Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[Hounddawg]

Hey all, thought I would try here for some advice. I am running 20 FPS on empty MP maps, 40 FPS in missions with my rift s and want to maximize my experience. Running 2070 super, i7 4770 OC to 4.5 ghz, 16 gb ram. My frames don't change at all when I max or min my settings. Any thoughts? PD set at 1.0 and everything in settings set to low off.

[BigDuke6ixx]

Hey all, thought I would try here for some advice. I am running 20 FPS on empty MP maps, 40 FPS in missions with my rift s and want to maximize my experience. Running 2070 super, i7 4770 OC to 4.5 ghz, 16 gb ram. My frames don't change at all when I max or min my settings. Any thoughts? PD set at 1.0 and everything in settings set to low off.

 

Clean install the latest graphics drivers and see what that does.

[dburne]

Clean install the latest graphics drivers and see what that does.

 

I would add:

Download latest drivers.

Uninstall current driver with Display Driver Uninstaller with PC disconnected from internet.

Reboot.

Install latest drivers choosing only driver, PhysX, and RTX stuff.

Do not install GeForce Experience.

Once installed reboot again.

Connect back to internet.

In Nvidia Control Panel, set DCS to " Prefer Maximum Performance".

[Phoenix0787]

Hey guys, just found DCS a couple of weeks ago and have to say I am absolutely loving it. Picked up the F/A-18C module since it seemed the best for a beginner and I'm finding well worth the money. I'm running into a bit of an issue trying to record video using Oculus Mirror. Everything is smooth as butter in the headset during recording, but then when I watch it back, it stutters like crazy, I'm guessing because Mirror is rendering on the fly along with the Rift itself? I'm using right eye only, time warp off, and force 1920x1080 in the Mirror properties.

 

I tried turning ground clutter down to zero and trees to 50% and that helped. Reading up a bit on this thread, should I tweak my shadows and MSAA as well? I notice a difference between low altitude BFM and high altitude, so that seems to bear out the ground rendering causing stutter theory. Check it out below.

 

High altitude, fairly smooth

 

Low altitude, super choppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQfweQUaNK4

 

Thanks!

 

EDIT

System specs

 

Mobo: Maximus XI Formula

CPU: i9 9900K OC to 5.0 GHz

GPU: RTX 2080 Ti OC to 2.1 GHz

RAM: 2x16 GB G.Skill Trident Royal running default XMP Profile for 3600 MHz

Running DCS and OBS/Oculus Mirror on SSD

Edited April 7, 2020 by Phoenix0787
Added system specs

[stormrider]

I know the day will come when we won't need to use that lousy Oculus Rift client app anymore. Every time I put it on, or launch a VR game, Steam or what-not, the Oculus app launches itself up, uninvited.

 

 

 

Is it already possible to use Oculus Rift CV1 system with a different, lighter, perhaps open-source application? I would love to uninstall that piece of rubbish software as soon as possible.

[Svsmokey]

Me too , if only to rid myself of forced updates . That will be a factor in my next headset selection .

[FW190]

I have an issue with my rift cv1 occasional black screen. After like 10 minutes of playing the rift without issues the screen will turn off for about a second and it comes back on. When I play and do movement i get black screen and it back on if i change my rotation sometimes stays black. Has anyone run into the same problem?

[71st_Mastiff]

I have an issue with my rift cv1 occasional black screen. After like 10 minutes of playing the rift without issues the screen will turn off for about a second and it comes back on. When I play and do movement i get black screen and it back on if i change my rotation sometimes stays black. Has anyone run into the same problem?

 

Check you’re cpu, and cpu activity. Might be over loaded.

[FW190]

Check you’re cpu, and cpu activity. Might be over loaded.

 

I just notice that my cable has twisted internally from regular use. My cable has a break but I tie-wrapped it with a loop in it at the break and it's keeping the signal on. I think i will upgrade to the Oculus Rift S cause Oculus no longer replacing CV1 cables. :(

[Rocky49]

Had to replace my cable in my rift. The original lasted around 2 years. I updated to the Rift S when it came out so don't know if the new cable on my rift would have lasted longer.:music_whistling:

[FW190]

Had to replace my cable in my rift. The original lasted around 2 years. I updated to the Rift S when it came out so don't know if the new cable on my rift would have lasted longer.:music_whistling:

 

Is it worth upgrading from a CV1 to a Rift S? what the difference u notice when u play on rift S?

