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Techy111
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June 10, 2019
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The Index thread (please keep to subject)

As per the title, please respect the users who post here and keep it on topic, any nonsense and......grrr

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    Shadowmask72
    Shadowmask72
    Honored Contributor
    October 28, 2019
    These are all pretty old Rune. Try the mountain peak one though as this enables you to ski down the mountain.
    System Specs: MSI NVIDIA RTX 4090 , i5 13700K CPU, 32GB DDR 4 RAM, Win 11 64 Bit OS.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 28, 2019

    Shadowmask72 said:

    These are all pretty old Rune. Try the mountain peak one though as this enables you to ski down the mountain.


    I'll give it a shot, thanks - for years I never bothered changing SteamVR Homes, before Index I didn't care much for SteamVR, so all these Homes are new to me - and although many aren't that interesting there're several hidden gems. Visiting Mars was quite awesome. You're right, seems like the Valve artists have not made many new Homes for years, I wonder what they've been doing instead, lol... 
    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 28, 2019
    SteamVR Halloween Sales - all of 'em - I think... 

    https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&vrsupport=402&specials=1 
    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 30, 2019
    It's whipping time!  >:)

    https://youtu.be/F90LXZvxfwY
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    Luciferous
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2019
    Look like John Wick 3 :)

    Not of fan of on rail games especially when its on a moving escalator you cant stop.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 31, 2019


    Look like John Wick 3 :)

    Not of fan of on rail games especially when its on a moving escalator you cant stop.



    It does look like a small fun and simple game to me, but seeing how much news about Pistol Whip gets upvoted on Valve Index Reddit makes no sense. At least compared to news about Asgard's Wrath, which got less attention in there. It seems like average Index users love a small indie production like Pistol Whip which has like 1% of the Asgard's Wrath content. It's kinda pathetic, but of curse I do understand that many non-Oculus hmd users are angry about Oculus making exclusive titles.

    I guess Pistol Whip may enjoy some spotlight for a few days, before the giant Stormland hammer strikes, lol.

    The way I see it, Index is an awesome solution, but Oculus is the king of VR content, right now absolutely nothing comes close (ok, maybe some Skyrim... and Doom ;-) If Valve does not want Index to "survive on revive" (yup, just made that slogan up, lol), then Valve better do something about it quickly...

    And Oasis using a 2080 Ti when testing Pistol Whip and the Index, and ending up recommending a solution using 72 Hz HMD with a gpu made for an old phone makes little sense - and he did not even test 120 and 144 Hz or high levels of super sampling (only 90 Hz). Personally I'm not fond of game reviews that don't consider hardware perspectives thoroughly. Maybe we can conclude that the game has so low hardware requirements that it looks much the same on Quest 72 Hz and Index 90Hz res 100%. But I wouldn't be surprised if Oasis could use 144 Hz 1:1 and res 120-150% - which may provide an experience far beyond the Quest.

    - and now this got 300 upvotes - I need my antihypertensives!  

    https://www.reddit.com/r/ValveIndex/comments/dpeixa/this_is_how_you_play_pistol_whip_if_you_want_to/

    Maybe some Index owners love to pay 1K to play Quest games, lol... 

    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 31, 2019

    BTW, last night my left Index controller developed forward drifting - my controllers were delivered in July and are probably from the first batch. So it's not clickgate, but driftgate, lol. It's only the left controller (but the one I use primarily for full locomotion), the right still works perfectly (used for turning). Maybe the irony of fate, but my left thumb stick still clicks.

    I've just contacted Steam, now I'm wondering if I should buy a new pair to reduce waiting time, but then again Stormland arrives soon and I'm still playing Asgard's Wrath, maybe no big deal to wait for new Knuckles. Still got 21 months of warranty.

    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
    kevinw729
    kevinw729
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2019
    After doing a bit more background work on the Superdata numbers I still think the 50,000+ sale number for Valve INDEX seems accurate based on what we know - if that is the case, I cant really see how this will be a profitable or sustainable business for them - a lot is resting on the reliability of the systems they have fielded, their QA and those "magical" in development AAA VR titles!
    https://vrawards.aixr.org/ "The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Home-Immersive-Entertainment-Frontier/dp/1472426959
    Luciferous
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2019
    It needs a 200 Dollar price drop.
    RuneSR2
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    October 31, 2019


    It needs a 200 Dollar price drop.


    Well, at least I can keep you posted about the controllers ;) Just got a reply from Mia:

    Hi there, 

    I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues with controller input. A member of our troubleshooting team will be available to assist you soon.

    In the meantime, you can test any misbehaving inputs by navigating to the SteamVR menu and selecting Devices > Controller Settings > Test Controller. You can use this tool to confirm any behavior you may be noticing.

    From Controller Settings, you can also calibrate the orientation of cardinal directions on your thumbstick and adjust deadzones.

    Thanks for using Steam,
    Mia

    Oculus Rift CV1, Valve Index & PSVR2, Asus Strix OC RTX™ 3090, i9-10900K (5.3Ghz), 32GB 3200MHz, 16TB SSD "Ask not what VR can do for you, but what you can do for VR"
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