Outer Wilds #

Outer Wilds is a flat screen game by design. However, there is a VR mod available to bring greater immersion into the gameplay.

To play Outer Wilds in VR, you need to install NomaiVR.

It is recommended to use the Outer Wilds Mod Manager to install NomaiVR along with any additional mods you choose.

XRizer is the preferred choice for this game if you do not want to use SteamVR.

Performance #

Since Outer Wilds was not designed or optimized to be a VR game, performance will be degraded. Expect low framerates in most scenes.

Prepending OXR_VIEWPORT_SCALE_PERCENTAGE=60 to the game’s launch options can greatly benefit frametimes at the cost of resolution, experiment with the percentage amount to find a balance that suits your needs.

Bugs #

While in VR, if you have mods that add extra items in the main menu, they will be rotated at an odd angle as well as any UIs.

Immediate crash with Proton 9+ #

Currently, Proton 9 and above has an issue (#8409) causing NomaiVR to instantly crash on startup, only rendering the game window for a split second.
The workaround is to just use Proton 8.

Do note that as Proton GE-RTSP is using the latest releases of Proton upstream, it will also not work until this issue is patched.

Default Quest/Pico 4 controller bindings only partially work with XRizer #

When playing the game with XRizer and you use Quest or Pico 4 Controllers, it is recommended to use this custom bindings file (more info here). Simply create a directory called xrizer inside of the Outer Wilds game folder and place the bindings file in xrizer. This will override the default bindings and should provide a better gameplay experience.