VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

[USA_Recon]

Thanks for the updated shaders with clear water, works great for me - much appreciated

[Mpulse2005]

No, sorry, I have seen something similar in the spit, I think it might be either the base mod, or the game a lot changed in lighting in the latest release.

 

If it is the base mod, my guess it will be the transparent textures change, Male sure that’s set to 0.

 

Where would I find that to check for 0 value?

[speed-of-heat]

It’s a value in _HMD.hlsl

[Mpulse2005]

If it's his line in the _HMD.hlsl file, then it is set as suggested. but still light in game

 

#define ENABLE_SIMPLE_TRANS 0 // Enable simple transparent object shading (propellers, smoke, etc.)

[speed-of-heat]

that's the only thing think that might have been causing it... that is "user serviceable"

[moespeeds]

Anyone else getting a DX11 error relating to a grass shader after the latest patch?

[YoYo]

I never use it... so sorry for the simply question ;D.

 

Is it JSGME ready?

[speed-of-heat]

I use ovgme and modmanfx, so you should be able to make it jgsme compatible if its not with trivial effort

[sambucca]

right, i'm ready to give the shader mod another go.

 

however, in the readme it doesn't mention to delete the metacache folder in the maps anymore..

is this not needed anymore?

 

@speed-of-heat

where can i find your mod versions (with clear water and the IC pass one)?

[speed-of-heat]

it's now in my signature block and also in my 2.5.6 settings guidance; and also here:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4372717&postcount=1718

[Southpaw]

as has been said the F-14 issue is not to do with the MoD but the beta, i dont have the p47, and your screenshot doesnt show me anything that i can see as a bug ? but i dont know what its meant to look like "before" or "after"

 

 

I just tried to your IC-compliant version and the P47 cockpit textures look normal. However, if I switch back to the original version of the mod the textures go wonky again.

[speed-of-heat]

I just tried to your IC-compliant version and the P47 cockpit textures look normal. However, if I switch back to the original version of the mod the textures go wonky again.

 

You may need to delete fxo and metashaders2 from your saved games directory... to cleanup the created shaders

[wrd7105]

Hey all, I have followed the process to the line, deleted all FXO and Metashaders2, I am using OVGME to run the Mod and get the nice round image on my monitor as it should be to show the mod has been installed via OVGME. I then jump into a MP server in VR and select an aircraft and as soon as it launches in game, I am sitting in a cockpit with only the outline of the cockpit. All the graphics have disappeared, outside is fine but I cannot see any of the cockpit or aircraft. I have noticed all AI aircraft are also not visible. Their con trails are but the actual airframe is not. Any ideas on what is causing this? I have done a repair etc but it is still doing it.

[speed-of-heat]

I get this sometimes , though very rarely in single player, usually just waiting resolves it, or reloading into the mission.

[sambucca]

@speed-of-heat

Well, I tried your IC pass mod and all of your settings, since I have the same system specs as you do.

And the performance increase is VERY noticeable compared to what I had before while the graphics are still more than decent.

Thank you very much for figuring this out.

This is the sweet spot for me until ED improves VR performance.

[speed-of-heat]

@speed-of-heat

Well, I tried your IC pass mod and all of your settings, since I have the same system specs as you do.

And the performance increase is VERY noticeable compared to what I had before while the graphics are still more than decent.

Thank you very much for figuring this out.

This is the sweet spot for me until ED improves VR performance.

 

Thanks, that's very kind of you to say!

[lefuneste01]

@speed-of-heat

Well, I tried your IC pass mod and all of your settings, since I have the same system specs as you do.

And the performance increase is VERY noticeable compared to what I had before while the graphics are still more than decent.

Thank you very much for figuring this out.

This is the sweet spot for me until ED improves VR performance.

"Very noticeable" means how many fps ?

[Hammer1-1]

"Very noticeable" means how many fps ?

 

I gained a 50% increase in performance using this mod with the proper settings. Your mileage will vary.

[reptile92]

same for me. from 25fps to 45fps average on 1hour flight. I maxed out all settings, except msaa x2, no heatblur.

 

I also use the shadow parser optimization from kegetys too.

[texas_moto_maniac]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. Maybe it's that I don't have the Steam version of DCS World? I don't get why that would matter aside from not having to worry about IC checks(I think?). But I CANNOT get these shaders to work for me. I have tried 3 very frustrating times now to no avail:

 

The first time I made a couple of mistakes so that one was on me.

