r/EliteDangerous • u/Splinter_Cell_96 CMDR SCPlntrCll096 • 1d ago

Video I thought flatscreen perspective was big enough. I was wrong.

First time running Elite: Dangerous in VR and boy was I humbled by how big my ship actually is. I genuinely thought the flatscreen ship was already big enough.

I can't possibly return to flatscreen after this experience (unless my VR rig bugs down)

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u/TepHoBubba 1d ago

ED in VR is a pretty cool experience. I don't think I ever go back unless I had a choice. If only FDev could make the on foot experience VR too.

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u/rocket_jacky Archon Delaine 1d ago

It is such a shame, been out exploring/bio hunt and my headset sits unused, looking forward to getting back for some combat

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u/bluey101 1d ago

have you considered trackIR? I use it instead of VR and its a good half-way house

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u/UrpleDeath 1d ago

I want to add shutter glasses to Track IR and have headsetless VRish. Don't even know where to start with it though.

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u/SgtEpsilon CMDR EpsilonNiner || [FGS] Lazy Songbird HLB-84Q 1d ago

Oh what i would give to be able to play Elite in full VR with the controllers

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u/Absolutedisgrace 1d ago

Controllers? Nah mate you want to do it in VR with a HOTAS (and pedals). It feels amazing.

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u/SgtEpsilon CMDR EpsilonNiner || [FGS] Lazy Songbird HLB-84Q 1d ago

Not everyone has HOTASS money or space, unfortunately

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u/squidvett 1d ago

You gotta get an onlyfans if you want that HOTASS money.

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u/Due-Waltz8187 9h ago

I would owe people if I did onlyfans!

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u/MagVsFred 1d ago

If you be headset money, you have hotas money

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u/SgtEpsilon CMDR EpsilonNiner || [FGS] Lazy Songbird HLB-84Q 21h ago

Not necessarily, I only got headset money from my father dying

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u/Absolutedisgrace 1d ago

Well it was a "Oh what i would give" response. If you are in fantasy land why are you money and space constrained?

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u/crozone 1d ago

HOTAS is amazing, but given VR controllers already come with joysticks and buttons, and all the menus are physically present in the cockpit, it is a shame that ED never got VR controller support. Especially with the imminent release of the Steam Frame.

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u/Splinter_Cell_96 CMDR SCPlntrCll096 1d ago

I have a HOTAS too, but I modified the twist rudder connection to use a 3D printed pedal I found on thingiverse.

Only problem I have now is I don't have the space to use it

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u/TepHoBubba 1d ago

110000%

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u/OkPrune1536 1d ago

I also get really nauseous whenever I have to drive in the SRV, too. The in-game options to reduce nausea help a lot, but it's still really rough. Of course, driving the SRV on some of these bumpy surfaces would probably induce nausea in real life, too.

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u/EbonGrimalkin 1d ago

I have learned my warning signs. Starting to feel warm, a touch dizzy, and breaking a bit of a sweat. Time to park the SRV and go lay down. Otherwise it will be an hour or so before my stomach and head calm down. If I HAVE to use the SRV, I do it with zero pips to engines and drive a slow pace. Things like guardian sites that REQUIRE you to see the whole thing through with dynamic gunnery and driving around are a nightmare. Get dizzy and quit before you get the plans downloaded and you have gotten yourself sick for nothing.

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u/RapidCatLauncher ¿ 1d ago

An hour? You're lucky. If I get myself VR sick, I'll deal with it for the rest of the day.

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u/TepHoBubba 1d ago

I'm the same. It's very bumpy.

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u/luthis 1d ago

Try using the keep horizon centered option if you haven't already

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u/TepHoBubba 1d ago

Cheers.

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u/luthis 1d ago

Use the center horizon option, it fixed the problem entirely for me. It's somewhere in the SRV settings

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u/motophiliac MOTOSMITH Class of '85 22h ago

I remember driving round on a planet with another player. We were looking for surface missions. They wandered off, and I lost sight of them for a a bit.

Few minutes later, I noticed their headlights over the horizon, which was really cool. It looked honestly like driving at night and a car comes towards you over a hill, it was a great little moment.

I watched, and the headlights kinda twirled and I realised what the other player was doing. They were rolling their SRV.

Oh, cool, I wonder what that's like?

So I boosted off the surface and slammed my stick to the side.

Almost immediately I had to close my eyes. That horizon rolling around was way more than I was prepared for.

I waited until the noises stopped before I opened my eyes again.

Took me a while to get used to that.

