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Thanks for all the responses and I am off to try some of these things now. I have tried, as Supmua suggested in his earlier post, to reset the Aero and then turn off OpenVR. Neither of these proved successful (but thank you - all logical things). I am not using the Open XR mod so I will try Don's suggestion next. I am not as technically fluent or as capable as most of you so I am going to try the simpler stuff first. I would just love to get it running in SteamVR again first and then later I can look into the OpenXR stuff (given that I get it working that is).

Thanks for your help Supmua... but nothing seemed to change. I hope it is not something dumb I am doing. I created a new shortcut and in it I set the target to: "C:\Games\DCS World\bin\DCS.exe" --force_steam_vr (I made sure to include a space and then 2 dashes) The game runs but I do not see steamvr load and everything still looks screwed up. I then started steamvr myself before launching DCS but that did nothing either.

On Sunday my Aero gave me a warning message that it was overheating (yikes). I shut it down immediately and left it for many hours. When I tried it later the thing was dead as a doornail. Long story short I contacted support (twice) and they have never acknowledged my support requests and never have gotten back to me. I finally found a note under “Misc” on their site that said the unit must be physically unplugged after this happens. So I did and it now seems to work again… except my DCS is all screwed up (other sims work fine). When I started DCS I noticed that on my 2D monitor there are now 2 images, one on top of the other, with what looks like a fold in the middle of each (I have always just had one image before). The next thing that happened is that when DCS came up the WMR Debug window automatically opened. I shut DCS down and tried it again and the same thing happened. I went into the sim and the picture in the game is not right. It looks like the resolution has dropped substantially and there are blurred horizontal lines running across the screen. I have no idea what is happening. I tried the "Swap Eye" setting in the WMR screen but that did nothing. I should also note that this was the first time I tried DCS after the overheating happened and DCS did do an update to the latest stable version. I do not see anyone else on the forums talking about anything like this so I am assuming this is not a stable DCS update issue but I could be wrong. Anyone have any suggestions as to what to try? I have changed no other settings in the game and when I looked all settings look the same as before. My VR settings in the Varjo Base software are all the same also - nothing has changed. Thanks for any help or advice. Update: it is not 2 screen images I see on the 2D monitor it is 4 (2 top and 2 bottom and they do not look aligned). On closer look this may well be an update issue related to the new stable release (not an overheating Aero side-effect). I note that the application is now making a Varjo Aero.lua in the Saved Games\DCS folder and not a hedi.lua as it used to when I use the WMR Debug tool so something has changed in regards to the Aero.

Don, I originally added the "recovery tool = true" line to the autoexec.cfg so I could use the WMR Debug tool to swap top and bottom. Since then the WMR Debug tool does not show up. Would you mind explaining how I get it to run again so I can "unswap" them? Thanks Update... I saw your comment about deleting hedi.lua on Discord (I have not been using Discord too often) and that took care of the problem. So I have 3.5 running now and turned on the distortion profile. I tried all of my 3 main flight sims and all I can say is the Aero is the gift that keeps on giving. I have been pleased with the Aero since the day I got it and it just keeps getting better. I did have a bit of distortion initially but this took care of that. Life is GOOD!

In todays stable update changelog it noted "VR. Added Free Cam Mode". I can not see any other reference to this (sorry if I have missed it somewhere). Does anyone know what this exactly means? Thanks

I read and watched all the reviews I could and it seemed to make sense for me so I placed my order (3-4 months as dburne noted)

My first head set was the Vive. I got it when it first came out. It was a good headset for the time but it definitely had a very noticeable sweet spot as well as other well known challenges . A few years ago, when the Index was introduced, I was going to get it but it took so long to become available in my country I eventually just ended up buying a Rift S. I now have had my eye on a G2 for quite some time and recently even a Vive Pro 2... but my hesitation in making any purchase has been the sweet spot discussions I keep reading about. With the Rift S, for whatever reason, I have been very thankful that I do not have a sweet spot. I can look anywhere and the image is good which was a huge improvement over the Vive in that regard. I am clearly aware of the resolution and FOV advantages (as well as other things) with newer and better headsets but I keep reading that people have sweet spot issues with G2 and Vive Pro 2 and I am not sure I want to face that again. Did I just get lucky with my Rift S? Maybe the IPD and lens position is just perfect for my head, or is this just one aspect of the Rift S that was better. Are the G2 and Vive Pro 2 sweet spot concerns as valid as they seem to be or am I reading too much into this. Thanks for any input.

Hi Clogger... No, I purposefully do not use open beta releases. I prefer to wait until a version is fully baked before I jump in... so yes, this was the first time I saw the clouds. I use a 3090 and i9-11900, 32 Gb, fast SSD and Rift S. My all around experience with 2.7 has been great in VR in almost all regards, hence my one word description to open this thread. I am not experiencing some of the downsides that others seem to be encountering with clouds, performance etc.

Spectacular!

Thanks Supmua... I think I might jump in also then

My first headset was an original Vive with base stations (1.0) and controllers. Does anyone happen to know that if I get the new Vive Pro 2 headset would I still be able to use the original controllers and base stations or would I need to buy newer ones. Thanks

Now THAT is a plane I want to own!

