Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[=DECOY=]

I think I mentioned this a while back but... Outside of the Oculus changes it still feels like ED has been doing stuff in the background. I swear I had not changed any of my settings a while back and I got on after a couple of ED updates and it just looked.... better. So whether it's all in my head or something was really done, who cares I guess. :) Keep it up ED. :)

 

Granted I bumped up to a 1080 but I'm running 1.5 at pd 2.0 and almost everything on high and it's smooth as silk. Also, did they make the sprites smaller on model enlargement large? I feel like they are now, but with the current state of the game I pretty much don't even need labels at all anymore. Just a quick zoom and I can spot almost everything on the ground and in the air.

Can you print screen your settings buddy, i would love to see what settings your using ;)

[SageOT]

Can you print screen your settings buddy, i would love to see what settings your using ;)

 

Textures: High, Terrain Textures: High, Civ Traffic: Off, Water: Medium, Visib Range: High, Heat Blur: Off, Shadows: Medium, Res. of Cockpit Displays: 256, MSAA: Off, HDR: On, Depth of Field: Off, Lens Effects: None

 

Clutter: 1000

Trees Visibility: 10000

Preload Radius: 140677

Anisotropic Filtering: 4x

Flat Terrain Shadows: On...

Pixel Density-2.0

 

Did I exaggerate? I honestly don't know much about this stuff. I just put it on what looks good without stutters. :unsure:

[=DECOY=]

Textures: High, Terrain Textures: High, Civ Traffic: Off, Water: Medium, Visib Range: High, Heat Blur: Off, Shadows: Medium, Res. of Cockpit Displays: 256, MSAA: Off, HDR: On, Depth of Field: Off, Lens Effects: None

 

Clutter: 1000

Trees Visibility: 10000

Preload Radius: 140677

Anisotropic Filtering: 4x

Flat Terrain Shadows: On...

Pixel Density-2.0

 

Did I exaggerate? I honestly don't know much about this stuff. I just put it on what looks good without stutters. :unsure:

Not at all.. thank you for the info, they look like good settings ;) i have similar settings to yours except your pixel is higher. I may have a go at increasing mine..

 

Thank you again :)

[Cibit]

Guys I wonder if you can advise. I have just reinstalled windows and finally got my USB3 card running with the correct drivers. I have a GTX970 and an i7 920 with 12Gb Ram. will I need anything else to run the rift on my machine?

[=DECOY=]

Guys I wonder if you can advise. I have just reinstalled windows and finally got my USB3 card running with the correct drivers. I have a GTX970 and an i7 920 with 12Gb Ram. will I need anything else to run the rift on my machine?

 

Hi, can i ask have you checked to see if you PC is ready for VR?

 

The memory if fine

The GPU will run the Rift on low settings.

 

My only question is the CPU. the min recommendation is a Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater

 

i dont know your card all that well, so i would recommend running the test below.

 

here is the link

https://support.oculus.com/1633938460220125/

[Cibit]

Thanks I ran it and it failed on the processor:huh: I will retry after I set the O/C back again. Still installing drivers and stuff from a clean instal:)

[hansangb]

The new Async Space warp helps a great deal. That test is probably not accounting for that.

[DerekSpeare]

Guys I wonder if you can advise. I have just reinstalled windows and finally got my USB3 card running with the correct drivers. I have a GTX970 and an i7 920 with 12Gb Ram. will I need anything else to run the rift on my machine?

 

You'd likely benefit from the ASW, and to use that you need Win 8+.

[joebloggs]

You'd likely benefit from the ASW, and to use that you need Win 8+.

 

How do you switch this on? I've just started playing DCS again and have no idea what this is or how to turn it on?

[Frusheen]

How do you switch this on? I've just started playing DCS again and have no idea what this is or how to turn it on?

 

https://amp.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/56af3t/detailed_stepbystep_guide_to_enabling_asw_through/d8hodir

 

It really does give a massive boost in performance. Once you don't get greedy with your settings afterwards and ensure you stay over the 45fps threshold (use RCtrl Pause to check) it really looks just as good as full 90fps to me. Drop below 45fps and things get very ugly and sickening very quickly. I'm now running shadows which I could never do before.

[joebloggs]

@Frusheen - I'll try it out but is this something I will need if I'm using a Geforce 1080? Will I see a difference even using this card? Thanks!

[hansangb]

I have the Titan X (non-pascal) and I can see a big difference. Feel free to crank the visuals to the HIGH setting! :)

[joebloggs]

@hansangb - I'm still not sure how to use this after reading frusheen instructions? I have made two reg files one for On and another for off, because I'm not sure what it means when it says: "To turn ASW off use the same .reg file and repeat the steps 3-5?" How do I use the same file to turn it on then off without first editing it in note pad and creating the file again? That's why I made two files so that I don't have to do this? Am I missing something here?

