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Is there a way to display the SRS overlay in my HMD?

I was wondering about that....that's pretty darn handy! Thanks AP!

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I'll get back in and try these ideas out this weekend.

I think it might be the communications menu. I'm new to DCS so I've been trying to learn using the instant action missions, and a couple of them require you to select a difficulty level. I don't recall exactly, but they reference a main menu and communications menu. In multiplayer, I've been using one of these to get the ground crew to help with start up procedures. This isn't too bad because I'm sitting on the tarmac and can lift the hmd to see the keyboard, but it would be easier to do that using controller buttons or voice commands.

I'm not sure if this is the right venue for this question, but using VR presents some specific problems with inputs - namey, you can't see any of your input devices while wearing an hmd. I have a Virpil MC3 throttle with lots of unused buttons and was wondering if there's a method where I could use one of the rotary dials and the button in the center. I envision bringing up the menu with either VoiceAttack or a button, using the dial to scroll and highlight the selection I want, then pressing the center button to make that selection. Any ideas on whether that's possible or how to go about setting that up?

I'm running a Pimax 8kx with an i9-13900k @ 5.6 , 4090, 64 GB DDR5 @ 6000, and struggle to keep 72 fps in instant action. I run Pimax XR, OpenXR toolkit, and Quadviews. Quadviews made a huge improvement for me.

VoiceAttack looks to be a really useful tool for people who use VR but...some of the commands are also apparently Windows shortcuts. I think \ is the command in DCS to bring up in flight menus, but it is also apparently a shortcut to open a browser window or add a new tab. This behavior can also make DCS lose focus, and when I finally exit DCS, I have a bunch of browser tabs open to VoiceAttack's website. Is there a way to stop this behavior?

That was it! Unfortunately, that command also starts a browser window causing DCS to lose focus. I tried disabling windows keyboard shortcuts by placing a NoShortKeys key in registry, but that didn't work. I'll dig around and see if I can't find out how to stop that annoying behavior. Thanks for you help again diego, it is much appreciated!

Yup...I think that might just be it...he says something about a comm menu. Thanks a lot diego!!!!

I'm new to DCS and have started learning using the instant action missions. Some of them require a menu response but I don't know how to access the menu. It is apparently to select difficulty level. How can I access this menu?

I'm brand new to DCS, and have finally dialed in graphics settings that work for my setup (Pimax 8kx, Virpil MC3, VKB Gunfighter, i9-13900k @ 5.6 GHz, RTX 4090, 64GB DDR5 @ 6000, 2 TB Samsung 990 Pro). I've been flying the instant action missions, and noticed that some of them require a menu response to select difficulty level, but I don't know how to bring up the menu, let alone make selections once the menu is displayed. I imagine, there are other useful menus/items that one needs access to while flying. Can anyone recommend basic DCS tutorials where I can learn these things? I've spent quite a few hours over the last week watching videos, reading forums and articles, and posting questions to finally get graphics settings for all the layers of software (Pimax, Pimax XR, Open XR Toolkit, Quadviews, DCS) dialed in enough to make the game playable (thanks again edmuss). I've also learned enough to get my controllers set up for the very basic commands. I've also been watching videos and reading articles to learn the DCS BF-109 K4. I still need to learn how to get the most out of my controllers - I need to avoid using the keyboard because of VR (thinking about using Voice Attack and need to learn how to use Joystick Gremlin for keyboard bindings). Then there's comms - it seems most of what I've found so far assumes some pre-requisite knowledge that I don't have. I think my priorities at this stage should be learning about any in flight menus and comms. Any suggestions on where to start? Thanks for taking time to respond.

I changed the settings in Pimax to FOV: Normal, Render Quality Maximum, FFR Off, Parallel Projection, Smart Smoothing, Hidden Area Mask, and Compatible with Vive all unchecked. I tried turning off Quadviews and that produced appGPU from 12-14ms and significant stutter but framerate never dropped below 60 or so. I turned it back on and no stutter and solid 75 fps in 2v1 instant action. Same settings in low level hell produced stuttering, but not as bad (micro-stutter maybe?) but appGPU never got above .3 ms and framerate stayed in the 70s for the most part. I haven't figured out how to take a screenshot or record video with headset or I would post my in game settings, and try to make a video to illustrate what I'm talking about.