 

I saw a couple of seller on Ebay offering used cable around 180$! that is insane :doh:

[Rocky49]

New cable was 149 direct from oculus. Rift S is much better than Rift. I'm currently averaging 52 FMP on most maps. New channel map around 40, down to low 30s but that map is WIP

[FW190]

New cable was 149 direct from oculus. Rift S is much better than Rift. I'm currently averaging 52 FMP on most maps. New channel map around 40, down to low 30s but that map is WIP

 

That sounds great! Thank you for responding.:thumbup:

[streakeagle]

When Rift first came out, you could disable the oculus app from starting and still play DCS. But they patched that capability away.

 

I have been experimenting with the Ultraleap Leap Motion VR hand tracking and it won't work with Oculus, so I have to force SteamVR to see my hands in-game. So now I have not one, but two VR apps running plus the leap motion driver and if I use DCSLeap, then I have four things running just while playing DCS World. I would love it if VR was more like a mouse, monitor, or HOTAS where you don't need any interposing apps to use them. But the VR people need to market their games and Oculus is kind of the Apple of VR: they want you in their environment using their software not just selling you the hardware.

[dburne]

Oculus Home just fades to grey when a game is started anyway.

It does not run whilst the game does. Same with Steam VR.

[Motomouse]

I have a post to make you Oculus Rift users happy.

 

The cable on my Reverb started dying today.

 

I asked my son friendly to hand me back my trusty CV1. He complied ;-)

 

I was in kind of a bad mood and not expecting much. But damn, it is not bad at all to be back in the Rift.

 

Yes, the Reverb has the higher resolution.

 

Else ...

[Lange_666]

But the VR people need to market their games and Oculus is kind of the Apple of VR: they want you in their environment using their software not just selling you the hardware.

You could reverse this thought and look at it from a Steam standpoint: they want you to use SteamVR if you don't create you're own software for your VR sets. For games it's the same way. Try to find any popular race game to play outside of Steam. Good luck on your journey.

[Fascar228]

My rift screen goes black randomly

My setup

Ryzen 7 1800x

32gb ddr4 2666

1080ti

Ssd for os and DCS

 

Reinstalled Oculus updated Nvidia drivers, nothing helping!! Anyone here who can help?

[sammich318]

does anyone else see the aircraft "skipping" or double when you hit the f3 view?

-rift s

-1080

-17-9700k 5.0

-32GB ram

[dburne]

does anyone else see the aircraft "skipping" or double when you hit the f3 view?

-rift s

-1080

-17-9700k 5.0

-32GB ram

 

ASW.

You can disable it with ctrl+numpad 1 whilst in game, or using the Oculus Tray Tool. However you might induce stuttering by doing so.

[avj]

Guys Help!!

 

PC gamer and VR newbie here. System specs:

 

i7-5960X

32 GB RAM

GTX 1060 3GB

 

Oculus Rift (CV1 I guess?)

Thurstmaster HOTAS 4 system.

 

Tried DCS via steam initially, absolutely sucks, stutters etc.

 

Switched to DCS standalone, it was much better but after about 5-10 mins of play fps would drop significantly, too much stutter (unplayable).

 

Reduced DCS VR settings from 2.something to 1.5, same issue but this time slightly more playtime, then reduced it to 1.0.

 

I did not see too much drop in quality, also since I'm a newbie I was just trying out instant action missions on F15 and Su25.

 

I looked a bunch of youtube videos on how to maximize geforce settings but that did not make much difference for DCS.

 

I think (?) my PC hardware specs are decent enought but just can't make it work. Is there a good manual/video/post anyone would point me to, so that I can try DCS with appropriate settings? I tried to find online but couldn't find anything authoritative to make DCS work for a long time on VR.

 

Thanks in Advance.

[Topo]

Maybe your graphic card is the bottleneck?

[steveropa]

Guys Help!!

