VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

[lefuneste01]

9 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

DO NOT install Kegetys original mod as that contains files that do not work 

You can if you install on it the OB patch I provided.

[speed-of-heat]

55 minutes ago, lefuneste01 said:

You can if you install on it the OB patch I provided.

indeed but that would not be the original from post 1,  that would be the fix...  

adding files doesnt delete the content thats already there 

[Mike Wazowsky]

Hey wise folks... dumb (or not so dumb) question... SImplex ( https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3317762/ ) is not working anymore on 2.7.7

Nonetheless, one of the best features was the incredible shortening of load times. Ho does that happen? Could this be replicated in your mods, @speed-of-heat?

[speed-of-heat]

You can, but, you loose some of the performance benefits functionally simplex is the same as ic pass (ish) … I was able to get simplex to work. 

Edited October 30, 2021 by speed-of-heat

[Mike Wazowsky]

So IC PASS has the same loading speed as SIMPLEX?

 

[speed-of-heat]

This post from Shaunx has the merged files

[tomeye]

updated to latest 2.7.7.15038, repaired, re-installed shaders, and cleared fxo and metashaders2. However, I am getting tons of the below errors which cause high CPU. Last time I had this error I had wrongly missed messed with shaders. I only installed clear water from https://forums.eagle.ru/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=238144&key=6c4b56c460aa40ffa0fce73fe4088d0d

I am using open fsr too, am I missing something else?

 

 

ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `this->wantedShader != nullptr && this->wantedTechnique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1183
ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `shader != nullptr && technique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1107

 

[t-stoff]

On 10/28/2021 at 8:44 PM, 5ephir0th said:

I suffer the same night issue, i only installed last zip from @speed-of-heat from a clean install, tried with and without global illumination enabled, same results.

I have the same problem. At night everything outside the cockpit is messed up. I guess I can be a day time fighter for a while:)

[Taz1004]

1 hour ago, t-stoff said:

I have the same problem. At night everything outside the cockpit is messed up. I guess I can be a day time fighter for a while:)

Have you guys tried with different weather preset?

[t-stoff]

Not really, I spent last night trying the different patches, and mods, cleaning, repairing trying again, waiting for the shaders to compile. After a while I just went straight to the first night mission. But we must be doing some step wrong. Because I've read some replies here that had success. I'll wait. 

EDIT reverting to the previous version

Edited October 31, 2021 by t-stoff

[Quekel]

I'm confused with the different shader mods and versions what is now the best working one or combination to gain more FPS in VR.

[speed-of-heat]

in terms of pure in game performance kegety's mod still remains the fastest available, it can be found here modified for the latest open beta 

18 hours ago, tomeye said:

updated to latest 2.7.7.15038, repaired, re-installed shaders, and cleared fxo and metashaders2. However, I am getting tons of the below errors which cause high CPU. Last time I had this error I had wrongly missed messed with shaders. I only installed clear water from https://forums.eagle.ru/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=238144&key=6c4b56c460aa40ffa0fce73fe4088d0d

I am using open fsr too, am I missing something else?

 

 

ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `this->wantedShader != nullptr && this->wantedTechnique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1183
ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `shader != nullptr && technique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1107

 

Others have said the same thing, i am unable to repro it 

[baco30]

9 hours ago, Taz1004 said:

Have you guys tried with different weather preset?

Yes, but same "night issue".  I noticed few versions ago that the "Nothing" weather preset and Kegetys' mod were causing the same issue.

[tomeye]

2 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

in terms of pure in game performance kegety's mod still remains the fastest available, it can be found here modified for the latest open beta 

Others have said the same thing, i am unable to repro it 

I fly mostly helis, so I get them in mi-8, ka-50 and mi-24. For some reason uh-1h has no errors. I can share a mission if you are interested.

[speed-of-heat]

I’ll see if I can repo it in the ka-50…

[speed-of-heat]

On 10/31/2021 at 12:20 AM, tomeye said:

updated to latest 2.7.7.15038, repaired, re-installed shaders, and cleared fxo and metashaders2. However, I am getting tons of the below errors which cause high CPU. Last time I had this error I had wrongly missed messed with shaders. I only installed clear water from https://forums.eagle.ru/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=238144&key=6c4b56c460aa40ffa0fce73fe4088d0d

I am using open fsr too, am I missing something else?

