Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs

A modder known as GingasVR created immersive heat and wind mods for Fallout 4 VR that use game scripting to control TP-Link HS100/HS110 smart plugs, triggering a fan for wind and a 250-watt infrared heat lamp for heat. The effects respond dynamically to in-game events like nearby explosions, fires, sunny weather, and radiation levels, growing and fading based on proximity. The mod is nondestructive, requiring no game file overwrites or hardware modifications. A similar mod exists for Skyrim VR.

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