I have the Rift DK1 and DK2, I played through all of HL2 in the DK1 and swapped to DK2 for Episode 2, then did Half-Life: Source too. yeah, it's an interesting problem :P Perhaps a portal where you can only use the walls would work.īut, then we could have as small a tracking space as 2m x1.5m for room-scale, not sure how much portaling would be possible in such a small space.īack to Half-Life 2. In VR gravity would suddenly be in the wrong direction. The teleportation through portals makes a lot of sense for locomotion and you could get away with room scale.This makes sense if we cannot make portals that go from wall to floor or similar, in the game now the world just is angled differently when you go through the portal, it works on a monitor. Originally posted by Naticus:Of those games, Portal has the best chance of adapting to VR. Sadly I dont :( Hope to see someone do something similar! for humanity's sake! D: I would do it myself if I remotely knew how to mod like, anything at all. Still, at the very least maybe someone could make an additional teleporting mechanic for HL2 as well for locomotion, I don't think that could be that hard. So it would be focused on puzzle solving with maybe new mechanics.Īnd for half life 2, even if it makes you sick, I've heard that you get used to it after a while, that is why I was hoping for it. Now that I think about it, it would be easy to make some portal mods focused on VR, which don't have the player moving much from room scale, using portals to teleport but in calmed ways (unlike the original game which makes you do insane tricks with the portals). I've seen some treadmills being used to simulate walking/running but I have no idea if that lets you escape the motion sickness.

The teleportation through portals makes a lot of sense for locomotion and you could get away with room scale. Of those games, Portal has the best chance of adapting to VR. But, in regular FPS perspective, you can't just go full throttle on the controller pad and expect to have a good time in VR.

An exception to this is if your player is in a vehicle and you can see the fixed controls/vehicle around you. The movement in VR must match what your inner ear is perceiving. The unfortunate consequence about allowing free running/walking in VR is that it will make you sick. Originally posted by Naticus:I share your love of HL2 and the other epic FPS Valve games like L4D, Portal, TF2 and CS.

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