BoxxMann's Tips - Adjust Seat/Eyepoint with VR

[andrewwong2000]

Use modifier keys.. I use the pinky lever, and the 2 top warthog throttle switches as modifiers.

 

Dcs lets you combine modifiers. Eg my left toggle up - vhf am, right toggle up - vhf fm and both up - uhf. I then use my trim, tms, dms, cms joystick to set my radios ! I use pinky for mouse , scrolling, and other controls. No need for mouse as all controls are mapped to hotas.

 

 

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[JG4_Sputnik]

@ svetlano: there's an "UI" command section in command options where you can bind mouse key (left and right) to every HOTAS key you want.

[Chipwich]

Just wanted to add my thanks to @DerekSpeare for this post. Makes navigating DCS module pits a breeze now. Kudos.

[Phantom88]

Very,Very helpful thread,Thank You Boxman:thumbup:

[frollo]

As a user of 3 monitors now two the alt + Enter to trap the mouse pointer does not work. Multi monitor configurations still suffer. Curious as to why there isn't a solution similar to FPS games that lock the mouse. Tried both using the head as mouse and the pointer as mouse. Makes the full detail modules un-playable.

[DerekSpeare]

Very,Very helpful thread,Thank You Boxman

 

 

@frollo - Go to your VR tab. You can trap the mouse to the game window there.

Edited September 15, 2016 by DerekSpeare

[El Grillo]

Anyone else without a full-sized keyboard (i.e. one without a numpad) have trouble getting recenter view to work? I have tried rebinding it from numpad 5 to a bunch of other things and getting no luck. Means I have to set my seating position fairly exactly before I load DCS, which is a bit of a pain.

 

Would be really cool if they could eventually enable use of the Oculus remote for clickable cockpits! Bit of a niche feature though I suppose.

[DerekSpeare]

use a remapper like SVMapper, Xpadder or Joytokey to remap a stick/throttle/other button or key to NP5. You can set it directly in the config options.

[Macka]

@El Grillo Have you tried directly mapping a joystick button to Recenter VR headset? You don't actually need to map it to KP5 as there is a dedicated command for it. Maybe I misunderstood what the problem was? So for anyone that may not be aware of it, and hoping Derek doesn't mind another VR tip in his post, its in the "UI layer" as JG4 Sputnick mentioned earlier in the post. But its hard to find if your not aware of it. Go to your main options menu. Select "Controls" panel along the top. Select the top left dropdown menu (where your Aircraft selection is) and scroll all the way down, past all the aircraft names and below UH1 heli, and the last one is called UI Layer. There you can designate any of your joystick buttons to Recenter VR headset. For instance I have The TM Warthog and made JOY_BTN15 my recenter. Its the red button on the throttle lever and is just a duplicate of some other control I think, so I used it for recenter. I also used the CMS hat switches as mouse buttons and scroll. If i need the cms switches....as you do.... I mapped the slew push switch (throttle JOY_BTN 1) as a modifier and use it combined to launch flares and chaff on the cms.

 

See attached pic of my bindings, but use whatever button or switch your comfortable with :)

Edited September 23, 2016 by Macka
spelling....again...Doh!!!

[DerekSpeare]

Added update for recentering and zoom functions in VR:

 

Enable RECENTERING and ZOOM for VR and bind it to a button/HOTAS:

 

• Options => Controls Tab => Left Dropdown (planes) => UI Layer => Recenter VR/ZOOM VR (bind to a button)
  

[SkateZilla]

We've had those binding since the June 1.5.4.54080 release

[DerekSpeare]

We've had those binding since the June 1.5.4.54080 release

 

Yes, and we're all better for it :thumbup: :thumbup: I kept forgetting to update the thread here. Possibly a sticky might be good.

[DerekSpeare]

Updated to provide detailed instructions on how to edit the registry to enable Oculus ASW.

[Goblin]

So, I have finally had time to try the ASW feature...

