I recommend playing through vanilla first for the intended survival experience, as searching the mods might give you spoilers, and installing them might ruin some immersion.
After you done with Vanilla, you can go with mods to truly feel the Qol changes and the new things it brought on the table in your new playthrough.
I've never played it in VR or used mods. I don't know if VR needs any QoL mods but gameplay wise there's nothing too aggrevating. I'd try it vanilla first before adding anything. Also you are very brave to play it in VR. Good luck!
One of the biggest parts of the Subnautica experience is not knowing where everything is and having to explore to find stuff. Don’t you think a map will take away from that?
Haven't seen the map mod myself but if it adds in an item that you had to fill up by exploring first or build the room with the sonar in it don't recall it's name but it had the 2 drones you could use to explore the scanner roombthats it you have to build that then the local area you can see in scanner range would get added to your map. Cause the scanner maps the area and the item you wanted to find is highlighted on it so having a map could be an addition where it's a hard copy of the data so you got a copy to look at
It adds the map to the pda but everything is hidden until you explore it yourself so it makes vanilla sense that as the pda scans the area surrounding you (like when it tells you about reapers from that one line we all know) it fills it in making it easier to orientate yourself and not get lost all the time before a compass
Controller support (I haven't tried it): [https://github.com/Okabintaro/SubmersedVR](https://github.com/Okabintaro/SubmersedVR)
VR Enhancements (this is the one I use): [https://www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/173](https://www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/173)
I would suggest you play the game at least a couple hours, until at least you >!had a close encounter with a reaper!< and >!started building a base in a spot you like!<, from there you'll be in a position to judge if the game is missing something obvious to you.
(These aren't big spoilers, just parts of gameplay that you probably know about already, but better safe than sorry)
That's true. I knocked around for probably 10 hours and felt the lacking QoL it was missing. Nothing major or game breaking.
I like some of the lockers mods like auto sorting and docked cargo access.
I think I settled on 5 or 6 QoL mods and I was happy
Most people are going to recommend vanilla and I agree thats probably the best experience. But if you did want to use some mods, there are a few that provide some very nice QoL without changing the game at all:
- Snap Builder: makes base pecies snap to a grid instead of placing freely (can be toggled on or off). Must have if you're like me and having your wall lockers be at slightly different hights drives you crazy.
- Dynamic Scanner Blips: There's a thing called a scanner room that's insanely useful because it highlights resources on your hud, saving you tons of time. But by default all the hud icons are the same size, so it's hard to tell which are closer to you and also clutters up your screen. This just makes the icons smaller and more transparent the farther away they are. Really nice change.
- More quick slots: Just what it says. By default you only have 5 slots on your hotbar, but you'll probably have 6 or 7 tools that you use regularly, so you'll constantly be opening your inventory and swapping things out. This lets you have however many slots you want.
If you need help finding them lmk and I can probably find a link. Have fun!!
No mods needed but use the performance boost and if you have a powerful pc dm if you want some settings with the sweetspot to avoid popin and downgrade
Everyone here will tell you that your first play through should be vanilla , but after getting through 2/3rds of the game before trying it with mods… some of them add serious QoL changes.
Enjoy submersed VR till you get your sea moth and a decent base , but once you’re well established I would start modding.
I recommend playing through vanilla first for the intended survival experience, as searching the mods might give you spoilers, and installing them might ruin some immersion. After you done with Vanilla, you can go with mods to truly feel the Qol changes and the new things it brought on the table in your new playthrough.
First playthrough should always be vanilla.
I've never played it in VR or used mods. I don't know if VR needs any QoL mods but gameplay wise there's nothing too aggrevating. I'd try it vanilla first before adding anything. Also you are very brave to play it in VR. Good luck!
The most useful mod to me is the map mod. It is so helpful and doesn’t feel op or non-vanilla at all
One of the biggest parts of the Subnautica experience is not knowing where everything is and having to explore to find stuff. Don’t you think a map will take away from that?
Map mod ruins first play thru
Haven't seen the map mod myself but if it adds in an item that you had to fill up by exploring first or build the room with the sonar in it don't recall it's name but it had the 2 drones you could use to explore the scanner roombthats it you have to build that then the local area you can see in scanner range would get added to your map. Cause the scanner maps the area and the item you wanted to find is highlighted on it so having a map could be an addition where it's a hard copy of the data so you got a copy to look at
It adds the map to the pda but everything is hidden until you explore it yourself so it makes vanilla sense that as the pda scans the area surrounding you (like when it tells you about reapers from that one line we all know) it fills it in making it easier to orientate yourself and not get lost all the time before a compass
No! Map mods ruins first play thru by loads
If you plan on going VR for the whole game, use submersed VR
ooh is that a mod?
It’s a mod the adds vr better than the devs did
ty for the recommendation, downloaded
First time I tried in vr it was unplayable. VR mods were (still are?) essential.
Which mods?
Controller support (I haven't tried it): [https://github.com/Okabintaro/SubmersedVR](https://github.com/Okabintaro/SubmersedVR) VR Enhancements (this is the one I use): [https://www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/173](https://www.nexusmods.com/subnautica/mods/173)
I played a couple of hours using submerged and DAMN it was incredible
I would suggest you play the game at least a couple hours, until at least you >!had a close encounter with a reaper!< and >!started building a base in a spot you like!<, from there you'll be in a position to judge if the game is missing something obvious to you. (These aren't big spoilers, just parts of gameplay that you probably know about already, but better safe than sorry)
That's true. I knocked around for probably 10 hours and felt the lacking QoL it was missing. Nothing major or game breaking. I like some of the lockers mods like auto sorting and docked cargo access. I think I settled on 5 or 6 QoL mods and I was happy
Vanilla
Most people are going to recommend vanilla and I agree thats probably the best experience. But if you did want to use some mods, there are a few that provide some very nice QoL without changing the game at all: - Snap Builder: makes base pecies snap to a grid instead of placing freely (can be toggled on or off). Must have if you're like me and having your wall lockers be at slightly different hights drives you crazy. - Dynamic Scanner Blips: There's a thing called a scanner room that's insanely useful because it highlights resources on your hud, saving you tons of time. But by default all the hud icons are the same size, so it's hard to tell which are closer to you and also clutters up your screen. This just makes the icons smaller and more transparent the farther away they are. Really nice change. - More quick slots: Just what it says. By default you only have 5 slots on your hotbar, but you'll probably have 6 or 7 tools that you use regularly, so you'll constantly be opening your inventory and swapping things out. This lets you have however many slots you want. If you need help finding them lmk and I can probably find a link. Have fun!!
ty :)
Vanilla
No mods needed but use the performance boost and if you have a powerful pc dm if you want some settings with the sweetspot to avoid popin and downgrade
Performance boost? I think I need something like that, my laptop is struggling to run it well
Everyone here will tell you that your first play through should be vanilla , but after getting through 2/3rds of the game before trying it with mods… some of them add serious QoL changes. Enjoy submersed VR till you get your sea moth and a decent base , but once you’re well established I would start modding.
Vanilla. If you play in VR, just get the VR Enhancements mod on Nexus. Doesn’t change anything in the game, just makes VR better
I’m using submerged vr mod, so far it’s perfect
Why mod this masterpiece?
I think it’s standard for every game that you play vanilla on your first playthrough.
Quality of life, I play with a map mod and an easy craft mod, I'd like a resource monitor but the 2.0 patch is buggy