VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

[M1Combat]

It already is...

 

You have to manually delete a few folders full of compiled shaders though. I'm not at my gaming rig so I can't check right now but just throw it in your OVGME mods folder. This mod gets installed in your DCS install directory instead of your saved games profile folder though.

[imacken]

It already is...

 

You have to manually delete a few folders full of compiled shaders though. I'm not at my gaming rig so I can't check right now but just throw it in your OVGME mods folder. This mod gets installed in your DCS install directory instead of your saved games profile folder though.

 

I honestly don't know why you say that. It is not already in OvGME format. The folder structure is not correct for the software to apply it correctly, and also, there are folders to delete contents of, as well as folders to be deleted.

[M1Combat]

I say that because I use it with OVGME with no mods to the folder structure?

 

I manually delete the right files in the terrain folders (I can't remember the location specifically), and I delete my metashaders and fxo folders in my saved games profile folder...

 

I don't rename the folders. That step is really a backup so you can get the old stuff back, but if you just delete the metashaders files it re-creates them. If you don't like the mod, then remove the mod and delete the metashaders files again, and it will again recreate them.

 

It works just fine with OVGME... It will never just be a plug and play in the way that many OVGME mods are because you need to clear the contents of a few folders.

[imacken]

I say that because I use it with OVGME with no mods to the folder structure?

It works just fine with OVGME... It will never just be a plug and play in the way that many OVGME mods are because you need to clear the contents of a few folders.

 

It works fine if you modify it and put it in the required OvGME format. See the help section.

[DflippinK]

works perfectly with OvGME... actually, never hasn't worked perfectly with OvGME..

[imacken]

OK, I am officially confused by what one or two of you are saying.

OvGME needs the zip to be in a specific format. The download on the first page is not in that format.

See attachments. First one shows the list of mods I have in the appropriate OvGME folder. As you can see it includes the shader mod as downloaded from page 1 here. It does not show up on the list in ovGME as it is not in the format as described in the Help section on OvGME.

It needs to be put in that format to show up for me.

Can someone please explain how you guys are getting this to work without putting it into the appropriate format?

[JoeyJoJoJunior]

OK, I am officially confused by what one or two of you are saying.

OvGME needs the zip to be in a specific format. The download on the first page is not in that format.

See attachments. First one shows the list of mods I have in the appropriate OvGME folder. As you can see it includes the shader mod as downloaded from page 1 here. It does not show up on the list in ovGME as it is not in the format as described in the Help section on OvGME.

It needs to be put in that format to show up for me.

Can someone please explain how you guys are getting this to work without putting it into the appropriate format?

 

There has to be a top level directory, usually with the name of the mod, and the actual mod inside that directory. There should be nothing else in the zip other than that top level directory (no readme, for example).

 

So for this VR mod, all you have to do is create a folder called "Kegetys VR Mod" or something like that, extract the mod in there, and zip up that folder. The structure should be "Kegetys VR Mod\Bazar\..."

[imacken]

There has to be a top level directory, usually with the name of the mod, and the actual mod inside that directory. There should be nothing else in the zip other than that top level directory (no readme, for example).

 

So for this VR mod, all you have to do is create a folder called "Kegetys VR Mod" or something like that, extract the mod in there, and zip up that folder. The structure should be "Kegetys VR Mod\Bazar\..."

 

I think you misunderstood my post, I was trying point out this fact!

Edited August 2, 2019 by imacken

[JoeyJoJoJunior]

I think you misunderstood my post, I was trying point out this fact!

 

Oops, I see that now :) I think I might be able to answer your actual question though. I notice that OvGME works just fine if you have the folder structure directly and no zip file. So if someone uses the "Extract to \DCS VR Shaders performance mod 2.5.5.33174" option in their archive program to unzip into their mods folder, OvGME will pick it up the same as if it was in a zip.

[imacken]

Oops, I see that now :) I think I might be able to answer your actual question though. I notice that OvGME works just fine if you have the folder structure directly and no zip file. So if someone uses the "Extract to \DCS VR Shaders performance mod 2.5.5.33174" option in their archive program to unzip into their mods folder, OvGME will pick it up the same as if it was in a zip.

 

Right, I see what you mean. To be honest, I didn't even realise that you could do it without zipping. I guess the downside of the method you suggest is that the 'readme' file (or any other files outside the mod folder) in the original zip file will also copy across to the main DCS install folder.

Also, doing it that way doesn't allow any description or version number in the OvGME window unlike the zip method. Descriptions and version numbers can be VERY useful if you have a few mods.

[Dave317]

DCS won't run for me with this mod after todays update. Is is broken?

[Scooternutz]

Same.

[Dave317]

I only use it for the glass effect as I don't have vr yet. I'll try your suggestion.

[icemaker]

Same problem here and removing deferred and PostEffects makes it crash also

[Kegetys]

Quick update to DCS version 2.5.5.34644 added in the first post. Didn't have time to test it almost at all, hopefully it works ok :)

[Dave317]

Thank you for the update it's working again. I don't have VR and only use your mod to stop the weird shading on the glass that changes depending on what you are flying over. What files can I delete so I only have this feature please?

[Macka]

Quick update to DCS version 2.5.5.34644 added in the first post. Didn't have time to test it almost at all, hopefully it works ok :)

 

Thank you kindly for the update. Works well with the HP Reverb in VR. Always appreciate your work and contibutions to the community. Cheers :thumbup::)

[USA_Recon]

I'm getting a pure client error after installing this

[speed-of-heat]

I'm getting a pure client error after installing this

Like it says you will in line one of the FAQ in the first post...

[Chandawg]

Anyone have a version working in multiplayer

[HoneyBadger]

Does anyone know what the recommend Masksize for the Index is?

[Hamilton]

I followed EXACTLY the steps described in README to uninstall:

 

Uninstall:

- Restore Bazar/shaders backup

- Restore terrain metacaches

- Delete files from C:\Users\<user>\Saved Games\DCS\fxo and metashaders2

directories.

 

 

and gave an error message when trying to run DCS that forced me to do a DCS Repair of 8.6Gb :(

[FoxDelta]

this MOD is so much improving my performance on the index i can thank u enough.

 

just a quick question. several players do see fps cut to 1/3 when coming close to parked F18 F14 s, with your insight in how dcs renders, do u have any idea what can cause this or a way to improve it

 

many thx in advance

[Krasniye]

Is this mod working on the latest version? (2.5.5.34864)

[speed-of-heat]

Is this mod working on the latest version? (2.5.5.34864)

yes the link is on the first page