VR ?

[paulfreedman]

Hi There, im kind of confused . When I searched for VR games on Steam this came up but I don’t see anything about playing in VR in the description. Can you okay this in VR?

[TheOrangeBox]

Yes you can but you need to ensure you've STEAMVR enabled and set the launch option for Alien Isolation.
More info are available via tube channels. Worth checking them out.
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https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=german&id=1379024777
https://github.com/Nibre/MotherVR/releases

[paulfreedman]

Thanks so much !

[Turambar]

You can but if you have Win 11 you must find out a patch to fix an incompatiblity.

It will work fine with win 10.

[paulfreedman]

So do I just buy the game on steam and it will load automatically in vr if I have steam vr installed on my laptop ???

[paulfreedman]

Sorry one other question . Does the steam vr version offer motion controller support ? I’m an older gamer and not too vr or tech savvy

[paulfreedman]

Or can you at least play using oculus controllers ?

[ScarOfSin]

Originally posted by paulfreedman:

Sorry one other question . Does the steam vr version offer motion controller support ? I’m an older gamer and not too vr or tech savvy

its gamepad only but dont let that put you off.this game looks and plays amazing in vr and the atmosphere is terrifying too.its a must play in vr!

[Turambar]

You must buy the game, and then install the program, (that one that "TheOrangeBox" shared with you), correctly.

In a few words:

1- You must add one dll. file inside the correct game folder.

2- Add a simple parameter at the game "launch options" through your steam library, (game parameters)

3- Activate Mother VR inside the game, exit the game

4- Activate Steam VR

5- Enjoy.

That basically activates files from the original game that makes possible to play the game in VR. Because this game was originally inteded to be used with VR but at the end this function was desactivated by the developers, but some files where not delated and now is possible to reactivate all with that patch.

About the controller... I have Index controllers and you can make the whole thing with them... but is a pain in the ass because you can't do some interactions with some things inside the game. That force you to move up and sit down all the time to use controllers for the most part and in those cases where you can't use your controllers sit down to use the keyboard.

My advice is to play the whole thing with Keyboard and mouse and enjoy the VR views.

With practice you don't need remove your headset to see the keyboard at all.

[paulfreedman]

Thank you so much for your help

[eyeoftheabyss]

Originally posted by Turambar:

2- Add a simple parameter at the game "launch options" through your steam library, (game parameters)

3- Activate Mother VR inside the game, exit the game

Would you please clarify step 2?

[Turambar]

Right clic on Alien Isolation > parameters > Launch options and write:

-steamvr

[Radium]

K so bought the game and it runs fine desktop mode that is. I follow all the instructions here added the .dll added the -steamvr at launch options. But nothing happens I click play to launch and just dsnt launch

[Turambar]

Originally posted by Radium:

K so bought the game and it runs fine desktop mode that is. I follow all the instructions here added the .dll added the -steamvr at launch options. But nothing happens I click play to launch and just dsnt launch

Do you have windows 11? Did you activated mother VR inside the game through it's options, exited, and entered the game through steam vr?

[Peanutman]

Originally posted by Radium:

K so bought the game and it runs fine desktop mode that is. I follow all the instructions here added the .dll added the -steamvr at launch options. But nothing happens I click play to launch and just dsnt launch

i had this problem too, if you're on windows 11 you need to move your alien isolation folder somewhere else and create a symlink to the steam location via command prompt. It sounds hard but it's really easy

edit(because im nice):
Guide to fix:

Go to Steam\SteamApps\common move (cut & paste) the Alien Isolation folder to somewhere outside of Steam.
I went with D:\Games as that's the same drive I have Steam on.
Rename the Alien Isolation folder to AlienIsolation.
Delete the Steam\SteamApps\common\Alien Isolation folder if it still exists
Open a command prompt and enter mklink /d "Path To Steam Alien Isolation Folder" "Path To New Location"
e.g. mklink /d "D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Alien Isolation" "D:\Games\AlienIsolation"

[MysticalPotato]

Originally posted by paulfreedman:

Hi There, im kind of confused . When I searched for VR games on Steam this came up but I don’t see anything about playing in VR in the description. Can you okay this in VR?

Forgedaboudid. VR is poop