Good news for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered: a free mod allows you to completely transform the gaming experience. On the other hand, it will take a powerful machine to take full advantage of it.
Those who thought it would be necessary to wait for months to see The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion Remastered in virtual reality were mistaken. Barely a few hours after its release, passionate modders have already made the game playable in VR. And against all odds, it turns pretty well. Cyrodiil, immersive version, is now possible.
Yes, we can already play Oblivion Remastered in VR
The performance on the Remaster of Oblivion is signed by a small group of well -known modders in the VR sphere. Thanks to the combined work of praydog, Keyser et Pande4360accompanied by a demonstration on the Lunchandvr Youtube channel, we could see from the launch day a functional VR version of Oblivion Remastered.
In the video, the player explores the underground passages from the start of the game, fights a few rats, spells out … and everything works. No crash, no flagrant graphic bugs. The rendering is clean, and the sensations are there. We are not far from the level of an official portage.
The Unreal Engine 5, the miracle key
This small feat would not have been possible without a major evolution: oblivion remastered turns under Unreal Engine 5. Thanks to this, the moder praydog was able to apply his tool UEVRa plugin that quickly transforms any UE5 game into VR experience. From there, the other modders have refined everything with specific profiles for controls and performance. Result: a VR mod available just a few hours after the official launch. Unheard of.
Obviously, all that does not turn on an old laptop. To run the game in VR, LunchAndVR Use a luxury configuration: RTX 4090, Intel i9-13900, 64 GB of RAM, with a Quest 3 as a helmet. And even there, he plays Oblivion Remastered in average quality with the activated DLSS. In other words, you will need a powerful machine if you want to try the experience without too much compromise. But for the curious equipped, it is already playable.
At this point, everything is not yet perfect. The monitoring of movements is limited (three axes instead of six), and certain interactions remain to be refined. But the main thing is there: to move, to fight, to throw spells … it works, and it is already very impressive for a mod still in testing.
