Modder addvans tagged Infantry/Heroes Alpha on Nov 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM ET, the first public Classic BF2VR build for Pandemic's 2005 Star Wars Battlefront II on PC. The free MIT mod adds OpenXR stereo, tracked hands, weapon bash, raise-to-eye scopes, two-handed grips, and hand-thrown grenades on foot. Vehicles and starfighters still use a flat theatre view.
UnflatVR lists UFVR Grade B (81/100) with full-motion controls and four creator videos. Coverage picked up after the drop, including VirtualGo's Nov 2 roundup and SWTOR Strategies on Nov 4. See our flat-to-VR primer and Gothic 3 VR for the same motion-combat lane.
I haven't played it. This is based on addvans's GitHub README and releases, the shipped bf2vr readme.txt, UnflatVR's listing, and the creator's YouTube clips above.
Shader Patch plus OpenXR
bf2vr is not a UEVR inject. addvans forked PrismaticFlower's Shader Patch v1.11.2, which already swaps the game's Direct3D 9 renderer for D3D11. The VR layer under src/vr/ adds OpenXR stereo, hand tracking, melee, and HUD panels. The README lists Quest 3 / Touch mappings; SteamVR, Virtual Desktop, and WMR run through any active OpenXR runtime.
The mod targets the 32-bit Steam Classic (2005) install as shipped. The README warns that other BattlefrontII.exe builds, including the Aspyr Classic Collection, show an error and exit. GOG support is planned but not in 1.1. Cracked copies are out of scope.
What infantry VR adds
From the README controls table: the right controller aims and fires; left grip steadies rifles; both grips block with a lightsaber; grenades use hold on the left trigger, a swing, then release. Raise-to-eye scopes and physical weapon bash are called out in the feature list. Menus and the HUD render on panels in the headset.
Known issues on GitHub include Hoth XL and Kashyyyk XL crashes, misaligned hands on some heroes, and theater mode for droidekas and vehicles until a later pass. An in-match hands editor offsets weapon models per unit.
v1.1 exe check
On Nov 3, 2026 at 12:26 AM ET, Infantry/Heroes 1.1 replaced the alpha tag. The release notes say:
• Added .exe detector to prevent incompatible launches • Set “Wider margin while turning head” to be off by default to improve compatibility.
Download CBF2VR.zip from GitHub Releases and follow bf2vr readme.txt inside the zip. You still need a legal Steam copy of classic Battlefront II; the mod bundles no game files. Bug reports go to GitHub Issues; chat is on addvans's Discord.
