Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

[majapahit]

I have all the mic volumes maxed out but still must speak pretty loudly for VA to respond accurately.

As I said I connected a 5$ ebay microphone, but also, certain words, I am no native english speaker and mix american with Brit accents,

 

so some commands VA simply and stubbornly will not understand (from me)

 

f.i. "Chaff" to drop a chaff, when VA will simply keeps rejecting this word (tomatoes, tomatoes),

 

I stop VA, I then start windows "speech recognition"

 

I switch this on clicking the microphone "listening"

Right click menu and "Open the Speech Dictionary"

do "add a new word"

type in word "chaff" - next -

check "Record a pronunciation upon finish" - finish -

do "Record"

say "chaff" in microphone - check the recording by "listen" -

"finish" this, the word "Chaff" is no freshly added to the dictionary with your own voice.

 

End windows "speech recognition"

Restart VA

Voila, new word "chaff" recognized.

[vracan]

DCS VR optimizations

 

Hi everyone,

A couple of months ago ED had stated in their newsletter that they would put some love into VR in the form of performance optimizations.

So before I re-install ED's DCS I would like to know if these VR optimizations were actually done and released please?

[Knock-Knock]

Hi everyone,

A couple of months ago ED had stated in their newsletter that they would put some love into VR in the form of performance optimizations.

So before I re-install ED's DCS I would like to know if these VR optimizations were actually done and released please?

 

Still in the works, no release date mentioned. From the last newsletter:

DCS World Foundation

In parallel to all the above, the team continues to work on the foundation items of DCS World like air and ground artificial intelligence, performance optimization, more detailed damage models for all unit types, Vulkan implementation, improved VR optimization and improved Touch Controller support, aircraft wake turbulence.

[majapahit]

Still in the works, no release date mentioned. From the last newsletter:

I do think though there was this 'up fps with VR' mod that doesnt work anymore, but DCS now when fps drops to 22-32 fps, doesnt seem to drag or stutter, and my wild guess is DCS integrated this mod (a simple shader tweak presumably)

[vracan]

I do think though there was this 'up fps with VR' mod that doesnt work anymore, but DCS now when fps drops to 22-32 fps, doesnt seem to drag or stutter, and my wild guess is DCS integrated this mod (a simple shader tweak presumably)

 

22-32fps yikes!!

I think I'll wait!

[majapahit]

22-32fps yikes!!

I think I'll wait!

Well, if you tune your settings its 45fps which is the Tray Tool .5x default (not for those pesky missions with a lot going on)

BTW VR is like watching through the bottom of milk bottles, so .. then again most VR users choose to stick with VR not going back to 2D

[Harlikwin]

On the VR low FPS comments, I find that even my low end system can run DCS at 45 frames when I tweak the settings. It doesn't look brilliant, but thats as much a Rift issue as it is a GFX card issue. I can turn up stuff to really high (and get low frames) and it doesn't look that much better than my standard settings where I can pull 45 FPS. The Shader mod does seems to work still and I find I can turn up my GFX quality a bit by using it, or keeping everything the same and getting more stable fps.

 

That being said, frame rates in the 30's are still relatively smooth for me. Its when it dips into the 20's it starts to be not good. This is with ASW on, so those numbers are really "double" the number.

[Habu_69]

How does one use Oculus Mirror? When I use it to demo VR to my friends, the normal narrow VR view displays on my monitor on top of the mirror view. If I click on the mirror window to move it in front, focus is lost on the main VR view and controls cease to work. I have also set the audio to play on both the headset and speakers, but sound only comes thru the headset.

[etherbattx]

Oculus Rift with DCS World Discussion

 

VR is like watching through the bottom of milk bottles, so .. then again most VR users choose to stick with VR not going back to 2D

 

hormone infused milk can do that to a person.

[Habu_69]

How does one use Oculus Mirror? When I use it to demo VR to my friends, the normal narrow VR view displays on my monitor on top of the mirror view. If I click on the mirror window to move it in front, focus is lost on the main VR view and controls cease to work. I have also set the audio to play on both the headset and speakers, but sound only comes thru the headset.

 

 

OK, I will bump this once. Hard to believe nobody has figured this out.

[hansangb]

OK, I will bump this once. Hard to believe nobody has figured this out.

 

I'm not sure there is anything to figure out. The mirror is a copy of one of the views as seen by the eye. If you click on the mirrored viewed on the monitor, you're taking Windows focus away from DCS so DCS would stop responding.

 

I don't think there's much to it. And you can't really showcase VR using the monitor since it defeats the purpose. If you are trying to record from the monitor, Jabbers has a thread here "all things VR" or something like it and towards the end, he goes over how to record the VR sessions.

[Habu_69]

Ahhh, Tx. I just ASSUMED that the existence of the Mirror feature meant there was some way to make it the primary display window while still having functional control devices. Guess it would work that way with the Oculus hand controllers.

