Problem with shaders mod in vr (Oculus Rift)

[sirrah]

When I install (copy) Kegetys shader mod and load a mission, I get this small "ring" on the edges of my view. Just as if the 2 lenzes are not completely in sync.

 

I made a poor attemt to take a screenshot of what I'm seeing:

 

 

Anyone have any idea what is happening and what I can do about it?

 

 

For now I just reset the shaders folder from a backup, but I'd really like to enjoy the performance gain of this mod.

[toutenglisse]

Sirrah the explaination for this and how and what to edit is in the readme.txt file that's in the mod.

(you have to increase "masksize" value in the _HMD file located here : \Bazar\shaders\deferred\ )

[rowdgordypiper]

I moved mine to 66 to remove the ring

 

 

 

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[sirrah]

Ahh so that's what everybody was talking about!

 

Thanks for telling me. Sorry, I should have read the read me file :doh:

(Reading was never my strong point :P)

[sirrah]

I moved mine to 66 to remove the ring

 

Could you please point out to me, which of the values in the _HMD file should be changed :helpsmilie:

 

#define ENABLE_MASK 1

#define MASKSIZE 0.25f // change this to adjust the size of the mask, 0.525f seems to be ok for the Vive

#define MSAA_MASKSIZE 0.25f // Mask size used for MSAA - area outside this circle will not have MSAA applied on it

 

bool inVR()

{

// detect VR (off-center projection)

return any(gProj[2][0]);

}

 

void _discardHmdMask(float2 vpos, uint2 bufSize, float maskSize)

{

#if ENABLE_MASK

// poor man's invisible area mask for the Vive, similar to the mask from OpenVR SDK (DCS For some reason does not use it)

if (inVR())

{

float2 spos = vpos / (float2) bufSize;

if (distance(spos, float2(0.5 + gProj[2][0] / 2, 0.5)) > maskSize)

clip(-1);

}

#endif

}

 

uint2 getBufferSize(in TEXTURE_2D(uint2, buf))

{

uint2 bufSize;

#ifdef MSAA

uint samples;

buf.GetDimensions(bufSize.x, bufSize.y, samples);

#else

buf.GetDimensions(bufSize.x, bufSize.y);

#endif

return bufSize;

}

 

void discardHmdMask(float2 vpos, uint2 bufSize)

{

_discardHmdMask(vpos, bufSize, MASKSIZE);

}

 

void discardHmdMaskMSAA(float2 vpos, uint2 bufSize)

{

_discardHmdMask(vpos, bufSize, MSAA_MASKSIZE);

}

 

void discardHmdMaskWrite(float2 vpos)

{

#if ENABLE_MASK

#endif

}

 

I changed the 0.25 (bold) to 66, but that caused an error on DCS startup

[rowdgordypiper]

0.66f and save it

 

 

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[sirrah]

0.66f and save it

Ahh that explains

 

So... next "problem" :p

 

Since I've installed the shaders mod, my moving map on the hsi page is gone. Hsi itself seems to be working fine, but I just don't see the map. I tried Increasing and decreasing scale but that doesn't help

[rowdgordypiper]

In the harrier?? If so you have to do alignment or select pre aligned in the special tab in the options

 

 

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[sirrah]

In the harrier?? If so you have to do alignment or select pre aligned in the special tab in the options

 

 

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No, in the Hornet. But I reinstalled everything yesterday (including shaders mod) and all is working well now

[Reflected]

Hmm, I got the same ring issue, I'll give it another go today. How much did it improve your performance?

[sirrah]

Havn't actually checked fps (not sure how to turn the fps counter on and off), but it feels better and also I think it looks better. As if there's better contrast orso

[dburne]

Havn't actually checked fps (not sure how to turn the fps counter on and off), but it feels better and also I think it looks better. As if there's better contrast orso

 

LCTRL + Pause/Break key will toggle fps counter.

[sirrah]

LCTRL + Pause/Break key will toggle fps counter.

 

Will check it later today

 

I Have to be carefull though as RCTRL + Scroll lock key (which I accidently pressed on more than one occasion while looking for the "home" key) makes DCS crash. That might also happen with the LCTRL combination...