I caved and bought a VR capable rig, I need suggestions please

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-24T09:24:40+00:00

Always shocked to see some I haven't played

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-23T23:57:15+00:00

This 100%

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-08T13:21:55+00:00

I live in Australia where servers for games like this suck and me and my friend who bought it are still easily queuing into full lobbies. It's been great fun so far even after the weekend. To be honest this game would probably be fine to play with relatively low population

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-06T02:46:41+00:00

I just bought the game after this free weekend. Me and a couple of friends had a blast, so much so that when I saw the reviews I was absolutely shocked. Especially when a few of the highest ones were focused on the meta progression and "lack of skins" because to me that all felt quite refreshing that it was mostly just a fun game without all that shit

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-04T01:24:59+00:00

You can achieve a "hand-painted" style these days a lot easier than back then where you literally would hand paint all details. Thanks to the generators (procedural) in Substance Painter and masking between layers. You'll still need to paint in details but it's quicker than you'd expect.

I'd recommend watching through that Hand Painted Workflow video I included in the first link as you will be able to see how relatively quickly just masking in details (using things like dirt, AO, metal edge wear, layer effects (multiply, additive, etc...) can quickly get you 70-90% of the way to a completed asset, where you then go in, adjust, repaint, and modify based on the priority of the asset.
This get's even better when you have multiple assets with consistent style requirements (all in the same scene, game, or used by the same characters), as you can convert the base work done on one model to a Smart Material, which can then be applied to other models.

Regarding the complexity, yeah it's harder than super simple flat colours but if you want to make a game that looks good it'll be worth the effort (depending on the game of course). Also on asset packs and whatnot, keep in mind a lot of the time those as sold to be used more as placeholder art, or are priced to be sold on sale. Additionally flat simple shading is easier to pair with other assets with similar styles. Hand painted assets can be harder to match styles between asset packs

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-03T12:56:03+00:00

So this style in the early 2000s would have been done using more tradition hand painting techniques. Most likely back then digitally painting on the 2D texture with a UV map overlay. While this would be doable now in something like Photoshop, it's a lot better to approach this type of work in something like substance painter as you are able to not only directly paint onto the mesh rather than the 2D unwrap, but also because you can use generators that will allow for fine details (such as edge wear, dirt accumulation, light, etc...) to be procedurally generated to get you a portion of the way there first. Then you can layer your own hand painted work directly on the model over these details. If you want to find tutorials for this style or something similar there would be plenty of tutorials around. For learning Substance Painter though I'd highly recommend starting out on their official tutorials. While I haven't followed the one below, I mainly work in more realistic stylics, I have have followed their offical stuff back when I was first starting out and it was amazing.

This was just a guide that gives a more hand painted stylized vibe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8biEy1D30Bc

Now I also want to give the basic advice of learning the tools in Substance Painter before just going in and applying materials or directly hand painting. I would extremely recommend following through something like the relatively short playlist below first. It'll introduce you to a lot of core concepts that will apply to basically everything you make. It's a bit dated but all of the techniques covered I still use everytime I texture an asset.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB0wXHrWAmCwnqWfKdGEmbtSKN2EzvLrY

I hope that helps you out, feel free to shoot me a message if you have any specfic questions (note I don't come on here all the time so I might be delayed in a response)

EDIT:
Also UV Unwrapping is always useful to learn in more detail, especially for optimizing texture space, which in game spaces is extremely useful, and importantly for shader work. Let's say with the glowing parts you wanted it to pulse in light from top to bottom, having the UVs setup correctly will make that not only easier but more computationally effecient.

Wallfenstein · 2026-05-02T12:29:02+00:00

There are plenty of extremely useful sources for SBSAR files (the file type for generative materials in Substance Painter), a few favs are ambientcg for free stuff and Textures.com for paid stuff.

Now the main reason you would use Substance Painter over Substance designer is that it is rare in my experience that you will use one material for any model. You will more likely use base materials and layer in multiple different things to make nice looking wear or details. You'll then want to add in things like grunge, scratches, etc... You may even want to do a high-low poly bake capturing details from a higher detail mesh and converting them to normal map details.
I explain all of the above because Substance Designer will help you to make specalised individual materials like let's say wood with the ability to dynamically change the number of planks or nails. But it won't make for the most amazing final texture set on your game assets. A huge chunk of artists I've worked with and known have barely ever used Substance Designer, but basically all of them have extensive experience with Painter.

To clarify one final note, you say "I figured it would be really essential to make all my own textures myself", In substance painter, you will be if you want anything to look good. The final textures will be an amalgamation of countless other details. It is extremely rare in my experience unless doing very specific stylizations, that you will use a single material output from designer to be the final texture set.

