Did the VR performance really increase or has the picture quality decreased a bit?

[Bog9y]

Just been wondering...VR performance has increased in DCS over the last 6 months or so but I have also noticed that the picture quality seems to have decreased a bit compared to 6 months ago.  I seem to have more shimmering of objects as if the MSAA is switched off despite it being at 2x.  Some cockpit instruments also seem a bit more blurry than before. 

 

So, has the coding been improved for VR or has ED just reduced some picture quality settings by default and gained the performance that way? 

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

[speed-of-heat]

what mods are you running? Reshade introduces a massive amount of shimmering so it could be that.  I havent seen any perceptible decrease in quality in the native platform.

[Taz1004]

2 minutes ago, Bog9y said:

Just been wondering...VR performance has increased in DCS over the last 6 months or so but I have also noticed that the picture quality seems to have decreased a bit compared to 6 months ago.  I seem to have more shimmering of objects as if the MSAA is switched off despite it being at 2x.  Some cockpit instruments also seem a bit more blurry than before. 

 

So, has the coding been improved for VR or has ED just reduced some picture quality settings by default and gained the performance that way? 

 

Any thoughts?

 

 

 

Images are sharper and smoother than it ever did on my Vive Pro.

[Bog9y]

4 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

what mods are you running? Reshade introduces a massive amount of shimmering so it could be that.  I havent seen any perceptible decrease in quality in the native platform.

No mods, I used to have the VR shaders mod to improve performance, removed that for 2.7.  

 

Is there any setting in the Nvidia control panel that controls shimmering? I have clamped LOD bias and have AA set to application controlled. 

 

[speed-of-heat]

 

this is what i use everything else is default/application controlled

[Bog9y]

1 minute ago, speed-of-heat said:

 

this is what i use everything else is default/application controlled

I had mine set the same as yours as per your great thread. I may have changed a few settings to see if it made a difference. I'll revert back to your settings and check again. 

[speed-of-heat]

good luck! and thanks for the compliment !