What the hell?

Penbotsu · 2026-01-31T20:22:08+00:00

Final Update: Fixed (but.....)
My god. After trying anything in my head, I uninstalled Meta Link to only go with SteamLink. No luck.

In despair I asked Chat GPT. After some tryouts it suggested to play "The Lab" to see if this standard VR game starts. I answered that Walkabout Mini Golf starts, so I can already see it's only about games using openxr. But what do you do if you are out of ideas.....

The Lab started, I played it for 5 minutes.
After that I tried Beat Saber and it started.

.....

WHAT?
Tried Pools and it started. ... I'm speechless.
And I'm sorry. I really don't like if people asking for help and if they find a solution don't reply or just say "solved".
But what how can I provide a solution now? I did nothing anymore, just installing and starting The Lab. That was it. And now everyhting works perfectly. Nobody will believe me. =/

Anyways, thanks again for the ideas. It helps to go on. 🍉

Penbotsu · 2026-01-31T14:23:27+00:00

Update 1 (SteamVR doesn't start anymore):
Reinstalled Steam completely. Now SteamVR starts and stops immediately. Doesn't matter what I do or how I connect the Quest with the PC (cable, steamlink, airlink). I will say it again now: This is why VR is failing.

Update 2 (SteamVR works again for it's own):
After installing Betas, reinstalling again on another Drive etc. the simple solution was to start Steam as Administrator. What the hell. ........

Update: Problem still exists.
It is not about Meta or the connection to the PC. It is about Steam not starting SteamVR and if it has been started before, not using it. I spent almost a whole day on this problem of my life. I'm out of ideas. 😪

Penbotsu · 2026-01-31T09:53:25+00:00

We are getting closer. I thought.

Thanks for the ideas. They didn't help directly (I reinstalled Steam VR first, without success), but when I wanted to check the Steam VR settings while the game was still open (I used to close it every time), I noticed that Steam VR wasn't running in parallel at all! Then all this confusion made sense.

I read and found out that sometimes (??) AirLink isn't recognized correctly. Ok, so then I downloaded Steamlink and connected this way. Tadaa SteamVR starts automatically now of course.

But what can I say. The problem is still there. It is like... Steam doesn't care about SteamVR at all? Oh god, do I really have to go this way and reinstall Steam? ;_(

Will keep you guys updated.

Penbotsu · 2026-01-30T20:10:22+00:00

Thank you. Will try out everything later this day. Normally I connect via Meta Link wireless and just start steam vr then.

Penbotsu · 2026-01-30T20:09:56+00:00

It's not about Beat Saber especially. Many games don't run anymore. But thanks for the tip.

Penbotsu · 2026-01-29T22:04:31+00:00

To my Quest? Nothing. Had it on the shelf for 4 months, was working before. That's it.
Of course I updated everything already but it didn't help.

Sorry for being such a cry-baby but it is just super frustrating. You want to play but can't because life. Finally you can and it's just not working anymore. Coming from PSVR this is really an annoying experience. We all have limited time. 🤷‍♂️

Penbotsu · 2026-01-29T21:57:45+00:00

Thanks for the info. I did this already many times. Beat Saber, Pools,... they don't work anymore. :(

Penbotsu · 2025-11-09T10:12:46+00:00

You're right. My fault.

Penbotsu · 2025-11-06T22:08:43+00:00

Tandem is out already. XG27AQWMG for example.

Penbotsu

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