An experimental Windows OpenXR port based on shadPS4, with integration work inherited from AstroQuest and Farpoint. Version 0.1.1 is a development preview, not a finished or reliably playable port.
Local testing reached gameplay after calibration. Two tracked controllers and corrected hand mapping are implemented. Original, High (1440 x 1632 per eye), and Ultra (8x original pixel count) resolution options are available. Shader resource metadata, depth/stencil handling, GPU memory tracking, audio and VR compatibility fixes are included. New in 0.1.1: the launcher can unpack a game .pkg for you (see First installation).
Known problems: geometry and textures can disappear or pop in and out, including walls and hands. Loading stalls and crashes remain possible. Higher resolutions are experimental. This release does not claim to resolve these remaining issues. The release executable is rebuilt from the published source; it has not received a fresh headset gameplay test.
- Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 x64 runtime. A Vulkan-capable GPU, Windows x64, an active OpenXR runtime, and a VR headset with two tracked controllers are required.
- Extract the release ZIP into its own folder. Use a short path such as
C:\TruthXR, because very long paths can stop the game's files from opening. - Supply your own copy of Blood & Truth CUSA11108 version 1.00, in one of two ways:
- As a
.pkg(new in 0.1.1): create agamesfolder next toPlay Blood and Truth.batand put the.pkgin it, or type the path to the.pkgin the launcher. The launcher asks before unpacking it, then unpacks it once intogames/CUSA11108/files/uroot/. You need about twice the package's size in free disk space. Only a.pkgmade from a dump of the game works, because it is not encrypted. A.pkgfrom the PlayStation Store is encrypted and cannot be unpacked. - Already extracted: put
eboot.binatgames/CUSA11108/files/uroot/eboot.bin. Keep the complete game directory structure, includingsce_sys/param.sfo. Alternatively enter another extractedeboot.binpath in the launcher.
- As a
- Connect the headset, wake both controllers, and open
Play Blood and Truth.bat. Select resolution and mirror FPS, then start.
No game files, console firmware, saves, shader caches or personal logs are included. Only the exact supported game executable is accepted. Saves are created under pc-vr/user/home/1000/savedata/; logs are under pc-vr/user/log/. Keep the entire user folder when transferring your own progress between prototype installations.
Both controllers provide independent tracked poses and triggers. Trigger maps to Move T; grip to the Move button; lower face button (A/X) to Cross; upper face button (B/Y) to Circle; stick click to Square; stick up to Triangle; stick down to Select. Left menu maps to Start. Both stick clicks recenter. The launcher enables the corrected Move hand order by default; -OriginalMoveOrder restores the original order for comparisons.
Base shadPS4 commit: e9f2c54c207ad6d789d898b3a691aa4b34a59c96. Clone this repository with --recurse-submodules. OpenXR SDK sources and their license are included under externals/openxr-sdk. Follow the upstream build instructions with ENABLE_OPENXR=ON. tools/build-prototype.ps1 also supports the original local LLVM/MSVC sysroot layout through -ToolchainRoot; it is not an automatic toolchain installer.
Diagnostic capture code is opt-in; do not enable SHADPS4_CAPTURE_TARGETS or inject RenderDoc for ordinary play. Earlier capture experiments encountered GPU faults. Pipeline caching is disabled in the supplied configuration because descriptor-binding problems were observed during development.
Based on shadPS4, AstroQuest, and the related Farpoint port. Original copyright and attribution notices are retained. See LICENSE and LICENSES for GPL and third-party notices.
Package unpacking uses PkgTool from LibOrbisPkg, licensed LGPL-3.0, included unmodified in tools/pkgtool with its license text. The launcher runs it as a separate program.
This project is not affiliated with Sony or London Studio.