P99 with VR (oculus rift s?)

Nisrak · #1 08-19-2019, 08:04 AM

I'm looking forward to playing casually on Green and am thinking about getting a VR headset (not specifically for p99). I haven't been able to find any posts/info about VR with p99 more recent than 2016. Has anyone tried this with any success? I think even a basic interface between with a headset (at least head tracking = turn) would be pretty cool!

On a related note, how does the titanium client do with non-standard resolutions? Like ultrawide monitors?

Jibartik · #2 08-19-2019, 08:27 AM

Ultrawide works fine.

The only VR anyone round these parts has figured out is to back your character up against a wall while wearing a helmet.

Please make VR p99 a reality, sir.

Nisrak · #3 08-19-2019, 09:42 AM

I haven't played around with any VR headsets or anything, but it seems like if you can link the head tracking interface to mouse with right-click (or even to the num-pad keys would be OK), then it would be great. EQ in first-person view seems to lend itself to VR pretty well. That said, if the titanium client is the only choice, it might be a mess to try and do any custom interfacing with that. I'll have to do a little research on what porting tools there are for it.

It will be a few months until I get my headset and I don't know how much time I'll be able to spend trying to get this to work, but I'll give it a shot and let you know if I have any success

Cen · #4 08-19-2019, 10:04 AM

I havent played p99 in true VR, but I have played it on the rift on virtual desktop (the 3rd party app that you can use laying down not the shitty one built into oculus home)

soronil · #5 08-20-2019, 12:28 PM

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Ultrawide works fine.

Really? I thought the horizontal viewport was locked on this server. I have bad experience when trying to play ultrawide.

Whether I play at 3440x1400 or 1920x1440 (4:3), The viewport is the same horizontally, but the wider you go, the more is cut off from the top and bottom.

As an ogre trying to play first person in ultrawide, I couldn't see mobs meleeing me (at all) without looking down...

So now i play windowed with a 4:3 /viewport (window slightly wider to put ui elements in black bars, and then just have the wiki up to the side

For that reason, I think VR would be bad.

Naethyn · #6 08-19-2019, 10:03 AM

I've played EQ in steam theater mode on my Vive.

Nisrak · #7 08-19-2019, 10:04 AM

Oh, how is it? Would you recommend a vive over a rift s?

Cenro - how is it in virtual desktop mode? Do you think it's possible to set it up in true VR and would it be any good?

Cen · #8 08-19-2019, 02:14 PM

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Oh, how is it? Would you recommend a vive over a rift s?

Cenro - how is it in virtual desktop mode? Do you think it's possible to set it up in true VR and would it be any good?

Its not great, and I have no idea how you can do a real vr in game

Naethyn · #9 08-19-2019, 10:38 AM

Hard to chat because the vr controllers don’t do anything useful in theater mode and cannot see the keyboard.

Nisrak · #10 08-19-2019, 10:53 AM

I'd probably just use it more for exploring / soloing and play with a monitor/keyboard in groups and stuff. Although, I can type fine without looking so might be worth a try...