The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion\u00a0Remastered\u00a0just released on PC and console, offering up a modern, refreshed version of Bethesda\u2019s beloved 2006 open world RPG. And before we could even say \u201cstop right there, criminal scum!\u201d, VR players are already under the hood.<\/p>\n
One of Bethesda\u2019s\u00a0most notable improvements has been bringing Oblivion to\u00a0Unreal Engine 5 rather than the game\u2019s original Gamebryo engine, meaning it not only featues improved textures, character, models animations, and lighting, but it\u2019s also\u00a0effectively opening up the game to modders who want to jump in thanks to \u2018Praydog\u2019s UEVR plugin (link below).<\/p>\n
By now, UEVR is pretty feature-rich, including support for 6DOF head movement, full stereoscopic 3D, frontend GUI for easy process injection, support for OpenXR runtimes, as well as motion controller support. Still, intrepid UEVR users will need to tinker with settings to make a specific mod profile that plays well with the game\u2014something\u00a0YouTuber \u2018LunchAndVR\u2019 is doing right now.<\/p>\n
Check out the gameplay video below to see LunchAndVR\u2019s early attempt at bringing Oblivion to VR:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the video\u2019s description,\u00a0LunchAndVR says these are still \u201cvery early tests,\u201d noting they still don\u2019t have full 6DOF profiles to share just yet due to motion controls causing some crashes.<\/p>\n
Still, early tests look pretty promising, as LunchAndVR takes on rats and zombies in a richly detailed dungeon, replete with dynamic lighting, further noting the mod \u201cruns really well indoors, but lower performance outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Granted, the video above was created using a fairly beefy rig, and you\u2019ll probably need one too. It\u2019s only on medium graphics settings with DLSS, using a Quest 3 with Virtual Desktop\u2019s VDXR runtime set on \u2018Ultra\u2019. As for PC specs, LunchAndVR is running the game at 72hz refresh rate via an Nvidia RTX 4090, Intel Core i9-13900 CPU, and 64GB of RAM.<\/p>\n
While not finalized, VR users can jump into Oblivion\u00a0today by downloading Praydog\u2019s UEVR mod<\/a>\u00a0and possibly a few test profiles currently being shared. Namely, LunchAndVR has shared two specific profiles: a 6DOF profile from \u2018Keyser\u2019 that adjusts for better performance in VR<\/a>\u00a0(Google Drive download) and a 3DOF profile from\u00a0\u2018Pande4360\u2019 that also includes VR performance adjustments\u00a0<\/a>(Google Drive download).<\/p>\n You\u2019ll of course need an original copy of\u00a0The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion\u00a0Remastered\u00a0for PC. LunchAndVR notes it will work with the version available on\u00a0Steam<\/a>, but also the version available through Xbox\u2019s PC Game Pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion\u00a0Remastered\u00a0just released on PC and console, offering up a modern, refreshed version of Bethesda\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3162],"tags":[53,16,15,3243,3244],"class_list":{"0":"post-43988","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom","11":"tag-virtual-reality","12":"tag-vr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114387643451702514","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}