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marzoom1 Oct 27, 2017 @ 10:06pm

Playable in VR?

I just bought it cause it said it was Oculus VR playable. It's still doing it's download thing but so far I see no optoin to be able to play in VR.

Am I'm rushing it?

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Ronnekz

Oct 27, 2017 @ 10:14pm

there is an option in the option menu, dont know how well it works though, guess you need at least a 1080ti.

marzoom1 Oct 27, 2017 @ 10:42pm

Hope it is not a 1080ti as I only have a 1070. Haven't seen a game that would need more then that so far.

simon

Oct 27, 2017 @ 10:45pm

Originally posted by marzoom1:
Hope it is not a 1080ti as I only have a 1070. Haven't seen a game that would need more then that so far.

Ark is more demanding on your system than any game you have already played.

marzoom1 Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:30pm

Even with an over clock 1070? Overclock CPU? I doubt it

Last edited by marzoom1; Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:32pm

Boomer

Oct 27, 2017 @ 11:57pm

Ark's VR implementation is terrible. If you have no interest in playing it normally I'd refund it until they actually put some time into its VR system.

marzoom1 Oct 28, 2017 @ 12:05am

well this sucks. I was looking forward to play this.

Alysm

Oct 28, 2017 @ 12:39am

Originally posted by marzoom1:
well this sucks. I was looking forward to play this.

Ark is currently one of the most demmanding games.

CrimZon

Oct 28, 2017 @ 12:43am

PPl are grossly overstating what Ark needs for VR.
Running it on a AMD 965 Black with a GTX 1080 and it handles it just fine.

The problem is that the VR is not well coded. Practically no 2d elements, which means menus, the hot bar, everything that isn't 3d. Riding on dinos is dizzying and make induce nausea.

If I recall correctly, there is NO head tracking, so you're going to have to manually look around with the mouse, which will also make you move in that direction (sort of).

Basically, Ark *technically* supports VR partway, but it is a real headache... literally. Don't pick this up for a VR experience. If you already have it and a headset, check it out for kicks, but you probable won't play it for more than a few minutes before returning to playing off of a regular screen.

[☥] - CJ - has ARK: Survival Evolved

Oct 28, 2017 @ 12:48am

ARK is a demanding game
Think of the Crysis games years ago

But you'll be able to run it just fine.
With VR, thats a diffy story.

Lt.Loony

Oct 28, 2017 @ 12:57pm

Now I havent played this in VR for a few months, but I doubt anything changed. Sadly the VR party is very poorly implemented and really glitches really bad.
I have to admit it was really cool to actually see one of my dodos walking in front of me in VR, so I wont have to mention how awesome and imposing it was to look my triceratops in the eyes!
But unfortunately to really play the game is impossible in the state it is in.

Also heard they not really working on the VR part anymore as they are focusing more on a standalone VR title. So here is hoping that will be good :-)

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