Hi edmuss, that made a huge difference in appearance - being able to turn off reprojection (smart smoothing in Pimax) makes everything look much better. In the Pimax software, I set foveated rendering on minimum. The frame rate still dips pretty frequently, but I'm not seeing appGPU above .3 ms. I did see the one above that reach 3.4 ms once, but neither of these are getting very high. Most of the time appGPU is showing 0 ms. I'm running pretty high settings in DCS and turned off DLSS. I only tested in 2 v 1 in the Caucuses. I'm not seeing any stutter while in the settings menu and the framerate is solid 75 there. I read some people using the mt version are getting the stuttering in menus, but I'm not clear on whether this is the settings menu or when you access menus while flying (I haven't learned how to do that yet). So, with these low frametime values, I'm not sure what could be causing the stuttering. All the same, your advice has helped tremendously, and I really appreciate that you took the time to reply! I'll keep tweaking and reading and hopefully get this all worked out. I'm much more enthusiastic today than I was yesterday though...thank you. For some reason the earlier message didn't post until now...maybe I didn't hit the submit button. Anyway, I turned off turbo mode and that didn't seem to impact the values in the overlay, they're still incredibly optimistic. However, in the one session I tested in, I got no stutter and no framerate drop at all. I recall reading somewhere to turn off turbo mode if it caused stutter, and that seems to have been largely the problem here. I think I try disabling foveated rendering and see what happens. Maybe even turn refresh rate up to 90hz. Thanks edmuss, I don't know how long it would have taken to figure this out without your help.

Definitely reading appGPU...I did have turbo mode on so I'll go back and test and get the depressing real numbers Definitely going in the right direction. I was completely out of ideas, and the information you provided has been really helpful. I can't say thank you enough!

Hi edmuss, that made a huge difference in appearance - being able to turn off reprojection (smart smoothing in Pimax) makes everything look much better. In the Pimax software, I set foveated rendering on minimum. The frame rate still dips pretty frequently, but I'm not seeing appGPU above .3 ms. I did see the one above that reach 3.4 ms once, but neither of these are getting very high. Most of the time appGPU is showing 0 ms. I'm running pretty high settings in DCS and turned off DLSS. I only tested in 2 v 1 in the Caucuses. I'm not seeing any stutter while in the settings menu and the framerate is solid 75 there. I read some people using the mt version are getting the stuttering in menus, but I'm not clear on whether this is the settings menu or when you access menus while flying (I haven't learned how to do that yet). So, with these low frametime values, I'm not sure what could be causing the stuttering. All the same, your advice has helped tremendously, and I really appreciate that you took the time to reply! I'll keep tweaking and reading and hopefully get this all worked out. I'm much more enthusiastic today than I was yesterday though...thank you.

Wow, thank you edmuss. It seems like you said, the 8kx can benefit from FR even if it's not dynamic because of the lack of eye-tracker. (I can't wait to try this) Also, thank you for the information on OpenXR Toolkit and the overlays and for giving my target frametime. I had to come home from work to repair our water heater (I don't want to take cold showers but moreover I don't want to hear my wife's opinion on taking cold showers) That's done (replace thermocouple) so now I'm off to experiment with this. I'll circle back with feedback and hopefully not have a bunch more questions to bug you with. Many many thanks!

Thank you guys for taking time to try and help - I'm running out of ideas and getting overwhelmed trying to learn about OpenXR, PimaxXR, OpenComposite, OpenXR Toolkit, what all these settings mean, and so on. I've been reading a thread about the mt version of dcs and placed that file, but haven't noticed any change. I've seen some references to parking cpu cores too. I think that's where I ran across the term affinity (for DCS). I don't recall seeing how to change that though, but I think I can find it. Would that interfere with or affect parking cores? I think you're on the right track with the reprojection thoughts edmuss. When I turned that off though, the stuttering was really bad so I quickly gave up on that notion before trying to tweak settings with it turned off. From what I've seen, many are running DCS in VR with less robust equipment so I wouldn't think I would need it...there's not much faster hardware available - 14th Gen CPUs offer a bit more performance, but from what I've seen it's not much. It kinda sounds like I'm bragging but that's definitely not what I'm getting at - this hardware will be long in the tooth in no time. I'm trying to support the notion that reprojection shouldn't be needed with my setup. From what I understand, it creates frames that are "close" to what is actually being rendered an interleaves these frames into the video stream. So...ghosting and double images (which is what I'm getting) are a result. This is when I'm not seeing frame rate drops. Just thought, the texture on my plane and the cockpit look great! Anyway, thank you guys - you don't have to spend your time to help out and I really appreciate that you do. I'll keep reading, watching videos and hopefully get this thing working satisfactorily. Oh yeah, how do I enable the performance overlay? I'm only displaying FPS and I think that was through OpenXR Toolkit. And do you know where I can learn how to navigate the ingame menus? That might be a major pain in the butt in VR.

It seems to have made it happen more frequently. Even just in menus it will drop and in Low Level Hell, it is pretty bad. :o( The system should be quite capable, so I'm just missing something. Thank you again for taking time to reply.

