--- title: Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs description: 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... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs | daily.dev og:description: 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... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/pdbYXeavh.png og:image:alt: Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary 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. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do you add real physical heat and wind effects to Fallout 4 VR gameplay? A mod by GingasVR uses game scripting to control TP-Link HS100 or HS110 smart plugs, switching a fan on for wind and a 250-watt infrared heat lamp for heat. The IR lamp is used because it is directional, cycles on and off quickly, and responds fast. Effects scale with proximity to fires, explosions, sunny weather, and in-game radiation levels, and the mod requires no game file changes or hardware modifications. _daily.dev surfaces hands-on hardware hacks like this for developers exploring VR and IoT integrations._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Smart Energy Saving Plug-In For UE5 Games](https://daily.dev/posts/smart-energy-saving-plug-in-for-ue5-games-dbp64erhw) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Experience Breath of the Wild in VR with This Free Mod](https://daily.dev/posts/experience-breath-of-the-wild-in-vr-with-this-free-mod-kz4660wfm) · 80 LEVEL · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Developing Web Mini-Golf Game With A Twist Using 8th Wall's Studio](https://daily.dev/posts/developing-web-mini-golf-game-with-a-twist-using-8th-wall-s-studio-wkfyq7rzw) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Fallout 4, But Todd Howard Is Hunting You](https://daily.dev/posts/fallout-4-but-todd-howard-is-hunting-you-ezp7sdzke) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#iot](https://daily.dev/tags/iot), [#vr](https://daily.dev/tags/vr) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T18:48:31.335Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T18:49:28.557Z","description":"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...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/84a307d76ac7ce109cf0892ef46cdf9f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/84a307d76ac7ce109cf0892ef46cdf9f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,iot,vr","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Reactive Heat And Wind Come To VR, Thanks To Smart Plugs"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/reactive-heat-and-wind-come-to-vr-thanks-to-smart-plugs-pdbyxeavh#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do you add real physical heat and wind effects to Fallout 4 VR gameplay?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"A mod by GingasVR uses game scripting to control TP-Link HS100 or HS110 smart plugs, switching a fan on for wind and a 250-watt infrared heat lamp for heat. 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