Putting my hand on my mouth does nothing.

[sadowx13]

So I'm at the part where you need to cover your mouth. I can do this and see that it happen on screen but Alyx doesn't stop coughing regardless. I have no idea what to to now. I'm stuck and I can't find a mask. I'm using WMR.

[Sundowner]

Same thing

[Unsociable]

it works you dont take any health damage she still coughs

[D. Viant]

Have you tried putting on a mask?

[wsly^bnc]

Originally posted by Unsociable:

it works you dont take any health damage she still coughs

Hmm, Alyx didnt cough in my playthrough when covering my mouth. That's how i stayed hidden from Jeff.

[Unsociable]

you dont need to cover your mouth with jeff atleast i didnt he only heard the broken bottles and the snapper fauna

[wsly^bnc]

Originally posted by Unsociable:

you dont need to cover your mouth with jeff atleast i didnt he only heard the broken bottles and the snapper fauna

He heard my coughs when walking by the spore fauna, so i did cover my mouth and remained silent.

[Bastila Shan]

Covering my mouth worked for me and i noticed when i didnt cover my mouth i coughed and jeff went for me.

[Bastila Shan]

Ps you put only 1 hand on your mouth not hands.

[Berzeger]

Originally posted by Unsociable:

it works you dont take any health damage she still coughs

You don't take damage even without holding your hand against your mouth. The only difference is the coughing.

[Sundowner]

The issue is that Alyx don't stop coughing, despite her mouth being covered.

[Oojimi]

Originally posted by D. Viant:

Have you tried putting on a mask?

I put on a hard hat and a mask probably the first time I found them just to see if I could and they stayed. I have lost loads of hard hats to Barnacles, I never thought I would be praising hard hats, least of all in VR, but hey, it works. I'm yet to get to this bit of the game but I will continue to pick up masks.

[Shane]

i cant resist the urge is too strong...

when you cover your mouth are you still holding the controller ?
lmfao... sometimes i crack myself right up !!

when i cover my mouth i dont cough either, works brillant in fact i really found it both a hassle and entertaining at the same time.

[sadowx13]

Update. I tried again today after rolling back to a save before the chapter started. It seems to work half the time now but you HAVE to be covering your mouth before you are close to the spores. Covering after you get near them seems to do nothing and Alyx never stops coughing. Also WMR can't cope with putting the controllers that close to your face, there is a sweet spot that I think was patched in before I even got to this part. It's not helping much. I think there are two layers to this chapter's issues, some in-game jankyness(I swear to god this ♥♥♥♥ is bugged) + WMR's subpar tracking.

[sadowx13]

As I was writing that last post my game closed, after reloading it's broken again. She just coughs no matter what. Is there a console command to spawn masks? I saw a few early in the game but I haven't found any in the small part of the chapter I can explore. I'm stuck in the area where you see Jeff the second time.

[IvanTheRexouium]

WMR tracking seems to have issues with this part, and one certain weapon near the end of the game.

Sadly, this is more of a VR hardware issue than a game issue, I suggest trying to find a mask in this chapter if you're using WMR, it makes things much easier