[71st_Mastiff]

With the ott and super sampling on at 1.0 I get steady 90fps. ASW off

[Harlikwin]

hormone infused milk can do that to a person.

 

I grew up on that stuff. Its good stuff! :thumbup:

[DeTesla]

Anybody noticed severe lagg when switching from cockpit view to F10 map view and then back to cockpit view again ?

 

 

I've never experienced anything like it. It ends up with me having to forcekill DCS through terminal.

 

 

My specs are up to date.

[Svsmokey]

Anybody noticed severe lagg when switching from cockpit view to F10 map view and then back to cockpit view again ?

 

 

I've never experienced anything like it. It ends up with me having to forcekill DCS through terminal.

 

 

My specs are up to date.

 

Welcome to the forums ! Known bug .

[DeTesla]

Welcome to the forums ! Known bug .

 

 

 

 

Thanks, my dude. Now i know it is known.

[izzyssm]

Anybody noticed severe lagg when switching from cockpit view to F10 map view and then back to cockpit view again ?

 

 

I've never experienced anything like it. It ends up with me having to forcekill DCS through terminal.

 

 

My specs are up to date.

 

I just got my oculus tuesday and havent had any problem like this. I'm running on the beta version.

[Ziptie]

Anybody noticed severe lagg when switching from cockpit view to F10 map view and then back to cockpit view again ?

 

 

I've never experienced anything like it. It ends up with me having to forcekill DCS through terminal.

 

 

My specs are up to date.

 

 

 

Exact same issue here, MP primarily

[DeTesla]

Exact same issue here, MP primarily

 

 

 

 

Yes, im running DCS Beta branch. This happens primarily in MP, dosent matter which server.

 

 

I usually avoid looking at the map all together, however, it makes it a bit harder to find out where the Stennis is etc.

[GTFreeFlyer]

Yes, im running DCS Beta branch. This happens primarily in MP, dosent matter which server.

 

 

I usually avoid looking at the map all together, however, it makes it a bit harder to find out where the Stennis is etc.

 

 

 

Me too. Too much of an immersion break to look at the map.

[Larry Brown]

DCS VR Rudder Pedals

 

Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog and Oculus Rift. My question is what are people using for rudder pedals while playing DCS in VR? My concern is that the rudder pedals will be configured through an "axis" and Oculus Rift will not work with axis (ie the "INCR/DECR lever just to the right of the throttles on the Warthog throttles, I had that axis mapped to zoom in and zoom out). That worked prior to getting the Oculus Rift but not since.

 

So the question is, which rudder pedals will work with DCS and Oculus Rift. Secondarily, if anyone knows how to get Oculus Rift to work with axis', I would immensely appreciate that information.

[Chief Instructor]

Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog and Oculus Rift. My question is what are people using for rudder pedals while playing DCS in VR? My concern is that the rudder pedals will be configured through an "axis" and Oculus Rift will not work with axis (ie the "INCR/DECR lever just to the right of the throttles on the Warthog throttles, I had that axis mapped to zoom in and zoom out). That worked prior to getting the Oculus Rift but not since.

 

So the question is, which rudder pedals will work with DCS and Oculus Rift. Secondarily, if anyone knows how to get Oculus Rift to work with axis', I would immensely appreciate that information.

 

Hi Larry,

 

For use with Rift you can go to the UI Layer section of the controls configuration in the settings and map a button on your throttle or joystick to VR Zoom (or something like that). It means that your VR view will zoom in when you depress the button, and zoom out when you release it. I don't think that the traditional analogue zoom works in VR.

 

Cheers.

[dburne]

Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog and Oculus Rift. My question is what are people using for rudder pedals while playing DCS in VR? My concern is that the rudder pedals will be configured through an "axis" and Oculus Rift will not work with axis (ie the "INCR/DECR lever just to the right of the throttles on the Warthog throttles, I had that axis mapped to zoom in and zoom out). That worked prior to getting the Oculus Rift but not since.

 

So the question is, which rudder pedals will work with DCS and Oculus Rift. Secondarily, if anyone knows how to get Oculus Rift to work with axis', I would immensely appreciate that information.

 

I would imagine about any standard rudder pedals should do fine, certainly should be no conflict between the Rift and the Pedals. The Rift and the Pedals are certainly two very different devices, not sure how they would manage to conflict with each other.

I personally have been using the MFG Crosswind pedals.

 

You can map VR Zoom and VR Recenter to buttons in the UI Layer of your controller setup menu in DCS.

Very handy to have both.

If you are asking if VR zoom can be mapped to an axis - at least currently no.

[Chief Instructor]

I would imagine about any standard rudder pedals should do fine, certainly should be no conflict between the Rift and the Pedals. The Rift and the Pedals are certainly two very different devices, not sure how they would manage to conflict with each other.

I personally have been using the MFG Crosswind pedals.

 

You can map VR Zoom and VR Recenter to buttons in the UI Layer of your controller setup menu in DCS.

Very handy to have both.

 

dburne,

 

How's your new rig panning out? I'm about to do something similar myself! :)