VR

VR was introduced into The Forest in the VR Beta update which was released on May 22nd, 2018.

Gameplay

 * In the inventory, the crafting gear is in front of you, when looking up from the main area
 * In the Inventory, everything is set on freestanding cardboard boxes
 * In multiplayer, when you are on a raft and someone is moving it, the inventory will stay put while the player moves, and will make it almost impossible to select the correct item.
 * Weapons and Axes have no cooldown to strike, making high damage weapons extremely viable.
 * With either spear, hold your right trigger and make a throwing motion, and let go to throw.
 * It is common to accidentally throw a spear, and (from personal experience) it does not matter how far your controller moves, but its speed and direction matter.
 * All stats are on the watch, or in your book
 * Underwater, you have to get your watch very close to your face for it to become legible.
 * Non-VR players can damage VR players, and Vice-Versa
 * Molotov and dynamite have major problems throwing, and do not carry much momentum as compared to the spear
 * Different loading screen: cave is deeper, and entrance is not visible, a deeper section of the cave is behind you, in front of you is a small lit area, a corpse of unidentifiable gender hanging upside down, a pile of skulls, and a bunch of bones laying against rock.
 * Uncommon bug: sleeping will not black out your screen: you can see the time pass.
 * When sleeping, your screen simply blackens instead of having a sleeping symbol.
 * When drinking from a water collector, you will not be stopped even when your thirst is full
 * All unfinished building requirements show up on your non-dominant hand
 * Status effects appear on the watch
 * You will not gain Strength stat in VR, however, you can gain Athleticism in VR
 * There is no known way to use Console Commands while in VR
 * What you grab is often dependent on your headset orientation and position, not the hand position.
 * Oxygen for the rebreather is shown on your watch, which appears on your non-dominant controllers wrist.
 * Lighting a Upgraded Stick with cloth on it is difficult, it must be lit from the bottommost part of the cloth
 * If your headset gets close enough to the ground, it stops crouching and moves the ground away from you.

Controls
Oculus Controls:


 * Movement - Left Thumbstick
 * Direction - right and left on the right thumbstick
 * Running - Click the left thumbstick while moving
 * Crouching - Click in right thumbstick OR enable real life movement
 * Jumping - up on the right thumbstick and flicking your controller up.
 * Pick up items - grip on right controller
 * Lighter - Grip on left controller - trigger to light
 * Survival guide - "A" button on left controller
 * Inventory "X" button
 * Hit - Hit with the weapon physically
 * Block - ???
 * Slide (Turtle Shell) - ???
 * Use - Grip
 * Light - Light it with lighter in left hand (NOTE: YOU CAN GET LIT ON FIRE VERY EASILY IN VR, BEWARE)
 * Throw - Hold trigger, make throwing motion, release.
 * Backpack hotkeys - hold your inventory key, and a backpack will appear in your hand, whatever you put in your backpack will be on there, and you can use/equip from there.

 HTC Vive Controls: 


 * Movement - Touch a direction on left thumbpad
 * Turning - Press left or right on the right thumbpad
 * Running - Press in a direction on the left thumbpad
 * Crouching - Press in center of right thumbpad (sometimes unequips held item, unsure of why)
 * Jumping - Press up on right thumbpad
 * Pick up items - grip on right controller
 * Lighter - Grip on left controller - trigger to light
 * Survival Guide - Menu button on right controller
 * Inventory - Menu button on the right controller
 * Hit - Hit with the weapon physically
 * Use - Grip
 * Backpack hotkeys - hold your inventory key, and a backpack will appear in your hand, whatever you put in your backpack will be on there, and you can use/equip from there.

 Valve Index Controls: 


 * Movement - Left Thumbstick
 * Turning -Touch left or right on Right Thumbstick
 * Running - Click Left Thumbstick while moving
 * Crouching - Hold right touchpad
 * Jumping - hold forward on Right Thumbstick and click it
 * Pick up Items - Grip on Right Controller
 * Lighter - Squeeze Left Controller
 * Light - Left Trigger while lighter is in hand
 * Survival Guide - A Button on Right Controller
 * Inventory - Tap A on Left Controller
 * Backpack - Hold A on Left Controller
 * Hit - Physically swing weapon
 * Throw - Hold Right Tigger, make throwing motion, release trigger
 * Use - Squeeze Right Controller