diff --git a/OWML.Patcher/VR/cacc71fcb141d936f1b59e57bf10dc52e8edb3481988379f7d95ecb65c4d3c90 b/OWML.Patcher/VR/cacc71fcb141d936f1b59e57bf10dc52e8edb3481988379f7d95ecb65c4d3c90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37d3ed87b
Binary files /dev/null and b/OWML.Patcher/VR/cacc71fcb141d936f1b59e57bf10dc52e8edb3481988379f7d95ecb65c4d3c90 differ
diff --git a/OWML.Patcher/VR/patch b/OWML.Patcher/VR/d3979abb3b0d2468c3e03e2ee862d5297f5885bd9fc8f3b16cb16805e010d097
similarity index 100%
rename from OWML.Patcher/VR/patch
rename to OWML.Patcher/VR/d3979abb3b0d2468c3e03e2ee862d5297f5885bd9fc8f3b16cb16805e010d097
diff --git a/OWML.Patcher/VrPatcher.cs b/OWML.Patcher/VrPatcher.cs
index b46c5627b..34408b1b4 100644
--- a/OWML.Patcher/VrPatcher.cs
+++ b/OWML.Patcher/VrPatcher.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ namespace OWML.Patcher
 {
     public class VRPatcher
     {
-        private const string TargetChecksum = "d3979abb3b0d2468c3e03e2ee862d5297f5885bd9fc8f3b16cb16805e010d097";
-
         private readonly IOwmlConfig _owmlConfig;
         private readonly IModConsole _writer;
         private readonly SHA256 _sha;
@@ -49,17 +47,18 @@ private void CopyFiles()
         private void PatchGlobalManager(bool enableVR)
         {
             var originalPath = _owmlConfig.DataPath + "/globalgamemanagers";
-            var backupPath = _owmlConfig.DataPath + "/globalgamemanagers.bak";
-            var vrPath = _owmlConfig.DataPath + "/globalgamemanagers.vr";
-            var patchPath = _owmlConfig.OWMLPath + "VR/patch";
-
             if (!File.Exists(originalPath))
             {
                 _writer.WriteLine("Error: can't find " + originalPath);
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (!File.Exists(backupPath) || !OriginalIsSameSizeAsBackupOrVrVersion(originalPath, backupPath, vrPath))
+            var checksum = CalculateChecksum(originalPath);
+            var backupPath = $"{_owmlConfig.DataPath}/globalgamemanagers.{checksum}.bak";
+            var vrPath = $"{_owmlConfig.DataPath}/globalgamemanagers.{checksum}.vr";
+
+
+            if (!File.Exists(backupPath))
             {
                 _writer.WriteLine("Taking backup of globalgamemanagers.");
                 File.Copy(originalPath, backupPath, true);
@@ -68,14 +67,14 @@ private void PatchGlobalManager(bool enableVR)
             if (enableVR && !File.Exists(vrPath))
             {
                 _writer.WriteLine("Patching globalgamemanagers for VR...");
-                var checksum = CalculateChecksum(originalPath);
-                if (checksum == TargetChecksum)
+                var patchPath = $"{_owmlConfig.OWMLPath}VR/{checksum}";
+                if (File.Exists(patchPath))
                 {
                     ApplyPatch(originalPath, vrPath, patchPath);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    _writer.WriteLine($"Error: invalid checksum: {checksum}. Only Outer Wilds v1.0.4 is supported.");
+                    _writer.WriteLine($"Error: invalid checksum: {checksum}. VR patch for this version of Outer Wilds is not yet supported by OWML.");
                     return;
                 }
             }
@@ -84,19 +83,6 @@ private void PatchGlobalManager(bool enableVR)
             File.Copy(copyFrom, originalPath, true);
         }
 
-        private bool OriginalIsSameSizeAsBackupOrVrVersion(string originalPath, string backupPath, string vrPath)
-        {
-            var originalSize = File.ReadAllBytes(originalPath).Length;
-            var backupSize = File.ReadAllBytes(backupPath).Length;
-            var vrSize = File.Exists(vrPath) ? File.ReadAllBytes(vrPath).Length : 0;
-            var isSameSize = originalSize == backupSize || originalSize == vrSize;
-            if (!isSameSize)
-            {
-                _writer.WriteLine("Looks like new game version!");
-            }
-            return isSameSize;
-        }
-
         private string CalculateChecksum(string filePath)
         {
             var bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);
diff --git a/createrelease.bat b/createrelease.bat
index 53fbd9f25..602c37455 100644
--- a/createrelease.bat
+++ b/createrelease.bat
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ copy "OWML.Launcher\bin\Debug\OWML.Launcher.exe" "Release\OWML.Launcher.exe"
 copy "OWML.Launcher\bin\Debug\OWML.Config.json" "Release\OWML.Config.json"
 copy "OWML.Patcher\dnpatch\dnpatch.dll" "Release\dnpatch.dll"
 copy "OWML.Patcher\dnpatch\dnlib.dll" "Release\dnlib.dll"
-copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\openvr_api.dll" "Release\VR\openvr_api.dll"
-copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\OVRPlugin.dll" "Release\VR\OVRPlugin.dll"
-copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\patch" "Release\VR\patch"
+copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\*" "Release\VR\"
 copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\BsPatch.dll" "Release\BsPatch.dll"
 copy "OWML.Patcher\VR\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll" "Release\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll"
 copy "OWML.Launcher\bin\Debug\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll" "Release\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll"