markturner1960

Yes, and updated the software to V55.

By way of update for me....I am back using my trusty G2 on my main machine while I try and troubleshoot freezing / crashes issues with my quest pro ( with I might add the help of the awesome Lukas wolta, who has very kindly offered to help me) After a full windows and DCS re install which, frustratingly did nothing to solve the issue, I am currently negotiating the minefiled of meta and oculus accounts ( another story there) and trying to set the quest pro up on my number 2 machine to try and see if there is still a problem, in which case I will know if its a faulty headset.......... Pretty pissed off as have spent zero time doing any proper flying the last 2 weeks, just endless trouble shooting and re installing sh1t..........Its a shame, as the first 2 weeks of Pro ownership, it worked great and teh visual / performance upgrade was fantastic.......but just started suddenly freezing while in use.......anyway, will keep you updated......

Thank you, OK, I made the export file read only, as the entries need to be in a certain order. But that should not stop DCS reading it as required should it? Also, I have recently turned off simapp pro starting up with windows, so its not currently running unless I start it....and I am still getting the crash / freeze... I will un enable all mods and see how we go.

thanks, here you go dcs.log

Hi, I recently upgraded from a G2 to quest pro. However, I am getting a problem with freezes / crashes. I am not sure if its DCS or Oculus. If DCS crashes for any reason, will it always generate a crash file? As I am not getting one, just the log, in which I can see nothing useful about any potential reason for the issue. I should add that its a fresh install of windows and DCS, as I was thinking it may be that, so started again from scratch and unfortunately, still have the issue..... So, no crash file, I can look at oculus? Or is there situations where DCS will stop, but wont write a crash log? Thanks

So I am running my Apache on my lesser computer and have been told there was a texture mod for the module to help with frame rates.....So is this still relevant? IE, has it been superceeded by recent updates? And are there any others I should know about?

Thanks, I tried 80% and its just about acceptable in terms of quality, and now it runs pretty well at around 50 - 60 FPS......Will leave it at that for now, thanks all! IThanks Jaeger, will ask on the Apache forum regarding the texture mod

Thanks - regarding best runtime etc....Would you recommend using the MT .exe and the force enable OpenXr shortcut amendment? Rather than the "old" way via WMRforsteamVr ? Thats what I was using with my G2 on the other machine before I switched to the quest pro on that one and it seemd to work well, however, I have this nagging feeling that I should be getting better performance out of the 2080ti rig, which is what I was using when I first got the G2. It was a while back now, but I dont recall it struggling to maintain 30FPS, which it is now......

I am using a G2, not my Quest pro, so interested in settings specific for that please!

So, you may have noticed my thread on shimmering. I have tracked the cause to the headset resolution…….although changes like you mention do not have a big effect in the cockpit, they are very noticeable at mid and longer distance. I maxed the resolution in oculus and set 1.3 on OTT ( this at Tepnox’s suggestion, thx mate) and the shimmer is nearly gone. So while it may not affect the cockpit so noticeably, it does elsewhere. In my case I have had to make some other compromises in settings to run at this resolution, BUT……for me the visual clarity is worth it, the shimmering and jaggies were driving me mad……

Thanks, hopefully a 2080ti user can chip in and give their experiences! Also, am I best advised to keep it simple and use native open XR via the shortcut and forget about steam vr? I have found several tuning / settings guides, but as they were all made when the card was new, they all involve steam vr and obviously DCS and open xr have moved on since then…….

So up until now, been using my older PC as a 2D separate machine for my Helo sim pit. Specs in sig, its not a <profanity> PC, and have been trying out my G2 on it since I got the quest pro. I know this is a bit of vague question, however, what level of performance should I be able to get ? ( using the AH64) What do any of you here running a similar set up achive? There is loads of stuff relating to 3090 / 4090 cards, but not much on lesser set ups.....I have dialled down most of the settings, no shadows or MSAA, low terrain textures and visibility distance etc and sitting in the Apache, this is fine as you never really need stuff like that. In open XR, resolution is 100% I have not used MR and locked frames at 30 FPS, but while this is achievable, , its on the edge of what can be handled I think, on the runway start mission for example, its still dips down to 25 occasionally. I get the feeling a busy MP mission will not be good....! So is this about all I can expect ?

