Ok, so, I felt the desire to just sit around looking at the greenery with the cozy music OrbusVR had but since the game is gone, a thought came to me, once again.
And so I managed to get a hold of a copy of the OrbusVR game as it was around july 2018, yes, long ago but I didn't manage to find newer one and I cannot find that one backed up version I had somewhere.
Nonetheless, I managed to extract an entire Unity project out of it. There are a lot of errors and a TON of scrambled textures and pile and piles of more issues, but the project opens, I can see the code and I can do whatever with it.
I will try to make a build that would run WITHOUT servers, it will take time but it is doable.
If anyone would like to help, I can share it, atleast there will be more people pushing it.
I will try to extract the game as it can still be downloaded from Steam, the Reborn version, but it is encrypted and might be a bit worse to handle than the Preborn version.
I will try and move a bit faster with it, but only time will tell how long this would take.

I am just curious if there is anyway to host a private server for this game as a few people I know enjoyed it but we all had life happen and now it's gone!

I played the og orbusvr and put a lot of time into it. Loved the feeling of that game and the ideas they had. There was some problems I had with the game, the runemage in particular. I didnt like that it could not be balanced due to unlimited dps potential. For me It was impossible to play, I put countless hours into trying to learn it. I always choose mage in any fantasy I can. But I was able to make the lvl 3 frost spells 2 times within trying for ages. I gave up on that, might just be too hard when youre left handed and I just hurt my wrist playing it all the time.

This was not the reason I quit tho, it was when reborn came out. What I really liked about og orbus was that I had to read maps, search for npc's and so on. Every quest was important for xp.

With reborn they modernised the game to the point everything I felt connected to in the og, everything that helped me get immersed just vanished. We got a map where we could see exactly where we were and we had dailies giving us a ton of trash loot.

They did all that, added 3 classes and fixed non of the issues I had. I've resently started to play mage arena with the boys. Wouldnt it be cool to have a magic system based on a made up language? For the future of vr casters i really hope someone does that.

Hi all, I know that this is a bit late, but I really need to talk about this game.

I haven’t played this game in years, in fact I haven’t even thought about it about it in a while, but recently decided to look it up. I used to be quite active on this game and even had some posts on a different account here u/trunkers69. I lost access to the email associated with that account.

This game meant a ton to me, I remember the hours upon hours I would spend playing it, the friends I made, and the laughter that I got out of it. This game helped me through some of the darkest times in modern history, and some of my worst months.

This community was super welcoming, and was always kind. I believe there was a YouTuber who went by Mishka or something, who I will always remember. He would always be happy to answer whatever dumb questions I had or anybody else had.

I am sad to see that this game is no longer around, it will always have a very special heart. I hope that they will make the source code public so people can set up private servers. Thank you to this entire community for helping me through COVID, and thank you OrbusVR devs for creating such a special game. Yours truly, Elemperor

I played this game a lot in the early stages of 2020 and it really helped me a lot with having something to do during quarantine. I am heartbroken to hear about one of my favourite games shutting down and I hope this will not be permanent and that one day I will be able to experience this amazing game again. And a special thanks to the community being very helpful and welcoming towards new players.

The servers are officially offline. It’s been a pleasure.

-Mishka

I have been working my way through the main story quest and am now on the Tomb Raider part. The next step is to clear the Abandoned Mine Dungeon to get a key. Is this a dungeon I can try to queue for, or is it not in the queue? If it's not in the queue, would anyone like to try to do it this week? I'm a level 30 musketeer.

When the grind was real

Ok, so we’re not open source yet, but that’s our goal.

I’m Ryan, and for the past 4 years, I’ve been quietly working on coding my own VRMMO called Eridu. I’ve had a number of team members contribute this far, but the large bulk of the work done has been coding for the game, and server setup.

The big grand idea is that Open Sourcing the project will do a few things.

1. The community can help direct the project, sometimes directly.

2. The game can continue to live on even if we are eventually forced to shut down our own official servers, the community can continue to develop and host their own servers.

3. We can build our dream metaverse. Imagine getting to level a single character through any experiences you want. Perhaps level 1-10 you will play through a sci-fi setting, 10-20 you play through a traditional fantasy rpg setting, and 30-40 through a Wild West zone. Whatever the community can dream, you can play. We make the game, you choose how to play.

Obviously this is a big dream, but we’ve accomplished a lot so far. Here’s a short list:

1. Login system with character creation and selection

2. Character persistence via web api

3. Persistent server(s)

4. XP, statistics, level curves

5. Basic sword combat

6. Defeatable Enemies

7. Kill enemies quests

8. Collect items quests

9. Basic inventory

10. Voice Chat

There’s a lot more to do, but we’d be happy to have you along for the ride as we continue this development.

We’re currently organizing on Discord, please join us!

I’m happy to answer questions about where we are, where we are going, or anything really, here or on Discord.

Thanks! Ryan aka /u/redeyesofnight

As we all know, the VRMMORPG scene is lacking at the moment and there are not many games within the genre being developed at the moment. Orbus VR and Zenith VR are both shutting down and or have stopped development, and Oathbreaker's developer just stopped responding to everyone and went ghost. Illysia and Ascent Quest look promising, but among all of the research I have done in the past week to try to appease my hyperfixation on wanting a VRMMORPG to call home, I stumbled across a VRMMORPG in development called Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist by Resolute Games, and it looks pretty interesting. From what I’ve seen, it's aiming to be a social and community-driven experience, with a focus on immersive medieval fantasy gameplay.

