Today’s been quite busy, and it all started with a guy with an avatar that had perplexed me in the past of what it was, to someone who’s nearly the same age as me and understands computers more than I do.
The guy’s name is ‘Zagrosekt’. We’ve met in the not too distant past during when I was actually active in Warframe. I also knew the avatar from the VRChat Discord server, but again I was confused of what it was. It looked like a weird face. But it’s actually a skunk (or another kind of bipedal animal) that’s doing a handstand.
We talked for the longest time about random things, and he’s quite easy to talk to. He’s interested in computers just like me. Then he just so happens to show off his VR equipment.. holy fuck, he has WMR?! I’m not alone! This of course gave me a golden opportunity for me in hopes I could get help (or at least be steered in the right direction).
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And at the end, he sadly wasn’t able to get the ‘1-4’ error of my headset to go away, but he managed to get the ‘restart required’ error out. Turns out this error wasn’t even related to the main issue; it was the drivers to the onboard sound card, saying that they were “stuck in limbo”. But he had to go through hell and back to find the drivers (possibly showing just how old my motherboard is).
He also had to use TeamSpeak in order for me to get the drivers (as Discord wouldn’t allow it). And it worked! The ‘restart required’ error is GONE! …If only I could say the same about this ‘1-4’ error. But he said that even if I was to fix it, it’s likely I would still have to do the whole ‘pull out and put in the HDMI cable to get the headset to be fully detected’ thing.
When I said that I would just go for either the Vive or the Oculus, he said that even they have a similar issue when trying to detect. That, is an eye opener for sure. But I’m not sure if I can believe one person saying that, when someone I know claims they’re having absolutely zero issues with their Vive.
In addition, we discussed the following things about WMR (and computer stuff);
-He suggested that I buy another USB 2.0 extender and plug in the Bluetooth 4.0 adapter to it, and place it high on the wall infront of me, saying this is how my controllers would get the best tracking of my hands.
-Told him about how I can’t keep my headset on, due to an itchy, burny, hurty feeling on where my forehead meets the hairline. He said that I could buy new face pads, but couldn’t give me any recommendations stating that I would have to find something that works for me. He also said to clean the sweat band every night with alcohol pads.
-Finally, he mentioned that he uses Playspace Mover with WMR. After questioning that I heard it’s for full body tracking, he said “not really”. …Interesting.
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Now for PC talk…
-Told him how I have a fear of getting thermal paste on my fingers (stating it took me several hours to rebuild my computer last year). He said that I have two options to wipe it off;
Alcohol, and Fingernail Polish; stating if one doesn’t work, the other will. He also said that as long as I don’t purposely eat a lot of it , I’ll be fine.
-And finally, he said that he has an FX 8350. I don’t know why I didn’t ask if this could still be a ‘quick fix’ for me (seeing how he too uses WMR), but I plan to the next time we speak.
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Overall, really nice guy. Funny too. I like him.