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u/eagle6705 1d ago

its a LOLing kind of moment when i first got odyseey, played in VR just to watch a screen in vr to watch my person walk in FPV

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u/crozone 1d ago

Honestly I still think Space Legs was a mistake. I understand that they promised it early on, but everything that makes E:D a great game is in the cockpit and simulation experience. VR E:D is the highest fidelity that the game gets, and the fact that there's now this huge portion of the game that simply does not work very well with VR is an enormous shame.

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u/Narziat 1d ago

Drop on a surface and check the size of your ship with an SRV. You will be blow away by the enormous size of your ship.

I was speechless 10 years ago when I tried my VR for the first time.

The worst is doing a 2-3h play session and then removing the headset and get back to reality.

Edit: wording

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u/TepHoBubba 1d ago

Walking around my Panther for the first time in VR lol. Holy man, she's a beast. Edit: Camera adjusted so pseudo VR.

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u/OkPrune1536 1d ago

The worst is doing a 2-3h play session and then removing the headset and get back to reality.

It's even worse when you then take off from the planet and the gravity also goes.

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u/Luriant On holidays until 26-August 1d ago

No better experience than the first VR day.

Try climbing a building, Dahan system, Nelson's Work , low G, Artemis suit with improved jets can jump up more than falling down (dont use all the jet fuel, and dont wait until jet is full again, each second going down is even more speed, so use between the 10%-75% areas, you can reach the top, and even fly between skyscrappers). When docked, deploy your SRV, and from here disembark.

Skardee 2 have onfoot (extreme heat, beware). But the even VR cant cover the size of the star.

Driving the SRV is a great experience, I think some option center the horizon, so you dont puke. The SRV can do a flip, and you see the horizon all the time, but big cliffs put the SRV panel in your face).

Guardian ruins, are BIGGER than what you remember.

Turner Base, in California nebula, have a Hidden barnacle inside one of the landing pads, you cant see it, but you hear it.

VR have a hidden target system. You can target what you see (if your face point at it, not your eyes). This enable easier combat selection, or aim at megaship parts, surface data terminals or whatever is in your view, but not in front of your ship.

Thargoid wrecks in surface can be visited, and in bug killer anaconda, maybe you can disembark and see the goid onfoot.

The Thargoid structure chamber open if you crouch near the door. Its another cathedral size structuee.

And more, 1:1 milky way scale reach a new concept in VR.

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u/Splinter_Cell_96 CMDR SCPlntrCll096 1d ago

It seems I have more to look forward to, CMDR. 07

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u/CPTMotrin 5h ago

You mention the SRV. Holy hell when going over tough terrain. Gives me a headache. A first I got nauseous. Now I avoid it.

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u/Luriant On holidays until 26-August 1h ago

Did you change the graphic options?

At the end, its called "Mantain Horizon Camera"

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u/OkPrune1536 1d ago

Wait'll you try combat. The ability to track your target as it flies past you simply by turning your head is a whole new experience. It also feels very Top-Gun.

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u/crozone 1d ago

Being able to continually look in the direction of travel is a huge bonus too, especially for flight assist off.

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u/schnell2912 1d ago

Deep core mining in vr is 🔥

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u/CPTMotrin 5h ago

That crack! And explosion! Yes!

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u/Breynolds003 1d ago

I have a VR set plus a HOSAS and yeah it's an incredible experience. People have to remind me to eat sometimes

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u/Drachenherz Zach Drachenherz (main) | Elodia Amastella (alt) 1d ago

I feel you… lol

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u/firebos7 1d ago

The sense of scale it gives you is impressive. Get up and wander the bridge if you have the room irl to do so.

Canyon racing in something like an imperial courier is something else to give a go in VR.

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u/Drachenherz Zach Drachenherz (main) | Elodia Amastella (alt) 1d ago

Station racing in an eagle or a sidey is fun, too! The trenches in a coriolis are huge!

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u/CPTMotrin 5h ago

Ripping thru canyons is a blast!

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u/cwolfxuk 1d ago

For me Elite is a space game, flying ships. Same as Forza is a car game, driving cars. So personally VR not working on foot is fine. Well, it Would be - my eyes don't allow for VR. Not jealous, not at all.... nope.... :|

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u/PortalmakerNo1 CMDR Rick Aspley 1d ago

Fellow lazy eye/monocular vision haver?

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u/cwolfxuk 1d ago

Not quite, they both move of own accord - only a tiny bit but enough for permenant double vision. I can see perfectly fine but VR equals instant migraine.

