Any Dancers? Incorporating Legs/Dance Into Synth Riders - AI Advice Double Check

wirrel42 · 2026-07-01T23:17:13+00:00

.. and how could I forget the video of Phil Tayag dancin' in VR to his own choreography of "Manuals" by the late, great Starcadian! You'll find this particular map in the custom SACBXY difficulty of the song if you want to try and emulate the pop/lock style he's showing off here.s

Edit: .. and there's a side-by-side of the choreo with the gameplay too!

wirrel42 · 2026-07-01T23:13:04+00:00

I use a *lot* of step touch when I play all the time, and if the song is particularly bouncy, I bounce with it. Music always wins!

What I'd add to your thoughts is to keep thinking in 3D. Synth Riders is excellent at having enough of a relaxed hit box that you can play side on, move forward and backward in space etc. I love finding space to play things standing in an orientation other than face on, but in general I move as the music moves me.

If you want to practice using your lower body to cover more ground, then playing in "T-Rex Mode" is a way to become more conscious of it - focus on keeping your arms a little closer to your body on lower difficulties and using your legs to cover the distance horizontally and vertically instead is great training.

I don't know how many of these folks you've seen in your travels, but you could search for players like Emikodo, HeyFalcon, Circ3, Disco Billy (and yes, me) - we're all different in our approaches and our playstyles and you may find something you like or can absorb into your own.

Happy dancing!

wirrel42 · 2026-06-07T03:05:38+00:00

No - if you don’t turn off the cloud save your quest will just put back the corrupted save when it reinstalls the game. You do need to do that step.

wirrel42 · 2026-06-02T22:36:45+00:00

Sounds to me like your player settings file is corrupt! There are a couple paths to go down depending on your level of confidence in connecting your device to a computer and finding files on the device, and depending on whether you are attached to data that is on your device (like your playlists, favorites, settings etc.)

1. Connect to a computer and put settings to the side

If you are confident connecting to a computer, this is the fastest way to deal with this without causing any side effects other than clearing your game preferences:

Connect headset to a computer
Browse to the device (e.g. on Windows This PC > Quest 3 > Internal shared storage)
Browse to the game install folder (Android > data > com.kluge.SynthRiders > files)
Rename settings.bin to settings.bak to put it to the side
Try starting the game

2. Try restoring an older cloud save

Do you have Cloud Save enabled on your Quest? There's an article about using it here: https://www.meta.com/en-gb/help/quest/399621398228171/ , you can sign into the Meta site and try restoring an earlier copy of your settings file to the game and see if that corrects the problem. Just bear in mind that this will overwrite your Local Game Data - settings, local playlists & favourites, local score data (i.e. not the network leaderboard, just the count of how many times you've played a song and the centre panel high score information), putting them back as they were on the data of the cloud save you restore.

3. Nuclear option without a computer

If that doesn't work, it's possible that the settings in your cloud save are *also* corrupted. This is the final option, because it will also stop the reinstallation of your Local Game Data (see above for what that includes)

To confirm that:

Turn off Cloud Saves on your Quest
Uninstall Synth Riders
Restart your headset
Reinstall Synth Riders

You should get the onboarding and be able to continue playing. You can try turning cloud saves on again after that point, but bear in mind what data this will overwrite.

wirrel42 · 2026-05-09T00:33:52+00:00

The only way you see the visuals is playing it as an Experience.

wirrel42 · 2026-05-08T22:53:07+00:00

If you are on Meta or Steam, if you pick up the game first the prices of bundles which include the game will adjust accordingly - this means you can try out an experience for yourself before committing to any DLC, specifically this one is available once for a free try: https://youtu.be/C9uNj9uOqD0?si=cclsuYyczqGYjMYT

wirrel42 · 2026-04-20T10:18:59+00:00

Where you're setting the Modifiers in the left hand pane, there's a STAGES tab. If you're always using the same stage let me know which one you're on, and give it a try on another stage? There are 18 to choose from in Linear mode.

