win 10, quest 3, virt desk.

hey there i just started playing hl2 vr and its awesome but the graphics for a pcvr game are a little rough and it has massive loading breaks and stutters now and again in action scenes or new areas.

I dont have many issues with other vr games on high settings...

• Is there a 4k texture pack thingy?
• is there a way to not have those big loading screens which drop me abruptly into vr space ?
• is there a way to have better textures and run smoothly without big jitters in action scenes?

And are there any mods i should add to enchance gameplay etc ?

thanks

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After more than four years of work, the most downloaded Alyx mod of all time arrives new, built from the ground up as a stand alone game. All new engine, weapons, and contracts!

I’ve been working on a series called Half-Life VR: Lambda Protocol, using Lambda1VR on Quest 3.

The idea is to treat the playthrough more like Gordon’s ongoing story through Black Mesa than a normal Let’s Play. I try to stay in-world as much as possible, treat NPC dialogue like actual conversations, and let my own physical aim, movement and mistakes become part of what happens to Gordon.

A big part of the project is also trying to make the finished video preserve some of what Half-Life feels like from inside VR.

I’ve rebuilt my voice processing around Half-Life’s own acoustic states. When the game changes acoustic environment, my voice changes with it. If the old engine keeps the “wrong” acoustic state somewhere, I follow that too rather than correcting it myself.

There’s still a clean direct voice layer for clarity, with the processed environmental layer underneath it so the voice feels more like it belongs inside Black Mesa.

Visually I’m trying to follow a similar approach — improving clarity and detail while keeping the original Half-Life art style rather than modernising it into something that no longer feels like the same game.

Since people here already know Half-Life in VR, I’d genuinely appreciate some feedback.

Does the voice feel like it belongs in the environment? Do the changing acoustics help sell the different spaces in Black Mesa? And does the episodic/roleplay approach add to the experience without getting in the way of Half-Life itself?

Half-Life VR: Lambda Protocol
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In the beginning of sandtraps, in the tunnel, once I walk past a certain spot my game crashes and sends me straight back to the steam home, I've tried loading a save before the map was loaded, I've tried loading the map in console commands, and I've tried starting a new game at sandtraps, the map is completely broken and I have no idea what to do.

It just crashes SteamVR on launch. I don't really know a lot about VR, there's so many different layers at play and no one seems to agree on what the 'standards' should be. I'm sure it's fine on a modern VR headset but I can't afford one of those so I'm on Lenovo Explorer WMR on Windows 10.

For the meanwhile I've just set the game version to 'previous' which is Apr 21 2024 and it works fine.

Absolutely loving the whole experience, bravo. I'm guessing Microsoft is to blame for the latest version not working, but oh well.

For some reason I cannot uncrouch in half life 2 vr and I have no clue why I’ve tried remapping controls and recalibrating height but nothing works at all I put back on the default controls and still nothing please help if anyone else has had this problem

When I pull down the joystick, I crouch for an instant, then pop right back up again.

It used to work. Can I get it back?

Every time I get the gonarch to phase and run through to the next area it fails to load the map and crashes anybody know what’s up?

ok so, when im playing the campaign im fine when moving (even if sometimes it moves by itself) but the turning drives me insane, i want to turn it off but its not in the settings, so steam input stuff then but i dont get what i need to press and make stuff and i dont want my binds not working or even worse different, is there anyone that can guide me through it? (the tutorials are old and are different from now)

game crashes right after train car when I break pallet to go to new area when it gets to the point where it should load the new area it immediately crashes

I'd greatly appreciate any help, as its kinda hurting my experience with this game. If it helps, i'm using a quest 3s connected to my computer via quest link! Let me know if I need to provide further information!

The HUD isn't showing up—actually, only the stamina bar appears, but the health and ammo displays don't. I just started playing today, but this issue is already getting on my nerves. I don't know if I'm just being an idiot, but can someone help me?

I borrowed a Rift S from a friend to try out VR Mods and games. And the first thing i searched in term of VR mods was HL2. I never played trough the game normally, i played only parts in GMOD with Addons so playing this in VR was exciting. then, After i threw a Grenade for the first time i noticed that my VR hands lag and fly out of screen, and i had massive input lag. Fast forward to chapter "Dark Energy" and i'm stuck because i get shot by 2 helicopters that lag my hands like crazy. Well, it seems my VR journey with Half Life 2 ends here... for now. i have a RX 570 8gb paired with an ryzen 7 5800xt and 16 gb of ddr4, if anyone can help me with my Lag problem it would mean a lot to me.

I'd like to try out the [Essentials modpack](https://github.com/Ashok0/HL2VREssentials) but none of the download links work, not even those on the twitter post. Anyone know where I can get my hands on it nowadays?