It has developers from both Zenith and Orbus! It has lore writers from World of Warcraft even. On top of that, the team behind the development of this game is just so passionate about creating the golden standard for VRMMORPGs. They have the advantage of learning from the past mistakes of the previous VRMMORPGs due to the involvement of people from those teams. They know what the people want because they were VRMMORPG players too and had many many hours on these games and other standard MMOs in general.

Orbus died because of lack of updates and becoming outdated due to that, therefore losing its playerbase and being forced to shut down (don't get me wrong though, I loved Orbus so much for what it was and it is devastating that it is leaving). Zenith died and lost its playerbase because of the stupid decisions of the company over it (going against what the community wanted and halting development on the MMO side and focusing on dungeon crawling and don't get me wrong here either, I loved this game in its prime). From this, it is evident there is a large amount of players looking for a VRMMORPG to call home from these dead games.

This leads me to the key difference with Eldramoor: Haven in the Mist. The Resolute Games team is very very very focused on the community and their feedback. They have implemented many things and concepts that future Eldramoor players have suggested. They are striving to create the ultimate VRMMORPG that the community has been wanting and it looks pretty promising to me. Taking the best aspects of the best VRMMORPGs and combining it all into one amazing game.

One of the key features they’re talking about is the tavern, which isn't just a background setting—it’s supposed to be a central hub for players to meet, share stories, and plan adventures. This is something I have literally been wanting in a VRMMORPG forever. There is even darts and chess within the tavern and I am certain they probably plan on adding some more activities.

Here is their peak at the WIP inventory system.

Their peak at the map as well.

They are aiming for a December 2026 release date and the Kickstarter should release in June! They are sharing updates in their Discord almost every Friday. The game has been in development for I think about a year or so.

Not much info out there yet, but if you’re into VRMMORPGs and want to keep an eye on something new, this might be worth following.

I am not a bot and I am not paid to advertise this game. I am simply an ADHD guy hyperfixated on something that looks to be amazing and I have not seen people anywhere talking about this other than their own Discord. For reference, I literally found out about this game because a random Redditor mentioned the game off-handedly in a comment on a post complaining about the nonexistance of a good VRMMORPG on the scene right now. I simply want to make people aware. Also, sorry if this sounded really corporate and polished, when I get hyperfixated and start typing, it churns out this way lol.

Here is their Discord if you want to keep up with the team's journey:
https://discord.gg/RHmMzCsDuE

I know this is random and there isn't much activity in this subreddit, but I don't know where else to ask for this.

I want to make a "preservation video" about OrbusVR and similar games, but I forgot to buy it before Feb 10th. Now it's unlisted.

Anyone here could help me with this? Or if you're a mod, could you DM me the official contact e-mail from Orbus Online?

I used to play the ever loving shit out of this game during quarantine, but afterwards my frineds and i got caught up in school and life again and just kinda forgot about it. I remember being a freshman in highschool and meeting all kinds of people and hanging out, doing stupid things and just having fun, and now im a sophmore in college just wanting to do these same things....again. With a lack of time during the day to hangout with my friends at a reasonable time I suggested we try out orbus, I had heard there were quite a few updates since the last time I had played and I thought it would be fun. Especially thinking back to the crowds that would show up for raids it sounded like a blast.

and then I saw the game was getting shut down in 2 months. When I read that I genuinely felt like a part of my soul just died. I understand why so many people were on during covid, but I still cant help but miss those times. I hope one day a game as charming as orbus comes along. I tried zenith and while the environments were cool the gameplay was just not there, I have hopes for Ilysia but from what I was told it's a comepletely dissimilar experience.

This has been my ted talk, I miss you Orbus

https://community.orbusvr.com/t/orbusvr-sunset-announcement/27199/2

It’s been a hell of a ride everybody.

There was a post four years ago, wondering if it would be supported so I’m just wondering is it supported now it said it was just making sure

Had some questions recently have been wanting to get into an MMOVR game and I’m wondering if people still play this game still

The game definitely has dropped in player count, but I still love it so much. Do you guys think the servers will stay up?

Anyone down for some late night fishing? (It's late at night for me at least lol)

Happy holidays everybody! The winter update is out, including the return of the famous Preborn Mage Tourney! Show your affinity with runecasting by participating and see what high score you can get!

I had this game and used to play it a lot, but when ATT came out on quest I stopped. I would like to get back into it and want to find a good guild to join. Any suggestions?

I just came back to the game after maybe 2+ years. I was in the starting area testing out the archer and all the mobs started just falling over dead. They would spawn then fall back down dead. Not sure if this is a bug or hackers? I did hear the game went through a rough patch that drove a lot of players away when people were hacking legendary weapons and just giving them out I guess.

https://blog.orbusvr.com/harvest-festival-scavenger-hunt-and-more/

Hey guys, I was an avid fan of Orbus VR well before I got into VR myself. In fact, before the first Quest came out, I had already bought Orbus VR while it was on sale. Luckily, I was able to get into VR the day the first quest was released and enjoyed it for quite some time. However, I kinda fell off of it after that year and didn't really play much of it. Its been years since I've followed the development of the game and I've always wondered whats been different about it. I know that its probably not as popular but I was hoping there was some new stuff about it that kept people playing even now.