Htc Vive controls really finicky?

[Rub My Crit]

Hello everyone! I just got my vive and am using models that have animations tied to the gestures. The problem is is that they keep going off whenever i want to walk around or sometimes they are just plain too hard to make a gesture I wish to actually use. It seems random at times and the control scheme just isn't intuitive to me.

Are there key binds that I can change? Can I use a different VR controller that has a joystick that works with the vive? What are my options?

Thank you and have a nice day.

[Empyrrean]

Yeah the Vive controllers really suck. I use the Mixed Reality which has the same trackpad so I know what it's like. Fortunately SteamVR lets you bind the joysticks now so I no longer have that issue. It might be possible to mix and match controllers from the Oculus or WMR with some kind of hack, but you'll have to ask someone else. You can also try checking/unchecking the Advanced Vive Control in the VRChat settings and see if that helps at all.

[Bamboot]

There are two types of control settings that cause the gestures to act differently. One requires holding down the trigger for a gesture after you've chosen the gesture, while the other the gesture will stay out/on until you move the trackpad to something new. I don't recall the actual names of the control scemes, but look in the options menu and there should be something like "classic" or "advanced" controller scheme that flips between the two methods.

Otherwise, for gestures, its best to do gestures on the hand that isn't used for "driving" since touching the trackpad will often cause the gesture to reset or turn off.

But yeah, the vive wand trackpad is a bad design flaw since it's hella unreliable and easy to break. RE VRC gestures, it takes a little practice but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.

[Rub My Crit]

Originally posted by Dork Wizard:

There are two types of control settings that cause the gestures to act differently. One requires holding down the trigger for a gesture after you've chosen the gesture, while the other the gesture will stay out/on until you move the trackpad to something new. I don't recall the actual names of the control scemes, but look in the options menu and there should be something like "classic" or "advanced" controller scheme that flips between the two methods.

Otherwise, for gestures, its best to do gestures on the hand that isn't used for "driving" since touching the trackpad will often cause the gesture to reset or turn off.

But yeah, the vive wand trackpad is a bad design flaw since it's hella unreliable and easy to break. RE VRC gestures, it takes a little practice but I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.

That made it amazingly bearable. Thank you so much! I much prefer this secondary control scheme.

[QP]

To disable the trackpad gestures with your default setup, you can squeeze in the "open hand" grips on the side. Then you can track your thumb over the trackpad without it registering and starting a sound file.

You quickly get used to walking around with your grips pressed in while moving around in a sound/animation avatar.

Of course, that's provided your "open hand" gesture doesn't have a sound file on it too.