The fans of Valve will be delighted to learn that the team of Flat2VR has just revealed its interest in a possible porting of Portal 2 in virtual reality. However, an obstacle remainsbecause unlike the other ports of the team, the company of Gabe Newell has not yet given the green light for such an operation.
It’s confirmed, the developer Gistix of the team Flat2VR works well on a mod Unofficial VR to bring Portal 2 in PCVR :
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Though we’d love to do a more official Portal 2 VR port, Valve has unfortunately yet to give their blessing for that.
Gistix, however, has been hard at work porting the L4D2 VR mod code to Portal 2 to get the game working in 6DOF VR w/ motion controls ???? pic.twitter.com/LUffbYMYkb
—Flat2VR (@Flat2VR) May 20, 2023
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Although we’d love to make a more official VR port of Portal 2, unfortunately Valve hasn’t given their blessing for it yet.
Gistix, however, has been hard at work porting the L4D2 VR mod code to Portal 2 to run the game in 6DOF and incorporate motion gaming.
As a reminder, Portal 2 is a puzzle game in FPS view which has the particularity, as its name suggests, of offering the player to create and cross portals to teleport wherever he wants. (or almost). You guessed it, it’s the perfect game to upset our bearings. It is also for this reason that the soft has never been worn in virtual reality, already quite nauseating for some in flat.
Although Flat2VR seems to go against the grain yet obvious fears of motion sickness, the portage will appeal to thrill seekersof those who like to cover long distances using grappling hooks (Windlands, Swarm) or suction cups (Yupitergrad). For those who would be tempted by the experiment, it is necessary to keep reason, since Gistix warns on his account Github that the use of mod required to launch it, L4D2VRcan lead to a permanent ban from the system anti cheat of Valve (VAC)!
That said, the development of the portage itself, which, without sufficient financial support, may well prove to be unfinished, what is more with the difficulties encountered THE main developer in this project:
A lot of things were broken in the beginning, but I know the weapon firing feature won’t work. The portal gun and other weapons in the game work differently, so adapting them to VR requires different processes. The controls work, you can move, jump, shoot, etc. from your VR controller.
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