Releases: Crementif/BotW-BetterVR
BetterVR 0.9.8
BetterVR 0.9.8
This is more of a hotfix update for yesterday's release because there were a few bugs that sneaked in, especially when using different OpenXR runtimes, and there were some good improvements that could be done to swimming and horse riding.
All changes:
- Player height now functions properly. The main menu and inventory is no longer too high when using SteamVR.
- Air Link interpolation should be better when using the player height offset, since the height offset that was added likely affected its interpolation.
- You'll now always swim at a fixed water height just above the water, like you'd do in real life.
- SteamVR's OpenXR runtime now has working VR controllers while being in a menu or while using gyro controls.
If you want to donate
If you're enjoying this VR mod and want to donate, you can check out my GitHub sponsorship link where you can support any of my work: https://github.com/sponsors/Crementif. This mod will always be 100% free and open-source.
Once the most important bugs are fixed, supporters will be able to vote on which big features (dual-wielding, full bow controls, performance, etc.) I'll be working on for those next few weeks.
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.7
BetterVR 0.9.7
Since it's been a few days, this update ended up being bigger then I initially was aiming for. Since its a lot of changes, I think its best to just list all of them.
All changes:
- VR controllers can be used as gyro/motion controls. This allows you to 100% all the shrines, koroks and quests (the photos are black, but they do work).
- Minimap, menu and dialogue boxes and other UI elements that had holes before are now fixed
- Fix player being too high while riding horses or other animals (for the most part)
- Fix arrows not shooting at your crosshair when using the player height offset setting. There's also more player height offset options.
- Fix player hands not being controllable during dialogue and other scripted events
- Remove rain splatter vfx partially since the 2D-ness doesn't really work in VR
- Add accessibility UI color option to BetterVR settings to use a custom color that is more visible. Useful for making the crosshair easier to see.
- Improved cutscene settings and prevent some in-game settings from being changed to prevent control issues.
- Improved rendering systems to potentially improve GPU compatibility, specifically with AMD Vega GPUs. Note that from some testing it made no difference (yet).
If you want to donate
If you're enjoying this VR mod and want to donate, you can check out my GitHub sponsorship link where you can support any of my work: https://github.com/sponsors/Crementif. This mod will always be 100% free and open-source.
Once the most important bugs are fixed, supporters will be able to vote on which big features (dual-wielding, full bow controls, performance, etc.) I'll be working on for those next few weeks.
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.6
BetterVR 0.9.6
It took a couple of days to figure out, but double gravity is now fixed! A bunch of puzzles that required launching yourself or using the paraglider are now playable, and it should overall be way more enjoyable. It also happens to fix swimming, which made some towers or boss fights surprisingly hard. And it fixes flurry rushes. And likely some other things related to player movement. It also fixes a bunch of animations being too fast.
All changes:
- Fix the player experiencing double gravity (noticeable while being launched or gliding) by not running the player update job every frame
- Allow OpenXR (and your VR headset interface) to close the game properly
- Update some cutscene settings to be in third-person or first-person
If you want to donate
Since people have asked me how they can donate (which is very kind!) I have enabled GitHub sponsorships on my profile.
This mod is fully free and open-source (and will stay that way). But I appreciate the generosity of people that want to donate!
Once the most important bugs are fixed, I want to work on some big features like dual wielding, bow controls and much more. So as a nice way to give back, I'll be sending polls every few weeks to my GitHub sponsors about what they would like to see next so that they have some input on what I'll work on next. Of course I'll still be reading the Discord too.
https://github.com/sponsors/Crementif
Thanks for playing the mod. Its been awesome to see people enjoy it!
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.5
BetterVR 0.9.5
Reworked the rendering code so that it allows us to run OpenXR on the rendering thread. This fixes all the stutter-y audio issues, makes loading faster and also stabilizes performance. It even gives a small performance bump. Also, if you press F3 there's an advanced FPS counter that can potentially show these improvements.
If this version no longer loads while with previous releases you got in-game, please report it on our GitHub.
All changes:
- Move OpenXR rendering (and waiting) to Cemu's rendering thread, which resolves stuttery audio issues, faster loading and a minor performance improvement.
- Add work-in-progress FPS overlay when you press F3. It shows more VR related info then Cemu's FPS counter.
- Reworked and cleaned up the rendering code.
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.4
BetterVR 0.9.4
Another daily update with some big fixes! This update fixes MOST issues with the sword/stabbing not being detected! And also, the image clarity should be way better too now, especially at graphic pack resolutions lower then 4k. It also should help with the Steam Frame's foveated streaming, when that comes.
