VR Performance in DCS World

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

that was smooth as glass too.

All VR users in our squadron (including myself) agree that 2.1 is unplayable in VR at the moment.

[BigDuke6ixx]

All VR users in our squadron (including myself) agree that 2.1 is unplayable in VR at the moment.

 

Works fine here in single player.

[Verde]

I can agree not playabla at all, yes casual fly in single game ok, but even normandy P-51 quick start dogfight is a jidder even with 7700k @5.1ghz and 1080ti and not the best VR settings.

[hansangb]

I'll give the instant mission/dogfight a shot and report back. I flew the latest OpenBeta and it seemed very smooth for me. But didn't get a chance to fly the 2.x.

 

Also, there was a small update beyond what's posted for 1.5x Openbeta. Did anyone else see that?

[hannibal]

All VR users in our squadron (including myself) agree that 2.1 is unplayable in VR at the moment.

 

What is the VR squadron you are with?

[Baggy MacDouche]

Just tried out the new Normandy map with a Mustang. Settings were default VR preset and 1.2 PD. No SS with SteamVR/Vive.

 

Massive stuttering/freezing, totally unplayable.

 

Not a scientific test, but with pretty base settings on a recently built rig(check specs in sig), I'd expect decent performance.

 

I'm usually pretty forgiving when it comes to VR performance. A few dropped frames or a bit of stutter when turning head here or there isn't going to kill it for me, even though glass smooth would be the dream.

 

Not trying to compare apples to oranges, but I recently picked up IL2-BoS and have been amazed at the performance and how much I can squeak out of it.

[BigDuke6ixx]

I can agree not playabla at all, yes casual fly in single game ok, but even normandy P-51 quick start dogfight is a jidder even with 7700k @5.1ghz and 1080ti and not the best VR settings.

 

It's 'not playable at all' but it's playable in single? Thanks for that trip through your mind.

[Precog]

It's playable if you turn off aliasing but then it's a shimmering mess. Back to 1.5 for me unfortunately until 2.1 gets fixed

[Verde]

I meant flying solo and looking outside maybe is a viable option but real combat scenario is a jiddder! As game is called digital COMBAT simulator. Combat scenario performane is unplayable as fps dips even lower than asw needed 45:/

[BigDuke6ixx]

I meant flying solo and looking outside maybe is a viable option but real combat scenario is a jiddder! As game is called digital COMBAT simulator. Combat scenario performane is unplayable as fps dips even lower than asw needed 45:/

 

Not something I noticed in the quick combat missions.

[witwas]

I have big problems with smoke (like in the argo campaign, the mission where you need to land inside the burning refugee camp). It's unplayable with FPS drop to 0.

[Koriel]

I got the rift 3 days ago, and to say the least, I am not impressed at all. Framerate seems to be ok to play, but I miss soo much detail... None of the guages are readable, certainly not the mfd in the Mirage..

 

I really want to give it a chance, but what do I need to do in order to be able to read the darn instruments?

 

i7 3770, 16G, 1080

 

Pro's

excellent headtracking.

headtracking - mouse combination is superb

Sense of being there is good.

Con's

Can't read the darn instruments!!

 

I have the Oculus Tray Tool installed, tried with ATW off and On.

[kunterbunt]

I got the rift 3 days ago, and to say the least, I am not impressed at all. Framerate seems to be ok to play, but I miss soo much detail... None of the guages are readable, certainly not the mfd in the Mirage..

 

I really want to give it a chance, but what do I need to do in order to be able to read the darn instruments?

 

i7 3770, 16G, 1080

 

Pro's

excellent headtracking.

headtracking - mouse combination is superb

Sense of being there is good.

Con's

Can't read the darn instruments!!

 

I have the Oculus Tray Tool installed, tried with ATW off and On.

 

Raise the pixel density to something like 1.5. you can find it in the VR tab.

[dburne]

Raise the pixel density to something like 1.5. you can find it in the VR tab.

 

Yes, and in addition be sure and adjust your headset for the sweet-spot in the Rift viewing. It does have a somewhat narrow sweet-spot and if not adjusted for this, can make a big difference in image clarity.

[FragBum]

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This.

 

The angle of the rift to your head (eyeballs/face) and the band over the top for height (centring over the eyeballs ), the side straps for what we do it doesn't have to be like an alien face huger, in fact a bit of distance can look sharper. Minimise colour fringing top and bottom use eyeball width for overall resolution. Cycle through a few times to tweak it correctly.

 

If you can handle some moiré drop AA and AF and deferred shading to off and PD to lowish 1.1 most everything else to high, and cockpit to 512, looks great and flies great in Normandy in Gazelle and Huey in "Free Flight" SP mode. For me looks better than DCS 2.0.x in VR. :thumbup:

Edited July 19, 2017 by FragBum

[jojo]

Raise the pixel density to something like 1.5. you can find it in the VR tab.

 

I don't know it has changed, but it seems that using Oculus Rift "DebugTool" pixel density setting gives better picture quality and better frame rate than DCS setting.

[Boris]

I don't know it has changed, but it seems that using Oculus Rift "DebugTool" pixel density setting gives better picture quality and better frame rate than DCS setting.

 

Not sure if that ever really worked. It could just be a placebo. It was never confirmed. Only subjective anecdotes.

 

The Mirage cockpit is terrible for VR, that's true. Even with a high PD the labels are just so small.

Other aircraft are generally fine.

[Verde]

Just tried 1.5.7 beta have to say much smoother than both 1.5.6 and 2.1.1. I see much improvement;)

[javelina1]

agree, 1.5.7 is pretty good, and I fly with a PD of 1.5 with mostly high settings. I haven't flown 2.1 in a bit, waiting for another update.

[rrohde]

 

The Mirage cockpit is terrible for VR, that's true. Even with a high PD the labels are just so small.

Other aircraft are generally fine.

 

Yep. Learned that today as well.

[VampireNZ]

Agreed - the Mirage is the absolute worst example of using VR in DCS lol. I struggle to read the labels leaning down and using zoom!

[Gary]

Quick Q,

 

Not seen this answered eleswhere??

 

Whilst in VR DCS also displays on my monitor, which uses CPU & GPU performance.

 

Is there anyway to cease the monitor display to increase FPS? - if not, would selecting the lowest possible screen res provide a FPS booost for VR?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Gary

[BigDuke6ixx]

Quick Q,

 

Not seen this answered eleswhere??

 

Whilst in VR DCS also displays on my monitor, which uses CPU & GPU performance.

 

Is there anyway to cease the monitor display to increase FPS? - if not, would selecting the lowest possible screen res provide a FPS booost for VR?

 

Kind Regards,

 

Gary

 

The mirror image is there at zero cost as it has already been rendered.

[Johnny Dioxin]

Hmm, I didn't find the Mirage a problem (PD 1.6) - though I do find the Gazelle cockpit labels very difficult to read without zooming in.

[Gary]

The mirror image is there at zero cost as it has already been rendered.

 

So what if it wasn't rendered?...better performance?

 

Or if it has to be, would a lower res help at all?