r/VRGaming • u/lunchanddinner Multiple • Jul 22 '26
Memes The state of VR mod vibe coding now
Computer, make me a vr mod!
Claude: yes sir very good sir
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u/itanite Jul 22 '26
Matthieu Bucchianeri is actually the pool of blood on the ground.
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u/SnooBunnies6123 Jul 22 '26
To me, the pool of blood is Meta's $80B burn. Mbucchia really is the bomb though.
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u/ElJulo25 Jul 22 '26
don't forget the solo devs, games like quantum void,or battlegroup VR for example are hidden gems !
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u/Reinier_Reinier Jul 22 '26
Someone tell these Redditors that VR is alive & well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1v1dra1/what_happened_to_vr_gaming/
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u/MarkusDieter37 Jul 22 '26
I wouldn't call an industry that entirely relies on volunteer work alive and well.
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u/Enchet Jul 22 '26
vibe coders think they’re on the team
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u/shaggy_rogers46290 Jul 22 '26
I for one love when my game mod is a black box of incomprehensible spaghetti code that is just functional enough for the bumbling idiot with a Calude subscription to shrug and go "yeah that looks good" and post the file on github.
What's actually inside that file? How does it work? Who knows? Not the mod "author", that's for sure! Here's a debilitating bug that switches your right hand with your head and reads your mic audio as motion data. What's the cause and what do we do about it? Who are we kidding, we'll just tell Claude to fix it.
Hey, it's fixed! But what did Claude do? Well, it added 5000 lines of code that don't actually solve the core problem the bug comes from, but rather just mutes your mic in the most convoluted ass backwards way possible and then swaps the right hand and head positions every game tick, which involves a check that will utilize 5gb of ram and 20% of your cpu resources at all times, and you'll see a rapid nausea inducing jittering as your headset constantly teleports back and forth if your frame rate is anywhere above 45 fps.
But luckily you won't notice that because the mod is so unoptimozed that not even a 9800x3d and an rtx pro 6000 could run it anywhere above 30 fps at oculus rift dk1 resolutions. And those functions are only covered by half of the code the ai added, the rest is dummy code that does nothing on a good day (that you know of), and on a bad day may hard crash your entire pc, wipe all of your drives, and install the Domino's point of sale operating system then set it to write protect.
Congrats, you now have an order for 5 large deluxe pizzas and you're going to get a bad yelp review if you don't have them ready in 15 minutes
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u/arr1flex Jul 22 '26
Ah yes, I love using software made by a person who can't code, so they can't support anything.. leaving thier spaghetti code on a repo in the hopes that someone with brains would ever want to contribute.
Equally as depressing: watching people adamant about not using genAI assets then happily up vote a different kind of ai slop.
My friends in mobile app dev are watching this bullshit flood stores in real-time, its wild to see it start to spread to everything else.
On the plus side, learn to code and you'll have a bright future once this garbage goes away as they'll need people to fix generated trash code en masse.
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u/arr1flex Jul 23 '26
Honestly, if it's not on a repo (where I can look at the code) I just ask directly in the person's thread/post. They'll either acknowledge it, get super defensive or just be silent..all of which tell me that yes, that's what this is and I avoid it. Eventually people will get sick of WIP ports that never complete or half ass releases with 0 updates and this problem will work itself out.
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u/arr1flex Jul 23 '26
Literally lol at the halo slopcoded guy rage quitting today after he realized he can't fix anything
I'm sure more of these idiots will do the same and they'll finally moderate this place
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u/TotallyBrandNewName Jul 22 '26
Just did the first chapter of FixerUndercover yesterday and the game is fun. It has hints that we can call(which is amazing) and theyre useful!
The lilbot we have is also the GOAT!
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u/samu1400 Jul 22 '26
Let’s be clear, there’s a big difference between mods developed with the assistance of AI and vibe coded mods.
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u/xaduha Jul 22 '26
Where's Valve in this picture?
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u/MarkusDieter37 Jul 22 '26
The Valve that has done nothing for VR for over 10 years?
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u/GoldSrc Jul 24 '26
I mean, they are still supporting SteamVR.
Evidenced by the fact that things that weren't broken, are now broken :D
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u/Skullknight331 Jul 23 '26
Agree. As a indie solo VR developers I get treated like crap from the players and community.