All changes:
- Fix swings and stabs not being detected! Grass being cut unintentionally, enemies hitting you etc.
- Fix game looking low resolution & pixelated by rendering OpenXR swapchains at the in-game resolution.
- Fix flashing imagery when Hestu opens your inventory for an upgrade
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.3
BetterVR 0.9.3
Today's release is a combination of major bug fixes that should make the game overall much more enjoyable (and playable).
Especially if you were hoping to play it in third-person!
All changes:
- Fix Link becoming invisible in third-person mode (or during third-person cutscenes)
- Fix softlock when obtaining the Sheikah Sensor at your second unlocked map tower
- Make ladders far easier to climb with new workaround. Its not perfect (requires jumping to go up), but it no longer requires looking away!
- Make shield surfing possible again by reverting a shop-menu-exiting workaround that's obsolete due to new shop/dialogue menu detection
- Make menu size a little bigger and closer to player due to requests. This should prevent it from clipping behind 3D geometry in some OpenXR runtimes
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.2
BetterVR 0.9.2
The main features and fixes in this release are that AMD GPUs no longer crash while going in-game, improved index controller bindings and a player height setting.
All changes:
- Fixed AMD GPUs from crashing after seeing the shrine of resurrection/end of loading screen.
- Add player height offset to BetterVR graphic pack settings
- Improved Valve Index Controller bindings to have less sensitive triggers/grips buttons
- Add updater checking system to inform users about new updates
- Improved Vulkan rendering robustness in other ways and log CPU/GPU too
- Added more warning checks to the .bat launcher to prevent errors or crashes
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
Make sure to read the Known Issues section to work around any existing bugs.
You can find the BetterVR.zip file below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
How To Update
You can replace the contents of your current installation using the BetterVR.zip file found below.
BetterVR 0.9.1
Bugfix update with the following changes:
- Prevent crashes when dropping un-droppable items (like magnesis rune)
- Make swing detection more reliable for weapons
- Log output will also be written to
BetterVR.txtfile - Fixed a problem where it wasn't possible to quit out of some shop menus
- Added default controller bindings for Valve index controllers
- Some internal changes to make debugging the other problems easier
- GitHub description improvements to help with troubleshooting and performance problems
- Added various checks to the installer to prevent easy mistakes to make e.g. old Cemu versions
We are still looking into fixing startup and other crash issues. We are also working on finding a fix for the crashes on AMD GPUs.
Mod Installation
Please follow the installation instructions here:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR?tab=readme-ov-file#mod-installation
You can just replace the contents of your current using the BetterVR.zip found below. Don't use the Source Code .zip files.
Make sure to read the known issues section to workaround the bugs that are there.
BetterVR 0.9
The first release is finally here!
Make sure to read the mod's description thoroughly to prevent yourself from having any issues:
https://github.com/Crementif/BotW-BetterVR
Mod Installation (Recap From Readme)
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Get Cemu 2.6 and the game working without the VR mod first, and making sure that you can get in-game with decent FPS.
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Download the
BetterVR.zipfile from the Assets section below. -
Extract the contents of the downloaded
.zipfile into the same folder where yourCemu.exeis stored.
There should now be at least .dll, .json and multiple .bat files in the same folder as yourCemu.exe.
Make sure you start Cemu.exe once so that it can create the folder structure, if you've never done that before. -
Double-click on
BetterVR LAUNCH CEMU IN VR.batto start Cemu. This'll install the graphic pack automatically to the right folder. -
Go to
Options->Graphic packs->The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildand make sure that the graphic pack namedBetterVRis enabled.
This is ALSO where you can change any VR settings like the first/third-person mode etc.
You'll also want to enable the FPS++ graphic pack, or else the game will crash!
You can't change the BetterVR options while you're in-game. -
(Recommended) For an enjoyable experience you should change some other graphic packs in this same window too:
Graphicsgraphic pack: Use any (non-ultrawide!) resolution of 1440p (2k) or higher for clarity. Also change anti-aliasing to Nvidia FXAA.FPS++graphic pack: Change the FPS limit to at least 120FPS or 144FPS. The OpenXR headset will dictate the framerate anyway.Enhancements: graphic pack: Change anisotropic filtering to 16x and use your preferred preset.
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Close the settings and start the game like normal from Cemu's game list. You can now put on your VR headset and if installed correctly it should now work!
From now on, use the BetterVR LAUNCH CEMU IN VR.bat to launch Cemu.
Using only Cemu.exe will cause the game to crash with the graphic pack enabled.