So when are you going to buy one of these and meet your waifu in VR, /mlp/?
I'm currently getting an expensive PC built so that I am VR ready, then I'll be getting the Vive. It's coming out one month later in the UK so I have plenty of time to get my computer built.
Did you order the Oculus Rift instead? Pony VR thread!
People would then have to develop a good, functioning pony VR game that has functioning and believable AI. And knowing this fandom and how Hasbro deals with it, they game will probably be in development hell for a couple of years then be forgotten in the dust by the devs, or get a C&D by Hasbro within the first week.
I don't exactly have that much hope in VR, and I'm sure most pony vr stuff is just going to be Unity/Unreal 4 stuff made by people who don't know that much about game design, or just "Playing Gmod with pony models in VR mode"
That and you just know Hasbro is going to crack down on any really good VR pony project
>>26919530
>Did you order the Oculus Rift instead?
>€700+
Nope
>>26919530
VR is a big forced fad that a lot of companies invested millions on, because it is virtual reality woah
But it doesn't look that good, and it has little to no uses. Why would you want two screens inches away from your eyes? You can create the vr feeling, but for what purpose? Unless you make specific immersive media, it is just a smaller tv attached to your face.
Innovation must have a purpose. Remotes made things easier for viewers, same for console controllers and players. If I make a smell vr, it would be cool but useless
And yes I've tried vr on a tech expo. Several models
>>26919588
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZVlr4b54aU
well we have this right now at least
>>26919588
>Gmod with pony models
this through next 2 years
and porn will also be low quality with shit gmod models
>>26919530
>VR
Nah, it's going to bomb.
Again.
>>26919530
I'm more waiting for a better version of the Hololens. So you can have ponies running around in the real world.
Just imagine that built into an contact lens, it'll be like Star Trek holgrams.
>>26919530
>when are you going to buy one of these
Exactly a month ago.
The wait is unbearable. Hurry up HTC
>>26919776
Probably going to be too much of a pain in the ass to program an interactive horse application for that without funding.
And of course, if there is funding, Hasbro will snipe it instantly
>>26919796
Hasbro can't stop you fro making colourful horses with butt stamps unless it's infringing on their IP. (Names, character designs, etc.)
That's how you can do things like Ponyfinder.
And I'm sure making a simple AI that runs around and talks with you shouldn't be that hard. The SDK probably does a lot of work already for you.
>>26919530
the Oculus Rift does not support 3rd party software right now, and porn will not work on it
>>26919530
Need to get a second job to afford this.
>>26920032
You would also need to be able to afford a high power gayman PC in order to use it without feeling like you're about to vomit.
It's seems like a giant waste for me since I'd have to upgrade my graphics card and probably get a new motherboard since I'm pretty sure I fucked up my USB 3.0 ports. That, along with having to sacrifice having dual monitors for it also seems like a bad idea.
Also, everything that oculus is offering right now seems kind of underwhelming.
I have a Rift DK2, which was a good balance between price ($350), graphics power (R7 260X works great) and resolution (1080p). I will tell you that its not for everyone. I bring mine around and let people play with it, and while I like it, i have had people vomit or get queasy. Its very difficult to combat motion sickness, expecially in the good games like elite dangerous.
Plus, The new runtime fucked literally everything up.
>>26920230
>good games like elite dangerous
google says it's shit
your opinion is irrelevant
>>26920265
I haven't played it yet, but by that logic, Queen is a good band
I tried to cobble together a pony doll house VR experience together over the easter. I was blocked by the fact that literally everything is for Source Filmmaker, and that I can't into even basic Blender needed to massage what few models there are to import them into Unity.
:(
>>26919530
There's also PonyVRville
http://kaitouace.com/vr/
>>26919677
As a developer I got the DK1 and DK2 back when they costed half of that. In retrospective, that was a "very" good decision. Same as >>26920230
>>26920006
Whuuut ? There is nothing but 3rd party software for the Oculus. As for porn ... professional studios have been producing VR-only video for months already.
>>26920765
I had to do that for https://derpibooru.org/1023946
If you still want to do it, I might search for my notes on "how-the-fuck-do-I-get-SFM-shit-into-Unity".
>>26921115
Isn't there a rarity bj vr loop that already exists?
>>26922253
VR movies usually become shit the minute you lean back or forward, the immersion breaks and you realize you're essentially in porno myst 3
Fuck Oculus for becoming everything I hate about modern computing.
>>26922797
Oculers rerft because its definitely not 2 screens taped to some binoculars
>>26920032
>>26920032
The feels
>>26920032
>this is literally me
>except that I won't be getting VR glasses
>even though I would totally risk eye cancer and a shit ton of money just to cuddle my twifu
What are the chances I get b& for posting this?
http://skunkfrakker.tumblr.com/post/136358059819/i-dont-just-make-vr-horse-porn-games-i-also-made
>>26921115
>If you still want to do it, I might search for my notes on "how-the-fuck-do-I-get-SFM-shit-into-Unity".