 

 

ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `this->wantedShader != nullptr && this->wantedTechnique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1183
ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `shader != nullptr && technique != render::INVALID_HANDLE` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:1107

 

even on the KA-50 i can't duplicate this error,  the closest i get is this:

2021-11-01 07:36:17.116 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `DX11VertexBuffer::buffersCount() == 0` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:122
2021-11-01 07:36:17.116 WARNING DX11BACKEND: alive index buffers: 1
2021-11-01 07:36:17.116 ERROR   DX11BACKEND: Failed assert `DX11IndexBuffer::buffersCount() == 0` at Projects\render\dx11backend_win8\Source\DX11Renderer.cpp:123

 

which i only get at the end of the mission .  

The only thing that comes to mind are you running on the latest drivers and the latest updates for, Windows, Hardware, GPU, Steam, Steam VR, etc... 

 

 

[tomeye]

I am looking in dcs.log and I can see ~1500 warnings in the beginning like below

WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader model/def_material.fx:BINORMAL_SIZE=2;BLEND_MODE=0;DAMAGE_UV=tc1;DIFFUSE_UV=tc0;DIRECTX11=true;ENABLE_DAMAGE_ARGUMENTS;METROUGH_MAP;NORMAL_MAP_UV=tc0;NORMAL_SIZE=3;SPECULAR_UV=tc0;TANGENT_SIZE=4;TEXCOORD0_SIZE=2;TEXCOORD1_SIZE=2;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1; is outdated as file /shaders/model/def_material.fx is modified.
WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader model/transparent_self_illum_material.fx:BLEND_MODE=0;DIFFUSE_UV=tc0;DIRECTX11=true;FLIR_MAP;METROUGH_MAP;TEXCOORD0_SIZE=2;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1; is outdated as file /shaders/deferred/atmosphere.hlsl is modified.
WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader particlesystem2/landingsmoke.fx:DIRECTX11=true;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1; is outdated as file /shaders/deferred/shadows.hlsl is modified.
WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader deferred/compose.fx:ALBEDO_TUNING;DIRECTX11=true;USE_DCS_DEFERRED=1;USE_SHADOWS=0;USE_SSAO=1; is outdated as file /shaders/deferred/compose.fx is modified.

They seem to be related to the modified shaders or I am wrong?

[speed-of-heat]

i have 33 warnings labelled 

WARNING DX11BACKEND: Shader

so whilst shaders may be a factor, its not as factor for me; so something else must be different.

what is fascinating; is that if i look at my crash logs then i have about 1400 or so  in some, in others none... so it is happening just not consistently 

Edited November 1, 2021 by speed-of-heat

[tomeye]

I tried with simplex and no errors in dcs.log

[cerealex]

En 29/10/2021 a las 8:49, lefuneste01 dijo:

Hello, I updated my mod thread here, the package 11.3.zip includes the patch for Kegetys mod. It tested the whole install (Kegetys+patch+3dmigoto mod) on a repaired DCS, it worked for night without issue.

You should have a try on my mod if you are using reshade, it may do the same job plus it have a bunch of cool features.

 

Hi! I have tried this 11.3.zip and DCS show mw this error and not run.

I combined the folders of 11.3.zip to OvGME Manager.

My path folders are this ---> M:\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\_OVGME Mods\LAST VR - 3DmigotoDCS_VR_11.3 + DCS VR Shaders mod patch for 2.7.7.14727 + update Kegetys VR Shaders mod for 3Dmigoto v1.1\"bazar and bin files here"

 

Back to "Kegetys + lefuneste shaders (new combined zip without "Decoder.hlsl")   Link --->https://forums.eagle.ru/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=238583&key=2c0124ca0df5190038f204c3c25c006e

 

Thanks anyway for effort guys

 

 

[rubbra]

I wonder if it might be helpful to start a new thread for this now, as there seem to be several "variants" of this patch around, and getting a consistent and useful story about how to apply them all is quite hard from this thread.

[speed-of-heat]

I can do that sure... but i guarantee people will ask on this thread anyway. 

[tomeye]

I tried comparison between simplex and clear water. I started with simplex and kept adding one by one files from clear water.

When I include "MaterialFactory\ils151.hlsl" from clear water I get all the errors in dcs.log. Not sure what the file does though

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by tomeye

[speed-of-heat]

thanks a simple solution would seem (at least for the short to medium term) would be to remove that file (if everything else still works)

?

[Taz1004]

35 minutes ago, tomeye said:

I tried comparison between simplex and clear water. I started with simplex and kept adding one by one files from clear water.

When I include "MaterialFactory\ils151.hlsl" from clear water I get all the errors in dcs.log. Not sure what the file does though

That file is related to below comment on Kegety's readme.

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- Slight mip bias adjustment for text rendering (sharper text)