Skinetic for Half-Life Alyx

Support for Skinetic haptic vest on Half-Life Alyx interactions.

Description

This mod adds haptic feedback to the Skinetic vest. It provides distinct effects for these in-game interactions:

• []All kind of Headcrab's attack

  []Any kind of Headcrab's face hug

  []Barnacle's grab

  []Zombie's attack

  []Manhack's attack

  []Antlions attack

  []Combine's gunshot

  []Combine heavy's buckshot

  []Combine suppressor's gatling shot

  []Strider's shot

  []Antlion's acidic spit

  []Lightning Dog's electric spit

  []Electric zombie's electric storm

  []Poison headcrab's poison

  []Frag grenade damage

  []Xen grenade damage

  []Environmental explosion

  []Environmental fire

  []Car crash,

  []Energy Gun's kickback

  []Shotgun's kickback

  []RapidFire's kickback

  []Dropping ammo and resin in backpack

  []Retrieving ammo and resin from backpack

  []Healing pen

  []Health station

  []Heartbeat on low health

  []Difficult breathing

  []11 different way to die: (explosion, buckshot, wound, shock, poison, nerve gas, dissolving, fall, strangulation, fire, energy beam)

Requirements

• []Skinetic Vest

  []Half Life: Alyx for PCVR

Install

To install the mod, please follow these instructions to ensure it works properly.

• []Extract the archive to the hlvr\ folder of your game.

  []If you use Steam with default game location, it should be in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\Half-Life Alyx\game\hlvr

  []Simply merge the folders if you have prior configurations. As a result, the folder at \Half-Life Alyx\game\hlvr\, should contain:

  []the skinetic_mod\ folder which contains:

  []Half-Life Alyx - Skinetic.exe: the executable of the mod itself

  []SkineticSDK.dll: the Skinetic library

  []SkineticPatterns\: a folder with all the Patterns

  []licenses\: a folder with the licenses of the Skinetic SDK library

  []the scripts\ folder, containing a vscript\ folder which then contains the skinetic.lua file.

  []Edit the skill_manifest.cfg file at \Half-Life Alyx\game\hlvr\cfg\

  • []It can be opened with any text editor such as Notepad

    []Add the line following line at the end of the file (without erasing the initial content).

    script_reload_code skinetic.lua

  []Add an option to HLA launch in Steam:

  • []In Steam, open Half-Life: Alyx library page, search for the gear button and open the Properties panel.

    []In the GENERAL tab and LAUNCH OPTIONS section, add the following option: -condebug

    [](Optional) create a shortcut to Half-Life Alyx - Skinetic.exe on your desktop or Windows taskbar to start the mod easily.

    Launch

    • []Turn on the Skinetic vest

      []Connect it with usb, turn on Bluetooth (pair it to your computer if needed) or turn on the Wifi (configure it with the Hub)

      []Run the Skinetic executable named Half-Life Alyx - Skinetic.exe in the skinetic_mod\ folder you placed during the installation, or the shortcut you made of it.

      []In the executable's window, you can enter the name or the index of any effect to test it.

      []Start the game as usual

      Settings

      On first start, the mod should create a SkineticSettings.cfg setting file inside the skinetic_mod\ directory.

      The SkineticSettings.cfg file can be edited with any text editor. It contains 3 editable values:

      []DefaultVolume: Controls the global volume of the patterns (in %). The value can be set from 0 to 250. At 100, the patterns base volume is preserved and rendered as intended. Between 0 and 99, it's attenuated. Between 101 and 250, the volume is increased, which can lead to distortion of the effects and product audible noise.

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