Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[hansangb]

All I did was hit "VR" in the preset mode.

[SageOT]

So I have been playing a lot of P3DV3 lately with the VR addon program FlyInside. FlyInside integrates virtual desktop. The ability to click a button and jump to the desktop and import windows into the sim is pretty awesome. Know it would be a back burner project, but man I'd ED can figure that one out... put them over the top.

[Frusheen]

So I have been playing a lot of P3DV3 lately with the VR addon program FlyInside. FlyInside integrates virtual desktop. The ability to click a button and jump to the desktop and import windows into the sim is pretty awesome. Know it would be a back burner project, but man I'd ED can figure that one out... put them over the top.

 

Curious which 3rd party applications do you run with dcs that you'd want to import into VR?

[SageOT]

Mostly pdfs, but being able to pull a YouTube tutorial in would be pretty sweet too. Maps, google, you name it.

[j0nx]

Haven't been following much lately, has the low GPU utilization issue been acknowledged and being worked on in VR yet? I just updated to the latest builds and am seeing 50-80% GPU utilization with 45fps.

 

Am getting dips into the 30's randomly and seeing 60% GPU utilization when that happens. At various other times am getting 70-90fps and am seeing 99% GPU utilization when that happens so when the sim does use all of the GPU the fps are excellent but there's no rhyme or reason as to when it will use it.

 

There's plenty of GPU power to spare in my 980ti but the sim just isn't using it. What's the deal with this?

[Badger633]

9 line brief A10c and oculus CV1

 

Has anyone got a solution to accepting 9 line briefs and entering details when using the rift. I do not think the data entry is an issue but for me having to remember the brief coordinates etc when they disappear is an issue. Thanks.( cannot use brief card when in rift)

[JaBoG32_Prinzartus]

I peek below my rift onto my kneeboard while writing/reading. Occasionslly I lift the rift for some seconds with my left hand just for taking notes. You only need to be auto-pilot settled, that is the only drawback.

[Snow51th]

BUG on F10 map

 

Known bug. We are all waiting for a fix.

Hello, any news concerning this fix ?:pilotfly:

[NeilWillis]

No news on the F10 map. I suspect with 2.5 just around the corner, this may not be getting fixed. It works fine in 2.0 already.

[funkyfranky]

I suspect with 2.5 just around the corner, this may not be getting fixed. It works fine in 2.0 already.

Very true. I seems to be a problem with the old T3 map format. And it would not make much sense to invest a lot of resources to fix it since T3 becomes obsolete with 2.5. If ED fixed it now, 2.5 would have to be postponed by a fair amount of time (for no good reason IMHO). So I guess we have to live with it.

[SageOT]

I purchased a pilot's kneeboard. Printed some 9 line cards and laminated them, then use a dry erase marker. The kneeboard is in just the right spot to be viewed through the nose gap without even moving my head.

 

Issue: If I'm in the a10 for say 30 minutes or so the pointer suddenly goes from a cross to... basically a yellow pixelated sun. Is that happening to anyone else?

[j0nx]

Still getting 60% gpu useage and 30fps in many areas in 1.5 beta in VR. There's plenty of gpu power left to throw at this sim but it won't take it.

[EntropySG]

 

Issue: If I'm in the a10 for say 30 minutes or so the pointer suddenly goes from a cross to... basically a yellow pixelated sun. Is that happening to anyone else?

 

yeah I have the same

[NeilWillis]

Here too, but not very often.

[SageOT]

Ok, good to know it's not just me. :) Bug means ED can fix it some day vs. me trying to trouble shoot my system and probably making things worse. :joystick:

[alieneye]

Oculus announces Asynchronous SPACEWARP- positional ATW!

 

Due to Asynchronous Spacewarp and NVIDIA+AMD's latest driver VR optimisations, Oculus is reducing the minimum spec to an i3-6100 and GTX 960! (Allows for a $499 VR ready PC)

 

 

Does that means that we will get better performance in DCS soon?

Edited October 6, 2016 by alieneye

[Icebear]

If the ASW works just as well as the ATW it should eliminate the judder. They said it is directly implemented in the native Oculus drivers, so we should know it soon.

Did they say when the new driver with ASW implemented will be released? I missed that in the Keynote.

[Neurowork]

Well, it seems like Asynchronous Spacewarp is already in the current Oculus runtime.

 

 

Can't wait to try it out when I get back from work tonight !!

[Einherjer]

Anyone tested it yet?

[AstroEma]

Head over to the other thread. I just tested it.

[SkateZilla]

Well, a random pc of good news for me..

 

I was digging thru some older boxes looking for some adapters for some other devices,

 

I Found the Solid MiniDP to DisplayPORT adapter that came w/ my GPU,

 

Now, I have about 5 MiniDP->HDMI Adapters, none of which worked correctly with the Rift.

 

I also bought the Recommended Cable Matters one however it was a Full DP and not a MiniDP that is on my cards.

 

I already had another adapter I bought to use my DP->DVI Adapter for a 4th Screen on my GPU (So it was 3x MiniDP->DVI and 1x MiniDP-DP then a DP to DVI.

 

However when the Cable Matters DP->HDMI Adapter was used, no signal was passed to the rift, or any screens for that matter.

 

long story short, I found the solid one that came w/ my card (solid as in no cable, straight 1 pc block adapter).

 

Plugged in the Cable Matters HDMI Adapter, plugged in my Screen, Got a Signal, Unplugged the Rift from the HDMI Port, PLugged it into the Adapter, Worked.

 

So this means I can remove my Old GPU w/ HDMI Port and put my MSI Lightnings back in the PC and run 4 Screens + Rift.

 

Also, Make sure you update your GPU Drivers.

 

Since the last few updates, When Closing down the Rift Program, My System goes into a hard lock, everything but the mouse locks up, and eventually the mouse locks up too requiring a hard reset.

 

Pretty sure it's because they added stuff to the new runtimes and I havent updated my drivers yet.

 

 

However those trying to use alternate tracking w/ rift, while using the rift runtimes it will not work.

 

 

 

PS, I've been flying w/ the sensor off, and dont notice any sickness w/ 3DOF Tracking, it also reduces some of the jumpiness when recording.

 

So that's something for users that want to use other headsets that dont have position tracking,

Edited October 8, 2016 by SkateZilla

[DerekSpeare]

Any confirmation that ASW only functions on win8+ and not of Win7?

[dogbite]

Yes it's confirmed in Oculus new minimum specs. I could not get ASW to work on Windows 7. Upgraded to Win 10 and it works great. I can push PD to 1.5 (was at 1.2) in DCS 2.0 now. Sweet

[=DECOY=]

WOW, i have just tried this and its a game changer :)

 

i have managed to increase my settings and get next to no judder. even when buzzing the strip in NTTR.

 

This is what VR should be like :)

[SageOT]

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.