I did the registry edit, but the Ctrl+KP1/2/3/4 commands doesn't seem to work. I expected to see the FPS to lock at 45 when pressing Ctrl+KP2 or 3, but it still varies up to 90.

 

How can I check that ASW is enabled?

 

I have Win10 64bit and a 980TI with the latest drivers.

[Frusheen]

So, I have finally had time to try the ASW feature...

I did the registry edit, but the Ctrl+KP1/2/3/4 commands doesn't seem to work. I expected to see the FPS to lock at 45 when pressing Ctrl+KP2 or 3, but it still varies up to 90.

 

How can I check that ASW is enabled?

 

I have Win10 64bit and a 980TI with the latest drivers.

 

Ctrl 2 should lock you at 45. Seems like you have an issue with your registry edit. See can you find anything in your latest log file here: AppData/Local/Oculus/Service_<date>.txt file, search for "ASW". It should state whether it was able to activate ASW.

[Goblin]

Hi Frusheen and thanks for helping!

 

I found two rows containing "asw":

 

03/11 19:51:40.791 {DEBUG} [ASW:NV_FrameEstimator] Encoder caps ASYNC=1 MEONLY=1

03/11 19:51:40.821 {INFO} [VirtualDisplay] ASW Enabled

 

Edit: If I look in the reports from where I ran DCS I get more hits, like these:

 

03/11 18:09:57.835 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.837 {DEBUG} [Localization] Language Tag: en-US, fbt locale:en_US, cldr:en

03/11 18:09:57.840 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.840 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.842 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.845 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.845 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.847 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.848 {DEBUG} [ASW:FrameEstimator] Unable to lock extrapolation thread

03/11 18:09:57.885 {INFO} [ASW:NV_FrameEstimator] Breaking promise vsync distance 19847.7

Edited November 3, 2016 by Goblin

[Frusheen]

Which driver version are you running for your graphics card?

 

Edit: sorry I see you say you've latest drivers. I'm not sure what those errors mean.

Edited November 3, 2016 by Frusheen

[Frusheen]

Goblin just curious how you are checking your frame rates. Are you using right ctrl and pause keys?

[Goblin]

Are you using right ctrl and pause keys?

Yes.

 

Hmmm... I have disabled hyper threading in BIOS. Could that have anything to do with this?

 

I'm on Oculus runtime 1.9, and after some googling I have found some users with similar problems and 980TI's...

Edited November 3, 2016 by Goblin

[EntropySG]

very strange, I fly the A10-C and want to disable the tooltips. That works for singleplayer, but when I go on our multiplayer server the tooltips are there regardless my settings.

 

Is it simply overriding local settings and using whatever settings the mission creator/server admin is using ? (like model enlargement which is also overruled by server settings afaik?)

[hansangb]

Just to rule it out, maybe you should export the registry setting and post so others can check?

[Goblin]

Just to rule it out, maybe you should export the registry setting and post so others can check?

 

I have moved over this to the ASW thread, but I have tested disabling ASW in the registry, and there is a noticeable difference, so it definately works. But I can't switch between the different modes.

[huzar]

very strange, I fly the A10-C and want to disable the tooltips. That works for singleplayer, but when I go on our multiplayer server the tooltips are there regardless my settings.

 

Is it simply overriding local settings and using whatever settings the mission creator/server admin is using ? (like model enlargement which is also overruled by server settings afaik?)

 

Yes, it's server setting that overrides your local mode. A bit annoying right now because of the tooltips size.

[DerekSpeare]

Added Sec8 to OP covering how to change the size of the Tooltip Text (credit to jimiC for this one).

[agathorn]

So while messing around in the settings, I changed the VR Pixel Density to 2.5, but now DCS still acts like it is in VR mode, I can see the mirror view tracking and what not, but nothing displays in the Rift :(

 

Anyone had this happen? Know how to fix it?

 

Also, how does the "VR Zoom" work? I mean I see the option to toggle it, but how does it actually work? If you turn it on how do you actually zoom?

Edited January 24, 2017 by agathorn