JayRocs G2(WMR) VR Performance Guide

[JayRoc]

Hey,

 

i was fiddeling around quite a while to get the performance where i wanted it to be. Even with my Hardware.

Since i found some nice tools to improve my performance a lot - it sure could help some others aswell.

 

1.) I run the DCS Steam version and both SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR are non Beta.

     The VR-resolution is set to 100% - as recomended by SteamVR.

 

     I tried a lot with values between 80% to 100% - but with the later mentioned tools this is the best for me.

 

1.5) Disable the WMR input switching if not done already WMR input switching HOWTO

 

2.)  Disable WMR Motion Reprojection

       This is the cause for the warped text and grafic artefacts.

 

 

3.) Make use of AMD FidelityFX (like Nvidia DLSS - but for AMD and Nvidia GFX Cards!)

 

https://github.com/fholger/openvr_fsr

 

Thanks to him we can easily add FidelityFX to games using SteamVR.

Follow his installation instructions and place the two files into your game folder: *YourDrive*\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin

 

The standard settings are fine, but you can change them according to your needs in the config file: *YourDrive*\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin\openvr_mod.cfg

 

4.) Sharpen the grafiks - ReShade

 

https://github.com/fholger/reshade/releases/tag/openvr_alpha2

 

All the Files from the downloaded *.zip have to go into the same folder as above: *YourDrive*\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin

 

Via the Home/Pos1 button you can open the overlay menu:

 

 

6.) MY DCS settings - adapt this to your liking

 

I got a massive performance boost with christal clear visuals. Sure with MSAA it would be nice - or better Pixeldensity to 1.2, but than the performance is not good enough to my liking.

 

Have fun trying it and let me know what you guys think.

Edited October 8, 2021 by JayRoc
Mixed up names in 2.)

[speed-of-heat]

2) is just factually incorrect, based upon your image setting WMR is doing absolutely nothing for reprojection ...  you can choose do what you want, but based upon your instructions WMR is most defiantely not doing anything and if you turn of steam's then it wont either... 

[JayRoc]

8 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

2) is just factually incorrect, based upon your image setting WMR is doing absolutely nothing for reprojection ...  you can choose do what you want, but based upon your instructions WMR is most defiantely not doing anything and if you turn of steam's then it wont either... 

 

Sorry wrote it wrong - WMR Reprojection is off, and the SteamVR one is active....

[speed-of-heat]

I normally suggest setting it to let steam manage the reprojection 

[JayRoc]

Well this is how i got rid of the artefacts...

[divinee]

G2 is not using SteamVR reprojection. SteamVR just relays the settings for WMR. WMRFSVR and SteamVR settings really use WMR's own reprojection.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/mixed-reality/enthusiast-guide/using-steamvr-with-windows-mixed-reality

Edited October 8, 2021 by divinee
added link

[Topo]

On 10/7/2021 at 11:41 AM, JayRoc said:

Have fun trying it and let me know what you guys think.

 

Thanks JayRoc; with an RX6900, now i've disabled every reprojection and set the G2 at 60fps.

I will try for sure your settings and let you know.

[JayRoc]

@divinee thanks for the link. you´re right there is no reprojection running with my settings.

 

Since i dont suffer motion sickness the better visuals without reprojection are better for me. 

[RED]

Thanks for the write up @JayRoc. I tweaked my settings and came to almost the same conclusion as you do. DCS settings look the same. The only difference is no FidelityFx, no Reshade and 110% resolution in steamVR.

[JayRoc]

do you play online or offline?