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Ace Combat 7 UEVR compatibility mod

Mod Features

  1. Fixes cockpit camera so it works out of the box in most situations

  2. Adds 'unstuck cockpit instruments' button (left start/select button on Xbox controller) for those rare occurrences where automation fails.

    Button 3 on the image below:

  3. Adds optional controls remap selectable in plugin overlay in UEVR menu. For remap any standard RC control mode can be selected: RC control modes

  4. works only with VR plane skins added by Konan's VR Planes mod (see below). You need to beat campaign at least once on any difficulty for skin slots to unlock. Otherwise there's no way to select VR version of a plane. There's a quick way to cheat trough all missions here

Note

  • This is an alternative for kosnag's UEVR compatibility mod (~~~UEVR_Compatibility_Mod_P.pak). Do NOT install both at the same time. The game will be very broken if you do.

Status/known issues

The whole game has been tested and can be beaten using this mod.

Quirks:

  • in takeoff sequences where plane is stationary throttle up as soon as you can and let the plane move to fix the camera. This is a tradeoff for camera working well in so many other places.
  • if you retry checkpoint you have to push 'unstuck cockpit instruments' button after you have control over the plane. So far this worked perfectly for me unlike with OG mod.
  • otherwise it just works. If kosnag's UEVR compatibility mod just worked 95% of the time, this works 99% with 1% being stated above.

Getting started

Joining Flat2VR discord

Flat2VR channel list is tiered. You need to tell the server that you want to see UEVR related stuff (channels with #ue- prefix).

  1. accept Flat2VR Discord invite
  2. go to #ue-join and enable UEVR channels visibility (button below the message)
  3. go to Ace Combat 7 channel in #ue-games.

Installing prerequisite mods

  1. after joining the Flat2VR discord install Konan's VR Planes mod. Follow the instructions in message.txt file closely. Konan's AC7_VR_PatchP.pak from the same link is required as well. Do not install kosnag's uevr compatibility mod (~~~UEVR_Compatibility_Mod_P.pak). This profile replaces it.
  2. in short you need:
  3. this is how your ~mods folder should look like. If in doubt use Konan's VR Planes mod install instructions over the picture.

UEVR Nightly 3b206447ac202795afd99c0e5391cac28823920c or newer is required

Installing the mod

  1. download Ace7Game.zip from here
  2. import it as profile into UEVR using dedicated button in UEVR injector or unpack to %APPDATA%\UnrealVRMod\Ace7Game (you'll need to create Ace7Game or empty it before unpacking)

Running

  1. put on your HMD
  2. launch AC7 as a flat game
  3. stop at the main menu
  4. inject using UEVR nightly from above (optionally with mrbelowski's patch)
  5. (for first time verification only) press and hold L3+R3 till UEVR overlay pops up. It's set to long press so flares work in game. Look for blue overlay panel labelled Ace Combat Plugin. If you see it plugin is loaded. If not something went wrong.
  6. go into a mission, pick a plane
  7. important in plane customization screen go into skin selection menu and go to the very bottom. It should have 10 extra skin slots and you want the last one. For that you have to have completed campaign at least once on any difficulty. Without that 'select skin' option won't show in game. If you don't see 10 extra skin slots under standard skins in menu Additional Skin Slots mod is not installed correctly. Go trough the steps again or ask on Discord.
  8. you really need to select 10th additional skin slot. This is what triggers Konan's VR Planes mod. Without it displays in the cockpit and HUD won't work. Not all planes are already converted. Check documentation.
  9. start mission as usual. Multi Function Displays (MFDs) should work. In case they get stuck press 'Unstuck cockpit button' - Xbox controller 'back' button (left small round one opposite to menu button)
  10. Camera breaks in some missions/planes? 'Unstuck cockpit button' fails to work? Please help by reporting on Discord.

Acknowledgements

  • Credit goes to kosnag, the author of original UEVR compatibility mod for discovering 'shake camera for 3d' fix. This required huge amount of time spent on research and hacking the game. And it made this mod possible. Hats off.
  • Another round of credit and appreciation goes to Konan, the author of VR Planes mod. The mod required meticulous hand crafting each plane to accommodate special VR version of the instruments.
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