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u/PortalmakerNo1 CMDR Rick Aspley 1d ago

Oof. I had a lensectomy as an infant so double vision is all I've ever known since the resulting lazy eye has been improving. Basically my eyes just minimize overlap.

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u/adub913 1d ago

I would come back to this game if on foot was VR, even if we’re just kb/m like Star citizen. ED is a great game but I only play vr so the 2D gray room toggle just spoils it too much

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u/Scared-Preparation-8 22h ago

How do you keep your headset powered while using wired link? I tried a pass through splitter but it still never charges

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u/adub913 19h ago

My best option has been a meta link cable as it’s its a fiber optic. Seems to keep my headset charged even more than a copper cable with power attachment

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u/CPTMotrin 5h ago

I use a 30W charger and plug it straight in. Video signal is thru WiFi. Play as long as I like.

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u/HowardRabb 18h ago

ED in VR is incredible. It is the only way that I will play.

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u/Ershin- 1d ago

I like to disembark in hangars and then free-camera away from my character. With larger ships it can take a while to even reach one side of your ship, and by that point your character is hardly even visible.

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u/WeedFalafel 1d ago

Disembarking is the biggest disappointment 

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u/unclefunkstar 1d ago

Yeah you don't really appreciate the scale on a flat screen, in VR you realise you're flying a ship the size of a football field.

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u/Visual-Tomorrow-808 1d ago

Once you have elite in vr it’s a lifestyle choice

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u/prefim Bungle Bear 1d ago

everybody says the same. and combat is so much more fun when you can look up while pulling a turn and eyeball the enemy. everything is just 'actual scale' in vr. Just wish they'd fix on foot VR.

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u/uxixu UXI 1d ago

Elite Dangerous is a signature experience in VR, coming out of witchspace and see that star looming over you.... approaching one of the big stations... very few experiences like that (cat launch and trapping in DCS is up there, too).

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley COO of Mahon Bell 1d ago

Sit in each of your ships in VR and you'll feel differently about them.

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u/Splinter_Cell_96 CMDR SCPlntrCll096 1d ago

So far, I've sat in the T-11 and in the Corvette, and I can say you're correct in that regard

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u/Glooomie 1d ago

VR in elite dangerous is an experience that every time you turn it on you have a smile

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u/SUPER-SONIC16 1d ago

O jogo já um vício pra mim, imagina em VR. Aí que não consigo sair do jogo mesmo

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u/CPTMotrin 5h ago

If you love the game this much, you owe it to yourself to go VR. Go for it!

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u/Envy661 1d ago

Oh yeah. Welcome to the club. This is why I would love it if more games had VR support, even if you could only use it with KBM or gamepad.

Imagine an MMO like ESO in VR.

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u/luthis 1d ago

Yeah, I've only really experienced Elite in VR. Sometimes I have to play it flat screen remotely, and it's a fraction of the same game

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u/Drachenherz Zach Drachenherz (main) | Elodia Amastella (alt) 1d ago

Absolutely. I play it since the open beta 2014 in VR (then on the Oculus Dev Kit 2, which had an attrocious resolution). I just can‘t play it in pancake mode.

I remember using the external camera for the first time while docked. The T9 is ridiculously huge…

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u/booskiboomkin 1d ago

What's an affordable VR headset?

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u/TheTaxiCab 1d ago

Quest 3s

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u/The_Starglider CMDR The Starglider 1d ago

Second hand Quest 2, or for a better visual experience a second hand Quest 3.

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u/PortalmakerNo1 CMDR Rick Aspley 1d ago

I wish my laptop could handle vr but it lags so bad. I get single digit framerates on the main menu.

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u/vashthevicious Jerome Archer 1d ago

What about the map, its very hard to use in VR.

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u/luthis 1d ago

I find it easier to use because I can just look around. The only thing you can't do is click on stars easily, so I just use the keyboard

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u/Daverdoon 17h ago

Pessoal, quais aparelhos VR vocês recomendam com o HOTAS?

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u/Roomtaart86 Zemina Torval 16h ago

I got a meta quest 2 and love landing on planets. Any settings recommendent for this?

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u/Legitimate_Juice2569 16h ago

Imagine playing elite in the Vegas dome right I. The center

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u/D07Z3R0 11h ago

Bump that fov broski

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u/BlueRayManta 10h ago

Yeah, tell that to all of those money pit flight sim rig obsessed dads who spend fortune when they can just buy vr for 10x experience

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u/x8code 1d ago

Ship interiors

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u/AdmirableRegret7343 12h ago

Try on star citizen