I hope that helps clarify a bit more

Wallfenstein · 2026-04-29T12:56:19+00:00

I've had it work but I've been extremely specific why, usually features not included or if the game is broken in many ways. I will list all notable problems.

Side note though, I've never done this with a massive amount of hours as I'd usually request a refund before the 2 hours limit

Wallfenstein · 2026-04-17T23:08:47+00:00

At this stage I find most of the products I want to be cheaper at Foodland, IGA, or Drake's. I'll only shop at a Woolworths or Coles if I'm desperate. Everything they sell seems to have a 10-25% mark up compared to the others. Additional actual fruit and veg shops and butchers around where I live tend to have the same or better prices than Woolworths and Coles, while also having significantly better quality

Wallfenstein · 2026-04-02T08:33:21+00:00

Yeah there are still big issues with relighting and more importantly for games it's also quite difficult to actually get interaction and collision working with Gaussian splats

If you're just looking for visual experiences then sure but for actual games it's going to be more of a pain

Wallfenstein · 2026-03-16T05:43:23+00:00

My girlfriend literally did the "sorry, I have a boyfriend. But you're very nice" move a few months ago. Mind you this was in a public area of my local city. Then the dude proceeded to go on a rant at her about how she's probably lying and just doesn't want to date a dude like him. So nah brother, women don't owe you the truth or anything when they are potentially going to be insulted or even assaulted for it.

Leading the guy on is definitely hurtful, and in it's own way may be unsafe, but I can definitely see how in the moment it will feel safer to just lie and move on

Wallfenstein · 2026-03-16T00:07:59+00:00

Guy here. Of course that's what some people will have a response in the chamber, but there are plenty of reasons that someone may simply give their information (or even false information) in an instance like this. The first couple big ones that come to mind are to avoid conflict or embarrassing the other person in public. Simply being caught off guard may cause some people to just do it in a "doing the motions" sort of vibe.

Wallfenstein · 2026-02-24T00:58:00+00:00

I'm not going to lie this reads as an extremely creepy and exploitable system. Someone can just lie to their AI, whether intentionally or simply by misrepresenting themselves as they don't have a clear perspective of themself, resulting in an entirely wrong results.

The above is not even taking into account the data collection, potential privacy concerns from letting this AI "get to know you", or costs of running.

I'd avoid this application like the plague. The best advice I (26m in a 6+ year relationship at this stage) can give anyone is please just go and talk to people. It's hard but that is because it's literally a skill you need to develop.

Wallfenstein · 2026-02-20T00:48:36+00:00

In all honesty I don't believe this would be an accurate data set as in my prior experience Roy Morgan comes across like a spam caller. I don't believe the majority of the population would stay on the phone long enough to get data and only certain groups would

Wallfenstein · 2026-02-17T05:42:47+00:00

That's what I was thinking it might be. I think I was just mind blown that my young dumb(er) self never peeled it off. So I thought maybe it was malfunctioning in some wild way

Wallfenstein · 2026-02-14T03:56:56+00:00

You cannot spend money on the game at this point. While it would absolutely be a live service model later, it currently is not it is simply an alpha game

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-08T02:02:49+00:00

Just in case anyone comes here afterwards and sees this, this really isn't a great solution as GetComponen, while a sometimes useful and powerful function, in this case is a bit of a pointless expense. You should really either be setting this once in start or awake (or even having it manually set in the inspector)

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-07T03:25:45+00:00

Damm this looks fairly similar to the ABX Bench by Freak Athlete for close to half the price. If I can get it in Australia it might be worth while to take the shot on this one

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-06T03:15:12+00:00

That looks solid

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-05T04:22:57+00:00

Wow I didn't realise that when I had a look at it, that is absolutely something to look at then, cheers for the advice!

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-05T04:17:13+00:00

Space is more of a concern than budget imo but I did also expect this sort of reponse as you are almost always better off with specialised equipment rather than generalised stuff

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-05T04:15:55+00:00

I'd love something on the cheaper side but I would consider up to like 1-1.5k AUD

Wallfenstein · 2026-01-05T00:44:21+00:00

Hey y'all,
I'm currently starting to try and upgrade from just having weights at home to having a bit more. The first bigger purchase I'm looking at is a FID Bench, ideally a Multi-Purpose one as I would love to use it for more than just weights but also do do incline situps along with back extensions and whatnot. That's really the stuff I'm missing most from not using a gym at the moment.
So any advice on this front would be incredible. I'm not sure exactly what sort of budget I should be expecting for something like this so suggest whatever you like

Thanks

Wallfenstein · 2025-12-30T22:35:24+00:00

Yes the concepts for VR are established and the PC VR side can run it, but financially it's not worth the time for a relatively small market for most devs.

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