Is Odyssey still worse in VR than legacy?

[Bam Bam]

[Kobs]

There is no "VR" in Odyssey, you just have a flat screen and a border when doing stuff on foot. Everything else is "VR" there are a few bugs but it's no worse than a lot of games out there, things always need to be worked out

[Zuperfray]

It would be wonderful if they implemented something to make it more immersive; those gray borders with the floating screen... it's truly a shame.

[Kobs]

They could make it flat screen but that covers the entire field of view

[Tim From HR]

I just tried coming back myself after seeing how bad VR ran in Odyssey originally. I uninstalled Odyssey because whenever I ran the game with VR it auto loaded Odyssey for some reason. Horizons live however seems to be fairly smooth now on VR High for me. I'll be playing again I think so see you around CMDR o7

[UNBREAKABLE]

Originally posted by Tim From HR:

I just tried coming back myself after seeing how bad VR ran in Odyssey originally. I uninstalled Odyssey because whenever I ran the game with VR it auto loaded Odyssey for some reason. Horizons live however seems to be fairly smooth now on VR High for me. I'll be playing again I think so see you around CMDR o7

Horizons live is the same version as Odyssey, just with on foot content locked off.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Tim From HR:

I just tried coming back myself after seeing how bad VR ran in Odyssey originally. I uninstalled Odyssey because whenever I ran the game with VR it auto loaded Odyssey for some reason. Horizons live however seems to be fairly smooth now on VR High for me. I'll be playing again I think so see you around CMDR o7

They released 15 major updates in a row over 2-3 years to address performance, before eventually turning back to mostly content-focused updates with Update 16. No surprise it's better now.

[Tim From HR]

Originally posted by UNBREAKABLE:

Originally posted by Tim From HR:

I just tried coming back myself after seeing how bad VR ran in Odyssey originally. I uninstalled Odyssey because whenever I ran the game with VR it auto loaded Odyssey for some reason. Horizons live however seems to be fairly smooth now on VR High for me. I'll be playing again I think so see you around CMDR o7

Horizons live is the same version as Odyssey, just with on foot content locked off.

That makes sense considering I came back to say I got some stutters today when I was playing. It's playable but legacy is no doubt smoother. Unfortunate but I'm gonna see if maybe lowering to vr medium or setting medium quality in virtual desktop helps at all next time I play. At least it's playable now. Before it was an absolute mess in VR.

[Bam Bam]

Yea, I might compare by installing it again. I own them both, but VR was worse in Ody, when I last played a few years back. I'm pretty sensitive to FPS drops in VR, even with a 4090. I got more motion sickness in Ody. I've returned to ED after a years and I remember just running Odyssey deletes your keybindings... which would be tragic to see again

Also, I just like legacy for a few planet reasons. But I like walking too...

o7

[Sighman]

Originally posted by Bam Bam:

I've returned to ED after a years and I remember just running Odyssey deletes your keybindings... which would be tragic to see again

Actually, it switches to a default scheme if it cannot find one or more of your controllers.

If you then plug in the missing controller and change 1 single keybind, it will overwrite your old Custom keybinds file with the new one you've just decided to create.

You can check which device is causing issues by going to %LocalAppData%\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings and then opening the file BindingLoadingErrors.log in a text editor.

The game also takes backups of your keybinds at regular intervals, but they're no use if the controller they're expecting to find isn't plugged in.

[MissNurseXochi]

Originally posted by Bam Bam:

Odyssey runs terribly, so I would say yes.

I don't have VR, but I can't imagine a stuttery game being any more fun in VR.

So I just stick to Legacy Horizons, I like it better anyway. Odyssey on-foot gameplay sucks. If I wanted an FPS, I'd play Ground Branch or Insurgency.

[frumple]

Originally posted by MissNurseXochi:

Originally posted by Bam Bam:

Odyssey runs terribly, so I would say yes.

I don't have VR, but I can't imagine a stuttery game being any more fun in VR.

So I just stick to Legacy Horizons, I like it better anyway. Odyssey on-foot gameplay sucks. If I wanted an FPS, I'd play Ground Branch or Insurgency.

This sounds like a hardware issue. I don't have a beast of a PC and Odyssey runs without hiccups.

[Sighman]

Originally posted by MissNurseXochi:

Originally posted by Bam Bam:

Odyssey runs terribly, so I would say yes.

Not any more.

If you have an AMD system, make sure the ram speed in the bios hasn't reverted to the default of 2200. This will absolutely kill your frame rates in this game.

Also, turn off FSR scaling.

[DarkonFullPower]

Originally posted by frumple:

Originally posted by MissNurseXochi:

Odyssey runs terribly, so I would say yes.

I don't have VR, but I can't imagine a stuttery game being any more fun in VR.

So I just stick to Legacy Horizons, I like it better anyway. Odyssey on-foot gameplay sucks. If I wanted an FPS, I'd play Ground Branch or Insurgency.

This sounds like a hardware issue. I don't have a beast of a PC and Odyssey runs without hiccups.

Sadly, that is the mystery of Odyssey.

Some bleeding edge PC can't hit 60 FPS to save their life, whilst some toasters are always 60.

Also heavily depends on what going on. Space FPS, and even planet FPS is nowhere close to the FPS loss when an Odyssey station is rendered, but only sometimes.

Performance issues with Odyssey are so hyper specific to both your collective hardware setup AND exact specific activity, that you can BOTH either never get stable or never have a visable issue. Its THAT WIDE of a toss up.

(For me, across TWO PCs, one potato, and one bleeding edge with NO SHARED PARTS, and BOTH hit 2 FPS if fire exists anywhere on an Odyssey station, no matter the game settings. I am apparently the only one that's had this happen.)