Chief_Biv

Has anyone had DCS instability with the OpenXR Toolkit? Since I updated to DC2.9 I had to diable the Toolkit to stop DCS crashing. I would like to have access to the Toolkit's options other than upscaling.

I am getting the exact same stuttering in Flat Screen and MT. My SSS is off. My stuttering is worse than Wavehopper's. If I Alt-Tab out of DCS and leave the DCS frame rate monitor visible whilst in task manager I can see the stutter has stopped. As soon as I Alt-Tab back into DCS the stutter begins again. It is happening in the menu screens too just like the second clip above. If I open DCS in ST and 2D there is no stutter. If I open DCS in MT and VR, I don't get this stutter. This is new behavior in DCS 2.9 MT.

PROGRESS! Yesss.

Ok. I thought you said that DCS was loading SteamVR in ST. Unlike the MT version I think that you still have to force the ST version of DCS to use OpenXR. You need to attach that argument to the command line in your ST shortcut. There was a newer version for OpenXR Toolkit released in the last few months that was required to stop some crashes from occurring when using motion reprojection in MT (you can find that issue in other threads). I have been suffering from long load times in VR after selecting a mission, particularly with a new aircraft module (newly selected module within each session). I have to ALT-TAB out of DCS, wait a while , and eventually DCS responds and then I can go back into DCS once I can see that the mission has loaded in the background. There are a number of other threads with people having similar sounding issues. There seems to be a recognised problem with the 12700 to 13900 intel CPU's. I am not aware of that also affecting 5800X3D CPU's. I had to turn off Intel's Hyper Threading in the BIOS to avoid constant crashes or VR stutters. Hopefully version 2.9 will fix some of these bugs. Despite the wait to load into a VR mission it's still worth the wait for me. I cannot be sure if you are having the same problem. I don't have this waiting problem when in normal 2D mode and in MT. Go figure. Do you have any problems in MT in 2D mode?

Have you ensured that in your WMR settings you have unchecked the Launch in SteamVR check box. DCS MT should automatically load in OpenXR these days provided that this option is not set in WMR. You don’t need SteamVR if you have a G2. As others have said, DCS is not broken. There must be something else on your PC (which is a good spec).

I have a G2. I have a 12900k CPU and 3080 GPU. I had to turn off Hyper Threading in BIOS to stop weird head movements and freezing in DCS VR. There are other threads in the forum where the newer CPU's (lots of cores) are having compatibility problems with HT turned on. My problems with HT only appear in VR in DCS. I have no problem in DCS 2D, or VR in another sim title (IL2). Be careful with VR Hanger mods. Some of those that I downloaded made the game crash on starting in VR. The F22 and A4 mods work just fine for me.

My G2 seems to have that problem. I cant wear the headset until I am in the hanger properly.

I am waiting for a fix too. I should have read this thread before wasting 2 hours of my life.

Texaco is not transmitting on TACAN frequency as per the briefing in Mission 9 Dance of the Vampire. I went to the wrong tanker.

That’s where I do it. everywhere else is set to 100% or pixel density 1.0. I have an RTX3080 and a Reverb G2. I use FSR at 90% and foveated rendering in the toolkit. I also set MR on but unfixed so fps varies between 45 , 30 and 22. It’s smooth enough for me. I had to turn off any anti-shaking to minimise ghosting with MR.

You will need to update your Open XR Toolkit to version 1.2.4 to avoid the game crashing if you are using motion reprojection with DCS 2.8.2 OpenXR VR

It's now 2023 and the AI AAR is still bugged. On the first attempt at this mission I order wingman to get to tanker after I refuel. He r"roger"s that. He then just sits behind the tanker and does not put his boom out. I go to wypt 2 after waiting a while. I start my intercept and hear the wingman say he is rejoining me. He then hits bingo fuel. We take out the Mig29's and he ejects and I made the mistake of going after the transport and die. Second attempt at mission 11, after I refuel the wingman says negative and refuses to fly to tanker when ordered. He then goes bingo fuel , and ejects. I don't want to do this again. This is a long mission. I know how to refuel in the Tomcat. I don't think Elvis knows how.

I can follow some of what you are saying and I understand that I should not have to use OpenComposite anymore to bypass SteamVR. However, my question is, if G2 users still have to use the OpenXR Tools app (from the MS Store not the Toolkit) then the system will crash if I have MotionProjection forced "always on" based on the above post. BigNewy also alluded to headsets that use OpenXR will not have the issue if the try and use MR. I am a new VR user and I have followed previous advice on this forum that said set MR as "always on" in Open XR Tools and then in the Toolkit set the MR (I had it on auto and seemed to work well). I will be following Baldrick33's advice and won't update to this patch until the procedure for starting VR as a result of this change can be confirmed.

