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I am happy for you too. Makes no odds to me what controls people use as long as they are enjoying the experience. The OP like many others obviously isn't happy with how the mouse controls work in the cockpit. So I've suggested some alternatives they can try by embracing the head tracking. I'm not holding my breath that the mouse and head tracking issue will be resolved any time soon

I don't really understand all the fuss about mouse controls. The VR controller works to toggle the buttons and switches in the cockpit, it's no better or worse than reaching for a mouse. Palm up is right click, palm down is left click, the line from the finger changes colour to tell you what action will be performed. I only use a gamepad as it gives me more buttons I can bind, It's like a "poor man's button box".

Look at the sig of Lange who has posted. That small print added tells me his CPU, the speed it's at and what's cooling it. The motherboard, how much Memory (RAM) and it's speed, the exact make and model of the graphics card, the monitor and VR headset, even the controllers he uses. I think the only thing missing is the case that holds the main PC parts. Lange's advice really echoes what I've already said. You don't really need a liquid cooler, good air coolers can be just as effective. We can't recommend coolers without knowing what your case can support or what you already have to be honest. In a nutshell if I was you. I'd overclock the i7K CPU with adequate cooling, providing you have a Z series motherboard. Install a Solid State Drive as you're planning to buy a hard drive anyway. Upgrade the GPU later in the year when Nvidia has the 3000 series GPUs out. If you don't own a HOTAS controller buying one would be a good idea. The Thrustmaster T16000M FCS is probably the best bang for buck joystick and throttle for DCS, they do a pack which also includes rudder pedals too.

I disable mouse in the VR tab under options so the cursor tracks to my head movement and reach for a gamepad with my left hand so I can keep my hand on the flight stick. Hardly a brilliant solution BUT the gamepad buttons do allow me to bind even more controls that aren't critical but were also not bound to my HOTAS. Under controls in the UI Layer, I've bound left D pad to LMB & right D pad as RMB. Toggle VR zoom is left shoulder button (L1/LB), this is deceiving as it's not actually a toggle you must keep the button pressed down to zoom. So I had to choose a button I could depress and still use the D pad easily. If trying to adjust a knob in the cockpit for say brightness of the HUD, you hold down the left dpad button and tilt your head to adjust the dial. I do own the Thrustmaster T16000M FCS HOTAS (with rudder pedals). It is possible for me to use the Target software to get the paddles on the throttle to work as button inputs. It's a faff as the paddles are really meant to be used for the rudder, so they're seen as an axis. Using them as button inputs has a knock on effect to the other buttons on the HOTAS though, when it becomes a virtual controller. I'll link a video where a guy shows how to do this and at the end what to do about those other buttons for those interested. If I could be bothered with all that faff, ideally I'd have the paddles really work as a toggle for VR zoom as shown in the video. Reach for the gamepad and press the dpad or whatever buttons I need OR just use the paddles as left and right mouse clicks

Your list doesn't really tell us too much to be honest. Your i7 6700K is running at stock speeds. Providing it's on a Z series motherboard it can be told to run even faster (overclocked). We don't know what cooler you have for it or the case for us to suggest an upgrade to tame an overclock. You say your Hard drive is full but not what drive it is. Hopefully it's an SSD if not it should be. If it's a "small SSD" (256-512GB) it's not difficult to add another SSD drive solely for DCS and other games. Your 1070 GPU is "okay" for VR but an upgrade would help for VR games. Personally I'd wait for Nvidia to release their 3000 series GPUs later this year before upgrading.

No worries. Honestly Voice Attack takes a little time to configure and get right BUT it's worth that effort especially for us VR users. If you don't want to pay for VAICOM PRO just yet, I can recommend D Bailey's Voice Attack profiles he's provided to our community for free.

I use Voice Attack & VAICOM PRO + AIRIO with my Rift S just using the built in mic and I have no issues. I had someone comment on one of my YT videos about VA as he was having issues, we discovered it was the external mic he was using. When I told him I just use the built in mic, he switched to that and he too said it worked great. Not trying to discredit dburne just sharing my experience. I'd say try with the built in first before purchasing anything else.

I've seen this! There's a guy called DanDe on Youtube who has a few videos on YawVR and DCS. He seems to respond to comments on his channel, if nothing else any new videos he does should be worth a watch. Long and short of it, I suspect there will be a fair bit of tweaking to get it setup correctly.

