Also, here is the OT for alyx.
Half-Life Alyx |OT| The right woman in the right place
I've mainly been playing Skyrim VR since getting my first headset, but I finally started this, and I'm up to chapter 5 I think. Just...amazing, and the visuals are so crystal clear on the G2. I feel like part of it is due to the gun itself (the sights), but I also see I'm trash as shooting. 😆...www.resetera.com
They love first impressions over there too! :')
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Try this. There seems to be a problem with Windows 10 offering 5GHz wireless (maybe it has been patched), but there is workaround:
www.reddit.com
Be sure that NVIDIA drivers, Oculus Software, Quest headset Software are all on the newest version. I'd also recommend having at least Windows 10 version 2004 installed (you can check this by clicking the Start-Button and then just type "winver" in the search). Also, try different USB-cables. USB 2 cables work now, but 3 is highly recommended. Also, try different USB-Slots on your board and be sure to plug into a USB-3 port (usually blue and/or marked with SS). Set your windows energy settings to High Performance.
It's strange because i got it to work for about 5 minutes, then crashed me back to the Oculus main screen. I kept trying to go back to Link but no good, just kept booting me back to the home screen and made the device Orange, saying i should use an HDMI 3.0 cable. I was reading somewhere that it may have to do with the usb port cutting power to the device once it hits a certain battery percentage. I notice it works for a bit when power is less than 90%, which seem odd. I wonder if there's a way to keep the port from cutting it's power to the device if that's actually happening.
Try this. There seems to be a problem with Windows 10 offering 5GHz wireless (maybe it has been patched), but there is workaround:
Reddit - Dive into anything
Highly recommend trying out Virtual Desktop streaming! I used the link cable once and then went back to wireless as its basically perfect if your setup is right
I use the link cable far more often than VD, and it's not just because VD can be hit or miss if it wants to work for me with the quest 2 (worked nearly flawlessly on quest 1 though) thinking I might need a wifi 6 router to get it running right.... but the main reason is... the link will charge the headset while playing. Most of the games I end up playing via link are puzzle games and what not that I sit down during anyway.
There are online guides to troubleshoot where the delay is coming from (assume thats what you mean by not running right) and there are a bunch of cool built in profiler options too. Wifi6 shouldn't be needed, I had it pretty much perfect with my default router from my ISP, a 15m gigabit Ethernet cable going straight to the router, and direct line of sight was all it took for me. Unless you have a heap of interference where you live which I guess would be the one thing you can't get around
I spent two days trying to fix it, but at no point could I fix the main issue. About every 4-5 seconds for about a quarter of a second the video/sound would freeze.
No go. It was certainly usable, but I noticed an inherent stutter, similar to bad framepacing, and in dark scenes I definitely noticed the compression even at max settings. On top of that, I'm a VRChat user, in fact that's all I use VR for. I noticed in VRChat that with how Virtual Desktop does its audio was causing the game audio to echo through my mic and I couldn't seem to solve it, and other VD users in VRChat I talked with reported the same issue. I often have long sessions in VRChat so I needed to have the headset plugged in and even then I was still depleting power, just at a reduced rate. If I'm gonna be tethered anyways I figured might as well get the Link cable and get the benefit of no stutter, no loss of power, no echo on my mic and no compression artifacts. It was just all around the better choice for me.
Ah yeah fair enough. I've never used VR chat, and never noticed any artifacts....and I can't do more than an hour and a half in VR before starting to feel funny, so battery life has never been an issue for me either. Glad the link cable works well for you though!
my record before this week was like 80 minutes of VR straight. Now I've had two back to back 2+ hour sessions of Walkabout Minigolf lol.
Not that I know of.... Using SIDEQUEST will allow it to be played natively on the headset tho (still with cross play). Gonna experiment with SIDEQUEST today and try it without wires because I am afraid of yanking out my USB cable XD
I always use this site. It not only has guides (that are frequently updated) but also most of the VR news for oculus quest 2 as well.
uploadvr.com
It's the primary way I use my Oculus Quest. It's pretty awesome. For 15 bucks it's a pretty low investment as well.
Thanks! I'll do a bit more research on how to connect to steam vr then will most likely pull the trigger.
If you have a good wifi setup, it works really well without much effort. From what I have read, the ideal setup is having your PC wired to the router, having a 5GHz router (WiFi6 also helps), ideally on an "uncontested" band and without many other devices on it.
You don't need a lot of room at all, it's putting so small swings generally work better. It's even possible to play seated. You can teleport all around if you want a better angle on something and pressing the trigger takes you straight back to the ball, ready to swing.
You don't really need to connect it to Steam VR, it has a button built into the app. Also just launching Steam VR will automatically put you in VR. You can also hold down the menu button to hop between desktop and VR.
What others said. You don't need much room at all. A bigger space lets you... walkabout... more and makes it a bit easier to get in a good position for your shot, but in general the teleportation works well and move of your movement is just in your wrist.
