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I use the telepoter system. I like how you can plant your feet where you want to be next, and either turn your head to rotate, or use the left thumb stick to twist into your landing poition. Also, you can click in the right thumbstick to go into 'sitting on the sofa' mode as well... (Tactical spoiler not story spoiler ahead: Handy if you have a Combine bastard shooting at you and you need to duck  ). |
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Carlo 21,567 posts
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uiruki 5,547 posts
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Registered 18 years agoquadfather wrote:
Not sure - the continuous movement mode does give you access to teleport as well so it really is the best of both worlds. You can precisely move to where you want, slowly take in the scenery and blink away from enemies quickly.
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quadfather 37,939 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI think I've got it doing full locomotion - but when I approach a ladder, I have to raise my arm up and "pull" my body up, and then use my other arm to grab the next rung.
It's completely taken for granted in real life, but it's such a gamechanger in vr! -
uiruki 5,547 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYeah, works much better than it does in Boneworks, which has much the same thing but if the physics doesn't like you it then bounces your view back and forth as if your arms are made of rubber. In Alyx if it has trouble with the physics then it just teleports you to the top instead of trying to give you motion sickness. -
quadfather 37,939 posts
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Phattso 26,480 posts
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Registered 17 years agoquadfather wrote:
If that’s got you excited, you should probably play The Climb. That’s basically the whole game!
It's completely taken for granted in real life, but it's such a gamechanger in vr! -
quadfather 37,939 posts
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Haha, cool - I'll have to check it out! -
Phattso 26,480 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIt was stupidly overpriced at launch (as most VR is/was) so the majority just skipped it, but I thought The Climb was one of the very very best early examples of VR achieving immersion in a way a controller and a flat screen simply couldn't. See also: Eagle Flight. -
quadfather 37,939 posts
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Let's not have the eagle flight conversation again.gif)
Is it like climbing up a mountain then, or what? -
Phattso 26,480 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI'll let you Google it. Back the the Alyx chat! -
Fake_Blood 10,741 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt is, you have a meter on each hand that goes down when you’re holding on with one hand, it recharges when both hands are on grips. If you the meter is empty you fall. It’s fun and it looks good, but yeah it’s only climbing. But it’s tiring for the arms and neck, because you’re constantly looking up and have your arms in the air. -
christourlord 2,856 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI didn't realise you could "climb" the ladders until right at the end of the game - maybe even with only one ladder left to climb. I've started a second playthrough now though and it's fun to mess around with. Definitely less awful feeling than Boneworks (for which I requested a refund after 20 minutes of unpleasant inverse kinematics experiments).
I adored Alyx though. A couple of parts I felt could have been more impactful, but I'm glad they chose to tick the HL lore & mechanics boxes they ticked -
Carlo 21,567 posts
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Registered 16 years agoChapter fucking 9 now, get in!
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Carlo 21,567 posts
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Registered 16 years agoOMG, that ending!
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grey_matters 5,377 posts
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Registered 15 years agoGlad they got this out quick:
The Half-Life: Alyx Workshop is now open -
ChrisOTR 1,666 posts
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Registered 19 years agoI finished Alyx a few days ago. Tremendous overall. The Jeff section was absolutely top class for me.
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docrob 1,720 posts
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Registered 13 years agoEnjoying this, in relatively short bursts. Fortunately my VR legs kicked in after a few sessions and I am no longer getting motion sickness with smooth movement.
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Fake_Blood 10,741 posts
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Registered 11 years agoYou want to take it slow and basically look in every corner and drawer, because there might be resin and ammo there. Glad to hear you’re doing better in vr now. -
docrob 1,720 posts
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Registered 13 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
Thanks. Still having the occasional wobble - slightly dizzy right now after a session - but no nausea.
You want to take it slow and basically look in every corner and drawer, because there might be resin and ammo there. Glad to hear you’re doing better in vr now.
Yeah, I’ve always been the ‘check everywhere’ type and that seems to be paying off now. Fights with multiple enemies are bloody terrifying in VR when you have to reload manually! -
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Registered 18 years agoStill need to play this just got it for £30 in the Steam sale just need to finish my custom pc for it just need a good case now. -
docrob 1,720 posts
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Registered 13 years agoStill making slow plodding progress with this. Somewhere deep into Chapter 5. Starting to realise that whenever you find a bunch of ammo, it is a Really Bad Sign and you’ll soon be using ALL of it. -
docrob 1,720 posts
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Registered 13 years agoRor wrote:
I can heartily endorse this. The first encounter was epic. WTF IS IT DOING NOW OMG HELP OMG. I ran through all of my pistol ammo and all but 2 shotgun shells. Later, though, it threw two at me and they were a whole lot easier, because I had figured out what to do. (The SMG helps too).
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Registered 4 years agoThinking about trying this on my Oculus Quest. Anyone else played this with a Quest? If so, how is it? -
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Registered 18 years ago@SiroccoJetProp with a good setup it’s awesome have set to ultra looks damn fine to me. -
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Registered 13 years agoCarlo wrote:
Just got to Jeff...
Chapter fucking 9 now, get in!
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cov 2,419 posts
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Registered 17 years agoHoriZon wrote:
Had a mare with stuttering, new pc too, so much so I gave up
@SiroccoJetProp with a good setup it’s awesome have set to ultra looks damn fine to me.
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cov 2,419 posts
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Registered 17 years agoMay help if i put my sprxs
Intel i5 9400F 4.1Ghz Turbo SIX Core, GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB, 16GB DDR4, 240GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Falcon Case, DVDRW, 600MBps, Windows 10
Not using an official link cable, may be that? But it seems pc based, performanxe improved a bit when i turned desktop resolution right down and turned anti virus off. Did wonder if its audio based too - seems to kick off most with significant enviromental soindd
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uiruki 5,547 posts
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I think the 1660 super is about minimum spec and it has to encode the video at the end to send it down the link cable. Is it fine at the start? Because it could be the cpu or gpu getting hot and automatically throttling down. In that case I would install msi afterburner, which is a gpu overclocking utility, but it also will track all the speeds and temperatures stuff is running at, and it allows you to turn up the gpu fan if needed.
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