Half-Life: Alyx - It's PC gone mad - The Bear and Badger

jdanielp

I was playing last night and got into an intense firefight with some heavy Combine troops and those flying things, only to have my gun hand abruptly disappear as the battery ran out on my controller... I managed to save using the other controller before exiting to charge them both, although I assume that there is likely to be an autosave that I can restart from before the fight.

SpaceGazelle

You should get about 7-8hrs between charges but they won't tell you battery levels if you're in-game. In SteamVR home they will have a battery indicator on if you inspect them.

jdanielp

Yeah. I should check before I go in for any length.

SpaceGazelle

I missed table tennis btw but if you're up for some around 7ish I'll be on.

jdanielp

Watching F1 then but will have a look after...

SpaceGazelle

Yeah I might be later than stated. If I'm on in on. I'll keep an eye out for you in general as MP VR is the best.

Dark Soldier

Playing HL2 again. Its so fucking good.

SpaceGazelle

Join the mastermasterace.

Dark Soldier

If i had a spare 500 quid I would.

Kernowgaz

Dark Soldier wrote:

Playing HL2 again. Its so fucking good.

Same here ((Bought the Orange Box on the Xbox for £15), just the basic physics stuff is brilliant. Looking forward to the gravity gun again

Thinking about physics in games, what’s the game to use physics?

Kernowgaz

Dark Soldier wrote:

If i had a spare 500 quid I would.

I wish I had a decent pc and £500.

AndCallMeCharlie

hit a bit of a fatigue point (Northern Star), another puzzle, another power system not working, another dark scary bit.
Hoping it's going to change up soon, suspect it will

Lurch666

I have just started my second playthrough.
Quest wireless with virtual desktop is the only way to go.

What amazes me is I found the game extremely clunky at first but once the systems click and the muscle memory is formed you feel badass.

Parts that made me panic like hell the first time round I am now John Wick. Especially reloading during a firefight while dodging headcrabs.

AndCallMeCharlie

Quest + virtual desktop is a prime example of form factor being more important than resolution / refresh rates

JMW

Is this thing ever on sale?

jdanielp

Just did the entirety of Northern Star in one go which was probably my longest VR session yet. Mostly enjoyed it, although I thought that there were three of an item that it appeared there were only two of towards the end which caused me to waste some time until I realised what to do. I'm definitely becoming more competent under fire.

Lurch666

Because I got much better with shooting things in VR thanks to Alyx I finally got back to Arizona sunshine and I think Alyx has broken VR for me.
Picking things up worked so much better,opening doors and the general feel of the game has shown how poor Arizona sunshine is. I'm still persevering with it but Valve have set a really high benchmark with this one.

bad_hair_day

AndCallMeCharlie wrote:

Quest + virtual desktop is a prime example of form factor being more important than resolution / refresh rates

Yes, and cheaper for the win.

jdanielp

Just out of another fairly long session. My new favourite things include smashing flower pots, which break even more satisfyingly than bottles (although I also came across some unbreakable bottles), and wearing a traffic cone on my head, although it does restrict vision more than a hard hat (but substantially less than a bucket).

jdanielp

This evening I met Jeff (my practice of smashing bottles came in handy here...) and visited the zoo.

ShabbyMcCrabby

Good sections those

jdanielp

I was thinking I might finish Alyx today (not sure how far left there is, but it feels close up the end), but I have been unable to play because whenever I start it up, my right controller will not let me select weapons. The left controller is more than happy to do this if I switch my gun-hand, but I don't want to handicap myself... I think Alyx updated on Friday, but it was definitely working yesterday. I have had sporadic issues with the right controller analogue stick getting slightly stuck after pushing it to the left, and there was the one occasion when it ran out of charge mid-game, but otherwise it seems fine in other games and applications... Any ideas or should I just get on and contact Valve support?

Lurch666

I played today on my quest plus virtual desktop with no problems.

jdanielp

Crisis over. I moved slightly further into the level and my right hand started working again. Weird. Now completed the game though... Spectacular!

SpaceGazelle

There's some great mod levels for this now. Valve knows the Steam hive mind will do great stuff and they have.

SpaceGazelle

Deep Inside has Jeff with some great puzzles, and Goldeneye Facility has great nostalgia. I think Valve tested Alyx so much they didn't really explore hard puzzles or difficult sections that required some planning. The mods take address this somewhat.

Some of the puzzles in the Jeff encounter are great.

SpaceGazelle

Another week, another load of levels. It's fair to say they're getting better and they're at dev quality now imo.

Also

ShabbyMcCrabby

Dark Soldier

So hear me out, as an actual game this is shite. All those lunatics wanting it as a m&k port would be going apeshit.

As a game and experience within VR its about the most wonderful thing I've experienced in gaming. Just had my first battle against the Combine and getting behind cover and physically leaning out popping off shots was glorious.

Atmosphere is immense

voices

Kind of highlights the difference between vr games and flat games. Even from 2d to 3d games got less precise.

I disagree it's not a good game. Its up there with the likes of Last of Us for me.

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