Question for the FAQ - game discount and why game source matters for VR devices?

Aquitaine · Post by **Aquitaine** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 14:59

I recall reading that previous Rebirth owners would receive a discount on the VR edition.

Does this apply to the early access release or or is this the same discount you're giving everybody who gets in early?

Post by **UniTrader** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 15:34

EGO_zav // Bernd wrote:We are still setting this up. There should be a loyalty discount automatically added if you own X Rebirth. Please wait a few more hours with your purchase until this is set up.

-Bernd

Aquitaine · Post by **Aquitaine** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 15:35

Cool, thank you. Much obliged.

Also, the FAQ does indicate pretty strongly that Oculus owners should buy it in the Oculus store and Vive owners should buy it in the Steam store. Does this actually matter, and if so, why? Doesn't SteamVR support Oculus?

(particularly if I own Rebirth on Steam for the discount, how is the Oculus store going to know that I own it? also I just hate the Oculus store....)

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Unbekanntes Feindschiff

Aquitaine wrote: Also, the FAQ does indicate pretty strongly that Oculus owners should buy it in the Oculus store and Vive owners should buy it in the Steam store. Does this actually matter, and if so, why? Doesn't SteamVR support Oculus?

Yes, SteamVR does indeed support the Oculus VR Headset. However, the Oculus Touch Controllers aren't supported. (afaik, the only VR controllers that are supported by SteamVR are the Vive ones). So if you plan on just using the Oculus VR headset and not their controllers, but a Joystick or Steam Controller instead, then the Steam version should work fine for you. And if it doesn't work, you can always return a game on Steam if something doesn't work as long as you haven't spent more than 2 hours in that

Aquitaine · Post by **Aquitaine** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 15:56

However, the Oculus Touch Controllers aren't supported. (afaik, the only VR controllers that are supported by SteamVR are the Vive ones).

They're supported just fine for plenty of games. (at least, it's possible, but if it's just the case that the work hasn't or won't be done to integrate them on Steam, that's what matters -- but it doesn't appear to be an SDK limitation.)

Bazza · Post by **Bazza** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 18:12

I bought this at 30% off so I assume loyalty discount is now opersting

I'm on holiday in Moscow at the moment so can't try it out just yet. I am listening to the X-Music in my hotel room as I type though.

Aquitaine · Post by **Aquitaine** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 18:14

Yes, I see it on Steam with a 30% discount, which is great.

But on the Oculus store, no discount (since how can it know I have Rebirth?)

Post by **Bernd** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 19:44

Aquitaine wrote:Yes, I see it on Steam with a 30% discount, which is great.

But on the Oculus store, no discount (since how can it know I have Rebirth?)

Contact info@egosoft.com with your XR community key.

-Bernd

szym_off · Post by **szym_off** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 23:29

What's if I have XR on steam and occulus rift which means that's I have to but it outside steam, in occulus store?

Aquitaine · Post by **Aquitaine** » Fri, 28. Jul 17, 23:33

It appears that they are working on this problem but may not have a solution for a week or so, since the Oculus store won't do discounts based on your Steam library.

matheww19 · Post by **matheww19** » Sat, 29. Jul 17, 02:46

Unbekanntes Feindschiff wrote:
Aquitaine wrote: Also, the FAQ does indicate pretty strongly that Oculus owners should buy it in the Oculus store and Vive owners should buy it in the Steam store. Does this actually matter, and if so, why? Doesn't SteamVR support Oculus?
Yes, SteamVR does indeed support the Oculus VR Headset. However, the Oculus Touch Controllers aren't supported. (afaik, the only VR controllers that are supported by SteamVR are the Vive ones).

This is actually not correct. Steam supports the Oculus Touch controllers natively through OpenVR. Even in its home environment. There is no reason why you cant include oculus touch support in the steam version, unless its because of an agreement with Oculus.

Gotschek · Post by **Gotschek** » Sat, 29. Jul 17, 11:24

Bernd wrote:
Aquitaine wrote:Yes, I see it on Steam with a 30% discount, which is great.

But on the Oculus store, no discount (since how can it know I have Rebirth?)
Contact info@egosoft.com with your XR community key.

-Bernd

Hi Bernd,

where can i find my "XR community key"?

I have X-Rebirth with all DLCs on Steam. But i have a Oculus Rift.

Grretings
Gotschek

Post by **Bernd** » Sat, 29. Jul 17, 11:43

We are looking into the possibility of providing the Oculus EXE also on Steam but are not sure yet if this is possible. We are using some not so standard APIs from Oculus (their Avatar SDK in particular) and have to check if there are technical or legal limitations. I will answer this question early next week so you guys can decide then where to buy the game.

Sorry for the delay...

minodude · Post by **minodude** » Mon, 31. Jul 17, 06:53

Gotschek wrote: Hi Bernd,

where can i find my "XR community key"?

I have X-Rebirth with all DLCs on Steam. But i have a Oculus Rift.

Grretings
Gotschek

If you go to your main profile page, scroll all the way to the bottom and there will be some boxes to enter registration codes, and a couple lines below that, a button to link a steam account to your egosoft profile. When you do that, your profiles will be linked and X Rebirth should appear as a linked game. However, if you try to view the registration code, it will just say "Game owned on Steam, no registration code available." for X Rebirth. I'm sure Egosoft can view that you purchased the game on steam, however.