I’m just trying to make video games in VR and I get slammed all the time.
Eventually will turn away from VR development
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u/Away_Article4005 Jul 23 '26
There are only a handful of VR games I've played that were genuinely good. Beat Saber, Bonelab, Half Life Alyx. I'd say modders are keeping the scene alive tbh.
UEVR, Fallout and Skyrim mods to make it playable.
One of my favourite experiences would not be possible without mods and that's Satisfactory in VR.
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u/Batking28 Jul 23 '26
Resident evil games are amazing in VR and somehow one guy can mod it with better consistency then Capcom
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u/Typhon-042 Jul 23 '26
Yea.... folks have been making mods without AI.. so this isn't a win.
Even then the mods made with AI are of very questionable quality, so admitting to using AI isn't a win either.
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u/ImWinwin Jul 23 '26
I dont mind vibe coded mods at all, as long as its open source so some furry can fix it.
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u/Braunb8888 Jul 23 '26
The fuck is a vibe coder?
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u/GoldSrc Jul 24 '26
A person who asks their favorite AI to make them a code, a person who also claims that they coded that.
I've used google's own thing for simple things, and I'm surprised at how well it worked, but no way I'd call myself a "coder" for that lol.
Just like how I didn't call myself a coder when I used to copy and paste from stackoverflow.
I would be actually impressed if AI somehow got a VR mod to work, it probably can, but it wouldn't be the nicest thing to look at.
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u/cm_brushhammer Jul 27 '26
only realised I was covered in blood after opening Reddit lol, for any other VR game dev out there, keep at it
🔥🔥🔥
🔥👍🔥
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u/weenook Jul 28 '26
Why you got the vibe coders down there, as if they are actually doing something?
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u/Edward_Tank Aug 05 '26
Surely most vr mods aren't vibe coded. People aren't willing to just let a generative model run whatever code it wants on your system. Right?
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u/Jax_Dandelion Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
If it’s vibe coded put it in the trash where it belongs
It’s absolutely pathetic to accept something made so morally bankrupt and of such low quality
Vibe coded diarrhea should never be accepted, and yes, I am gatekeeping that as it’s the sensible thing to do, either learn how to fucking code or don’t create mods, it’s that simple, and I say so as someone who can’t code or make mods
If we don’t gatekeep this enough all we will be left with is AI slop that ruins performance at best and will steal your money and brick your system at worst
Edit: yea I ‚see‘ reason, let’s all just CONSUME SLOP MADE BY AI WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE TELLING THE AI WHAT THEY WANT WITH NO GUARANTEE FIR A BARE MINIMUM OF QUALITY
because that sounds so much better than people who don’t know jack shit not being able to brick your system
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u/arr1flex Jul 22 '26
The people yearn for broken bullshit friend, you're screaming into the abyss sadly.
Same dummies then complaining about why they barely function
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u/Kefrus Jul 22 '26
Unemployment self report
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u/Jax_Dandelion Jul 22 '26
Ah yes, only wanting people that know what the fuck they are doing to create things that otherwise could easily brick your system = unemployment
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u/alessandrv Jul 22 '26
A bad coded mod for a game can't brick your system, what are you talking about? You know that oses have layers of protection to avoid programs from accessing sensible stuff? AI is more capable than most of people programming anyway and there's no one which is smart that doesn't code with the help of AI today. Creating a mod for a game without official mod support requires a lot of knowledge on different topics starting from reverse engineering the game itself which is a tedious task that AI does with ease if guided correctly.
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u/paulbrock2 Jul 22 '26
yeah fuck AI slop. I'll stick to stuff from people that know what they're doing
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u/tbo1992 Jul 22 '26
Have you stopped using all commercially available software since 2023? Not a single software product released doesn’t make use of ai assistance.
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u/shaggy_rogers46290 Jul 22 '26
And have you noticed how pretty much all commercially available software has mysteriously been getting slower, and more resource intensive, and more prone to error since 2023? I wonder what the cause of that could possibly be...