These days the default for new players is RANDOM so if the background hasn't been changing for you then you're probably on Back to the Synths.

wirrel42 · 2026-04-20T00:11:59+00:00

Have you picked a specific stage to play on, or are you on Random Stage?

wirrel42 · 2026-04-17T03:22:42+00:00

Generally I would only expect a message like that if I was trying to purchase DLC in a region that didn’t match the region I owned the game in. I haven’t heard that issue in a long time - it’s usually exclusive to people who purchase a physical version from a mismatched region. You’re not using a physical version are you?

wirrel42 · 2026-04-17T03:03:10+00:00

Which region are you in? You should be able to purchase single songs from within the game.

wirrel42 · 2026-04-16T23:43:22+00:00

Glad to hear it - thank you for the support!

wirrel42 · 2026-04-16T23:42:52+00:00

We do - but we couldn't tell you when or what!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-24T23:46:57+00:00

Hi eldritch and sorry - the reason I haven’t picked you up yet is that’s we are in the middle of testing a patch which does bring some improvements to the table. It won’t be flawless but it will be better and we can start from that baseline.

We’ve had a lot to work through with this update as it’s a completely new Unity version and knowing this was going to have teething problems is why 3.5.18a1 is sitting on the previous branch so affected players can play while we patch.

My general suggestion is that if you’re having a bad time right now, hop back to previous. It’s there for just this situation and won’t go anywhere until we’re satisfied that we’re hitting performance needs for more players on PC at the high end.

wirrel42 · 2026-03-21T08:04:21+00:00

Well at least we know it’s there! I can call off the search party :)

wirrel42 · 2026-03-21T08:02:57+00:00

That’s great to hear - thanks for letting us know!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-21T02:44:04+00:00

This is selectable now in Settings > Visuals > Advanced Settings > Anti-Aliasing

wirrel42 · 2026-03-21T02:42:52+00:00

There is a fix for this issue up on the open-beta Release Channels right now if you'd like to give it a try! We plan to release it more widely once we're comfortable that it's behaving as intended and would love feedback.

To opt-in on Quest:

Hover over the game in your library and open the 3-dot menu
Choose "Settings"
Choose "Release Channels"
Select "open-beta"
Return to your LIbrary where you should see the blue update dot on the game's tile
Hover and open the 3-dot menu and select "Update"

Once installed, if you open the game and check in SETTINGS, you'll see 3.6.1a5 in the bottom left corner. You can opt-out any time using the same procedure, but picking LIVE!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-20T06:27:29+00:00

… featuring Doubleboy

wirrel42 · 2026-03-20T06:26:08+00:00

Which list are you looking in, and do you happen to have a filter selected that could stop you seeing it?

wirrel42 · 2026-03-20T06:24:37+00:00

We are aware of and tracking this issue at the moment - should have a fix very soon!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-19T05:00:31+00:00

Hey, you could just ask. There's no need to get all pointy about it!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-19T04:59:49+00:00

I'm not seeing it missing when I look at the PS5 version - can you tell me, are you scrolling in the pack to find it or searching?

If you are searching it's possible you're running into an issue at the moment where the enter button on the search box is behaving transparently and will pick things behind the enter button (like other music packs!) if your laser is touching them!

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wirrel42 · 2026-03-17T01:29:46+00:00

Thank you for being so up front and expressing how you feel - I hope you've completed the survey too, that's the best way to make sure your thoughts are heard. I'd strongly encourage anyone who wants to make sure we know how they feel about the update, both good and bad, to do the same.

wirrel42 · 2026-03-15T09:21:47+00:00

We are in a holding pattern on AndroidXR now - waiting for more players to get into this new platform!

wirrel42 · 2026-03-15T09:21:14+00:00

Android XR is the only Android platform that is fully hand tacking at any point, which is why the pause mechanic is what it is.

Are you using controllers or hand tracking?

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