bad. Grounded rocks :) Looking forward to trying it with your mod. Tried it with Vorpx and those spiders are feckin' terrifying. Greets from Ireland. Get well soon. Slainte
Did someone say HIGH ON LIFE would be cool in VR? 🤭
I thought about it but there are already so many requests. I am a Rick and Morty fan, so probably just play in 3d when it comes out.
Hi luke get well soon mate i have had covid myself and it can be very nasty so get well soon my friend and back to fighting fit 😉🥊🍻
+1 Im really hoping bethesda starfeild can get a mod . get well soon LUKE
I really like the current mod line up - and I think I will also like Grounded. But my favorite is also the Witcher 3.. I've heard the Callisto Protocol does even stutter on a 4090 in flat.. this is definitely not a good idea for VR..
Still Callisto would be an amazing VR game. AER2 will sort it out!
I've been looking for the poll as I'd like to vote for something (Like God of War). Where can i find it please?
I have no interest in Grounded I would prefer Callisto Protocol, God of War and Returnal.
It's a disaster beyond the nightmare of a Cockroach in Fallout 4.
That's really good to hear
Have you ever considered trying to mod The Witcher 3 at all? There's a great 1st person mod available that i doubt now actually works with the most recent update. I did not download it as CDPR pre warned about script based mods breaking so i blockec auto updateson GOG so i can play the mod. I ran the game with the mod plus VorpX as there's nothing else available otherwise so wondered if you had considered it at all? Here's some gameplay :- https://youtu.be/0D4bgfMrsSQ P.S. hope you're well
He was waiting for the next gen version, it was one of the most voted games in the poll
get well soon mate. all the best.
Hey Luke, I hope you are well. If you don't write everyday now, I'll worry.
<3
Brilliant! I see all my letters to Santa reached you well! very good. The nurses I sent should also arrive shortly. We cant afford you not feeling well even for a day. They look after you and will also bring hot Glühwein - that will fix you up!
Tomo, hope we can play some Grounded together some time. Will be fun to hook up with other patrons on Flat2VR discord.
Ok then it won't work, because there hasn't been an update yet. Thanks
Wow, this is all pretty cool news, except the covid part, hope it goes away and leaves you be soon. Grounded was never a game that I was interested in, but the prospect of experiencing the scale of its world in VR is quite exciting to be honest. Thank you for all your hard work, it’s super impactful: the prospect of a mature a framework for converting 3D games into vr, is one of the most exciting things in the vr scene right now IMO.
Are you from Vitoria-Gasteiz ?
Great I'm looking forward to the game. I also have PC Game Pass. Will it also run on the Pico 4?
I would guess it will run about the same as the other mods if you mean the Pico Jitter. Until Pico includes the fix in an update I wouldn't expect much difference.
Will the Mods in future all be based on Game-Pass games?
I am going to give a very confident guess of no. That would be very limiting wouldn't it?
Noooooo! You are not welcome to the Covid party. I tore up your invite. Hope it doesn't hit you hard and you are feeling better after a couple days. Grounded should be fun in VR. Nice pick for something different. I am still looking forward to Spiderman the most though.
Thanks Brandon!!
First of all, take care and get well soon. Don't rush anything. And second: really excited for the grounded mod and aer v2 👍🏼
1st time getting the covid? sheesh, i got a 4 year old so having covids the norm now. youll be fine....legends never die......the brain fog is the worst tho. thanks for the update, really appreciate you!
Happy Holidays to you and your family. I hope you can kick what's making you sick fast. Thanks for all you do.