How to launch Horizons in Steam VR if you have Odyssey installed?

[Bosmang]

It always launches Odyssey by default. This is not good since Odyssey doesn't actually support VR fully.

Any tips or tricks?

o7

[jayeffaar]

Bumpety bump... Running into the same issue, and I can't figure it out either.

[Bosmang]

So far, THE ONLY way I see to launch Horizons in VR is to disable the Odyssey DLC. Unfortunately, steam completely uninstalls the DLC when you do this. So, you'll have to re-download the DLC before you can play it again! I suspect this is not Steam's fault...

Very lame FDev!

[-=ID=-Ceti Fox]

Assuming you are running it through Steam, you should be able to run ED, then choose Horizons from the list of execution options. It will probably start in 2D mode, but then you go into Option, Graphics and change the display to HMD and audio (or however it's phrased). Exit the game then start it again and VR should activate.

[RavenStorm]

when i click on Elite it auto launches into Odyssey, so i just exit odyssey and the launcher is still there so then i select Horizons....kinda dumb but it works

[Bosmang]

That doesn't work for me. The game only sees my hmd when I launch in VR. Even if I play pancake mode in VR the game won't see my HMD!

[Bosmang]

Originally posted by RavenStorm:

when i click on Elite it auto launches into Odyssey, so i just exit odyssey and the launcher is still there so then i select Horizons....kinda dumb but it works

You're not doing that in VR.

[jayeffaar]

Originally posted by -=ID=-Ceti Fox:

Assuming you are running it through Steam, you should be able to run ED, then choose Horizons from the list of execution options. It will probably start in 2D mode, but then you go into Option, Graphics and change the display to HMD and audio (or however it's phrased). Exit the game then start it again and VR should activate.

I have seen this suggested by a few people, but that doesn't work for me. When I launch in 2D mode, the 3D option under Graphics only had side-by-side and anaglyph, even if SteamVR is running at the time.

The only way I have found of running Horizon in VR is what RavenStorm described above. Launch in VR, and wait for Odyssey to load, then exit, select Horizon, and hit Play.

They messed this up too, along with everything else.

Update: maybe I don't have to wait for Odyssey to load? I'll try Alt-F4-ing out of it as soon as it starts. Should save a couple of minutes if that works. Still dumb though, even if that works.

[Bosmang]

Originally posted by jayeffaar:

Originally posted by -=ID=-Ceti Fox:

Assuming you are running it through Steam, you should be able to run ED, then choose Horizons from the list of execution options. It will probably start in 2D mode, but then you go into Option, Graphics and change the display to HMD and audio (or however it's phrased). Exit the game then start it again and VR should activate.

I have seen this suggested by a few people, but that doesn't work for me. When I launch in 2D mode, the 3D option under Graphics only had side-by-side and anaglyph, even if SteamVR is running at the time.

What HMD are you using? I have an Odyssey Plus and the game will not detect it unless I launch in Steam VR mode, but then it always launches Odyssey.
Back in the day, there was a drop down on the main menu to choose ED or EDH. Just another thing Odyssey omited.

[jayeffaar]

Originally posted by Slamdance Kozmopolis:

Originally posted by jayeffaar:

I have seen this suggested by a few people, but that doesn't work for me. When I launch in 2D mode, the 3D option under Graphics only had side-by-side and anaglyph, even if SteamVR is running at the time.

What HMD are you using? I have an Odyssey Plus and the game will not detect it unless I launch in Steam VR mode, but then it always launches Odyssey.

I have an Index. I also need to launch in VR mode, and get Odyssey too, but if at that point you quit out of Odyssey, the launcher will have the option to select Horizons, and when you restart the game from the launcher, at that point you get Horizons in VR. Or at least, I do.

It's stupid that they didn't think this through but then again, it's not exactly surprising, is it?

[jayeffaar]

Originally posted by Slamdance Kozmopolis:

What HMD are you using? I have an Odyssey Plus and the game will not detect it unless I launch in Steam VR mode, but then it always launches Odyssey.

BTW, I love the irony that a player with an Odyssey HMD prefers not playing Odyssey ;).

[Bosmang]

Originally posted by jayeffaar:

Originally posted by Slamdance Kozmopolis:

What HMD are you using? I have an Odyssey Plus and the game will not detect it unless I launch in Steam VR mode, but then it always launches Odyssey.

BTW, I love the irony that a player with an Odyssey HMD prefers not playing Odyssey ;).

Yeah, I love my Oddy+. it's not as nice as the index, but works really well with Horizons.
I guess it's that plus that makes all the difference!

I'm pretty sure I tried that method with the launcher, but maybe I'll try again. Odyssey is impossible to run for me in VR. Even if I could stomach the bad frame rates, all my controls are broken. It;s really bad.

[Keijo]

Originally posted by Boss Mang:

It always launches Odyssey by default. This is not good since Odyssey doesn't actually support VR fully.

Any tips or tricks?

o7

I run Elite Dangerous from Steam and got Odyssey installed..
To start Horizon in VR without uninstalling Odyssey, just rename the map in Steamapps/common/Elite Dangerous/Products named elite-dangerous-odyssey-64,

Worked fine for me...I just put an _ (underscore) as first character in the map name..
Then started the game in VR from Steam..voila

[-=ID=-Ceti Fox]

Originally posted by jayeffaar:

Originally posted by Slamdance Kozmopolis:

What HMD are you using? I have an Odyssey Plus and the game will not detect it unless I launch in Steam VR mode, but then it always launches Odyssey.

BTW, I love the irony that a player with an Odyssey HMD prefers not playing Odyssey ;).

There's not irony at all. Odyssey was about MORE than the stupid space legs garbage. For those of us VR players, it was about the beautification of exploration--the better visuals. We KNEW that the FPS aspect in VR would simply be the (lazy) pancake cinematic presentation within VR, but we were told early on that a lot of the improved visuals and planetary tech would be in the core game as well. Many of us purchase the alpha entirely to see that new and improved visual experience. Sadly, it turns out that the VR quality in Odyssey is significantly BELOW that of Horizons. So, we run the game in Horizons mode so we can still enjoy the game as before.

[jayeffaar]

Originally posted by -=ID=-Ceti Fox:

There's not irony at all. Odyssey was about MORE than the stupid space legs garbage. For those of us VR players, it was about the beautification of exploration--the better visuals. We KNEW that the FPS aspect in VR would simply be the (lazy) pancake cinematic presentation within VR, but we were told early on that a lot of the improved visuals and planetary tech would be in the core game as well. Many of us purchase the alpha entirely to see that new and improved visual experience. Sadly, it turns out that the VR quality in Odyssey is significantly BELOW that of Horizons. So, we run the game in Horizons mode so we can still enjoy the game as before.

I think that somewhere along the way, you may have missed my weak attempt at a joke.

[SpawN]

This is the correct answer I tried it and it works, cheers keijo

Originally posted by keijo-nyberg:

I run Elite Dangerous from Steam and got Odyssey installed..
To start Horizon in VR without uninstalling Odyssey, just rename the map in Steamapps/common/Elite Dangerous/Products named elite-dangerous-odyssey-64,

Worked fine for me...I just put an _ (underscore) as first character in the map name..
Then started the game in VR from Steam..voila