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I found OpenXr tool kit that was already installed for MSFS2020 but I haven't messed with it for a long time. Set resolution to 100 and it looks just like it used to. Also the FPS is just like it use to. Loads now without all the extra apps and crap in the way and doesnt spaz out on menu loading. A win. I see that motion re projection was already disabled I'll leave it that way for now. Thanks -Gun

I think it does. its now natively supported. DCS no longer launches steam when I load it.

Hello after the new update DCS launches and runs just fine minus Steam VR. But now I have a few questions about some basic operations 1) My FPS feels better but I dont have access to FPSVR is there a solutions to this built in or otherwise? 2) My screen resolution is lower. DCS pixel density is still 100 but in steam VR I had Super Sampling (or whatever the hell its called now) set to like 110% Do I just boost resolution now using PD slider? 3) What about reprojection on / off /.etc?? it is using it or not? How can I tell? I dont know what guides are relevant anymore for OpenXR as I did not plan to mess with it until after my PC upgrade on a clean install but here we are. Is there something that is still correct after today patch? Thanks for the help -Gun

do you have FPSVR? What is GPU utilization on avg? What is CPU utilization? Thanks

Shouldn't water have better luminosity as well? It appears that water is nearly non reflective I can not set the gain high enough to illuminate the water. The land will be nearly completely washed out and the shoreline ends in a black void like the piece of dirt was floating in space. Based on experience it seems water should be more reflective than dirt and should be illuminated by NVG. Thoughts?

When Vr with full body tracking becomes a thing then the pilot body can be made to move with you that would be cool.

Yes ive notice this too. I fly Vr and its easy to spot. I believe it has to do with how the clouds are built. I fly with clouds on ultra quality. Just by looking at this I came to the conclusions that clouds are built on a grid matrix because that's exactly what it looks like. The most basic "cloud" is a small cube then those cubes are combined to make a larger block and those blocks are combined to make large clouds. The lines between these cubes inevitably line up and create straight lines and grid shapes. It should be visible on just about any preset. Does anyone not notice this is the real question. It was always my guess that it wasn't a "bug" but a design limitation.

I notice the shadows will now form a grid pattern sometimes in VR (not sure about 2d) Ive always noticed that the clouds look like a grid matrix. Im sure thats how they are built. I can see a small grid that makes a larger grid that makes a much larger grid. But the shadows have never made a grid patter until now. VR ultra settings for clouds.

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Vietnam map teaser at end...

Hello Most of this applies to VR but could still be useful in flat screen. Lets say you are playing online the primary issue in general is text is way too big in vr and dominates the view space. Quality of life improvements as follows 1) online chat menu needs one additional view option (Fade out after 10 seconds of inactivity. It will be immediately visible upon a new message being received then after 10 sec (even better if user could enter a time) it will fade out. As of now it takes up too much screen space. Yes it can be minimized to an envelope but now requires constant babysitting if I want to read a new message then make it go away again... We put rovers on Mars lets automate the chat window so its user friendly. 2) Through the Inferno a fan favorite as well as other servers Im sure post awacs info and general mission / server info in a text box upper right hand. Again this text is too large. It does thankfully fade out but during its stay it can easily eat up 15 to 20% of your viewspace. Can we make this font size adjustable so it can be set to user's preference? You get this and an after mission report and no **** it will eat half your view space. 3) The overlays on the f-10 map are a total Charlie Foxtrot the map is entirely clutter icons are too big text is running into other text. Again any way to scale text and icon sizes for the f10 map would be wonderful. (maybe a live scale so icons and text would scale with zoom to avoid total domination of each other. Thanks for your consideration.

Ive noticed this as well. I assumed it was the lights but they aren't even visible in VR above 25 or 30k feet. They did all this work but there is no visible change in common scenarios due to draw distance just like before Its just a sea of blackness. If they aren't being drawn why would they still be effecting performance? Is it doing all the calculations for it so that it can produce the effect but then doesn't bother to actually draw the image?