 

PC gamer and VR newbie here. System specs:

 

i7-5960X

32 GB RAM

GTX 1060 3GB

 

Oculus Rift (CV1 I guess?)

Thurstmaster HOTAS 4 system.

 

Tried DCS via steam initially, absolutely sucks, stutters etc.

 

Switched to DCS standalone, it was much better but after about 5-10 mins of play fps would drop significantly, too much stutter (unplayable).

 

Reduced DCS VR settings from 2.something to 1.5, same issue but this time slightly more playtime, then reduced it to 1.0.

 

I did not see too much drop in quality, also since I'm a newbie I was just trying out instant action missions on F15 and Su25.

 

I looked a bunch of youtube videos on how to maximize geforce settings but that did not make much difference for DCS.

 

I think (?) my PC hardware specs are decent enought but just can't make it work. Is there a good manual/video/post anyone would point me to, so that I can try DCS with appropriate settings? I tried to find online but couldn't find anything authoritative to make DCS work for a long time on VR.

 

Thanks in Advance.

I was successful with a similar setup, although from what im seeing on these fora is that I am not as demanding as many. I was getting about 20-30 fps with somewhere between the "high" preset and the "vr" preset. I did end up upgrading to RTX2060, but only to go from good to better. by 2.something to 1.5, are you referring to pixel density? Also, it depends on which map. channel map is brutal, I was getting between 1 and 5 fps on my usual settings.

[Krupi]

Hi Chaps, I need some advice regarding FPS in the Oculus CV1.

 

I have recently started flying again since upgrading from a blown GTX 780 to a RTX 2060 Super, the rest of my specs are in my signature.

 

I have been playing around with the settings however I keep on experiencing a drop in FPS, it goes from 40-45 to 23 and then back up again.

 

This happens in both Normandy & the Channel Map flying in a straight line on the instant free flight mission.

 

In the dogfight missions such as the FW190 Anton Furball the FPS starts of very low around 8 and goes up to about ~23 after the Antons are killed, however after two/three restarts of the mission (Fly Again) the FPS seems to settle (but still jumps around) at 23-33fps at the start of the mission and 23-40fps after the battle.

 

I have attached my in game settings & PD is set at 1.4.

 

Any advice?

 

I feel like I have forgotten to do something... Is it the maps? I can't understand why the FPS would be jumping around so in level flight...

 

I have created a thread on this in the VR Issues Sub Forum...

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=4449456#post4449456

Edited August 10, 2020 by Krupi

[Bdoyle13]

Wow, 264 pages of info spanning 4 years....

 

Can anyone give a quick coles notes on best / current settings for an Oculus rift user for DCS? I've watched a lot of videos and read a lot of threads and there's a lot of different information out there. Curious what actual DCS users find to be their best settings.

 

Current Rig:

 

Asus Prime Z390-A Motherboard LGA1151 (Intel 8th and 9th Gen) ATX DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 Gen2 Gigabit LAN

 

Intel Core i7-9700K Coffee Lake 8-Core 3.6 GHz (4.9 GHz Turbo) LGA 1151 (300 Series) 95W BX80684I79700K Desktop Processor Intel UHD Graphics 630

 

32gb DDR Ram

---CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 DRAM DDR4 3000 (PC4 24000) Desktop Memory Model

 

ASUS GeForce® RTX 2080 O8G Dual-Fan OC Edition GDDR6 HDMI DP 1.4 USB Type-C Graphics Card (DUAL-RTX2080-O8G )

 

Corsair H115i RGB Platinum AIO Liquid CPU Cooler, 280mm, Dual ML140 PRO RGB PWM Fans, Intel 115X/2066, AMD AM4/TR4

 

Corsair CP-9020180-NA RMX Series RM850x 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

 

4 - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD (MZ-76E1T0/AM)

 

Startech PEXUSB3S44V 4 Port PCI Express (PCIe) SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter w/ 4 Dedicated 5Gbps Channels - UASP - SATA / LP4 Power

 

--Corsair Crystal Series 570X RGB - Tempered Glass, Premium ATX Mid-Tower Case Cases CC-9011098-WW

 

--Oculus Rift with wall sensor mounts

 

--TM Warthog HOTAS

 

--Rudder Pedals