1st and 3rd person views

[magicd1]

How do I switch perspective in VR (quest 2 controls) ? I am stuck in 1st person and can't even see my character.

[ʟǟֆȶʟɨʋɨռɢքօɛȶ]

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/16304

this mod doesn't work for me

[PeaceMaker]

Why would you want to play in 3rd person in VR? That defeats the whole purpose of VR gaming, does it not?

[cpeng03d]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Why would you want to play in 3rd person in VR? That defeats the whole purpose of VR gaming, does it not?

No it does not.
Refer to hellblade suanas sacrifice.

[Dante]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Why would you want to play in 3rd person in VR? That defeats the whole purpose of VR gaming, does it not?

Are you nuts? Ofc it isn't.

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by cpeng03d:

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Why would you want to play in 3rd person in VR? That defeats the whole purpose of VR gaming, does it not?

No it does not.
Refer to hellblade suanas sacrifice.

Which is ridiculously awkward, annoying and vomit-inducing to play as you have no real area of reference (ie YOUR BODY). They only implemented that in a very few games to please some of you 3rd person junky kids who refuse to understand the point of Virtual Reality.

Again. When you get VR, the point is to be there as the protagonist in that game world seeing through HIS EYES. 90% of VR games have you play as one person in that gameworld for the ultimate immersion as if you physically went there.

[Obsidiac]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

Originally posted by cpeng03d:

No it does not.
Refer to hellblade suanas sacrifice.

Which is ridiculously awkward, annoying and vomit-inducing to play as you have no real area of reference (ie YOUR BODY). They only implemented that in a very few games to please some of you 3rd person junky kids who refuse to understand the point of Virtual Reality.

Again. When you get VR, the point is to be there as the protagonist in that game world seeing through HIS EYES. 90% of VR games have you play as one person in that gameworld for the ultimate immersion as if you physically went there.

I can see your point, but one counter example might be the gods eye view of almost any RTS game - those would work fine as a disembodied camera, I'd think. The movement can be simpler and smoother there. Curious if the camera in Skyrim VR map view bothers you?

[Jouchebag]

I am in agreement with both sides here.

VR capability is maximized in First-person. That's why the controllers represent your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hands... duh.

However, when a VR game is designed specifically for Third-person, it DOES work well:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/846470/Moss/

Skyrim VR would suck in Third-person.

[Lightkeeper]

I never thought about 3rd person while playing in VR, why would you? Getting past that, where would the cameras be?

[musefan]

I wish they'd at least give give us an option of viewing our character in a menu. I'd like to see what I look like and what I'm wearing whenever I pick up a new outfit.

[Lightkeeper]

Besides, if you are watching how you look your chachter is going to get killed by the next villain/monster/spyder because you’re too wrapped up in how you look. 🙈

[Zig]

All the things that make Skyrim VR interesting (through mods mostly) are related to 1st person interaction though

[LittleEtherKitty]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

I am in agreement with both sides here.

VR capability is maximized in First-person. That's why the controllers represent your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hands... duh.

However, when a VR game is designed specifically for Third-person, it DOES work well:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/846470/Moss/

Skyrim VR would suck in Third-person.

This, though, and while I understand OP, skyrim vr shouldn't have 3rd person play, imo.

[M9]

Playing in first person might not be great. But a mod that turns our desktop view to 3rd person. Like how Legendary Tales does it would make for a way better streaming experience. Basically, it's still first person in our headset but it's 3rd person on the desktop.

[StickyFingaz]

i'm genuinely confused

[Fistandantilus]

What Zig said is the key.
Everything that makes the VR version of Skyrim great (all the so called "Must have" mods, that people claim that fix the mess into a great game), are mods that only make sense in a 1. person play and would not even work in a 3. person one.

EDIT:
Besides that I generaly prefer 1. person in VR.
I mean, the game I play the most is 3. Person (I play World of Warcraft since 2005 and clocked 12000 hours) and I am fine with that. But in VR, third person is not what I want.

If I am in VR, I want to be in the world and to be the one who does all the cool things.

If I play VR with third person, I am in the game, but I do not do the cool things but watch someone else do the cool things on my command.

Is like the sentence that many VR gamers say, when they come back to flat games: "Playing flat games now feels like I watch someone else play in a stream".