Windows 11 unplayable in VR

[SethKingz]

I followed the guides, did the link set up, named the corresponding file AlienIsolation, and it worked. However the game will not display on the VR Headset, it will play on my monitor and the mother VR settings will show up but absolutely nothing on the VR and the controllers dont work. Any help would be appreciated.

[Tiddles451]

Im also getting the same problem on a new Win11 PC whereas its working ok on my old Win10 PC. Ive tried a couple of versions of dxgi.dll - both 0.8.1 and 0.8.0.

I click on "Play" in Steam and it does something for a few seconds (displaying "Stop" in Steam while it does so) and then just displays "Play" again. Ive opened AI.exe in a command prompt and it also fails but this time displays a windows Application Error popup window with:

the application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000005). Click OK to close the application

Event Viewer contains:

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 22/03/2023 08:36:58
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: Application Crashing Events
Level: Error
Keywords:
User: xxxxxxxxPC\xxxx
Computer: xxxxxxxxxpc
Description:
Faulting application name: AI.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x54e3199d
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000
Faulting process ID: 0x0x4D64
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1D95C9977204498
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation\AI.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report ID: c958c45f-6021-4fe2-b642-5e444580dc94
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:



1000
0
2
100
0
0x8000000000000000

2371


Application
xxxxxxxxxpc



AI.exe
0.0.0.0
54e3199d
unknown
0.0.0.0
00000000
c0000005
00000000
0x4d64
0x1d95c9977204498
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation\AI.exe
unknown
c958c45f-6021-4fe2-b642-5e444580dc94

[Tiddles451]

Ok, got it working in Win11 after reading the reddit post about moving the install folder out of steamapps/common and then creating a symbolic link back to that folder from the new location:

1. In Windows explorer, move the whole "Alien Isolation" folder out of e.g "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation" into somewhere outside Steam and outside program files, e.g. "C:\Games"
2. Rename the folder in the new location from "Alien Isolation" to "AlienIsolation" without a space.
3. Open a command prompt using Run As Administrator.
4. In the CMD prompt enter the following : mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation" "C:\Games\AlienIsolation" (replace with your own folder paths)
5. In the CMD prompt run AI.exe so that it also runs as an administrator. I found MotherVR would hang if I just tried to run AI normally from Steam and needed to run it with administrator privileges just once to get past the popup. I could then set the VR Runtime in options.
6. Close the Mother VR popup.
7. From now on just run from Steam as normal and it should start in VR.

sources:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/rbo17s/alien_isolation_mother_vr_mod_doesnt_work_with/

• MotherVR doesn't launch on Windows 11 #229

[solvent-wonder]

how do you run ai.exe? i tried start Ai.exe in command prompt and it said it couldn't find it.

[solvent-wonder]

how do you run ai.exe? i tried start Ai.exe in command prompt and it said it couldn't find it.

also I have this install path on my d drive for all my steam games. does this NEED to be on my c drive? like do I need to redownload this on my c?

[Tiddles451]

Yeh, I wasnt clear on that - enter "cmd" in windows search then *right* click on Command Prompt App and select "Run as Administrator" in the menu pop. Once in command prompt enter "cd C:\Games\AlienIsolation", then enter "AI,exe". However if your game isnt installed on your C drive then you'll first need to change drive in command prompt by entering say "D:" if its installed on the D drive. Then you can change the command prompt directory by entering "cd C:\Games\AlienIsolation" and then entering "AI.exe" to run it.

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On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 04:16, solvent-wonder ***@***.***> wrote: how do you run ai.exe? i tried start Ai.exe in command prompt and it said it couldn't find it. also I have this install path on my d drive for all my steam games. does this NEED to be on my c drive? like do I need to redownload this on my c? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#242 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AX5RWFBRPBKZ4V5QQJM7UBTXQ5GQPANCNFSM6AAAAAAWATR3OU> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[solvent-wonder]

Yeah I ended up figuring it out though some trial and error and looking up things online. Like how I needed to type d: or whatever to make it the right drive. Thanks for the response, maybe post that so newcomers arent so confused. But at the sometimes they can suffer like I did >:] ANYWAYS thanks for the og post so I could start it out!

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On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 4:13 AM Tiddles451 ***@***.***> wrote: Yeh, I wasnt clear on that - enter "cmd" in windows search then *right* click on Command Prompt App and select "Run as Administrator" in the menu pop. Once in command prompt enter "cd C:\Games\AlienIsolation", then enter "AI,exe". However if your game isnt installed on your C drive then you'll first need to change drive in command prompt by entering say "D:" if its installed on the D drive. Then you can change the command prompt directory by entering "cd C:\Games\AlienIsolation" and then entering "AI.exe" to run it. On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 04:16, solvent-wonder ***@***.***> wrote: > how do you run ai.exe? i tried start Ai.exe in command prompt and it said > it couldn't find it. > > also I have this install path on my d drive for all my steam games. does > this NEED to be on my c drive? like do I need to redownload this on my c? > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#242 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AX5RWFBRPBKZ4V5QQJM7UBTXQ5GQPANCNFSM6AAAAAAWATR3OU> > . > You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#242 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BBK6P7GELDHMRSVGI4K2QQDXREHGRANCNFSM6AAAAAAWATR3OU> . You are receiving this because you commented.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[Pocokk]

I love how instead of the developer come back to the mod and fix it, everyone tries to create these arbitrary solutions for this problem.

[Feared-Punto]

Follow the instructions above, use SteamVR run time, and disable theatre mode within Steam VR and it works flawlessly when using a regular PC controller.

Tested using the Steam Link app on Oculus/Meta Quest 2 WITHOUT the Oculus/Meta Quest software on my Win 11 PC. I will test on my Meta Quest 3 when that arrives next week.

[njumkiy]

would really like a video walkthru, I think I did everything right but I still couldn't get it to work, so obviously I didn't. Really want to finish the game in vr

Ok, got it working in Win11 after reading the reddit post about moving the install folder out of steamapps/common and then creating a symbolic link back to that folder from the new location:

1. In Windows explorer, move the whole "Alien Isolation" folder out of e.g "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation" into somewhere outside Steam and outside program files, e.g. "C:\Games"
2. Rename the folder in the new location from "Alien Isolation" to "AlienIsolation" without a space.
3. Open a command prompt using Run As Administrator.
4. In the CMD prompt enter the following : mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alien Isolation" "C:\Games\AlienIsolation" (replace with your own folder paths)
5. In the CMD prompt run AI.exe so that it also runs as an administrator. I found MotherVR would hang if I just tried to run AI normally from Steam and needed to run it with administrator privileges just once to get past the popup. I could then set the VR Runtime in options.
6. Close the Mother VR popup.
7. From now on just run from Steam as normal and it should start in VR.

sources:

• https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/comments/rbo17s/alien_isolation_mother_vr_mod_doesnt_work_with/
• MotherVR doesn't launch on Windows 11 #229