Issues Launching XWA in SteamVR

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Issues Launching XWA in SteamVR

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Post by Luke_Skywalker » Sat Apr 03, 2021 11:52 am

So...

I got a headset! Gave Elite a shot and everything was so much bigger and to scale that I just had to try XWA in VR, but I have a slight problem.

I tried adding the launcher and game .exes to the Steam library after the first attempt failed... but the issue seems to be actually starting XWA in VR mode. I would launch Alliance and get the menu, click play (or skip cutscene) or launch the game .exe itself and I would then be greeted by the SteamVR grid saying "Next Up" and the XWINGALLIANCE name. After a few seconds, the view fades and I'm back in VR home with the interesting side effect of being inside the floor. I ran the configurator to change from TrackIR to SteamVR, and confirmed this in the cockpitlook.cfg... but I can't understand why it's not launching. Did I miss a tutorial somewhere?
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Post by darklord » Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:06 pm

Dumb question, but did you start steam vr first?

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Post by Luke_Skywalker » Sat Apr 03, 2021 4:32 pm

Yes. I'm trying to launch the game from SteamVR. It just gives up whenever XWINGALLIANCE.exe is started.
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Post by darklord » Sat Apr 03, 2021 10:52 pm

I launch steam vr first. Then open xwa outside of steam. Works for me

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Post by Luke_Skywalker » Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:53 pm

Hey! Doing it that way worked!

Now I just need to fix this nauseating judder when trying to move in any direction.
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Post by Ace Antilles » Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:58 pm

Luke_Skywalker wrote:
Sun Apr 04, 2021 2:53 pm
Hey! Doing it that way worked!

Now I just need to fix this nauseating judder when trying to move in any direction.
Try looking here. @blue_max is the VR guy to talk to.
https://www.xwaupgrade.com/phpBB3/viewt ... 36&t=12827
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