Comment by Wowfunhappy
7 days ago
Wait, so is that "beta" of Half Life 2 VR a thing I can play? If it is, how did I not know about this, and if not... why not?
I'd also love to play Portal, actually. They say it makes you sick, but to my knowledge I'm immune from VR motion sickness, so worth a try...
It was publicly released in 2013 and you can enable it with -vr in args IIRC. Not sure if it would work with modern VR hardware since steamvr wasn't a thing back then.
It did work with the Index at some point. Valve have been neglecting VR though (especially on Linux) so I wouldn't bet on it still working.
Considering the upcoming release of Frame, a VR headset based on Linux, I feel this couldn't be a more untrue statement.
The real truth is they moved out of the game development space and embraced the game platform space letting their old products wither and die.
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Ah, it predates SteamVR! Thanks, that explains why I didn't know about it.
I don’t know about the beta, but there’s an excellent HL2 VR conversion mod you can play today. It feels just right and got me to play HL2 again after all these years.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/658920/HalfLife_2_VR_Mod/
Fantastic! If HL3 releases on VR, maybe I'll do HL2 in VR (refresher), then Alyx, then HL3. :)
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There’s a great VR mod for Portal 2. Played it all the way through. Surprisingly comfortable to play too.
I'm pretty sure I'd be vomiting everywhere! I'm amazed you found it comfortable!!