Yes, please.
>>26924260
Damn, I'd love if this artist could hurry the fuck up and deliver. He has been teasing his VR app for months now.
>>26922763
How have they not accounted for this?
>>26920136
>Having to sacrifice having dual monitors for it also seems like a bad idea.
What? I haven't heard this you can't have two monitors with one?
>>26919680
Poke out an eye and let me know if you prefer depth perception or not.
VR in that state we will get it soon will be tacky. But 2nd get will be freaking sweet.
3rd gen wont matter, unless our computerized overlord sees fit.
>>26919680
This is spot on, I have a few friends who went to the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco last week, and they said EVERYONE there was talking about VR, not because they wanted to (there were some though who were excited to develop for it), but because they felt they had to. I want VR eventually, mostly so I can just dick around, but for the most part this is going to be a lot like companies picking up motion controls after the Wii started kicking ass.
>>26924849
That motion control era was complete fuckup.
>the wii has it and made sales that nust be what we need.
It was a wii, a console for young children. thats why it sold.
X-box and PS were to complicated for young-ens.
And the wands PS implemented were just phallic.
>>26919680
VR is good for shit that isn't video games. It's excellent for simulations, bad for things that requires you to look around quickly, like an Arena shooter.
>>26924888
If both sides are using vr, it's an even playing field.
>>26924968
What the fuck are you even talking about? You mean like if terrorists use VR? They'd still have to develop simulations for whatever operation they'd want to carry out which'd take time, and they'd still have shit gear at the end of the day.
>>26925079
kek
I meant control wise.
if one side is using VR and the other is not. the side without the VR will have an advantage, in a shooter like CS:GO.
But if both were with VR then it's fair.
>>26925102
I don't think he was talking about fairness. If every texture is made of strobing light patterns and players can only use a 1-damage joke melee weapon, that's "fair" but it's still bad.
>>26924260
None. linked porn is safe provided it's not links to cheese pizza or clickbait
>>26919564
Porn game released anonymously please. I think porn can also bypass the laws because parody.
>>26925128
still just because you play a certain type of game don't mean you can discount all possible uses.
you are also over looking peeking advantage with vr.
but for what you want. wait for VR gen 2.
>>26920265
Have you played it? If not, shut the fuck up bitch boy.
>>26924274
Tutoriel time !
We are going to use those assets :
https://ponysfm.com/season-6-starlight-glimmerv1-0 (a model)
https://ponysfm.com/prancey-dancey-v2 (an animation)
Download and un-zip them.
SFM use ".mdl" files for its models. It's an archive file and we are going to need something to open it :
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CrowbarTool
Download and open Crowbar, select the file "models\vn_starlight_glimmer_s6.mdl" and click "Decompile", it should create a sub-folder containing (among other thing) "vn_starlight_glimmer_s6.qc"
".qc" files are not something standard, we are going to need a Blender plugin for it :
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Blender_Source_Tools
Once the plugin is installed in Blender, go to "File > Import > SourceEngine" and select "vn_starlight_glimmer_s6.qc"
This should show the model.
Important : Unity animation use the bones' name to identify them. In Blender's scene content view, you should see a puppet named "vn_starlight_glimmer_s6.qc_skeleton".
Rename it to "PonySkeleton", then expand it. There should be another element named "vn_starlight_glimmer_s6.qc_skeleton" inside it, rename it to "PonySkeleton" too.
The other elements can be left as they are.
Go to "File > Export > FBX" and save.
Create a new Unity Project, and put your ".fbx" file in your asset folder and use the Unity editor to put it into a scene.
Congratulation, you got a texture-less non-animated GlimGlam in Unity !
As far as I know, you can safely remove the "Lamp/Cube/Camera" in the GameObject hierarchy.
You should also probably correct the gameobject's scale : with "1 distance unit = 1m" and "ponies are at human crotch's level" the correct scale is around 0.025.
1/4
>>26925341
Texture time !
The Starlight ".zip" also contained a "materials" folder. Problem : ".vtf" files are not standard, we are going to need something to convert them :
http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=41
Download and open VTFEdit, go into "Tool > Convert Folder" and select the "materials\models\VN_mlp\Starlight_S6" folder (where all the ".vtf" files are).
Choose a destination folder, make sure it's set to "png" and press "Convert".
Copy all those ".png" file into your Unity's assets folder.
Starlight's model contain 4 "Skinned Mesh". One for the horn, one for the mane, one for the tail and one for everything else.
Unity automatically create empty materials for those skinned mesh, you just have to set their "Albedo" value with the correct texture file.
