ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

A half life VR game. The fans are gonna take this well I'm sure.

Seems they're coming on board. All the anger in the Valve subreddits seems to have turned into acceptance, ordering of Index hmds.

I wonder if Valve are doing some Lone Echo style moving mechanics? In Lone echo you move around in zero g space like this (think ISS astronaut) :



It works really well, and I'm wondering if you can get away with a bit of that by grabbing corners/doorframes and peaking around like in the Alyx trailer? VR is weird because some things work that you don't expect, so this might seem natural in VR in playtesting, even if it's not set in space.

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

GurtTractor wrote:

Hit me up if want PC build advice...

To be honest, I've been thinking about that. Don't buy the ps5 and xbozero, that's like a grand 200 right there.

C'mon in, the water's fine.

As someone who was staunch console for gaming guy for a long time, and who dabbled with pc stuff a couple of times over the last, say, 7 years, I can say it's a really safe bet these days.

The best of both worlds is entirely possible, and the number of pc faffing issues I have is dwindling.

Most titles of the last 2 years, at least, especially if they had console releases too, are just as plug and play as console.

Can't speak on vr, but the amount of free or cheap trad gaming you'll be able to do will make it worth it.

Tom Francis (of the crate & crowbar podcast, developer of Gunpoknt and Heat Signature) has been doing play testing for this game for four and a half years, jesus!

I suppose all that intelligence and piles of cash was going to produce something funky so hopefully this is going to be stunning. I don't think it'd have come to fruition oitherwise. I bet it's scary as fuck.

Well there was a lot riding on it. The VR that is.

https://uploadvr.com/valve-index-alyx-interactions/

I will be playing this on Vive Pro probably. Do we know if it benefits particularly from the Index controllers? Might have to get some.

That trailer looks fucking mint.

Skerret wrote:

I will be playing this on Vive Pro probably. Do we know if it benefits particularly from the Index controllers? Might have to get some.

It was developed mainly using them to test so I'd imagine it's a more natural fit for all the physics. I suppose it depends on whether there's a finger tracking option.

It's already showing up in my Steam library. Free confirmed then for those who've bought the Index or Index controllers.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

Helps that it looks flippin' amazing

Yeah, and this hasn't really been explored yet in VR. A lot of the good stuff is indie so I'm well hyped to see what Source 2 is going to bring. The bit in the trailer where she moves the bucket makes the light and shadows change on the surrounding objects. 

The only other thing I've seen with the Source engine was back in 2016 with the Portal Robot Repair demo when I stopped what I was doing to gape at an old computer cabinet in the room. The room was reflecting in the glass on the front and the metal spools were so shiny. I stopped and just stared. It was amazing back then and they've obviously been upgrading the engine since.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

I wonder if Valve are doing some Lone Echo style moving mechanics? ...

"Teleport, smooth shift, continuous"

https://www.half-life.com/en/alyx/vr

Will be interesting to see how they work player ability to teleport into the mechanics, enemy AI etc

The physics looks solid. Firing bullets into bodies looks alarmingly addictive.

Million pound pc to purchase then.