 

When I press the ctrl and num keys they don't seem to do anything is this because I have made two reg files one for off and another for on?

Edited October 15, 2016 by joebloggs

[Frusheen]

@hansangb - I'm still not sure how to use this after reading frusheen instructions? I have made two reg files one for On and another for off, because I'm not sure what it means when it says: "To turn ASW off use the same .reg file and repeat the steps 3-5?" How do I use the same file to turn it on then off without first editing it in note pad and creating the file again? That's why I made two files so that I don't have to do this? Am I missing something here?

 

When I press the ctrl and num keys they don't seem to do anything is this because I have made two reg files one for off and another for on?

 

There's no need for two files. Did you add (merge) the lines to your registry? Take your time and re read the instructions. Editing your registry wrong can cause serious issues with your PC. You can see if it's enabled in the oculus log files. You will also know by using the ctrl numpad shortcuts in game and turning on the frame rate monitor. With it on you should be locked at 45fps and off you should be st 90fps.

Edited October 15, 2016 by Frusheen

[hansangb]

@hansangb - I'm still not sure how to use this after reading frusheen instructions? I have made two reg files one for On and another for off, because I'm not sure what it means when it says: "To turn ASW off use the same .reg file and repeat the steps 3-5?" How do I use the same file to turn it on then off without first editing it in note pad and creating the file again? That's why I made two files so that I don't have to do this? Am I missing something here?

 

When I press the ctrl and num keys they don't seem to do anything is this because I have made two reg files one for off and another for on?

 

I can make a 1 min video on how to do this. Most people have problems with the reg file method because they have "hide known extension" turned on. So instead of saving the file as fubar.reg they are really saving it as fubar.reg.txt

 

LMK if it's not working for you, and I'll record a quick video tomorrow evening.

[DB 605]

Bit stupid question, should have ask/read more before, but i already ordered oculus...so, i know my gfx and processor won't meet minimum specs and i have plan to upgrade them as soon as possible. Do i have any hopes of running dcs+OR with playable framerates? Current specs in signature...

[Eddie]

Anyone finding they can't un map the numpad 5 key from centre view? For me even though it's removed from the binding in the options DCS still takes any key presses and centres the VR viewpoint.

[Bushmanni]

Bit stupid question, should have ask/read more before, but i already ordered oculus...so, i know my gfx and processor won't meet minimum specs and i have plan to upgrade them as soon as possible. Do i have any hopes of running dcs+OR with playable framerates? Current specs in signature...

 

I have GTX 970 and 16GB RAM but same CPU and MB. Normally my frames are between 40-80 and with Oculus it was between 30-60 and perfectly playable.

[joebloggs]

I can make a 1 min video on how to do this. Most people have problems with the reg file method because they have "hide known extension" turned on. So instead of saving the file as fubar.reg they are really saving it as fubar.reg.txt

 

LMK if it's not working for you, and I'll record a quick video tomorrow evening.

 

Not sure what LMK means :)

 

I have the file working because I can see it switching on and off in the registry when I click on the two files I created. I made two files one for off and on. The Ctrl numpad commands doesn't seem to work for me though, because when I disable ASW using ctrl Numpad 1, it still remains enabled in the Registry?

Edited October 15, 2016 by joebloggs

[NeilWillis]

LMK = Let Me Know

[DB 605]

I have GTX 970 and 16GB RAM but same CPU and MB. Normally my frames are between 40-80 and with Oculus it was between 30-60 and perfectly playable.

 

Thanks! I just bought r9 290x 8gb, i think it will run nicely then with that setup. Will upgrade CPU later.

[joebloggs]

LMK = Let Me Know

 

The video would be good then that way I'd know for sure I was doing it right. Thanks!

[joebloggs]

Can someone also please tell me how I can use the Oculus Rift to zoom in? I can't seem to find the setting or the key that does this?

[jasonstory44]

There's a keybinding under UI to zoom in VR

[minimi66]

Noticed something interesting with Mav's in VR!!

 

Hi,

 

Has anyone else noticed that in VR (Occulus in my case) there seems to no longer be a need on most occasions to slew the Mav seeker off the target in order to get it to lock onto the target and be able to get a launch cue?

 

This has happened to me numerous times in VR over the first month of having VR. On one occasion i was able to get 3 successive missiles off at a convoy of 4 vehicles without having to slew the reticle at all.

 

When i go back to flying on my monitor i have to slew the reticle off the target to get it to lock again?

 

Just wondered if anyone else had noticed this or anything similar? Or maybe i've been missing something in my previous use of Mav's? Be interested to know?