VRmin 0.48

VRmin 0.48

A new loading screen, smoother room changes, and Half-Life 2: VR Mod working out of the box.

Loading screen

• When you open a game (from the headset or from VRmin Host), the headset moves to a dark, calm loading space. A panel shows the game's cover, its name and what's happening (opening Steam, opening the game, entering VR).
• Tips appear in random order and change every 5 seconds; use the arrow to see the next one.
• Back to the room takes you back to your room without stopping the game.
• When a game closes, you see a short notice before going back to your room.
• The loading space is also available as a room of its own: Loading, in Rooms.

Rooms

• Changing rooms now goes straight from one room to the next with the same transition as entering VR.
• Recentering with the Meta button now brings the room right in front of you.

Half-Life 2: VR Mod

• Works out of the box: VRmin now opens it with the right settings by itself (it was marked as not working in 0.47).
• You can grab objects with the grip (bottles, ammo from your shoulder…). The buttons are the same as on Windows with a Quest.
• Less latency: frames are no longer queued up before reaching the headset.
• Smoother when new things appear on screen.
• The "Loading…" message between levels is no longer doubled.

DOOM VFR

• With Emulate HTC Vive controllers:
  • pushing the stick to the edge is like pressing the trackpad in that direction, so menus and dash work without clicking the stick;
  • A/X press the center of the trackpad and B/Y act as the menu button;
  • both hands are tilted so weapons point the right way;
  • you can turn with the right stick (30° per push).

Other changes

• Hand tilt and roll adjustments (game menu › Hands and laser) are now saved per game.
• In games that use OpenComposite, the Touch grip now works as "grab" where the game expects it.
• Fixed the engine install on some Apple Silicon Macs ("dylib not compatible, needs arm64e", #10).
• Fixed the Windows runtime build that made Half-Life 2 show as a flat screen.

Downloads

• VRmin Host 0.48.zip: the Mac app
• VRmin-0.72.apk: the Quest app

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