I have a G2 headset. I believe that is a native openXR headset. Can G2 users now bypass using the OpenXR Tools for WMR when starting DCS with the new patch. I have Motion Projection "Always on" in that app. Is BIGNEWY saying I only have to run the WMR Portal and OpenXR Toolkit to run VR in DCS now? I suppose I should also ask, if you can bypass OpenXR Tools for WMR, will the crash occur if I turn motion reprojection on in the OpenXR Toolkit?

Hi BIGNEWY, I just landed on some smooth set and forget settings using Motion reprojection in the previous patch (thanks to your help in getting VR to run). MR made a big difference to me. Should I avoid using this most recent patch if I want to play in VR with those settings and wait for the MR bug to be fixed? Thanks

I have just started using your app this week after getting a new headset. Unfortunately I am having problems with VR not working properly and crashing my PC. ED's support team are trying to help me and made me change my old Saved Games/DCS.openbeta folder to "Backup". Therefore when I want to use DCS in 2D I would like to use the backup folder as my saved games folder. I tried doing this in my slot#2. null However, when I launch into DCS with Slot#2 selected none of the My Missions and My Campaigns are visible. It seems to lookup the DCS.openbeta folder. Is that intentional? Do I need to rename the Backup folder and put it somewhere else?

I just said the following in another similar discussion... I have a brand new HP Reverb G2. I am experiencing the same problem almost every second session. The head/viewpoint can randomly move in the cockpit or many metres outside the cockpit with my real head not moving at all. This happens in the hangar lobby too. One second I am sitting in front of the DCS World Menu, then a few seconds latter I am at the ceiling of the hanger and then above the hanger. The headset seem to start jumping around as soon as I launch DCS. There is no such misbehavior of the headset when I am in the Mixed Reality Portal without DCS running. Does this sound familiar to anybody? I have two flawless sessions and two time wasting sessions where it's impossible to fly. No problems in the portals at any time, unless DCS is running. I am running DCS in OpenXR. I tried Steam VR once and it was a hot mess and went straight back to Open XR for a good experience

I have a brand new HP Reverb G2. I am experiencing the same problem almost every second session. The head/viewpoint can randomly move in the cockpit or many metres outside the cockpit with my real head not moving at all. This happens in the hangar lobby too. One second I am sitting in front of the DCS World Menu, then a few seconds latter I am at the ceiling of the hanger and then above the hanger. The headset seem to start jumping around as soon as I launch DCS. There is no such misbehavior of the headset when I am in the Mixed Reality Portal without DCS running.

Recently, Reshade does not respond when starting DCS. The screen with the instruction to press Home to open the reshade menu appears, but then just hangs on screen and does not disappear. Reshade does not respond to pressing Home or my effects off/on toggle, which for me is the END key. I have had to uninstall Reshade to remove the the opening instructions from contaminating the DCS screens. DCS seems to respond ok. Is anyone else having this problem and are there any suggested fixes?

Thanks for the link. I replaced the two files. The TALDS launched this time and there was a lot of action after that. Unfortunately the DCS froze/crashed whilst I was loitering on station after splashing some red fighters. Not having much luck with these super carrier missions in the Tomcat these days.

Me too. Just in the Tomcat and when playing the Campaign Missions - currently Operation Reforger. Running latest Geforce Driver 526.98

This campaign is broken. Mission 4 freezes DCS when approaching the carrier. In Mission 5, the TALDS are not launched by Pontiac flight. Can someone please fix this.

Operation Reforger MigCap freezes when returning to the carrier. It's not fun after a long mission. ( I also could not get more than 50% on Mission 1 despite doing exactly as instructed on two mission attempts (6 landings in total).

I am getting the game freeze playing the two official single player campaigns in the f-14. It is repeat problem on certain missions and always when returning to the carrier after being cleared RTB. It happens in Cage the Bear missions Cargo and one other. It's now happening in Operation Regorger Mission 4 MigCap. I am using the SC.

I have experienced two crashes in Mission 4 whilst returning to carrier. This is Operation Reforger. I was having similar instances of repeated crashes when RTB to the carrier in the Cage the Bear campaign too. I was able to work around it in Cage the Bear by returning to Viziani airfield instead of the carrier in those missions. What's wrong with the Tomcat and the SC???