Thanks again for taking time to look at the hsth. My screens look exactly like yours with one exception. On the profile tab, I only have a single Axis Data box (Axis N set to 9). I unchecked Fire 1 and 2 so everything else looks exactly like yours. When I flip the switch up, button 24 is activated. In the down position, button 28 is activated. But, it still behaves weird - sometimes both guns and cannons start firing until I squeeze the trigger. I'll keep trying - maybe uninstall/install again. Thanks again!

I'm brand new to DCS and I've been trying to get my graphics settings dialed in and I can't seem to find a solution to what I'm experiencing. I'm using a Pimax 8KX. My PC specs are i9-13900k running at 5.6 GHz, Asus RTX 4090 TUF OC, 64 GB 6000 MHz ram. Using a Virpil T-50 CM3, VKB Gunfighter Pro with twist. I have Pimax softare set at 75 Hz, no upscaling, using lighthouse, FOV large, Render Quality balanced, Fixed Foveated Rendering Off, Panel Projection Compatibility Mode checked, Smart Smoothing checked, Hidden Area Mask checked. I turned off HAGS. I set Nvidia 3D graphics settings per these screenshots. I'm running MT version of DCS, PimaxXR, OpenXR Toolkit, Open Composite, XRNeckSafer, and MSI Afterburner. I would post screen shot of DCS settings but I think I would need to disconnect the 8KX to grab a shot of that from the monitor. I've been testing using instant action 1 v 1, 2 v 1, and Low Level Hell. FPS holds at right about 75 for quite awhile but then, the screen flickers and FPS will suddenly dip to about 38, then 45 and right back to 75 within about 5 to 10 seconds or so. It seems to do this more often when I'm very close to the ground and flying through cityscapes, but will also do it when I'm at altitude - often during a merge. Since I can't see the Afterburner overlay in the headset, I've been lifting it when this happens to see if there's a big load on GPU or CPU. Neither seems to be overly stressed - GPU around 70% and CPU about 40%. Anyone care to try and help me troubleshoot this?

Thank you toastfrenzy for taking time to reply. I'm supposed to receive the 4090 Friday so this has suddenly taken on more urgency. There's really nothing on the Virpil that looks ergonomically convenient, so I'm just going to have to make due. I think the desk mount for the throttle is supposed to be here Friday as well so I've got lots to do. I'll be using a Pimax 8kx so I need to get Pimax XR and the toolkit and start dialing in settings. It looks like I've got a lot to learn, and I'm actually looking forward to it. Pedals are definitely going on my wish list. Thanks again!

Thanks hsth, I followed the VKB calibration procedure, but when I check windows usb game controllers, 24 is lit when switch is in down and not lit when it is in up position. The only other button that lights is 26 which stays lit regardless of the switch position. I started the calibration process with the switch in the up position...maybe I'll try it in the down position. All the same, thank you for taking time to reply.

I'm brand new to DCS and waiting for a graphics card to complete my build (only available 4090s are pricing me out, so I continue to wait for my backordered Asus Tuf card). In the meantime, I'm trying to learn as much as I can about operating the aircraft and DCS in general. I purchased the BF109 module and have started configuring my HOTAS (VKB gunfighter and Virpil MC3 throttle). I've been testing using the onboard graphics (i9-13900k) and I have a question regarding the safety switch. I'm attaching some screen shots to show settings. Here's how it currently works: Start in Up Position - Safety off Flip down - Safety off Flip up - Safety on Flip down - Safety on Flip up - Safety off Flip down - Safety off Flip up - Safety on Flip down - Safety on So, I have to flip the switch twice to change from safe to fire and back. I would prefer to have the safety on anytime the switch is in the up position and safety off when the switch is in the down position. Curiously, when I double-click in the DCS Controls (where button 24 is displayed) to go to DCS Assignment Panel, no button is listed. Also, when I flip the switch while in the DCS Controls panel, it doesn't highlight anything.

Hi, I’m new to DCS World (used to play War Thunder), and am waiting for a graphics card. I refuse to pay 1.5 to 2 x msrp, so I am patiently waiting for a backorder at shopblt.com. This is the last piece for my latest build. I have a Pimax 8kx, and for controllers the Virpil Throttle and a VKB Gunfighter stick. I’m interested in war birds and bought the 109 k-4. My question is about brakes. Since I plan to use VR and don’t have rudder pedals, I need to map some buttons for left/right brakes, and using the keyboard isn’t a great option (I could see myself fumbling around looking for the buttons while trying to taxi). I set up the big lever on the bottom of the stick as both brakes – I figure I can use this while I start and warm up the engine. But for low speed control during taxi/takeoff, I need independent control and am looking for suggestions on what others may have found works for them.