adore11s/God-of-War-VR-Mod v0.2.2

God of War VR Mod v0.2.2

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Play God of War (2018, PC) in VR: every frame is drawn in true 3D for each eye with full head tracking, and you can switch to a first-person view through Kratos' eyes and fight with your own hands. Works with the Steam, Epic and GOG versions of the game.

⚠️ Work in progress. It is playable but not finished; expect rough edges. First person and the motion controls are still being tuned.

New in v0.2.2

+Quest Link: near people and objects should no longer look doubled. The mod now sends each eye's picture to the headset in exactly the shape the headset asks for. SteamVR is unchanged.

New in v0.2.1

+Sharper picture, automatically: the VR picture size now matches what your headset asks for (Auto in the VR settings panel), instead of being stretched up from a smaller picture. Quest headsets on Virtual Desktop look much sharper. If the game runs too slowly, pick a fixed size in the panel.

What's fixed and new in v0.2

+Square VR picture and a small monitor window: the game draws a square picture for each eye in the size you choose, whatever your monitor's resolution, and its window on your monitor is a small square while VR runs.
+Sharper HUD: the HUD is shown at full resolution in the headset.
+VR settings panel: in the game's settings menu a VR panel appears next to it: smooth or snap turning, turning speed / snap angle, controller buttons (Xbox / PlayStation), wall collision, VR picture size and VR on / off. Point a controller and pull its trigger.
+Snap turning in first person: the view and Kratos' body turn at once.
+No launcher: run Install VR mod.cmd once, then just start the game as usual.
+Meta Quest hands are set up by default, and the first-person view is centred.
+Weapon draws with either hand: reach over your right shoulder with either hand for the axe, and over your left shoulder for the Blades.
+Meta Quest fists: a light squeeze of the right grip makes fists with both hands (Quest controllers can't feel resting fingers); the left grip is only the shield.

Important: read before playing

+Only want to play in third person? Then you don't need any of the first-person points below (the shortcuts, hands, weapon draws, finishers and fists). The game starts in third person and your VR controllers work like a normal gamepad.
+Remember the two first-person shortcuts: first person during gameplay = press the right trigger next to your head; first person during cutscenes = hold the right trigger next to your head.
+For the best experience, play with SteamVR. Early playtesters had fewer problems on SteamVR than on Virtual Desktop's VDXR (flickering lights and such). Controllers with finger sensing on the grip buttons, like the PlayStation VR2 controllers, work best.
+I've only tested the first 2 hours of the game. Anything beyond that can be broken and might crash.
+Your hands feel in the wrong place, or you can't see a button prompt in first person? Quickly switch to third person and back to first person (press the right trigger next to your head twice).
+You can phase through walls during combat when walking backwards into a wall.
+Don't use DLSS for now. It makes every edge shimmer in the headset.
+Opening the menu: press all four face buttons together (Meta: A X Y B, PlayStation: ✕ ○ □ △).
+Equipping the axe: reach over your right shoulder with either hand and press that hand's grip button. To throw it, hold the left trigger and make the throwing motion. Recall it with the click of the right grip button or the left controller's upper button (PlayStation: △, Meta: Y).
+Equipping the Blades of Chaos: reach over your left shoulder with either hand and press that hand's grip button.
+Finishers: face the enemy directly in front of you. A finisher from behind the enemy doesn't work.
+Fist combat needs your fingers resting on the grip buttons; fully squeezing the left grip brings out the shield. Meta Quest: squeeze the right grip lightly for fists; the left grip is only the shield.

Before you install

In the game's graphics settings: Display mode Windowed, VSync off, frame rate limit off, Motion blur 0, DLSS off, HDR off. Play on the Low preset, or Original if your PC can handle it.

Install

1. Download GOW_VR_MOD_v0.2.2.zip below and unzip it.
2. Copy the GOW_VR_MOD folder into your God of War folder (Steam: right-click the game → Manage → Browse local files; Epic: ⋯ → Manage → folder icon; GOG Galaxy: settings icon → Manage installation → Show folder). Updating from an older version: replace the old GOW_VR_MOD folder.
3. Double-click Install VR mod.cmd in the GOW_VR_MOD folder. You only do this once, and again after each update.
4. From now on, put your headset on and start the game as usual (Steam, Epic, GOG or GoW.exe). SteamVR starts with it (Virtual Desktop / VDXR: connect your headset first).

Uninstall: Uninstall VR mod.cmd moves the mod's own files to the Recycle Bin. It never deletes anything for good and never touches the game's files.

Controls

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The mod writes these files itself while the game runs. They contain no personal information.

Known bugs

+Some of the interface is missing in first person (the health and Spartan Rage bars).
+The axe's frost icon when aiming and Atreus' aiming icon are broken.
+Body glitches and phasing through walls during combat (see above).
+Kratos sometimes teleports a little during attacks, and fists can hit from about 2 metres away.
+DLSS makes edges shimmer.
+VDXR (Virtual Desktop) has rendering issues, such as flickering lights. Use SteamVR for now.
+Button prompts can go missing in first person (see above for the workaround).
+The aiming icon is too big while aiming.

Free and open source under the MIT license. Not affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment or Santa Monica Studio. No game files are included.