Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[cmeliak]

Gents,

I joined VR family this christmas and it is realy awsome. After all this flat screen years (32 years :) ), just great experience.

I would like to ask you to support me with one topic. I cannot really see planes, dots starts to be visible in like 900 m distance.

My visibility setting is as recommended in the Jabbers movie ..

Thank you

[=DECOY=]

Gents,

I joined VR family this christmas and it is realy awsome. After all this flat screen years (32 years :) ), just great experience.

I would like to ask you to support me with one topic. I cannot really see planes, dots starts to be visible in like 900 m distance.

My visibility setting is as recommended in the Jabbers movie ..

Thank you

What is your PD set to. The lower the number to easier it is to spot enemy aircraft dude

 

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[cmeliak]

Hi Ravens

I set PD to 1.7

[Jabbers_]

Hi Ravens

I set PD to 1.7

 

Try 1.4-1.5, spotting in general is just tough in VR though. But to be fair, its tough IRL too ;) The more PD you have, the more blurred small dots will become, so there is a fine balance to clarity and visibility. Trade-off for VR right now, immersion over visibility I suppose. Also, try 2.0 if you have it, object LOD is a bit better at distances vs 1.5

[Mr_sukebe]

Try 1.4-1.5, spotting in general is just tough in VR though. But to be fair, its tough IRL too ;) The more PD you have, the more blurred small dots will become, so there is a fine balance to clarity and visibility. Trade-off for VR right now, immersion over visibility I suppose. Also, try 2.0 if you have it, object LOD is a bit better at distances vs 1.5

 

...and then just to rub it in, monitor users get some ridiculously good zoom capability. Does make multiplayer combat a bit one sided from an aircraft identification point of view.

[junior_g]

Quick question: is it normal not to have a mouse cursor in the SU-25T (free version) in VR? It works fine in the P51 (free version). I have tried all sorts of combinations with the mouse settings in the VR settings, deleted config file, verified integrity of game files in Steam, LAlt+C and Alt+Enter for fullscreen, all to no avail in the SU-25T.

 

Would a move to 1.5 or 2.0 fix this?

 

And finally, I am looking into investing in the Albatros, or maybe the F5 tiger. Do those have working mouse cursors in VR?

 

Best regards,

Phil

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Quick question: is it normal not to have a mouse cursor in the SU-25T (free version) in VR? It works fine in the P51 (free version).

 

Yes. The SU-25 doesn't have a clickable cockpit, so no cursor.

[Johnny Dioxin]

 

And finally, I am looking into investing in the Albatros, or maybe the F5 tiger. Do those have working mouse cursors in VR?

 

Best regards,

Phil

 

The aircraft that don't have clickable cockpits are the Flaming Cliffs ones - including the FC aircraft that can be bought separately (and the Su-25T, which was originally an FC aircraft).

 

So everything else has an interactive, clickable cockpit.

Edited December 30, 2017 by Brixmis
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[junior_g]

I see. Thanks a lot guys, for clarifying!

[cmeliak]

hey guys,all recommended settings doesnt really hepls to have normal visibility. I can see B17 from like 700 m distance but not really like before on the stupid flat screen. hmmm

I guess i need to read this forum from top to bottom

[cmeliak]

stupid question, is there any influence on the graphic resolution in the Oculus from my flat screen? any additional setup required?

[dburne]

stupid question, is there any influence on the graphic resolution in the Oculus from my flat screen? any additional setup required?

 

Not really, the Oculus resolution is what it is.

 

Some believe they may get a little better performance by lowering the monitor resolution over it's default, I have tried it and really can not see any perceivable difference myself. So I just leave my monitor at it's native resolution.

[Phantom88]

hey guys,all recommended settings doesnt really hepls to have normal visibility. I can see B17 from like 700 m distance but not really like before on the stupid flat screen. hmmm

I guess i need to read this forum from top to bottom

 

Hello friend,If you mean The VR presets in the options menu you can start there,and work your way adjusting to get a suitable balance of good resolution and good performance for your PC.It's not perfect,but once you hit that "sweet spot" of balance it's a lot of fun,Hope this helps and Happy New Year!!:thumbup:

[hansangb]

Also, keep in mind that Rift (or any other VR HMD) has a small sweet spot. So make sure you around the HMD and adjust the straps. But it'll never be as clear as 1440, 3840 monitors.

[Mr_Burns]

I play 1920x1080 on single monitor (with MFDs on second screen) and enjoy my game, Im in no hurry to buy a 4k monitor, you dont miss what you havnt had right?

 

But I really want to buy VR, have an old R9 200 paired with a 4.4ghx 2600K - seems I could possible run a Rift with a 1070Ti and the old 2600?

 

What do you think, I keep building panels for a cockpit but recently one of the cockpit builders sold his rig as he got VR.

 

I like the idea of a set up with Rift to play both racing and flight sims.

 

This resolution stuff has me second guessing though, is it really an issue? Its not like an Amiga or Atari ST? Its just like turning your monitor resolution down?

[Mr_sukebe]

I used to have a 1070 with my i5 2500, it was fine, and the experience is awesome.

As it happens, my 1070 died whilst under warranty. Replaced for not much more with a 1080, which is even better.

[Johnny Dioxin]

Yup - my old rig was an i5 2500k at 4.3GHz and a GTX970 and it ran DCS World just fine in VR

[Cibit]

My even older 920 was able to run VR fine with an O/C of 3.9 and a 970

I noticed the difference immediately when I upgraded though. The 1070 is a game changer or the 1080 if you can stretch to it :)

Lack of USB 3 ports will be your biggest challenge if you have non it will cost an expansion card

[Haukka81]

And rift sensors works just fine in usb2 , i have all sensors in USB 2 ports now and zero diffrence vs USB 3 ports , no matter how hard i test. Rift is in USB 3 but works in USB 2 if needed. (Least in my high end mobo)

 

 

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[Mr_Burns]

My even older 920 was able to run VR fine with an O/C of 3.9 and a 970

I noticed the difference immediately when I upgraded though. The 1070 is a game changer or the 1080 if you can stretch to it :)

Lack of USB 3 ports will be your biggest challenge if you have non it will cost an expansion card

 

Good call, I don't have any left, either USB 2 or 3!

 

Need to look into that.

[MA_Goblin]

I have this card. It's the recommended one and I have no problems at all.

Let windows install the drivers on it's own (win 10 Fall Creators Update).

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inateck-KTU3FR-5O2I-expansion-ports-black/dp/B00FPIMJEW/ref=pd_bxgy_63_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=B18XY5CJPHKJPKF0B7A7

[FlyBoyd]

Hello guys! VR noob question here. I installed the oculus just fine and is working beautifully. I try to start DCS but all I have is the small screen on my monitor but nothing is showing in the rift. What am I missing?

[Cibit]

In settings go to vr tab and click on use vr headset. Try running with the vr preset and adjust according to your system.

Enjoy your going to be blown away:)

[dburne]

In addition make sure you have enabled unknown apps in the Oculus Home software.

[GurbY]

After testing a DK2 about two years ago (and I LOVED DCS on it...) I recently bought a CV1. Immersion is as I remembered; really great.

I do have a question though. I would like to map left-mouse click to the little pan-control button on the TMWH throttle (the one you use to steer the A-10C TGP). Is there a way to do that? In that way I could easily look around in the cockpit and just press that little button for a left-mouse click...

 

Oh, and another one... is it possible to make two shortcuts, one for DCS with, and one for DCS without VR?

Edited January 2, 2018 by GurbY