Odyssey Plus quick questions

[ChuckJäger]

Hey guys, I've searched but I cannot find the answers even though I'm sure they must have been discussed:

 

1. Sometimes I can throw on the HMD without turning on my monitor and it works fine, others - the HMD won't turn on unless the monitor is up... Any ideas on how I could use the HMD with my monitor off (or in my case - TV on a different source)

 

2. When the computer idles for a while (after I've closed DCS) SteamVR seems to go away and I can't get back to that window in WMR. The only way I seem to be able to get back in to VR with DCS is by a system restart. There must be a solution to this as well.

 

Thanks in advance and I'm sorry if these have been covered previously.

[ChuckJäger]

bump?

[Jyge]

Neither nor rings a bell, have never tried without screen, though. Have you tried closing down everything WMR and SteamVR, unplugging the USB from the headset and then replugging it again. Can not really believe the restart would be necessary.

[Headwarp]

Any reason you'd rather not go into your windows power settings and stop the TV from shutting off while you're gaming?

 

Your circumstances may differ from mine, but I fly MP a lot and some servers have websites associated with them..as well as wingmates hollaring on discord. My monitor stays on while the headset is on.

 

Thus I can't say I've run into your particular issue. but sometimes I'll launch WMR/SteamVR and my displays are black, but only when first launching the software. Closing VR software and restarting it usually fixes that.

 

 

As far as steamVR closing.. the Mixed Reality portal will shutdown if you're idle and it does close steamvr.. I usually just close and restart the software if I'm going to put the headset back on after being afk for 10-15 minutes. Doesn't seem to be any way to stop the idle sleep mode for the HMD in windows settings. But you should be able to wake it up and resume from the mixed reality portal. I personally prefer to close the mixed reality portal and launch steamVR to bypass loading the cliffhouse in to memory.

Edited January 29, 2019 by Headwarp

[Thick8]

You can turn off the SteamVR shut down when idle feature in the SteamVR settings.

I will often use my Odyssey+ without the monitor turned on or tuned to my wife’s gaming rig. This became possible with the fall creators update. Although it does stutter in the Cliff House sometimes with the monitor off.

[ChuckJäger]

You can turn off the SteamVR shut down when idle feature in the SteamVR settings.

I will often use my Odyssey+ without the monitor turned on or tuned to my wife’s gaming rig. This became possible with the fall creators update. Although it does stutter in the Cliff House sometimes with the monitor off.

 

 

THanks! I think this did it!