You are going to need to play with the "Tiling" and "Offset" parameter to get the eyes in the position/size you want.
2/4
>>26925348
Animation time !
Time to open the "Prancey dancey" archive, which contain ... a ".dmx file".
Thankfully, we already have the Blender Source plugin, go to "File > Import > SourceEngine" and select "prancey_dancey_v2.dmx"
This should show a skeleton.
Important : Remember the renaming we had to do with the model's components ? Same here.
Rename all elements named "vn_spitfire1" to "PonySkeleton"
Go to "File > Export > FBX" and save.
Put that ".fbx" in your Unity's assets folder.
Expand it in Unity and it should contain two animation elements named "PonySkeleton|Prancey_dancey_v2". Select the one with the longest duration and click "edit".
In the "clips" array, create a new entry. Name it "PranceyDanceyV2" and select "PonySkeleton|prancey_dancey_v2.001" as its "source take".
Clip on "Clamp range" and make it start at 480 and end at 790. Don't forget to enable "Loop time" so the animation can loop.
The value 480/790 are the frames where the animation really happen inside "PonySkeleton|prancey_dancey_v2.001", you are going to find them manually for each animation you download.
Your "PonySkeleton.fbx" should now contain a third animation element named "PranceyDanceyV2".
Select it and press "Ctrl+D" to duplicate it and get it out of the ".fbx". This will allow us to edit it (otherwise it will be read-only).
Create an animation controller and give it a single state. Put the "PranceyDanceyV2" animation in its "motion" parameter.
The pony gameobject in your scene should already have an animator component at its root, put your animation controller inside.
Click "play" and the model should animate.
If it doesn't, there is probably something wrong with the bones' name. Select your pony-gameobject's root and open the "animation" window.
The bones not recognized by Unity will appear in yellow, rename them in your gameobject so they match with the animation.
3/4
>>26925357
Fixing stuff time !
I don't know if it's a bug in Blender import/export or if SFM use a weird coordinate system, but animations always rotate the entire model 90° backward.
Select your pony's root (where the animator is) and open the animation window.
Do "Add property > PonySkeleton > Transform > Rotation" (the '+' sign is often hidden to the right).
Select the first animation frame, and make sure the value for "PonySkeleton.Rotation.x" is set to 0 and not 270.
Do the same for the last animation frame.
Starlight hair are a complete mess during the animation. Mane and Tail have their own bones, and it generally translate badly from one pony to another.
The easiest fix is to remove any bone named "hair" or "tail" in the animation window.
4/4
And that's it (I think). Hope it will push some people to make their own VR stuff using SFM assets in Unity.
>>26925369
I want 3Danon to make good, not fucking SFM pony models.
I want fully articulated manes and tails damnit!
>>26925472
PonyHam made some blender models. They don't look that much like SFM.
http://desustorage.org/mlp/thread/26761323/#q26764726
http://www.mediafire.com/download/obbhf31m4r3xz0a/PonyCreator.rar
>>26919530
Would you be able to map headset head tracking to mouse movements? I'd love to play some classic vidya that obviously don't have VR support on the Vive. The motion controller buttons could probably be used for keyboard buttons too. I'd be hype for that
>>26925472
>>26925525
Except "real" VR require a game engine so the scene can be rendered in real time. Otherwise you are stuck with a movie where the 3D effect only work if you don't move your head too much.
Some artists have made improved models (compared to the "default" SFM), but each time they use a fuck-ton of Blender/Maya specific effects.
>>26926336
Don't know for Vive, but for Oculus there is already some external programs you can use to mess with DirectX and play old games in VR. Skyrim and Mirror Edge are a blast with it (and yeah, the head tracking work perfectly).
Last time I checked, they wanted to add Vive support, dunno if it's done or not :
http://www.vorpx.com/ (Easiest to use)
http://www.mtbs3d.com/new-vireio-site (Free)
>>26919530
>you will never use VR to be someone's waifu
>>26919530
Don't delude yourself Anon.
Evetually we will get a really good VR.
But we won't get any pony VR. Hasbro won;t make it and fanbase won't do it too. If you're really desperate get a tulpa, you can even fuck it.
can't wait, gimmick or not it's still going to give you a deeper experience in game, plus it's got a 2k resolution so it's better than my monitor already
>>26920924
looks awesome
Why do Gmod ponies have those weird lips?
>>26930558
Because engine from 2001
>>26930569
That has nothing to do with the textured-on lips.
>>26930591
Probably the modeler being dumb
>>26926840
Leap motion to control the body.
Facial recognition to control the face.
Redirect all of that on a 3D model.
Bam : AnonFilly is doing webcam show in VR.
>>26930739
I want to do this, anon. Future can't come fast enough
