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Re: RandomThread II

Postby stoopdapoop on Thu May 14, 2020 8:20 pm

The Index really is the first VR setup where I really think it's getting somewhere. The lenses and screen are pretty damn clear and the finger tracking on the controllers adds a lot of feeling of actual control and immersion.


I agree with everything you said in your post, but especially this. I've been working in VR since before the release of the oculus CV1, I've tried every headset and have many hours logged in most of them, but the index is the first and only one that I actually felt compelled to buy for home use.

I paid sticker price for it, and I don't regret it. Although I admit I've been playing more BeatSaber than anything else...

Alyx was great, I don't know how a company that doesn't make games anymore was able to pull it off. I'm very much looking forward to whatever comes down the pipe next.

At the moment I still prefer "flat" games for the most part, and the activation energy required for me to feel like putting on my headset is still quite high. often I'll kinda wanna play something, but do I really wanna go through all the trouble?

I feel like when making a vr game you need to create something that has a definite start and finish, if you try to make the next chill game or mmo or whatever then you'll have a lot of people just putting down the headset one day then never picking the game back up, but maybe I'm wrong. There's gotta be a compelling reason to put the damn thing on, imo.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby Smurftyours on Sat May 16, 2020 3:26 am

Half Life Alyx authoring tools out. Congrats lopers, we survived lmao
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby srredfire on Wed May 20, 2020 5:01 am

If you consider life support surviving.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby YokaI on Fri May 22, 2020 8:20 am

srredfire wrote:If you consider life support surviving.


With how 2020 has been so far, it could be worse!
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby Woe Kitten on Sat May 23, 2020 12:13 am

Hey old friends! I miss ya :) Just almost ended up working with a fellow loper without realizing it. Pretty cool moment!
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby srredfire on Sat May 23, 2020 1:05 am

Woe Kitten wrote:Hey old friends! I miss ya :) Just almost ended up working with a fellow loper without realizing it. Pretty cool moment!


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Re: RandomThread II

Postby Jangalomph on Mon May 25, 2020 5:04 pm

I've met a few interlopers in person :P
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby srredfire on Tue May 26, 2020 3:07 am

Jangalomph wrote:I've met a few interlopers in person :P


I've met 9 in total, wanna be my 10th?
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby Jangalomph on Sat May 30, 2020 5:54 pm

srredfire wrote:
Jangalomph wrote:I've met a few interlopers in person :P


I've met 9 in total, wanna be my 10th?


Highly depends :smt064
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby leadphalanx on Sat Jun 06, 2020 3:36 am

It has been a while. With the Alyx tools out, we should put together another collaborative map for old times sake.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby TicTac on Sun Jul 05, 2020 11:57 pm

Jman wrote:I think what I don't like the most about the modern internet/modding scene is that communities are so impersonal, stuff like Reddit and Twitter I never really notice the same screen names and build up my friends list like I did with these types of forums.


I know I'm quoting a post from a year ago, but I feel the same way. I miss going to communities online, not just message boards. Knowing the regulars and greeting new users was such a great part of this forum, and while you can meet nice people on Reddit it's so impersonal that I feel it incentivises toxicity.

It's wild to think that I signed up here probably 10 years ago, and that it's been about 5 years since I was a regular visitor. I hope yall are doing well, wherever life has taken you.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby JakeParlay on Wed Sep 16, 2020 5:29 am

srredfire wrote:
Jangalomph wrote:I've met a few interlopers in person :P


I've met 9 in total, wanna be my 10th?


I think I've met 3, and have remained close on social media with several others. Hello again, gentlemens. Looking forward to 2021.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby Ennui on Sat Oct 03, 2020 2:38 am

Chatting with another Source modder from back in the day reminded me of this forum. MIss you guys!
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby MayheM on Thu Oct 15, 2020 2:53 pm

it is crazy how after all this time, and even with me no longer mapping or really even gaming at this point, I still come back here from time to time to reminisce.
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Re: RandomThread II

Postby 904 on Thu Nov 12, 2020 3:05 pm

yup!
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