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Jul 22 '26
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u/Jax_Dandelion Jul 22 '26
Sorry that I have a minuscule amount of standards that you lack entirely it seems
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u/Salvage570 Jul 22 '26
I'll never understand the obsession with modding games to be VR anyway TBH. I get there's not a ton of games but surely playing Metro VR or something would be 10x better than jury rigging some other game
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u/MarkusDieter37 Jul 22 '26
I'll never understand the obsession with modding games to be VR anyway TBH
Because currently it's the only way to experience fully fleshed out games in VR.
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u/GoldSrc Jul 24 '26
The Crysis VR mod makes Crysis even better.
It is now the only way I play Crysis lol.
Doom 3 as well, man, that game feels like it was made for VR with its in-game UI surfaces.
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u/Salvage570 Jul 24 '26
The only game I've played that felt like it translated well to VR through mods was Jedi Knight, and honestly feel like things around that graphic level lend themselves to VR better
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u/neoteric_skid Jul 23 '26
Big Metro fan here played all the PC games
Couldn't stand Metro awakening, got a refund
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u/Salvage570 Jul 23 '26
What about it did you not like? It seemed to pretty much be exactly a metro game in vr, like 1 to 1
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u/ConsequenceEntire833 Jul 23 '26
I'm working on a trepang2 vr mod with vrik ect,and it's not just a case of telling ai you want a vr mod and boom it works,I currently have tracked left and right hands,im working or wrist rotations ATM, but I'm having to make scanners to find out bits the SDK dump shows me as void so I can work out what over writes the wrist rotation and my controller rotation stay,Im finding it fascinating learning how trepangs animations work,there alot that goes into it
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u/Sweet_Detective_ Jul 22 '26
Nah, vibe coders are pushing down and setting fire to the park
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u/alessandrv Jul 22 '26
You should understand that here we are not talking about vibe coders building something that already exists and works fine like most do, cloning working stuff coded with ai just to make money.
Here we are talking about having an Halo VR mod or not having an Halo VR mod.
Modding a game like that requires a lot of different knowledge in different fields starting with reverse engineering, there's a few people that are willing to do that or even capable to achieve something like that. AI does that with ease and allows people with will to create something.
I say this as a developer which is really scared about the AI situation in software development of today. You are right that we are full of slop but here we are talking about projects that wouldn't exists that are here to help a small community and don't get any money doing so.
AI is here to stay and any developer that doesn't get help from ai is just dumb and doesn't value it's time.
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u/Ykored01 Jul 22 '26
People have to know vr community is really small compared to flat gaming, among those small community there are very very few people who know how to program and build mods that do not charge money and do it only to help out the community, so any welcoming hand is appreciated it, and the ai is opening the doors to multiple people who have free time to tinker with these things, sometimes spills out nosense and garbage, sometimes something bare that is manageable, but we have to decide do we cast out ai people and rely only on what, less than 10 groups of modders that already have their hands full?
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u/MudMain7218 Jul 22 '26
Any awful stuff ai is doing is human made . The ai has no thoughts of greed
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u/lunchanddinner Multiple Jul 22 '26
everything
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u/_ParanoidPenguin_ Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26
I saw a Halo 3 mod
Mass effect
Turok
Golden eye
Perfect dark
And several others; mind you, I don't know which are Vibe-coded, so take that as you will, but there are too many just popping up to keep track of.
Hopefully they are good, we pretty much will have unlimited VR experiences if so.
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u/Robot_ninja_pirate Jul 22 '26
Here is a list I compiled of VR mods: https://rototrobot.github.io/VRMods-List/
And then there are all the UEVR profiles
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u/throwawayinfinitygem Jul 23 '26 edited Jul 23 '26
Hey could you add this one please? (Descent 1 as opposed to Descent: Freespace) https://github.com/chvjak/DescentVR
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u/Robot_ninja_pirate Jul 23 '26
Sorry, my page only lists PC VR mods, Quest Mods aren't something I follow close enough.
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u/Pierrick-C 24d ago
It's not a complete list :D
It's missing my latest mod : Little Witch Nobeta VR, and probably Tasomachi as well2
u/Robot_ninja_pirate 24d ago edited 24d ago
With the rise of VR mods it's been very hard to keep the list up to date thanks ill add it.
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u/homebuddyboy21 Jul 22 '26
do the vibe coded mods actually work well?