Blade and sorcery will not launch because of steam vr. Help me please....

[ingsib]

So whenever I launch blade and sorcery and press play on steam it instead just launches blade and sorcery on my computer and on the vr it brings me to the steam vr room. Before 1.04 I never had this issue. Any suggestions?

[Mcnaiden Enbrac]

I am having the same problem on Index, all the other games work fine. If you have an oculus/meta device try and see if blade and sorcery > properties > selected launch options > oculus mode solves the issue. I will try a clean reinstall when I have more time and let you know how it goes.

When I launch other games, steam vr automatically starts, with blade and sorcery it doesn't, it is as if it doesn't recognise it as a VR game. I have already made sure steam vr mode is set as the launch option

I have no mods installed and my steam vr in not on the beta branch

[Bloddo]

This ♥♥♥♥ is also happening to me, i tried everything in my power and everything that was written on the internet...but nothing worked. I JUST WANNA KILL PEOPLES IN THE NEW UPDATE

[DeadlyKittin]

Originally posted by ingsib:

So whenever I launch blade and sorcery and press play on steam it instead just launches blade and sorcery on my computer and on the vr it brings me to the steam vr room. Before 1.04 I never had this issue. Any suggestions?

Originally posted by Bloddo:

This ♥♥♥♥ is also happening to me, i tried everything in my power and everything that was written on the internet...but nothing worked. I JUST WANNA KILL PEOPLES IN THE NEW UPDATE

for you two on.. assumingly quest devices, can you see if you're running meta open xr runtime as the default in the meta quest link app https://i.imgur.com/yWdrLb9.png

[Braveknoot600]

I'm using the Oculus SteamVR app and having a similar issue. After many attempts and setting the runtime to "auto" in Virtual Desktop I was finally able to get it to work. But it doesn't work in the Quest app either anymore, with or without that setting. Something is definitely borked with the Quest rn.

The unfortunate thing is I often get random frametime hitching specifically in this game with the Oculus app and Virtual Desktop. I'm not sure if it's an issue with the runtime or what. SteamVR is a lower quality but up until now it's been the most reliable for me.

[Bloddo]

So basically i have to deactivate that? But like i never used oculus app, and i never linked my device to it. I don't think thats the problem and is more related to the game itself because steam VR allows me to play other games (even non steam ones)

[DeadlyKittin]

Originally posted by Bloddo:

So basically i have to deactivate that? But like i never used oculus app, and i never linked my device to it. I don't think thats the problem and is more related to the game itself because steam VR allows me to play other games (even non steam ones)

try it, whats the harm

[Braveknoot600]

Originally posted by DeadlyKittin:

Originally posted by Bloddo:

So basically i have to deactivate that? But like i never used oculus app, and i never linked my device to it. I don't think thats the problem and is more related to the game itself because steam VR allows me to play other games (even non steam ones)

try it, whats the harm

As a second test dummy, I also tried that based on your previous reply. No dice, using the SteamVR app still wouldn't launch the game.

When I say "launch the game" I specifically mean that the game would launch, I could hear audio, but SteamVR (through Steam app and the Quest app) kept me stuck in the SteamVR background environment visually. None of the display or controller info was being transferred to the game itself as confirmed on my monitor.

[BatR3x]

The same exact thing was also happening to me I even tried seeing if there was a file missing but so far no luck.

[[ DR. GONZO ]]

Same to me , the game is launching in my screen but not on my VR headset anymore

i'm using Valve Index on win11.

[Mcnaiden Enbrac]

Update: a clean reinstall following the steps in the pinned discussion fixed it for me

[[ DR. GONZO ]]

Originally posted by Mcnaiden Enbrac:

Update: a clean reinstall following the steps in the pinned discussion fixed it for me

What pinned discussion please ?

[Mcnaiden Enbrac]

Sorry for the late reply I ll simply copy and paste

SOLUTION: How to do a 100% clean install
Hello! This is how to do a 100% clean install for B&S if you are still having load issues after removing your mods and deleting Documents/mygames/BladeAndSorcery. If this doesn't fix your loading issues then there would be something gone wrong elsewhere, like the headset, your PC, etc.
Make sure all mods are deleted including from vortex. This means going into streamingassets/mods and manually deleting all mod folders, and/or going into Vortex and uninstalling any mods in there.

Uninstall the game. Go to the game location in Steam or Oculus (file path for Steam is something like \Steam\steamapps\common\Blade & Sorcery) and ensure the folder is not there. If anything is there, completely delete any remaining bits manually.

Delete the folder located at Documents/mygames/BladeAndSorcery if it is present - Don't skip this. You also gotta do it manually; reinstall wont remove it. You might also have a folder called "Blade & Sorcery" (difference is the "&"); you can delete that too - it's just a harmless junk file from Steam.

Check C:\Users\ [username] \AppData\LocalLow\WarpFrog\Blade Sorcery and if you have anything there, delete it.

Reinstall the game. When it installs, it will be a clean install of the latest live version. Make sure you are not opted into any old beta or old game version.

Launch the game and make sure it is all working (don't add mods until you are positive it works).

[BatR3x]

I just tried that but it did not work, this is for the Quest 2 right?

[[ DR. GONZO ]]

I just did the completly clean reinstall and it is working now, thanks.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/629730/discussions/0/4839770694279433116/

[ingsib]

I did a factory reset of my computer and that fixed the issue