How to play in VR?

[Spacee Acee]

When i launch from Steam VR nothing happens

I have an oculus rift. On my monitor i can see my head movements on the screen but in the headset im still in my steam home. I can hover my mouse over the options but cant click

inb4 get a steam key...thats only if you purchased before april 2019


im not buying on oculus so if thats what u came to comment dont bother

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Try selecting "play in steam vr" when you are selecting version when you hit "play" from the library screen on the monitor instead of trying to load in from VR

[The goog]

do you have oculus home software.. open that up. before you press play in steam.

then it will always open in vr if oculus runtime is running

so youll have to end ovr servvice in task manager to go back to 2d

[Wallis]

just launch it from steam library , it gives the option, problem solved :)

[Mio Rin]

Only way I could get Elite to start reliably on Oculus without errors, was by closing Steam completely, including the background services (reboot without Steam autostarting is easiest),
then make sure Oculus' OVR services are running, before starting the launcher manually and launching the game, which usually has OVR noticing that you started a VR game and turning on the headset.
Sometimes you may need to select the HMD in settings, if you played in desktop mode previously.

I'm not sure if this works with the new Steam version from after april 2019, but it used to work on the old version.

Another thing that may be interfering, is the auto-launch of SteamVR Home. Try closing that down.

(Yes, this is a wave-a-dead-chicken-raindance thing, but any other method was less reliable on my system, especially with 2 VR sets connected)

[Zaltaal]

For me, launching via the Steam "launch in VR" works flawlessly since some time (though I remember and have encountered the described issues).

[Jimmy James]

Originally posted by Zaltaal:

For me, launching via the Steam "launch in VR" works flawlessly since some time (though I remember and have encountered the described issues).

This is how I'm able to do it with a Q2

[SwineyPTSD]

just play in occulus mode with link

[Alan]

How to do it from the epic store

[Mu77ley]

Originally posted by eXcel:

How to do it from the epic store

You can just go into the graphics settings screen and choose one of the HMD options in the 3D setting.

[huligan]

Originally posted by Mu77ley:

Originally posted by eXcel:

How to do it from the epic store

You can just go into the graphics settings screen and choose one of the HMD options in the 3D setting.

Where is it?
same too ! Need it for run ED from Epic Games Launcher in Quest+VD(wi-fi) how run it whithout SteamVR?

[Wallis]

Originally posted by huligan:

Originally posted by Mu77ley:

You can just go into the graphics settings screen and choose one of the HMD options in the 3D setting.

Where is it?
same too ! Need it for run ED from Epic Games Launcher in Quest+VD(wi-fi) how run it whithout SteamVR?

hes on about options menu , in-game and at main menu , after loading elite . its under the 3D settings.

[funkynutz]

I've got the opposite problem on my sons computer...

Every time we launch the game, the game also launches SteamVR (despite this computer not using a steam version of the game). Even though I've unplugged all the VR hardware, and set the graphics options in game to not use HMD. I've even quit Steam, and closed all the Oculus processes in task manager... Still launches SteamVR...

Easy fix if you google it, go into steam vr developer options, and untick the "Start Steam VR when an application starts" bit...

Except that bit doesn't seem to exist... It's not in regular Steam or SteamVR settings either...

Other suggested fixes like using shortcuts with /novr don't work either...

Never had this problem on my PC.

Originally posted by huligan:

...how run it whithout SteamVR?

THIS^.

It's doing my bloody head in...

[xPEDx]

Originally posted by FunkynutZ:

I've got the opposite problem on my sons computer...

Every time we launch the game, the game also launches SteamVR (despite this computer not using a steam version of the game). Even though I've unplugged all the VR hardware, and set the graphics options in game to not use HMD. I've even quit Steam, and closed all the Oculus processes in task manager... Still launches SteamVR...

Easy fix if you google it, go into steam vr developer options, and untick the "Start Steam VR when an application starts" bit...

Except that bit doesn't seem to exist... It's not in regular Steam or SteamVR settings either...

Other suggested fixes like using shortcuts with /novr don't work either...

Never had this problem on my PC.

Originally posted by huligan:

...how run it whithout SteamVR?

THIS^.

It's doing my bloody head in...

that dose sound strange, did you re boot the pc after un plugging the vr?

[funkynutz]

Yep... Given up on it for now... Will try again tomorrow.

[ShavedUnicorns]

I just went into steam vr home and then on the big moniter that lists your games press Elite dangerous