The wife comment did make me LOL. Actually I think VR is pretty cheap, if you compare it to the dedicated guys (& gals) who have 3 screens or projectors, Track IR, build their own cockpit with the HOTAS, MFDs and button boxes. When I consider the level of immersion I'm getting from a £400 HMD, I still find it surprising after many many hours in the cockpit. The 3D effect giving depth perception makes in flight refuelling so much easier. It's very difficult to try and describe the feeling of flying in VR, people really do need to experience it themselves. I do have a few videos up on Youtube BUT it doesn't do it justice as again viewers don't get the 3D effect. Whilst getting to grips with the flight model of the F14-B I took on 4 "Mig 28s". First one I splashed with a Sparrow, by the time I turned onto the 2nd Mig and acquired a lock I said "He's going to pass me" and then naturally cranked my head around as he flew past. Snapping my head back around I rolled and acquired the 3rd Mig, launching a Phoenix and seeing him explode just off to my left side. Then I bring the bird around for a Sidewinder kill and after some maneuvering I eventually get a guns kill on the final Mig. I'm sure it looks quite awesome in the video BUT actually "being there" doing it was on another level. Once I upgrade my old rig later in the year. I'm interested in removing the Rift S face plate and use a 24 inch touchscreen with Helios for better immersion controlling the switches and buttons in the cockpit. I should be able to easily glance down under the HMD and still maintain immersion as the TS Monitor accurately models the cockpit. I'm sure I can knock up some "blinders" to help block out my peripheral vision, we shall see how it goes. I've really enjoyed reading other peoples opinions, even if they did go back to a monitor after trying VR. Happy flying guys, all the best

Yeah it's a hotly debated topic. There are pros and cons to both, OLED having better blacks BUT you can get colour smudging and yes the SDE is worse. You'll notice most of the new HMDs like the Index and Reverb are LCD panels because ultimately the image quality is better. A friend of mine has a YT channel focused on VR. He has PS4 VR, owned the Original Rift, upgraded to the Rift S & has the Quest. He isn't really a "tech guy" though just a keen gamer, he is to my knowledge one of the first people to have put up a video about using Quest Link when the feature became public. His first comment was "It reminds me of the original Rift HMD". You'll see him play all PC VR titles with the Rift S and only uses the Quest to stream it's native games. So clearly he can tell the Rift S is better otherwise he'd sell it and use the Quest and Quest Link. Not bashing your purchase, just some friendly advice to you and anyone who reads this. A lot of VR games are pretty naff BUT there are some stand out exceptions. Keep an eye out for sales and of course there's the humble bundle website. I got a great deal on there a while ago for VR titles, I think it was 6 games or more for £15. The game "Moss" that was included at the time was worth more than I payed for the entire bundle. All the best with it, have fun

The Quest HMD uses an OLED panel, the Rift S is an LCD panel. The screen door effect is more noticeable on the Quest than the Rift S. I wasn't personally bothered about the portable use of the Quest, visual fidelity was more important to me and that's why I bought the Rift S. I don't want to argue with people who own the Quest BUT the Rift S has better image quality at the end of the day. The USB type A to Type C cable that comes with the Quest is USB 2, you need a USB 3 cable connected to your PC's USB 3 ports (The blue ones on your motherboard) for the Quest Link feature to work (it does NOT need to be connected to the graphics card!). Your GPU encodes the image sends it down the USB cable and the Quest HMD decodes the image. It does actually work quite well even though the Software is in Beta. Whether you want to continue with the Quest or refund it to get a Rift S is down to you and your intended uses for the VR HMD. All the best with it

Funnily enough I looked at the Rift S as a Display upgrade rather than getting a 1440P monitor. I purchased the Rift S and kept my 32inch 1080P panel and don't regret the decision. Yes it does have some screen door effect BUT you learn to look past that, being an LCD panel the SDE is not as bad as HMDs that use OLED panels. Up the Pixel Density to 1.5 and the text and gauges in the cockpit are easily read. I'd wanted VR for simulators for quite some time BUT it wasn't until the Rift S came along that I felt the visual fidelity was good enough and the price was reasonable for me to make the purchase. I don't just use the Rift S for sims, I watch movies (even 3D ones), play old skool light gun games with the headset and touch controllers, use virtual desktop to use my windows desktop. I'm always looking for ways to get more bang for my buck out of the kit I own. I don't want to discredit what Hawkeye has said above HOWEVER...My current sim rig is an i7 2600K (@4.5GHz) 12GB 1866MHz RAM & a 980Ti, a pretty good rig back in the day but is starting to show it's age now. It took some tweaking with mods and using the Oculus Tray Tool BUT I have very acceptable performance in DCS Single Player with the Rift S now. Honestly no I can't go back to using a monitor for sims now, I'd still rather enjoy the VR experience I currently can manage. Obviously I do want a better system and yes I agree with Hawkeye's recommendations. I will do the upgrade later in the year though, once the Nvidia 3000 series GPUs launch and possibly when AMD & Intel have their new CPUs available to purchase. There is always something new coming out and on the horizon BUT I still think we do need to use some savvy when choosing the time to upgrade. Sorry for the wall of text but hopefully my experience helps you out. All the best with it