I underestimated just how much of a difference it makes for immersion. It seriously changes the entire game for me.
Still have some tweaks to do, but I am going to watch the elegant universe in VR while exploring the universe!
Also found my first earth like in the game today in a 5 star system. Incredible experience!
Posted Dec 12, 2019, 2:49 AM UTC · edited
Voice attack and Eddiscovery. Plus whatever flavor you need to hang windows in your cockpit.
Yeah need to meet around with those. Got OVRT yesterday but it's a little wonky. I wonder if the streamvr beta is problematic though
Voice Attack is a must! Also so much more immersive asking Astra (or any voice pack) to deploy landing gear, request docking, or set thrusters.
There are so many good VA commands... Going into combat, 'Red Alert' is great. Leaving a station, 'Clear the area and engage system jump'. So many great features.
I didn't know about "Red Alert". I'll have to check it out. I wish someone would make a list of commonly overlooked commands.
There actually is! I found the documentation here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\VoiceAttack\Sounds\HCS TOOLS.Voice command lists\Elite Dangerous Voice Commands
I'm not running any voice packs with VA, but I have a quite long list of my own commands; what do Red Alert and "clear the area and engage system jump" do?
Red Alert deploys hardpoints and sets pips to weapons and sys.
Clear the Area and Engage System Jump will boost out of masslock and engage FSD to targeted system.
I don't have any voice packs, but I have a rather extensive list of Voice Attack commands, including one to request landing permission by voice.
Flight and camera controls are mostly via HOTAS, as are most things done via menu, with secondary functions like lights, landing gear, etc., handled via VA; for the FSS and DSS I use the mouse. I never touch the keyboard except to type in chat.
Been a long while since I have been in the black, would have thought by now a in game keyboard would be available.
It is totally nuts. I did the swap over to VR and shortly after moved from gamepad to HOTAS. Having to learn how to fly again in VR was mind-blowing.
What headset you using? I'm on the CV1 but I'm really looking forward to upgrading to something else for more clarity. Can't really justify 1000€ on an index just yet but they day I can get an sensorless with the same refresh and rez for 500€ I'll jump on it.
I'm using the HP Reverb (2160x2160 per eye@90hz). I bought the consumer edition for $500USD on sale.
here is my setup. vive pro, 2700X Ryzen with a RTX 2080, I use a thrustmaster t16000m hotas setup with throttle. I use an thrustmaster MFD cougar and an xbox controller to drive the SRV and operate the galaxy map. I use bose noise cancelling headphone instead of the vive pro speakers. This gives you total sound and video immersion. I tried voice attack but it didnt work well with my setup (too much background noise from air conditioner.) The only down side is that I have to life up the headset in order to type something into the galaxy map.
Yep. You're actually "flying" a starship.
I got the game BECAUSE of it's VR port, 3rd day since finishing the tutorial and just upgraded to the adder and it's one hell of an experience. I was about to get Halflife Alyx or Bannerlord but now I'm putting it off to the summer sale.
Combat in VR is utterly insane. Tracking your targets in real space as they try to get behind you, it's seriously something else.
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