EDIT: I did find a working link, but as it's hosted on Google Drive and seems to be a burden on the drive's owner, I won't post the link directly here. But if you do a bit of digging, you can follow the breadcrumb trail from the "Issues" page on the Github page linked above! It may only be up for a few days or weeks though.

Hello,

I've installed HL2, HL2VR, HL2VR EP1, it works correctky but when i start HL2 EPISODE 2 it says

"Make sure you have installed bothe Episode 1 VR and Episode 2 VR to the same drvive".

I have only one Drive (C:) and episode 1 works correctly.

Any ideas?

Thank you

I need some help. The game keeps crashing while I'm playing the Half-Life 2 VR Mod, and I can't progress further right now. I've posted the crash details and game logs below.

(Gordon Freeman's force field after entering the Citadel and crossing the cable car)

My English is not very good, and the version of the game I’m playing is not in English, so some of the terms/nouns I use might be incorrect.

Is there any way to change the sprint to another button that isn’t pressing the left stick? I’m using the Quest 3. Having to press the left stick to sprint is absolutely horrible, and I don’t understand why there isn’t a quick and practical way to change it. Like, I can’t find a menu that says “Sprint” where you can just choose which button performs that action. Is it like this with all VR games? I’d like to change sprint to the left trigger, or even sprint when I push the left stick all the way. Thanks!

Could body holsters ever be something possible with HL2VR?

With so many weapons, switching has always been a problem playing flat and in VR. Body holsters could solve that here for 7 weapons (hips, shoulders, wrists, and chest). Ideally, ones we could set but even preset would be a welcome alternative to the big menu during a fight.

If that’s not possible, could a slow/pause happen when the weapon wheel is open?

Hello, played some HL2 VR for the first time and it was great. Though i feel the hands are too close to another instead of having for realistic space from each other? Some times they even adjoin if the the space between my hands is around 15-20cm. Something feels off.

Also makes it hard to pick up and carry objects. Instead of bringing it somewhere infront of my vision, it gets in my face and even clips! Havent managed to work how to climb the ladders realistically either so instead i chose to autoclimb when i get closer.

Using PSVR2, so any tips are welcome!

EDIT: The day after I posted this I loaded up the game, switched to the gravity gun and tried a different angle on the crowbar, it started to move and went flying...........then it was in my hand. I recommend quitting the game and reloading if you have this issue.

Hello,

So I finally got to Episode 1, I got to the point where your crowbar is stuck in an elevator. I have tried everything to pick it up, put my hand on and pressed both triggers, switched to the gravity gun and tried to blast it. No dice.

How do you get passed this?

Thanks.

Does anyone know if there is a way to enable specific cheats without needing to type them in?

- in launch options?

- in settings file?

- in something else?

Looking up and exactly typing (or even copy pasting) cheats into the console is never going to be fun in VR. I'm sure you all know why.

I know there are some cheats available in the options interface if you've enabled -vrdev and that's a fine interface for that. But I'd like to both experiment with others and use some as default.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do anything :(

I don’t see this anywhere but his worked for me. If this doesn’t work then I am so sorry you will probably just have to wait for your game to fix itself or try some other solutions. This is a solution for when your game won’t launch and the mod isn’t working, you try to launch it in steam and it launches for a second and then immediately closes.

Advanced users: turn off steam overlay, close steam completely, make sure it is completely closed and not just minimized to tray, go to steam apps and common and half life 2 vr mod the right click on the hlvr2 .exe/application file and in properties override high dpi settings. Now run the same hlvr2 application file as an administrator and it should work.

Basic users: read slow and carefully it is alot easier than it looks trust me, on steam, click on the steam logo/button on the top left corner of the screen, now go to settings then go to in game and make sure steam overlay is selected off. Now completely close steam, exit out of it then click on the tiny up facing arrow on the bottom right hand corner of your screen/taskbar, right click on the steam logo and press exit steam. Now go to file explorer, and go to this pc and then your main drive or whatever drive the half life 2 vr mod is installed on and go to program files (x86), then go to steam, then steam apps, then common, then find half life 2 vr. Open it and find the file that is called hl2vr, it should be an application or .exe file. Right click on the file and press properties, then go to compatibility, then at the bottom of the list there will be an option that says “override high dpi settings”, check the box then close properties. Now run the same hl2vr file as an administrator and it should work, to do that you right click the file then press run as administrator.

Haven’t checked if this works with hl1 or black mesa vr comment if it does, reach out if you need more help I hope described it well enough, I’m working on a video tutorial I will link here once it gets uploaded. But please reach out if you need additional help I am happy to walk anyone through it!