VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

[VelvetDiamond]

Had no idea where to find the hotfix. Took me like an hour to find it, but yep, its all fixed now thanks.

[FupDuck]

No problems here on the latest beta either, and yes this does increase framerate. That's why we're all here!

[MasaMan]

I can't get it to work anymore. DCS gets stuck in "game load done" -spot when loading a MP server but it works in singleplayer. Any tips?

[speed-of-heat]

It’s likely not “stuck” but it might take several goes to compile all the shaders, best option download the server mission offline, load it offline, and let the shaders compile, then go into the mission online 

[chlywly]

Okay guys, I've installed VR Sharpen AA so far, and can tell the difference in game, albeit very subtle when I press "END".

How about these other ones, should I be using any of the other ones with 2.7.6?

[speed-of-heat]

you can use one of the 1st 2 to improve performance 

[Col. Kernel]

Seems like something changed in the shaders in the latest Open Beta. After the update to 2.7.7.14727 Open Beta I'm getting this error message when using the (otherwise excellent) VR Shaders mod:

I get the same error message with the original Kegetys mod and speed-of-heat's clear water variant as well as the hotfix for 2.7.6.

[speed-of-heat]

I will have a look later on when I get a chance

[peachmonkey]

8 minutes ago, Col. Kernel said:

Seems like something changed in the shaders in the latest Open Beta. After the update to 2.7.7.14727 Open Beta I'm getting this error message when using the (otherwise excellent) VR Shaders mod:

I get the same error message with the original Kegetys mod and speed-of-heat's clear water variant as well as the hotfix for 2.7.6.

 

per users' reports the water shaders were changed. This wasn't mentioned in the patch notes. Now the water has a lot more cloud reflections, etc.. This is probably the reason behind the errors.

[speed-of-heat]

@Kegetysmight have to fix this , I will try to hack it out , but my usual brutal approach applies

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

Yup, suffers from the same fate there. Have to wait...

[speed-of-heat]

so i can't seem to find a fix for the full shader set, nor the clear water but the IC pass shaders seems to work as does the simplex shaders 

Edited October 20, 2021 by speed-of-heat
updated with links

[Taz1004]

Seems like ED now encrypted /Bazar/shaders/metashaders/

[speed-of-heat]

well that will make things considerably more complex ... 

[laertesson]

That will break things until we make enough of a stink. Even a large stink may not convince them to decrypt any of this, and our frametime gains are gone.

[speed-of-heat]

not all of them , and to be honest... just the ones associated with metashaders

[Nealius]

So.....were these files used for "cheating" online too? I'm really lost for words as to why ED locks files that improve the user experience after tweaking because the base game lacks the functionality (or in extreme cases is completely bugged). In this case, that functionality being VR performance.

Edited October 21, 2021 by Nealius

[Ready]

Yes this is really bad. Crazy drop in frames and lost for words. Why would ED do this? 

[speed-of-heat]

I can think of a couple of reasons:

- to see what happens, this is beta…

- integrity/stability, it will likely lead to more stability of their code base, modding is always done at risk, and Ed has a very clear position that mods should go in saved games..not core games.

 

[laertesson]

Yes, it’s just adhering to ED’s new policy of encrypting their game. I guess we should be glad we at least got some years being able to mod to our hearts content.

Edited October 21, 2021 by laertesson

[MVS-Viper]

Yeah, I'm noticing a decrease in frame rates as well.  Especially on on-line servers. Down to 8 FPS, from an average of 30 FPS in the past.

[Spetz]

I'm getting errors now too with the hotfix on the new build. Install was de-modded, cleaned, slow repaired and now I'm getting this. Loads just fine without VR Shaders installed via OvGME. 

 

Really too bad as this mod was what brought me back into flying after a couple year absence..

[MVS-Viper]

I just noticed that starting the game with SkateZilla's GUI app:

I get much better frame rates in VR.  Just flew an online mission with frame rates back up to 30 FPS.

[Nealius]

13 hours ago, MVS-Viper said:

I just noticed that starting the game with SkateZilla's GUI app:

That's interesting. The only difference between running from the desktop icon and Skatezilla's tool is that the latter bypasses the updater.exe, right? I wonder if starting DCS.exe straight from the /bin folder will give the same results?

UPDATE: That might have actually worked. 40+ FPS down low in Caucausus. I was in a low-demand aircraft though. I'll have to test something more demanding like the Channel map to be sure.

Edited October 22, 2021 by Nealius

[Ready]

I am experiencing the same thing. The Clearwater + hotfix is triggering that DX11 error. So I switched to the IC-pass version. But now it seems to be actually slower than running DCS without this shader mod. Tried the Simplex version, which is also not good. Am going to make a couple of FpsVR screenshots to put them next to eachother.