Reinstall to the rescue

[Sr.]

Just something I wanted to share.

 

Lately I had been noticing that occasionally my DCS VR experience was getting flaky. By that I mean, there were times when I had just finished getting it "just right", then the next day or several sessions later it just seemed "off". Not as clear, maybe a little more laggy or jagged and shimmery.

 

Then I started having lock ups just trying to launch MWR for Steam VR. Computer would completely freeze (usually about the time it would normally launch SteamVR) no mouse, no Ctrl Alt Del. I could only "fix" it by rebooting, or power cycling my G2, which would then cause SVR to crash and report some devices had been disabled (typically Gamepad). I would then spend the next 10 minutes trying to get WMR to detect my head set.

 

I tried the usual verify integrity via Steam on WMR and SVR and nothing helped. So I then Uninstalled SteamVR following this guide I found on the Steam community. 

1. Completely close Steam and SteamVR.
2. Navigate to each path and delete the following files:
a. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR\resources\settings\default.vrsettings
b. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config\steamvr.vrsettings
c. C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config\lighthouse\lighthousedb.json

Then Uninstall steam VR! You can do so with the following instructions:
1. Right click the SteamVR tool from the Steam Library and select Unistall
2. Follow the on screen prompts to complete the uninstallation of the SteamVR tool.

(important) Make sure to delete any leftover files in the installation directory by deleting the contents in the folder “SteamVR”
The default path for that folder would be:
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Steam\steamapps\common\SteamVR"

then Re-install SteamVR

 

You will then need to reset any settings you'd previously applied in steamVR and WMR as to controller vibration, motion smoothing, global and per app resolutions and world scale.

 

Upon first launch, no more computer freeze, no more error. I first landed in the Steam cliff house and even though it usually looked great before, it look MUCH better, clear, crisp etc.

 

So, launched DCS and noticed the same: Wow, much improved and had regained several MS in frametimes, but the visual clarity was the biggest thing I noticed. Also improved that other WWII flight sim which shall not be mentioned 

 

 

Anyway, hope this finds it's way to someone else in a similar boat.

 

 

[dburne]

Yeah when I went from Reverb G2 to Vive Pro 2 I pretty much did all that as well.

Had no hiccups at all.

[Hartsblade]

Ooooh, I'm going to give this a try. I have notice that the SteamVR Cliff House and related launch screen graphics have seen a bit blurry...