I heard about a mod that allows you to play Alyx without a vr headset like a regular Half life. But honestly, I will not recommend it because it will remove what's making HL Alyx so special. Vr movement will be replaced by simple mouse or key clicks, actions like throwing a grenade or interacting with anything will be pointless. Find a friend who has a vr setup, as another user mentioned. Or try looking for arcades which have vr games and play there (don’t recommend going outside rn) or any game hardware rental place which has vr headsets. The cheapest would be to watch let’s play on YouTube (That’s what I did). And while Half Life Alyx raises the minimum requirements slightly, needing 6GB of VRAM in the GPU and 12GB of RAM for the system, VR’s reputation for being especially demanding and inaccessible is quickly dissolving. The minimum price for a VR capable computer is around $700, and the minimum for a good headset is $230, for a combined price to Sometimes when I pass through a loading screen in Half-Life: Alyx (or when I open the menu), SteamVR freezes the game with the message "SteamVR found an unexpected problem". In some cases the game just stop responding, but most of the time I can still hear the game but can't see anything or do anything on the headset. The most important thing to playing any Steam VR game on an Oculus headset is to set the resolution down to 100% in Steam VR. By default Steam VR sets the render resolution for each game to "auto" which results in a render resolution WAY too high. When you open the game, hold the button to open the steam vr menu. It works on VR, even gives you the option to install the nonVr mod I think. I am playing half life alyx fitgirl repack right now, its working prefectly. I suggest re installing and follow instructions ( untick non vr mod ) and add -vr tp desktop shortcut . Launch airlink/or link than launch game from quest 2. The full Valve Index VR Kit includes the headset, two controllers, two base stations, and a download code for Half-Life: Alyx. Index kits purchased through GameStop do not include a free game. Yup. For anyone who’s curious about VR, the WMR headsets go on sale fairly often for $200-$250. If you have a GTX 1060 or better, you can play pretty much all VR games and will meet the HL: Alyx min spec. sLPdki.

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