Maddaawg

Well last night I saw the ticker had counted down to 22 hours and so it's probably about 12 hours now. I'll take your @Peedee word for it and fork out the 2 grand for a 5090. Im really hoping I'm wowed. I'll be giving up more than cash to switch. The Q3 has better lenses, is much more comfortable to wear, has better tracking, and does have hand tracking. With the Slugmouse from @slughead Im able to flip switches in my virtual cockpit and that to me is nearly as valuable as the visuals. I have all kinds of buttons on my WinWing gear and i just dont use it with the Q3 and its hand tracking. But, visuals are king, so in switching, I'll be hoping Pimax gets the hand tracking module out soon or that a Leap Motion will work.

So I am on the trial period of 14 days with 2 left. I have dialed in my settings as best I vmcan on a 3080 Ti. Comparing it to my Quest 3, the Q3 is a little better. The lenses are clear with no screen door effect and the colors are also better. I am assuming the PCS can get much better if I had a 5090, but so would the Q3. Maybe not as much, but $1800 plus 2 grad for a 5090 is a lot for only a little better. Also, even though I have upgraded my CPU, I still show CPU bound. How much better will the PCS be vs the Q3 with a 5090?

How is the Leapmotion working for you?

Can someone please educate me on how the Slugmouse works with leapmotion and which versions? I see some on sale on Ebay: Leap Motion Controller LM-010; Leap Motion VR V5. I'm getting a Pimax Super and don't want to give up on the Slugmouse. TIA

I saw one on eBay yesterday when I was price checking the G2. I think it was $75 USD. Most of the used G2's were $150. Shipping to Australia though might be a problem to as shipping costs are high. Maybe look on the used market in Australia. I think I have V2 R2, or something like that. I don't recall exactly. Found it, ships to Aus too https://ebay.us/m/WZwY8m

Controllers have worked in the past but things change, and both Meta and ED have changed over this past year. So will they work, maybe. The better question is why bother? DCS is not designed with VR controllers in mind. My suggestion is get yourself an inexpensive HOTAS off eBay or use the keyboard and mouse.

I can't be too much help because I have never tried to get X-Box type controllers to work, does windows see the device as a controller? I saw in the manual for the device some instructions for Windows.

Virtual Desktop needs to connect to your PC via the streamer app. I'm not quite sure of your topology or how you ran DCS without VD connection to your PC. This is how i run mine: I have my AXE5400 on the wall a few feet from me broadcasting only WiFi 6. That router is running as a router, not an access point. It connects via cable to my house network and sees it as the WAN. My Quest 3 then connects to the WiFi 6. That keeps it and the PC on its own network. I have tried ICS with a previous setup and it ran about as well as you described. If you have to run the PC on WiFi, connect your AXE5400 as a router hardwired to your network, then connect your PC and HMD to the WiFi 6. Dont allow any other devices on that network. Forget ICS, it's not good for gaming.

It's really hard to know if they are ignoring the defects or getting hand picked defect free units. I have seen some YT reviews talk about mura, but they also said it wasn't that bad. MRTV said it was very bad on the demo unit and then walked it back when he received his production unit. I don't really trust anybody doing a review that received the unit for free. I'll trust users like @TimSell75 when he says it has mura. i have at least a couple months before mine is shipped to get an idea from real end users what it's like. Then I have 14 days to trial it myself.

Are you going to RMA it? Maybe YouTube influencers are getting hand picked units. I ordered mine last night. If it has these issues, the 14 day trial will end day 1.

Thanks for the replies, I moved this week and everything is still in boxes and my new CPU, MB, RAM, and thermal paste are on my desk. I'll keep the install and do a repair.

So, I'm upgrading from an I9-10900k to an AMD 9800x3D. My DCS install is pretty old, this will be the 3rd reinstall of Windows with the same installation of DCS. Is there any benefit to a clean install of DCS? And if so, can I keep my modules backed up, so I don't have to download for 3 weeks. My priority is VR and possibly upgrading my Q3 soon too.

Take my money! I have loved the F15 ever since I was stationed at Kadena AB working on KC-135 (Tankers, AWACS and Chipmunks), and watching the F15A's sweeping the skies. I loved watching them flyby and then land almost as much as I loved watching the Habu take off.

Same here, I gave up on the USB and multiple adjustments in the Quest software. I found it buggy and occasionally wouldn't connect. VD connects easily every time.

What are you're streaming settings? Those are the important ones because by streaming they mean to your HMD.