Thanks for the good comments... I cycle my machines so my 9900/2080ti machine will become my 2d desktop machine (replacing my 1080 based machine) and the new machine becomes my VR machine (attached to a cockpit etc.). So the 9900 will still be in action just not with DCS anymore and I will need a new CPU. Your comments do clarify that I may not gain a bunch CPU-wise from the 11900 however, as manashttu pointed out, there may be some single core advantage. Is it correct that DCS is still pretty much dependent on single core capability (please correct me if I am wrong). As a DCS user (and a MSFS 2020 user) buying a new VR machine and the only options listed are 11th gen processors it seemed to me that it was a choice between the F and KF. Also, in the past I have not OC my machines so, as LANGE pointed out, the F model may make sense even though it looks like its single and multi core performance out of the box is a little below the KF

I am in the process of buying an Intel/Nvidia based PC and would like some knowledgeable CPU advice please. I currently have a i9-9900K/2080ti setup and I am looking at a i9-11900/3090 combination. The question is do I want a 11900F or 11900KF? The KF is obviously faster but requires liquid cooling in the solution I am looking at. The KF does multi-threaded better but single-threaded performance seems fairly comparable. The 2 sims I use most are DCS and MSFS 2020 (single? multi? threaded). So would either of these sims take serious advantage of the KF or would the F be a reasonable choice. Input is appreciated. Thanks

I have noticed that a fair number of people in the VR forums seems to have Nvidia 30xx cards. I am assuming most of us are on the same planet so I am curious as to how people are getting them (I am obviously one of many who want one, a 3090, and can't find one). Are you: 1) Just plain lucky or had perfect timing somewhere 2) Paying scalper prices 3) Buying a pre-built system (Alienware, Asus etc.) that comes with one and they are actually successfully shipping with them 4) Other? Thanks for your comments.

Thanks Thinder... Looks like a good product. So would it be any problem socket wise if I went with two SAMSUNG V-NAND SSD 970 EVO Plus SSDs? One 2 TB SSD to hold DCS and other and then 1 256 MB SSD to hold the OS. Anything I would need to specify motherboard wise for sockets or would any good top of the line new motherboard have what I need?

OK… new VR machine time and I am starting to think what to get for drives. Capacity is the first consideration and then types of SSD and vendor. My requirements for storage: - I use DCS and have nearly all modules (and will continue to get most new modules) - I use the “big” civilian flight sim (Premium Deluxe - and get a ton of add-ons) - I use the other WW2/WW1 flight sim and have all the modules (and will continue to get most modules) - Couple of VR racing sims - A scattering of others VR apps like Alyx (maybe 4-5 apps) - Speed of course is valued and price, while always a consideration, is not a major factor So my initial thought was to go 256-2 (256 GB SSD for the OS and then a 2 TB SSD for the rest). Any advantage to other sizes and configurations? I am assuming I want PCIe NVMe. Any reason to consider others? Any vendors to gravitate to or from? Thanks for your input.

Thanks kindly... I am off to try it!

The following question concerns the lighting in DCS in VR, specifically during the daytime. I have had this issue for a long time and can't seem to get to a happy place. I am using the latest stable build of DCS and a Rift S. If I set the gamma to 1.0 the outside world looks great but the cockpits in general are too dark (some more so than others). As I start to increase the gamma value the cockpits start to lighten a bit but the outside world becomes bleached very quickly (very bright and washed out). I can not get the gamma much passed 1.3 without the world looking horrible (especially Syria and Persian Gulf). The best balance I can get is around 1.1 but the cockpits, even with the internal cockpits lights on during the day, are still too dark. I have tried "Global Cockpit Illumination" both on and off and it really does not seem to make much difference. I do not experience this in any other flight or driving sims. Is there anything else I can try or am I tweaking all there is to tweak? Any input appreciated.

I love the era... I love the plane... and I love that you are doing 4 versions. I wish you all the best in your continued development and look forward to the day I get to fly these.

Thanks for the responses... speed-of-heat - Given that I am not overly knowledgeable in this area mind if I just try and clarify what you saying. I am assuming you mean the switch is just in the WMR configuration software that comes with the product. Does that mean that if I duplicate the sound to the desktop from the headset that after plugging in the G2 normally that I could just plug the 3.5mm input jack from the ButtKicker to the 3.5mm sound connector on my computer and the sound generated from my 1 sound card will go to both the G2 and the ButtKicker? Gruman - I will also look into Voicemeter. Thanks to you both

I am strongly interested in purchasing a G2 but one problem has me stumped. I currently use a Rift S with DCS... and I also have a Buttkicker attached to my cockpit. The Rift S has a 3.5mm jack input so I plug a 3.5mm cable into it with a splitter. I plug my headphones into one of the splitters and I plug my Buttkicker into the other. Presto... I have sound and haptics coming from one sound source which is the Rift S headset (simple and works wonderfully). However the G2 has no 3.5mm jack input and no way that I can see to get a separate audio signal. So if anyone knows how I would accomplish this with the G2 could you please let me know. Even if I had 2 separate sound sources (i.e. 2 sound cards, which I do not have) how can you tell Windows 10 to send sound from both of them at the same time. Not sure if you can even configure that in Windows? Thanks for any help you can provide.

"Facebook Face"... I love it. That is what I will refer to it from now on!

Yes... a big +1 also

Thanks Don... your comments are reasonable and I just wish I was one of the folks who were enjoying it.