Anyone having issue with ground crew not hooking up? Online, TTI server with super carrier. Never ever been an issue before (as long as another jet isn't occupying a next door cat) Ground crew dont acknowledge my jet in front of them like the captain of the Exxon Valdez didn't see Alaska floating out there in front of him. Tried F8 menu several times no Acknowledgement. (ive maybe once had to use the F8 menu in the past and it did work) Not today!

The PG lighting looks great down low. I fly VR and even with extreme view distance the lighting is only drawn to about 5 miles making it a non factor in VR. Any word if this is being address in the next update or is that a dcs 3.0 addition? Thanks -Gun

yeah thats what makes doing this on your own almost impossible without some type of collective knowledge to narrow down results. There's literally a million things it could be and they all depend on each other to a degree and there's no easy way to just pull software offline and divide the issue that way. Google and proper key words will do that for you though and will message forums.

Thanks for your help guys. I think I got it sorted. I ran DDU and almost seemed to fix the issue until I did a restart then back to the same ol crap... Hum okay lets read on to the next easiest thing to check. BitMaster had a brilliant idea of using google and suggested I wasn't the only one with this problem. Taking a page from his book I also found topics that exactly describe my issue. Reading though those the easiest check was MSI afterburner. Someone said that it had reset power limits to 25% I was like WTF no way well AB is just 2 clicks away and sure as <profanity> it was at 25% **** that software im not even sure why I still have it. I set that back to 100% and saved the settings its solid now. Im pretty sure that was the issue. Thanks -Gun

Hello 3090 win 10 most of the system is about 4 years old the GPU is less than a year old. Was fine until a few weeks ago. I dont recall making any changes. The GPU fails to ramp up power / load when a task is asked of it (like DCS or a GPU benchmark) I can run Heaven benchmark and get 30fps and see no increase in board power from the gpu. I reinstall the driver and I get 300 fps and 100% gpu load and board power goes from 120 to 380w. Everything is fine until I shutdown the pc or sleep or restart and its back to the same 30 fps in Heaven and DCS reports FPSVr at 99% gpu load and 8fps. This is not limited to VR and seems to be not related to VR. any suggestions appreciated. Thanks

Depends on the person I guess. I run my Reverb G2 and 105% because 35-40FPS bothers me less than fuzzy display / shimmer. I found I dont really need AA at those resolutions. with whatever 200ish FOV they are saying the pimax 12k will run I bet you'll want all the resolution you can get to fill that display...probably

I have not noticed any significant change it appears fine to me. I fly Vr. Night / day /dusk /dawn all seem okay

agreed.. I dont expect them to improve any time soon. Maybe after multi core / vulkan but not expecting much.

Thanks for the feedback guys this is helpful I plan on 13th gen somday Thanks

Im looking at ddr5 memory and had questions about how the primary Speed say 6400 and its timings say 32,39,39 would compare to say 7800 at 36,46,46 if I wanted compare speed how do we go about this to get something close to real world performance? we have something listed at 6400 with faster timings vs something faster like 7800 with slower timings. Is there a single value we can look at to see how they would compare I doubt that speed (6400) alone would be a good judge of speed a 7800 might sound fast but how bad does it get beat up by sloppier timings? Is all 6400 going to deliver more real world performance than 6000? Within a speed range say 7000 is there a timing value that is more important than the other 2? could we say that 6800 32,45,45 would beat 6800 34,45,45?

is the draw distance still very short for you guys as well? Im flying vr but have vis range set to extreme and whatever changes were made to PG are non existent as far as I can tell. With NVG on I can see all these cities but when I take them off its just blackness only lights directly below are visible the draw distance is probably about 10 to 15 miles tops. Is this expected? Thanks

Just wanted to let you guys know the new cable arrived and so far is working excellent. The power switch is a nice feature. Thanks again for the help

What should I be looking for in PG lighting improvements? My main issue was the draw distance was so close that at 40k feet only cities directly under you were visible so unless you banked the plane you were always in a sea of darkness. This looks the same even at "extreme" Im getting about 15miles of visibility before lighting fades to black. Is there any settings I should double check? This is also with Vr