 

The second time I know I performed the procedure correctly according to a couple of YouTube videos, Reddit posts, this thread, and the surprisingly vague Read Me file included with each Zip archive I downloaded from Kegetys. Still, I sat for 30 minutes staring at a loading bar that never moved (yes, I am aware rebuilding the shader caches takes time). So I uninstalled everything and restored the backup folders.

 

Finally, yesterday, I decided to give it a try with JSGME. I believe I setup JSGME correctly. But I don't see where it is actually installing mods and have not messed with it further since I tried to install the shader mod with it AGAIN. Still....still not working. I also viewed the debug window and saw something to the effect of "can't find shaders/cache" or "Direct X11 blah blah".

 

This is pretty disappointing. I have a rocket ship of a gaming PC (Ryzen 3900X, 32GB 3600MHz memory, EVGA 2080 Ti Black, 2x Sabrent Rocket PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives, etc.) and I still get frame drops like nobody's business with this game. It is an incredibly inefficient engine. But with the comments I've seen about the improvements these shaders can bring, I would definitely like to see if that gets me where I want to be in VR.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions and/or advice on the matter?

 

For the record, here are the guides I have used(aside from this thread and the OP):

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<--Lukas S./Wolta guide

- Updated Lukas S. guide:

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[texas_moto_maniac]

it's now in my signature block and also in my 2.5.6 settings guidance; and also here:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4372717&postcount=1718

 

@speed-of-heat Help me out, my man! Are their common mistakes that people make that maybe I'm overlooking? I haven't tried your version of the shaders yet. But not too antsy to try again either. To make sure I eliminated possible variables/mistakes, I just copied all of the folders and saved them as ".old", copied all of the new shader files into the "shaders" folder, replaced existing files with new (kegetys), deleted metacache and fxo data from my saved games directly, and then started up DCS. Just not working.

 

I have the NON-Steam, standalone version of DCS World.

[kraszus]

I have 2 JSGMEs for DCS...one for the Saved Games folder which holds sounds, labels, cockpit and aircraft. The second folder is in the DCS install directory...this is specifically for shaders. So in that MODS folder, you would have Kegetys Shaders Mod..or SpeedOfHeat's - which when enabled should write to your bazaar directory in the game install folder. Also, I would delete the contents of your fxo and metashaders2 folder in the saved games directory (not sure if this is still relevant, some say this is no longer required).

The above works for me at any rate.

[imacken]

@speed-of-heat Help me out, my man! Are their common mistakes that people make that maybe I'm overlooking? I haven't tried your version of the shaders yet. But not too antsy to try again either. To make sure I eliminated possible variables/mistakes, I just copied all of the folders and saved them as ".old", copied all of the new shader files into the "shaders" folder, replaced existing files with new (kegetys), deleted metacache and fxo data from my saved games directly, and then started up DCS. Just not working.

 

I have the NON-Steam, standalone version of DCS World.

 

Just the readme file - which you say is very vague.

 

All you do is

1) copy the bazar folder files from the mod to your DCS install.

2) delete fxo and metashaders2 (not metashaders) folder contents in your Saved Games. (Even this may no longer be necessary.)

3) launch DCS, sit back and wait.

 

It's really not complicated.

[Hammer1-1]

the sit back and wait is kinda complicated because sometimes it takes about 10-15 minutes to load up...does for me on an M.2 NVme drive.

[speed-of-heat]

@speed-of-heat Help me out, my man! Are their common mistakes that people make that maybe I'm overlooking? I haven't tried your version of the shaders yet. But not too antsy to try again either. To make sure I eliminated possible variables/mistakes, I just copied all of the folders and saved them as ".old", copied all of the new shader files into the "shaders" folder, replaced existing files with new (kegetys), deleted metacache and fxo data from my saved games directly, and then started up DCS. Just not working.

 

I have the NON-Steam, standalone version of DCS World.

 

I have the standalone version (non-steam) of DCS, statistically most people do.

 

I would start with a repair of DCS it sounds like you kinda dont know what state you are in , use Skatezillas app to run update and repair dcs.

 

Get either OvGME or JGSME or MODMANFX rather than copying the files straight into DCS. I use the latter and i use it to install and remove all mods),that way the backups are kind of done for you, and you dont have to worry! Just remember to uninstall mods before you update.

 

Otherwise i'd say @Imacken covered it pretty well.

 

99% of this stuff fails because people don't read or follow the instructions or have a conflicting mod installed.