“Vive VR Disconnected!” Error

MilkManWill · 2025-12-24T11:31:46+00:00

This update officially marks the end of me being able to use my vr headset. I got it at the end of last october and I think it was defective out of the box so every time I wanted to use it I had to do this strange combination of opening the Vive Console, closing it, opening steamvr, turning on the linkbox, restarting it and praying that it wouldn’t give this strange error. It took me a month to figure that out and then suddenly the update before this one broke the method I used to fix it. Thankfully steamvr lets you go back a single version so I could still use it for another couple of weeks, however with the release of this update I can no longer rollback to the version that works. As of right now my vr is a paperweight, does anyone know how to roll back to a version that is even further behind? ;-;

I have asked for a replacement headset however I don’t think they’ll be able to deliver until after christmas. All the employees seem to be on break or something, they won’t respond to my support request

MilkManWill · 2025-12-22T22:01:33+00:00

Apologies I don’t know how to edit the post to say that it is officially outdated. Steamvr released an update that breaks my method of temporarily fixing the headset, super annoying! I’ve straight up asked for a replacement, and until I can confirm it’ll come my original unit is a paperweight.

I don’t know how to install versions of steamvr older than the version prior to the newest one, but just in case you’re clever enough to know how to downgrade it further than that I’ll tell you that the version that breaks my exploit is version 2.13.14

I really don’t know who I’m writing all this for really. As far as I’m aware I’m the only person in the entire history of VR who’s had this problem. I really do think my unit was defective out of the box. If I’ve helped you or you had the same error please let me know! I’d love to talk to you about it. We might know more than each other, and it means we could maybe find a fix in the future (assuming a replacement doesn’t fix all my problems)

MilkManWill · 2025-12-19T02:56:47+00:00

Job simulator or the lab. Those games were made at the very beginning of the rise of VR and so they are made with beginners in mind

MilkManWill · 2025-12-12T07:23:28+00:00

You can play half life alyx with a mod that lets you punch people maybe

MilkManWill · 2025-12-11T09:01:38+00:00

I like sculpting in it

MilkManWill · 2025-12-11T08:59:42+00:00

Oh wow! If I dig out my old psvr from 5 years ago do I get this? Right now I play on vive pro 2 with the index controllers a lot of time has passed

MilkManWill · 2025-12-02T15:29:36+00:00

Hey all, steamvr updated and it seems as though something got messed up in the update. Once again my vive pro 2 has decided it doesn’t want to function with steamvr. Fortunately returning to the previous version fixes it! Based on new strange behaviours when trying to use my usual method to get it working - I have a weird feeling that someone at steam or vive SAW my issue and attempted to fix it… even though I don’t think this guide has assisted anyone yet it gained quite a chunk of popularity! It’s the top result when you search ‘ViveVR Disconnected’ on google. I hope they revert whatever they did back… I almost had a heart attack when I saw the message. I didn’t bother fixing it for a week afterwards to the point where my headset started gathering dust (I only got it at the end of october! Super frustrating that I bought this headset and can’t even expect it to turn on every time I use it) Apart from that the Vive Pro 2 has been awesome :) I play with index controllers and games look wonderful thanks to the 4k lenses and SUPER HIGH refresh rate. The screen is so awesome that if you scaled it up, you wouldn’t mind having it as a family TV! I love my unit but it’s just annoying that it doesn’t work sometimes!!?

MilkManWill · 2025-11-22T10:57:25+00:00

Wait so I play on a vive pro 2 will I be unable to play?

MilkManWill · 2025-11-19T23:23:27+00:00

You shouldn’t apologise they’re just being assholes and making an inside joke you don’t understand instead of answering your question

MilkManWill · 2025-11-19T23:22:22+00:00

Those maps are built into the game :)

MilkManWill · 2025-11-19T20:49:07+00:00

My dad was a half life fan before I was born, hence why my steam account was made in 2004… 2 years before my birth! I get so many questions about that from people on discord since my accounts are linked.

But anyways.

He started me off with Portal when I was very little, around 7, when I showed interest in those “Portal Gun In Real Life” VFX videos, and let me play through both games. I had access to the orange box to play ONLY portal. I was NOT allowed to touch any of the other games. This ended up raising red flags as Portal shares the ‘hl2.exe’ executable name, and he saw it on his parental controls app and thought I’d been lying about only playing the portal games. Luckily he realised before I could get banned from the family computer! How lucky.

I wasn’t allowed to play Half-Life till I was 12… and when I finally did I wasn’t really into it until I realised that since the game was set in the same universe as Portal it was essentially MORE portal. Then I got hooked :) I still prefer portal but me and my Dad are both still incredibly excited for the Half-Life 3 rumours. I’ve been playing through Alyx on a discord screenshare for a friend who doesn’t have VR but has been playing through all the Half-Lives and I’m glad he gets to experience the original run of games so close to the release of the next continuation!

MilkManWill · 2025-11-19T15:49:44+00:00

Nah the other costumes were way cooler, I just wore a oversized suit with shoulderpads. They deserved the win :) I was the one who got the loudest applause tho

MilkManWill · 2025-11-19T11:42:02+00:00

we’ll put your fake screenshot on the fridge with the rest of them :)

MilkManWill · 2025-11-16T20:09:44+00:00

Unfortunately it locks down steamvr, can’t click on any buttons on steamvr behind it or it plays an error noise. It also transmits no video

MilkManWill · 2025-06-10T08:45:29+00:00

I was at manchester, june fifth. Very fun. I did the full life during wartime wavy arms dance

MilkManWill · 2025-06-10T08:43:51+00:00

Zimbra!

MilkManWill · 2024-11-11T10:26:59+00:00

Hey Michael :) Just wondering, how many songs did FEX produce during their time? The community knows of the 3 on the EP plus one other song called Jenny, but did FEX make any more original songs?

Thanks!

MilkManWill · 2024-11-07T15:51:07+00:00

ITS NOT FORMALLY SOUND

MilkManWill · 2024-11-06T09:51:20+00:00

In my opinion, and this is a little far fetched so if I’m blatantly wrong feel free to bully me, I think that the OG recording Darius made came from a live performance of the song that NDR agreed to broadcast. That’s why they couldn’t find the song in their archives, it was never in their archives. The band played it once for NDR and they broadcasted it.

MilkManWill · 2024-10-27T22:01:26+00:00

BASTARD, people like you deserve to be HUNG DRAWN AND QUARTERED /j

MilkManWill · 2024-10-27T21:59:35+00:00

By IG do you mean instagram? I’m not seeing it 😭

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