VR modder Holydh has launched the GTA: San Andreas Definitive Version – 6DoF UEVR Plugin, which provides modded PC VR assist to the Steam launch.
Final August, Meta and Rockstar delayed their Quest-bound Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas VR port indefinitely, leaving it as much as Rockstar’s devoted, ever-talented modding neighborhood to port GTA into VR themselves in the event that they ever wished to see Large Smoke’s quick meals order in VR. That tender cancellation of Meta’s almost three-year-long porting undertaking capped off a turbulent time for Rockstar and the GTA franchise, as each had been plagued with large leaks, layoffs, and shaky launches for the remastered “Definitive Editions” of earlier titles, together with San Andreas.
Holydh’s mod is not only a easy drag-n-drop of San Andreas’ pancake controls right into a VR setting. As an alternative, the port affords full first-person assist, 6DOF movement controls, plus digital camera enhancements throughout each gameplay and cutscenes. This makes use of an upgraded model of modder Praydog’s UEVR injector, which affords VR assist for a overwhelming majority of PC video games utilizing Unreal Engine 4.8 or above.
You’ll be able to see the mod in motion right here:
You could find extra details about the mod, together with info on UEVR, on its Nexus Mods web page. For anybody serious about checking this out, it is vital to make clear (and warn) that this mod will solely work with the Steam model of San Andreas Definitive Version; the Epic Video games Retailer and Rockstar Launcher variations are incompatible.
Rockstar has been litigious prior to now, as we have seen with the Luke Ross VR mod for Grand Theft Auto 5. Nonetheless, Holydh believes this “needs to be alright” and never in danger since you’ll be able to entry it totally free and the information do not belong to Rockstar, whereas the Luke Ross mod was initially behind a paywall.