Will Planetside 2 support Oculus Rift?

Kalderyn · 2013-07-05, 05:34 PM

I can't think of a more deserving game for the amazing revolutionary Oculus Rift, I tried it at one show and it is a complete game changer(consumer version will have much higher resolution).

P.S.
Can you run Planetside 2 at 60fps,1920*1200 and maxed settings on a GTX 780?

Kalderyn · 2013-07-05, 06:03 PM

dead forum?

Kalderyn · 2013-07-06, 12:59 AM

lol, 82 views and not a single response to anything.

Lonehunter · 2013-07-06, 01:12 AM

Probly just not much interest, or it hasn't even been up 12 hours, or it's a holiday weekend where less people are on forums.

Of course it would be nice if PS2 supported it, but I don't see it realistically happening

Kalderyn · 2013-07-06, 02:07 AM

Well, I saw on youtube some videos of Fallout 3 played with Oculus Rift, so not really sure what "support" means?

Falcon_br · 2013-07-06, 02:44 AM

We have a topic about it, the planetside 2 have a oculus rift develop kit with then.
They are going to add the support on it, it is just a matter of time.
But like I said on the original topic, we dont even support ANY type of joysticks in the game... But maybe with the ps-4 version we will support a ps-4 controler on the PC, just maybe.

maradine · 2013-07-06, 03:16 AM

It's a gamechanger, but I wouldn't count on support for it any time soon. There are a number of reasons for this -

KS kits notwithstanding, no one has one yet. It's not a demand on their time.
The SDK is still pretty raw.
Games that weren't built with a decoupled field of few in mind feel pretty hacky.
New UIs will need to built around it - you can't see your other monitor while you're rifted up. Or your keyboard or mouse for that matter.

We'll get there, but I'd put money you won't see support in 2013.

Originally Posted by Kalderyn

Well, I saw on youtube some videos of Fallout 3 played with Oculus Rift, so not really sure what "support" means?

Any game not in the initial launch set, such as Fallout 3, is using Vireio to hack in support. It's somewhat of an art to get working effectively - not consumer-ready. True support requires work from the original developer.

Kalderyn · 2013-07-06, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by maradine

you can't see your other monitor while you're rifted up. Or your keyboard or mouse for that matter.

Why would this be a problem, since I was a kid I learned to play games without looking at the keyboard at all.

Also is the value for ultra settings 4 or 5?
It would be nice if ultra settings would be an option in ingame menu.

Phantomdestiny · 2013-07-06, 06:15 AM

just throwing this out here

and this tweet
https://twitter.com/mhigby/status/23...465024(reminds me of when smed was talking about the ps4, we know where that ended up so yeah )

WSNeo · 2013-07-06, 08:54 AM

http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ghlight=oculus

http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ghlight=oculus

http://www.planetside-universe.com/s...ghlight=oculus

(You should probably use the search feature in the future)

maradine · 2013-07-06, 11:40 AM

That's certainly good news, though he's looking at the only place freelook has already been implemented. He's also playing in 1280x800.

Originally Posted by Kalderyn

Why would this be a problem, since I was a kid I learned to play games without looking at the keyboard at all.

Not everyone can - it's a valid UI design question. Not a gamebreaker, certainly. Just something they have to consider.

Kalderyn · 2013-07-06, 11:34 PM

Watch this video in full HD, full screen and just imagine how it would look like with Oculus Rift!

I would fly in this all day long!

Btw, what is it about Planetside 2 engine that it makes it to have the best environmental lighting I ever saw?

maradine · 2013-07-07, 12:59 PM

I get headaches after about an hour of Rifting, so all day isn't going to happen. Part of that is the modest resolution of the devkit, but a large part is blasting your corneas with light from so close for so long. I hope it gets better with successive revs and better quality optical cups.

For the record, flight is beautiful from inside the Rift, even at bad resolution. Marry it to an actual sim with a real control set and you'll never go back.

Hamma · 2013-07-07, 04:36 PM

It's come up about a million times, so my bet is it will happen at some point.

Klypto · 2013-07-07, 08:33 PM

I could see it happening if they actually had full 3D support.

The current UI when using 3D vision will make you totally cross-eyed, and shadows give it a really hard time. Right now it's unplayable with 3D.