Thanks, did not realise that ! I can use those extra keys!

Hi, just re installed and re mapping my controllers... I have notcied in the options, the gain, symbology buttons are not shown and instead we have various versions of MDI brightness selector...see screengrab: How do we know which of them is for the SYM & GAIN controls? They are correct for the AMPCD Also, I have deleted all commands that DCS had as default, in error, rather than just the column I wanted to clear...whats the easiest way to reinstate teh default keyboard bindings? And how should my mouse be bound to pan and swing the view around in external view please?

Thanks,I have now got the correct labelling!

Thanks, following the above, I can confirm that I have the same line entry as you, VISUALIZER (Main): LAUNCH IN VR OpenXR: Meta Quest Pro for both MT & ST options. I dont use steamVR, so set the runtime in the oculus software. Thanks again

Hi, just done a re install and am struggling with getting the names of the devices to match correctly.... The left MFD is correctly assigned MFD1-L and in SAP, the MFD1-L button is green. The MFD that identifies as MFD1-C has the green centre MFD1-C button illuminated, but its the right hand MFD in my physical mounted set up that responds to the controls. The MFD that identifies as MFD1-R is actually mounted in the centre. Is there any way to switch these designations without physically unmounting them?

Hi, OK, I have completed a complete re install of windows and DCS. Touchwood, so far, its all running OK. To start DCS, I am simply clicking the shortcut to the updater .exe that DCS placed on my desktop. I have set Oculus as the OpenXR runtime in Oculus home. If I look in my DCS log file, it says: VISUALIZER (Main): LAUNCH IN VR OculusRift: OculusRift : Oculus Rift S Does this mean I am running OpenXR ? If I want to run DCS MT, I can simply make a shortcut to that .exe, but do either of these need an appended line added to run DCS in native open XR? And what is the difference between how its running now, using the Oculus openXR runtime and forcing openXR via the amended shortcut? Are they not the same thing?

Hi, I recently got a quest pro and am deciding wether to sell my old G2 or not. It also has a balance and comfort kit. Its in perfect working order and comes with original box etc. Interested in what people might consider a fair price......Open to offers over £300 I am in the UK.

OK, well 2 days of trying has not resulted in any progress.......I am carrying out the nuclear option of a fresh windows install with fresh DCS and Oculus install.....lets see where that takes me......

Hi, as title, trying to track down a crashing issue with my QP, does anyone here know anything about this service and how it works, specifically relating to DCS etc?

Thanks, I did see those but was still a little unclear: I have Oculus set as the runtime in my oculus software. What was unclear was wether I still had to use the amended shortcut to start either of the binaries (MT orST) Also, if you want OpenXR performance tools to be available and active, how should this be done? Conversely, how would run in OpenXR without the toolkit being available and active? I think its pretty clear in the linked instrcutions how to run using steamVR, I was more interested in wether this was worthwhile, what do the majority of users here do and why? Up until recently, it was accepted knowledge that using OpenXr was better than SteamVr, however, since DCS now supports openXR natively, I have heard people saying that SteamVR gives a better result. I wondered if there was any more detailed information on this or wether it was purely anecdotal.... Thanks!

In ODT,there are 2 settings relating to ASW, one mobile and one PC….do you know why they are separate and what they each do?

While i try and track down the cause of my crashes / freezes in the headset since the patch on Friday, I have been wondering whats the best way to run DCS....I am talking about runtimes and shortcuts etc and Steam VR What do most QP users use? Is there any mileage in using SteamVR and if so, how would you set this up? Currently, I am using the Oculus runtime, and my old shortcut with the force enable VR use open XR addition. I still have open XR performance tools available using this. Is there any other methods of starting / running DCS through the QP I can try, to see if they run without crashing?

I have set those back to default and tried running airlink on its own. When connected, my wifi is all good, I get all green ticks in the troubleshooter, but I am unable to maintain a connection long enough to test unfortunately....I have 3 times set DCS going, and it was running nicely, only to come back 30 minutes, 45 minutes, an hour later to find that the connection was lost. Is it really likely a week old cable with no damage is the cause? As it does not look like I can run long enough on airlink to see if there is a crash.