Adjust VR seat position.

[MattM1121]

Greetings all,

I've been using 2D pits with TrackIR for quite a while. Not that I'm in the VR pit I'm not 100% sure where the correct viewpoint is. Does anybody have some techniques on how they get set up in VR?

Thanks,

-Matt

[Spurts]

Hey Matt,

I tend to lean forward a bit, center the view, and sit back.  The default position for me (when I look down) is on the edge of the seat.  I then use the "seat lower" command so I can see the gun cross.  

Any problem in particular you are having?

 

Spurts

[Machalot]

For me, the "view recenter" key is the `~ key.  Next to the 1 key of a standard US keyboard.

[CypherBlue]

I found this by KatBreath

Since a lot of new people to VR might not know this, there exists some useful functions in DCS to make getting your seat/eyepoint position properly configured when using a VR HMD. It's simple and here are the key commands:

 

 

• RCTRL + RSHFT + KP4,2,6,8 = Moves your eyepoint L,D,R,U respectively
• RCTRL + RSHFT + KP*, KPMinus = Moves your eyepoint fore and aft
• RALT + KP0 = Saves your current eyepoint position
• KP5 Recenters your view (Bind to a joystick or button box button with Joy2Key or other remapper to make centering simple)

 

There may be those who do not know you can activate your frame rate counter as well. I find activating the frame rate counter really helps me in fine turning my graphical settings in order to keep frames high:

 

 

• RCTRL + Pause/Break = Activates your frame counter; doing it again gives more detailed information

 

And if you want to "trap" your mouse pointer to keep from deactivating DCS as the primary application running on your Windows desktop, the following key combination is what you want:

 

 

• ALT+ENTER = Maximizes the DCS mirror on your desktop to keep the mouse from clicking outside of it

 

Force VR on and OFF - thank you Alex O'Keefe:

 

 

• dcs.exe --force_enable_VR
• dcs.exe --force_disable_VR

 

You'd use those commands in two separate DCS shortcuts on your desktop. 

 

Turn on and off the tooltip flyouts when hovering your mouse cursor over a cockpit control element (TYVM Skatezilla):

 

 

• Options => Gameplay Tab => Tool Tips => Uncheck

 

Happy VR Flying!