VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

[kristod76]

Exactly that. See here for an example with and without mod https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=4215542&postcount=44

 

Thanks very much. I tried to google exactly for the thread you have posted!

I will try to to revert original water but keep the others. At least mask for MSAA is a must.

[huligan]

VR in 2.5.6 full broken.

Mouse no works correctly.FPS decrease in 3 time and with new VR-mod I up fps to 40 (from 27 average)

Without this mod DCS-2.5.6 completely unplayable!

The sound has stopped coming to the helmet headphones-only defaulf sound device(monitor)

Thanks for this MOD!!!

[shdwp]

Here's IC pass version. I haven't tested it much tho.

DCS VR Shaders 2.5.6 (ICpass).zip

[Cimarron]

Here's IC pass version. I haven't tested it much tho.

 

thanks

[Aries]

Amazing mod!

 

Finally 45FPS on Pimax 5K+ in Normal FOV with 1080Ti...

 

:thumbup:

[kristod76]

Does anybody know what files are core for applying hmd mask and msaa size only keeping all graphics bells and whistles?

[SneakyBastd]

I'm getting weird night time lighting glitches. Don't know if this mod is responsible or not. Just as a fyi, so you know in future.

If I use default zoom (no zoom, normal view), I get a grid of lines, like strobe lights, across my view. Close one eye, and half the lines go away. Close the other, the perpendicular lines go away.

If I zoom in at all, the glitches go away and the view renders perfectly!

Pimax 5k+, shaders mod for 2.5.6 (duh), PP is off.

 

Daytime flight is fine, no glitches.

 

Any ideas?

Edited February 20, 2020 by SneakyBastd

[omskTransmash]

Here's IC pass version. I haven't tested it much tho.

 

 

Great Thanks!

[javipiki]

I've noted that when I rename "dcs" to "dcs_old" in mods\terrains\*MAP*\misc\metacache\, DCS don't create and refresh it again.

[imacken]

I've noted that when I rename "dcs" to "dcs_old" in mods\terrains\*MAP*\misc\metacache\, DCS don't create and refresh it again.

 

That is correct behaviour.

[javipiki]

That is correct behaviour.

 

 

I thought that the behaviour is similar to when you delete "fxo" an "metashadera2": DCS create the folder again.

[imacken]

I thought that the behaviour is similar to when you delete "fxo" an "metashadera2": DCS create the folder again.

 

No, it is different.

[LtDanTailor]

No, it is different.

 

I can confirm that

[FOXXGER]

I see no more edge cropping with the new 2.5.6 ICpass, which is bad.

 

 

Hence the mod seems inactive. I updated the same way like the weeks before when it worked, incl. disable and remove mod, repair dcs via console, delete the mentioned files in saved games and main. Anyone with the same outcome?

[DarkStar79]

No, it is different.

 

So does that mean that every time i start the game it will compile the new shaders? wich takes long time?

[LtDanTailor]

So does that mean that every time i start the game it will compile the new shaders? wich takes long time?

 

No. Only the first time, or prior flight when you load a map the first time. After that loading times are normal. Every now and then in the first flights you can get some stutter when a new shader is built I guess. Just test it.

Works fine now on my end with todays update.

[remus77]

This version does not pass IC for me. Anyone else seeing that?

[Habu_69]

Is reinstall required after 2.5.6.43872 update from previous 2.5.6?

[speed-of-heat]

as a general rule of thumb, i uninstall all mods from the DCS World\ directory before i upgrade anything, so i always remod after upgrading

[MPK]

Great to know Im not the only one! Did you find a fix for this? thx

Yes, I reinstalled 2.5.5 ;)

[shdwp]

;4218867']I see no more edge cropping with the new 2.5.6 ICpass, which is bad.

 

 

Hence the mod seems inactive. I updated the same way like the weeks before when it worked, incl. disable and remove mod, repair dcs via console, delete the mentioned files in saved games and main. Anyone with the same outcome?

 

 

 

I've probably left my Oculus 0.73 mask size in there, double check the config file.

 

 

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[Cimarron]

same outcome over here

 

;4218867']I see no more edge cropping with the new 2.5.6 ICpass, which is bad.

 

 

Hence the mod seems inactive. I updated the same way like the weeks before when it worked, incl. disable and remove mod, repair dcs via console, delete the mentioned files in saved games and main. Anyone with the same outcome?

[Habu_69]

as a general rule of thumb, i uninstall all mods from the DCS World\ directory before i upgrade anything, so i always remod after upgrading

Well, one can not uninstall the re-compiled files in dcs.lua folder. Must this step be repeated after latest update?

[imacken]

Well, one can not uninstall the re-compiled files in dcs.lua folder. Must this step be repeated after latest update?

 

There is no dcs.lua folder. If you are referring to your renamed DCS folder in the terrain metacache folders, then yes, you do have to repeat the step.

[cdrkrotchetyusn]

I was slightly frustrated with poor performance when playing in VR with the new deferred rendering engine, so I had a look what would be possible to remove/simplify from the shaders to improve the framerate without too huge sacrifices in image quality. Focusing on anything that has a potentially high memory bandwidth cost (which is usually a big problem with deferred renderers + high resolutions) I was able to do some seemingly decent "optimizations".

 

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* This optimization does not work with planes which do not use the glass shader for the canopy glass. For example the A10C and Hawk. It works at least with the Hornet, Harrier and Viggen.

** If you see an area around your peripheral vision rendered incorrectly open Bazar\shaders\deferred\_HMD.hlsl and increase the MASKSIZE value. The default is optimized for HTC Vive.

*** You can also adjust MSAA_MASKSIZE value from above file, which is the size of the area onto which MSAA is applied when it is enabled. Default is a very small area in the middle of the view.

 

Some of these are quite visible changes like removal of bloom, simplification of the canopy shader and shadows, and likely many features like DOF or SSAO no longer work.

 

The performance gain however is pretty good, it can be up to 50% or more in conditions where the GPU is the limiting factor.

 

This version also includes fixes for the NVG effect, ie. making the scope smaller so you can look under it (see settings in _HMD.hlsl). Some of the optimizations can also be turned off from _HMD.hlsl now.

 

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ummm, I don't have a _HMD.hlsl file in the prescribed folder!?!

 

 

Rift CV1

Edited February 21, 2020 by cdrkrotchetyusn
abridge quote; forgot screenshot