Noob help, Settings aren't changing.

[Texas Hood]

So I got a Oculus Rift for Christmas and it seems to work for the most part. I can play some missions and campaigns but I am having a terrible time seeing the text on the console and seeing objects over .5 km away. I know there is a setting somewhere but I just can't find it. I am looking for a direction to go at this point. I have spent the last 4 days looking through various post and hundreds of searches here and other locations. I also notice that when I change settings in DCS nothing changes to the display, i find this very weird but I am new to VR so not sure what that is about about. I was making small changes at first then I decided to just use the pre-selected low, med, high, and VR settings and absolutely nothing changed. Any help please, thank you for taking the time to read.

 

i7 5820k

16gb ram

GeForce GTX 1080Ti 12gb

1Tb SSD

 

Ryan

[uri_ba]

set pixel density in the VR settings to 1.5, your card can handle it, the graphics settings are not lined to the resolution. However start with "VR" preset and tweak afterwards.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

So I got a Oculus Rift for Christmas and it seems to work for the most part. I can play some missions and campaigns but I am having a terrible time seeing the text on the console and seeing objects over .5 km away. I know there is a setting somewhere but I just can't find it. I am looking for a direction to go at this point. I have spent the last 4 days looking through various post and hundreds of searches here and other locations. I also notice that when I change settings in DCS nothing changes to the display, i find this very weird but I am new to VR so not sure what that is about about. I was making small changes at first then I decided to just use the pre-selected low, med, high, and VR settings and absolutely nothing changed. Any help please, thank you for taking the time to read.

 

i7 5820k

16gb ram

GeForce GTX 1080Ti 12gb

1Tb SSD

 

Ryan

 

 

Yeah don´t worry, DCS VR settings are quite tricky. As suggested, pump up the pixel density thing, Im currently running 1.5 with a subpar graphic card compare to yours.

 

Remember once in cockpit, move your position forward with

 

"RCtrl + RShift + NumPad /"

so you are closer to the frontal panel.

 

 

Also try in "Settings-VR options" changing the IPD value, it´s like a "World scale" thing, I play with 45. Be careful with extreme values.

 

 

Don´t hesitate asking for help ;)

[Texas Hood]

Thanks for your response gentlemen. Yea I just retried what you have mentioned, but it did not have an effect on anything, that is what strikes me odd. I will try and attach a couple of photos.

[eaglecash867]

Did you click on the VR tab all the way to the right on the top of the settings screen? Your screen shots just show you changing graphics settings. Go to the VR tab and you should see your pixel density setting, which defaults to 1.0. Set it for 1.5 and you'll see a lot of improvement in the clarity of the image. You can slowly ramp that setting up from there until you get a good balance between frame rates and clarity. I'm running 2.0 right now, with an IPD of 72.

Edited December 30, 2018 by eaglecash867

[Texas Hood]

Thank you for your reply. It actually started at 1.0 as you said, those pictures were at 1.5 I have taken it from 1 to 2.5 and still no change.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Thank you for your reply. It actually started at 1.0 as you said, those pictures were at 1.5 I have taken it from 1 to 2.5 and still no change.

mmm that´s weird

[eaglecash867]

Sorry to hear that, Texas Hood. The biggest problem with us trying to help you troubleshoot VR problems is that they really don't show up in screenshots. We can't see what you're actually seeing in the HMD, otherwise we'd probably be able to say "Oh that! I had that issue too, and this is how you fix it." Just keep at it. Eventually you'll figure out what's going on, and it'll be worth all of the trouble.

[Texas Hood]

Thanks yall. Yea I noticed the pictures dont show it after I posted them, double the blurry and that's what I see. If I zoom in then I can read the words a lot better. I do love the VR aspect, I have literally done movies in the aircraft then lost my breath. It seems like there is some other software that us taking control of the settings from DCS. My DCS is stand alone but I have read people are suppose to use steamVR at the same time, is that true? Does anybody know if there are settings inside the Oculus system, I can't seem to find anything except the debug program which doesnt seem to do anything either.

[eaglecash867]

If you have SteamVR installed, try uninstalling that and see what that does. All you need for making the Rift CV1 work with DCS is Oculus Home. Now, I do have both installed on my machine and don't have problems, but it would be a good troubleshooting step to try removing SteamVR and see what happens.