Oculus Rift S - viewpoint issue

Kid18120 · June 21, 2019

Hi everyone,

hopefully someone will be able to give me a solution to this very strange issue that i'll try to explain at my best.

First of all, i can play pretty much anything with my Rift S (Assetto Corsa, Pavlov VR, Onward, and so on) with no tracking issues of any sort.

Though when it comes to DCS, for some reason the viewpoint will not stay centered.

Once i get in the menu or in cockpit and i use the recenter view key that i've bound to my Spacebar, the view correctly resets and i find myself "sitting in the right place" so to say.

The issue is that later, sometimes after a few seconds, other times after a couple of minutes, the view "snaps down and to the left" and i find my left rudder pedal right in my face.

I can still look around in complete freedom but with this new "recentered view".

The problem is momentarily solved by recentering once again but it will happen over and over again.

At first i thought it was an issue with Rift S + mouse instead of motion controllers, so i tried disabling the "use mouse" option and leaving the motion controllers enabled, but the same thing happens and it only happens in VR mode. If i use my standard setup with track-ir everything is totally fine.

My system specs are:

AMD Ryzenn7 2700x
32GB DDR G.Skill Ripjaws 3200MHz
EVGA GTX1070 FTW (with thermal pads mod)
DCS is the latest OB and it's installed on a dedicated SSD

Any clue? Anyone? I'm at a complete loss!

-- EDIT

Also, something i forgot to mention, i've tested back-to-back DCS and the other VR games i have, in pretty much the exact same environmental conditions, as i went through the various games in a matter of 30/40 minutes total. As soon as i stop DCS this strange issue stops and restarts as i open it. Nothing weird happens in the other games

Edited June 21, 2019 by Kid18120
Added some info after --edit

NeilWillis · June 21, 2019

It might be an environmental issue. Are you using the Rift in direct sunlight? Something seems to be throwing the tracking off kilter.

Kid18120 · June 21, 2019

It might be an environmental issue. Are you using the Rift in direct sunlight? Something seems to be throwing the tracking off kilter.

No, there's no direct sunlight (i also thought it might have been the issue so i started testing with the blinders closed).

Also, something i forgot to mention (editing the first post) i've tested back-to-back DCS and the other games in pretty much the exact same environmental conditions, in a matter of 30 minutes to go trough all of them. As soon as i stop DCS the issue stops and restarts as i open it. Nothing in the other games.

Edited June 21, 2019 by Kid18120
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WindyTX · June 21, 2019

I have the same problem puts outside next to the nose. With the latest update of Rift and DCS.

Happens intermittently and can't work out why. Something is resetting the tracking but not sure what.

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Cruachan · June 21, 2019

I've been flying the F-14 and this happens to me too, however, I think it only happens when I look at the lower right hand panel, like to adjust lights.

I look down and to the right and SNAP, I've now got my head stuck near the emergency brake.

So, I believe I've had the issue pop up other places, but it just about always happens when I'm looking at the light switches in the F-14.

-Cru

Edited June 21, 2019 by Cruachan

Kid18120 · June 21, 2019

I've been flying the F-14 and this happens to me too, however, I think it only happens when I look at the lower right hand panel, like to adjust lights.

I look down and to the right and SNAP, I've now got my head stuck near the emergency brake.

So, I believe I've had the issue pop up other places, but it just about always happens when I'm looking at the light switches in the F-14.

-Cru

I've noticed that it happens (to me at least) when i look low-left or low-right, say UHF radio and CDU on the A10C are the angles that mess my view up for some reason.

The fact i'm not the only one makes me less worried about it :music_whistling:

Have you guys found a workaround for it? like restart everything in a certain way or something?

WindyTX · June 21, 2019

Well I stopped it happening by re doing the guardian so it was in my seated position facing forward without doing a perimeter. I did notice it move slightly once after a "5" reset but I was still in the cockpit so it didn't matter.

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Cruachan · June 22, 2019

Well I stopped it happening by re doing the guardian so it was in my seated position facing forward without doing a perimeter. I did notice it move slightly once after a "5" reset but I was still in the cockpit so it didn't matter.

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FWIW, I'm fairly certain my guardian system is disabled...

WindyTX · June 22, 2019

Mine needed to be set up so the the forward view was where I sit. Although my guardian grid was off it was auto resetting on tracking loss to the forward position for my room scale and my desk was offset.

At least that's what I think was going on as it now appears to be OK

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davidp57 · June 22, 2019

I had this problem with the latest Oculus update (1.38 ) and I solved it by following this (

) thread, specifically replacing the 1.38 OVRLauncher.exe with older 1.37 version

Kid18120 · June 24, 2019

I had this problem with the latest Oculus update (1.38 ) and I solved it by following this (

) thread, specifically replacing the 1.38 OVRLauncher.exe with older 1.37 version

Wrong thread or wrong link?

I see a guide for the "installation stuck bug" (which happened to me but solved in a totally different way) :music_whistling:

BlacleyCole · June 28, 2019

I’m thinking about upgrading to the oculus s from the oculus especially for dcs and x-plane should I?

Migbane · June 29, 2019

I have the exact sane iussue (but mine jumps forward, down and to the right. I will try fiddling with Guardian and get back!

Kid18120 · July 1, 2019

"Fixed" the issue.

All i had to do was disable the Guardian function. Not sure why/how it would mess up the viewpoint in DCS but after doing so i've been flying for a few hours without any issue.

VampireNZ · July 2, 2019

I have the same problem puts outside next to the nose. With the latest update of Rift and DCS.
Happens intermittently and can't work out why. Something is resetting the tracking but not sure what.

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I just got the Rift S yesterday and have had this happen several times also - view snaps to sitting outside the aircraft to the right side of the cockpit. Only happens in DCS.

I have the guardian system disabled so not sure that's it. I have had to re-do my play area several times as it loses it for some reason. Will try setting from my rig seated position, but I also would like to do other things in VR that use the whole room so it would be nice if DCS handled VR in the Rift S like everything else does.

Edited July 2, 2019 by VampireNZ

Terry Dactil · July 2, 2019

My cockpit view had me sitting on the wing after the last update.

I am stuck outside the cockpit on the port wing.
This only applies to the Spitfire in VR and not to any of the other aircraft.
The problems persist in both instant action and missions.

The problem was completely solved with the help of finch in another thread

try this:
make a copy of the folder "View" inside "..\Saved Games\DCS\Config" and then delete it. Be aware that you will loose the saved views if you don't make a backup

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