Privateer 2 VR 0.1.7

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.6

• "OBSERVER VIEW" is now fixed for players who updated from v0.1.5: v0.1.6 brings settings you never changed up to date, but when the update was done by the v0.1.5 launcher, that step did not run. The launcher now also does it when you press Play in VR. If you installed v0.1.0 to v0.1.2, this fixes "OBSERVER VIEW" cut in half at the top of the view, and the comms reply options and the "REWARD" line above the radar being split. Settings you changed yourself are kept.

Changes in v0.1.6

• Long cheat messages are no longer cut in the headset: a long message now shows on two lines.
• Deleting bug report captures: in the launcher's Report a bug section, Delete under a capture removes it, and Delete all captures clears the list.

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.6

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.5

• "OBSERVER VIEW" and other HUD fixes now reach existing installs: the update brings settings you never changed up to date. If you installed v0.1.0 to v0.1.2, your p2vr.ini still held the first HUD panel positions, so "OBSERVER VIEW" at the top of the view was still cut in half, and the comms window's reply options and the "REWARD" line above the radar could be split too. Settings you changed yourself are kept.
• Long cheat messages are no longer cut in the headset: "CHEAT: NEXT JUMP GOES STRAIGHT TO THE DESTINATION" lost its first and last letters. A long message now shows on two lines.
• Deleting bug report captures: in the launcher's Report a bug section, Delete under a capture removes it, and Delete all captures clears the list. Clear out old captures so that the one you send is the one showing the problem: previews of space often look alike.

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.5

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.4

• bHaptics TactSuit support (tested with the TactSuit X40). With bHaptics Player running, you feel the flight on your body:

  • hits on the side the attacker is on: front or back, left or right, high or low;
  • a tap on the chest for each gun shot, a thump for each missile;
  • a rumble on your lower back while the afterburner burns;
  • a wave through the vest when you jump, and up from the waist when you land;
  • a heartbeat when your armour is low, speeding up as it drops, and a burst that fades out when your ship is destroyed.

  The installer adds the bHaptics support files only when bHaptics Player is installed; without it, nothing is downloaded or run. Press Ctrl+0 in the game to test the vest. Each effect's strength can be changed in p2vr.ini. If you use bHaptics Player's Audio-to-Haptics mode for other games, switch it off before playing. See bHaptics TactSuit in the README.

• Quit question in flight (Alt+X): "Are you sure you want to quit? Y = yes, N = no" now shows in the headset, on a dark screen while the game waits for your answer. Before, the question was missing in VR, and turning your head showed the edges of a frozen picture.

• Main menu after quitting or dying: it now always appears whole on the large virtual screen. Before, it could land on the HUD glass close to your face, wider than your view and cut off at the edges.

• Launcher updates: when the launcher updates itself, it now restarts into the new version straight away, so everything the new version adds (like the TactSuit files) is set up in the same session.

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.4

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.3

• Smoother screens from flight: the diary (Alt+D), options (Alt+O) and hotkeys (Alt+H) screens no longer flash their first frame on the HUD close to your face, like the nav map in v0.1.3.
• Quit dialog in flight: Alt+X no longer switches to the flat screen and back. The space view stays (frozen while the game is paused), the dialog shows on the HUD glass, and you click it with the controller pointer.
• Controller rumble:
  • you now feel a pulse for every gun shot, not just now and then;
  • flying with a joystick? If you press the joystick's fire button at the Entering Space in VR prompt, the VR controllers stay still for that flight, so they don't buzz on the table (RUMBLE_JOYSTICK_OFF, on by default).
• README: a diagram of the HUD panels around you, a diagram of the Steam Frame controller bindings, and the cheat codes in the feature list.

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.3

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.2

• Smoother view switches: switching between flight and a flat screen (nav map, menus, landing) now fades through black (TRANSITION_FADE, TRANSITION_FADE_MS, on by default, 500 ms).
• Nav map fix: when the nav map opens, its first frame no longer flashes on the HUD close to your face.
• Bug reports: press Ctrl+F9 in game to capture what is on screen, then use Report a bug in the launcher to save a zip and open a GitHub issue (see the README).
• New cheats: fast forward (2x game speed, toggle). Cash and fast forward also work on the ground.
• Cheat confirmation: a red message confirms each cheat, on the desktop and in the headset, in flight and on the ground.
• Marker colours: target, missile lock and direction markers now have their original colours in VR.
• Crosshair: more opaque (RETICLE_GLASS_ALPHA 0.9).

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.2

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.1

• Cheat: land now
• Cheat: next jump straight to the destination
• Comms reply options and reward line on their panels; autoplay Esc fix
• Cheats: restore, destroy target / enemies, cash, invincible

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.1

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. The shortcut opens the launcher: Play in VR starts SteamVR when needed, then the game in the headset; Play flat starts the original game. The launcher also checks for updates.

Changes since v0.1.0

• Whole camera-view labels, panels grown around edge text, clean map transition
• Hide the own ship's engine flames in the VR eyes
• HUD panel for the mines window
• Guns window panel, panels only when drawn, joystick fixes, nav map cursor
• VR pointer lines up with the drawn cursor on offset screens (PAD, nav map)

Privateer 2 VR 0.1.0

Install

Download P2VR-Installer.exe and run it: it finds Privateer 2: The Darkening (30th Anniversary Edition), installs or updates the VR mod, and adds a Privateer 2 VR shortcut. Start SteamVR first, then the shortcut.