Cyan Worlds has launched its massive 2.0 replace to MYST (2020), the VR-supported remake of the basic ’90s point-and-click journey recreation, which incorporates efficiency boosts and enhancements to stability for PC VR customers.
The studio says in a latest Steam replace that lots of these efficiency woes have been resolved due to upgrading Myst from utilizing Unreal Engine 4.27+ to Unreal Engine 5.3.2.
This has additionally pushed Cyan Worlds to undertake OpenXR in Myst, because it beforehand relied on the older OpenVR API, which is appropriate with SteamVR. This, in line with the studio, brings stability enhancements, extra generic launch choices, and a extra versatile surroundings for VR customers.
Now, when booting the sport for PC, customers will see a single launch choice that ought to work for all formally supported headsets, and probably unsupported ones too, the studio says, which is basically due to OpenXR assist.
Whereas Myst can unofficially run on any SteamVR-supported headset, the studio says the brand new replace drops official assist for the unique Rift headset and Quest 1 by Quest Hyperlink, in addition to the unique HTC Vive.
“This doesn’t imply that you just CAN’T play Myst with these headsets, it simply implies that we’re unable to provide official assist for them anymore. This assertion additionally applies to WMR headsets, of which we solely supported the HP Reverb 2 beforehand, however we are going to sadly now not be capable to formally assist it, particularly due to Microsoft’s personal bulletins to deprecate this assist on Home windows,” the studio says.
For PC VR customers, Cyan warns that “mileage might differ” primarily based in your machine, nevertheless the studio stories elevated efficiency on some {hardware}, and decreased efficiency on others, to which the studio recommends toying with the present and up to date supersampling choices.
The studio additionally fastened various VR-specific points in Myst’s 2.0 replace, akin to resolving a peak change bug when teleporting and menu visibility points in sure recreation areas. The replace additionally fastened backward motion glitches, random teleport loss, crashes upon exiting sure rooms, and inconsistencies in visible results between eyes, together with refining VR menu bindings for smoother entry throughout totally different SteamVR configurations.
It stays to be seen when the standalone Quest model will get comparable focus from the studio, which launched Myst sequel Riven (2024) again in June—optimized for Quest 3. Cyan Worlds says Quest and different platforms will get a patch “quickly,” nevertheless the studio hasn’t launched a transparent estimate on the time of this writing.
