MrSurviv0r's all-in-one VR Mod Installers streamline the process of getting Resident Evil 2, 3, 4, 7, Village, and Requiem playable in full VR on PC.
The technical side of installing VR mods can be a daunting task, especially for users who may not be the most tech savvy among us. It recently came to my attention that someone had released several all-in-one VR Mod Installers for every Resident Evil game currently playable in VR. These installers simplify the process of installing custom VR mods for various Resident Evils, allowing you to play your Steam copies of Resident Evils in VR with full 6DoF motion controls.
I reached out to the person who made the installers, a VR content creator known as MrSurviv0r, to ask about the process and motivation for bringing such a wonderful solution to the VR community.
"The whole thing started because I watched videos from GamertagVR and Beardo Benjo about Resident Evil 4 VR, and both of them talked about how long and difficult it was to get the mod installed and running," said MrSurviv0r. "After seeing that, it became obvious that a lot of people were struggling to get the mods working correctly. Despite having good luck with the instructions myself, I figured I could lean on my programming background and see if I could help."
After developing an RE4VR Mod Installer for Talemann1982's RE4 VR motion-controlled mod, MrSurviv0r thought his work was done.
"Then a few weeks later [Talemann1982] released the RE9 VR motion-controlled mod," he tells us. "Its instructions were simpler, but people were still hitting a wall. One of the features I had built for RE4 was a small app called RE4VR-Runtime-Switcher.exe, which lets users switch runtimes without renaming files or copying things around by hand. That was a hit with the RE4 installer, so I made the same kind of tool for Resident Evil Requiem."
But his work didn't end there.
"After that, I started getting requests for a Resident Evil Village installer. That was when it really hit me that Praydog updates REFramework nightly, so I came up with the REFramework Nightly Updater. It detects your Steam installs, lets you check Praydog’s nightly GitHub builds, and gives you the option to update to the latest nightly. Before it updates anything, it scans the files in the nightly zip and backs up those exact files."
"I posted a screenshot on X talking about how I had finished all the installers. By about 5:45 the next morning it was over 160,000. I had no idea that many people were waiting on something like this.
"I hated the thought of people walking away from all the hard work Praydog has done with REFramework, or from what Talemann has done with the RE4 and RE9 VR motion-controlled mods, just because setup felt intimidating. I wanted to help remove that barrier. It has been about giving back to a community that welcomed me from the start and has treated me really well."
The really slick thing about MrSurviv0r's installers is that they're an all-in-one solution. That means if you download them and have a legitimate copy of the Steam version of RE2, RE3, RE4, RE7, RE8, or RE9, you are good to go. No file fetching, just download the installer, adjust some in-game settings, and play.
You can download the installers on MrSurviv0r's site here.
