Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[dburne]

No way could I got back to monitor and Track IR, loving my Rift too much.

[Rocky49]

No way could I got back to monitor and Track IR, loving my Rift too much.

 

Me too! Had an issue with my rift in June and could not use it, tried going back to TR5. It is terrible after the freedom of VR.

[hansangb]

Am I the only one who loves the Rift and VR in general but find it more difficult to play DCS seriously with it. Things like keyboard commands, 9 line briefs are a PITA to deal with with the Rift on. I think I'm going back to my TIR 5 and save the Rift for other VR games and less serious flying in DCS.

 

It's harder. I think a lot of us compensate with full hotas (that's a given) but also with a real kneeboard. You can jot things down peeking through the bridge of the nose. And finally giving commands through voiceattack/vaicom.

[witwas]

If you fly helos (like i do most of the time) there is no going back. landing spot on becomes child play. I can now even fly backwards like i have done nothing else in my life.

 

Had to use screens + trackir again because i got stuck in a mission (not able to fly in smoke with vr). I crashed several times

[giei]

How to hide the VR small cyan cross?

[hansangb]

You can check the "use mouse" in the UI layer, IIRC. The UI layer is in the drop down box in the control setup menu. The same drop down you use to pick which airplane you wan to modify (the controls). UI layer is at the bottom of that list.

[Colmillo]

Hello everyone, I am a new user of Oculus Rift, and I'm looking for a good advice to configure this wonderful piece of art.

I'm change all the parameter, but it's seems that nothing happens, and I see the cockpits same as High resolution or VR (in DCS configurations).

Does anybody find the correct parameters in nvidia and in the DCS worlds?

Thanks in advance

[hansangb]

Are you saying that when you click on the VR preset, it goes back to something else?

[Colmillo]

Are you saying that when you click on the VR preset, it goes back to something else?

No, I am trying to say if I click VR or HIGH preset, I dont see any difference. A few moments ago I tryed Oculus Tray Tool, and I cannot see difference at all, maybe I am not using all the settings in a proper way, for that reason I am asking for help, I think that there are a lot of pilots whose spend hours of hours (like me) and one of them catch the right configiguration.

[Cibit]

@ Colmillo

The Nvidia software wont affect DCS visuals with the rift. Leave them to default.

Also MSAA causes problems of low FPS with this latest build. It is difficult to get smooth and pretty gameplay with 2.1 until we see more optomisation.

The new 1.5.7 on the other hand is looking a lot nicer and allows more eye candy for less performance hit. This is purely my perspective on it though and if possible try to tweak the settings until you get a satisfactory experience. Still cannot go back to 2d whatever the limitations are currently.

 

FYI I use the VR preset for 2.1 and crank most stuff to high, max or ultra in 1.5.7 and a Pixel density of 1.5 for both builds

Edited July 24, 2017 by Cibit

[Colmillo]

@ Colmillo

The Nvidia software wont affect DCS visuals with the rift. Leave them to default.

Also MSAA causes problems of low FPS with this latest build. It is difficult to get smooth and pretty gameplay with 2.1 until we see more optomisation.

The new 1.5.7 on the other hand is looking a lot nicer and allows more eye candy for less performance hit. This is purely my perspective on it though and if possible try to tweak the settings until you get a satisfactory experience. Still cannot go back to 2d whatever the limitations are currently.

 

FYI I use the VR preset for 2.1 and crank most stuff to high, max or ultra in 1.5.7 and a Pixel density of 1.5 for both builds

Thank you Cibit

I will follow your advice

[aceviper]

Just had another "wow holy sh***t" moment in the rift after the free flight night in the Huey.dcs1.57 :megalol:

The only downside is the washed out sky and banding.

What do you guys use for contrast/brightness/gamma adjustment in the rift??

Or can these be adjusted at all in VR??

[Cibit]

I plugged my monitor into the HDMI slot replacing the rift cable. Then there is an option available in the Nvidia control panel whereby you can adjust Digital vibrance and Hue. (Its the adjust desktop colour tab.) Replace the monitor HDMI with the rift one and it will keep the adjusted settings.

[aceviper]

Will try..thanks Cibit.

[aceviper]

The hue didnt seem to work Cibit as I set it in stark grey.

Set digital vibrance to 40% and that seems to make the pixels less glowy.

Or it could be just placebo to my ageing eyes!"

 

Edit: had digital vibrance set to 0% but ti seems to affect the 3d effect so I will leave at 40%

Edited July 24, 2017 by aceviper

[Cibit]

Thank you Cibit

I will follow your advice

 

I have gone and tweaked the VR preset a little and the game looks better without a performance hit. Terrain and textures set to high, flat shadows and flat terrain shadows. VD high. Also have max preload radius, max grass and trees are a higher value too.

Happy tweaking :)

 

@aceviper, its a relatively easy tweak that can be played with if neccessary. hope it helps a bit :)

[aceviper]

I have gone and tweaked the VR preset a little and the game looks better without a performance hit. Terrain and textures set to high, flat shadows and flat terrain shadows. VD high. Also have max preload radius, max grass and trees are a higher value too.

Happy tweaking :)

 

@aceviper, its a relatively easy tweak that can be played with if neccessary. hope it helps a bit :)

 

Would you care to share it Cibit:D

[Cibit]

You mean the settings?

[westr]

Apologies if this has already been asked but does Oculus touch work in DCS. I have touch as part of the deal when I purchased from amazon. Got the Rift the other day and Love it and think it's wonderful with DCS, and have the touch being delivered today.

[johnco61]

You can see them as a pair of gloves in the sim but can’tuse them for anything yet. It’s a bit of a pain sometimes when they are picked up for some reason when sitting on a shelf in my room and appear floating outside the cockpit

 

So keep them out of sight when in DCS!!

[westr]

You can see them as a pair of gloves in the sim but can’tuse them for anything yet. It’s a bit of a pain sometimes when they are picked up for some reason when sitting on a shelf in my room and appear floating outside the cockpit

 

So keep them out of sight when in DCS!!

 

Ok thanks for the tip.

[rrohde]

Question: With VR (Rift, specifically), does pressing Alt+Enter for fullscreen make a difference as it did with a 2D monitor? If so, what does it do for VR?

[VirusAM]

Question: With VR (Rift, specifically), does pressing Alt+Enter for fullscreen make a difference as it did with a 2D monitor? If so, what does it do for VR?

 

 

 

Honestly don't seem to make a difference for me (but in order to be sure one should disable asw) but i do it as well because otherwise i have problem with mouse

[funkyfranky]

I've asked the same question some time ago. Answer was that it did not make a difference for the people who replied and my own experience. Could have changed meanwhile. But I would be surprised to see an effect in VR. But then again, I'm also surprised that it makes a significant difference in 2D ;) Would be interesting to figure out why actually...

[rrohde]

Good to know. Thanks for the info, guys!