RazeXR 0.1.0 - QoL
Added 2023-01-18 22:04:14 +0000 UTCAPK Downloads Here: https://www.quakevr.com/patreon/
Hello Patrons!
Now I know I said I was going to pause on RazeXR and concentrate on Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy, however there were a couple of things I wanted to wrap up prior to pressing the pause button. The first is rebasing the code onto the very latest Raze source (it was a couple of version behind) so that future changes in the Raze codebase could be incorporated easily.
This actually took more work than expected, but is now in place. This will be a big help in the future when we return to this port as one day there should be support for true modeled weapons in the Raze codebase, which would be a huge improvement for this port too.
The other thing was a better HUD. I was able to bring some of the functionality from QuestZDoom over to RazeXR so now the HUD is configurable through the VR Options menu. It is a vast improvement over the invisible HUD from the previous release and feels in a better state to be able to leave it be for a while.
Additionally, the weapons are now easier to see, have a little bit of stereo depth to them (so less eye strain). Whilst they are still 2D sprites with face-aim, they should be a bit more comfortably in your field-of-view than before,
Furthermore, one of the Raze developers reached out to us on our discord and has already been very helpful.
Anyway, will keep this one short as it is a very minor update for a port that wasn't even originally planned anyway, but hopefully everyone that is enjoying RazeXR at the moment will be happy to see these improvements.
Thank you to all our patrons once again.. I am now off to look at the JKQuest...
- DrBeef
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Comments
Even that minor HUD improvement greatly improved my enjoyment of the game (my health/ammo count), and finally figuring out how to turn on the gun reticule make aiming a lot easier. The main negative I noted is that Smooth Turning (Slow and Medium Speed) produced a fair amount of jitter/stutter compared to what I recall in the original release (this is for the Duke Nukem game). I echo starchaser28's comment in that it is great so see how older games can get new life here. What I find occasionally depressing is aside from better graphics and VR-native gameplay mechanics (e.g., manual reloading), these 1990s/2000s games are not that far removed from current offerings.
Collin Drennen
2023-01-21 12:57:21 +0000 UTCYou Rock Team Beef! It's so awesome to see late 90s early 2000 games in VR.
starchaser28 .
2023-01-19 18:50:41 +0000 UTC
