Cowboy10uk Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 Hi all, I’ve been away from VR for quite some time after my hard drive failed, and then I decided to go back down the 2D physical cockpit route. However with the introduction of MT, and the fact my physical mfd screens are currently having issues with it, I figured now might be the perfect time to relook at VR. NOW the main reasons for going back to 2D, were I kept getting annoying stutters flying over towns specifically, the clarity just wasn’t there for my old eyes, and I do love my stunning graphics and feel of using real switches. I have seen you can now get prescription lenses for the Quest 2, which should hopefully solve the issue with blurring with my old eyes, and I’m hoping that MT will solve the stutter issue and may let me up the graphical settings to get the graphics a bit closer to 2D. As to the physical controls I’m still planning on using them, I just hope muscle memory to come quickly. Anyway enough waffling, and let’s get to the point. I’ve not been following the VR world at all since I stopped using it, so are there ANY 3rd party drivers / programs that you guys have found are must haves for use in DCS. I do have a voice attack serial number somewhere that I can reinstall, as well as PointCTRL, which I used to use last time I was operation with VR. I appreciate all setups are different, so as a starting position, I found a YouTube video for 2.7 which I will use to get the initial graphical settings and then tweak from there. any advice or tips on getting Quest 2 setup from scratch for DCS would be appreciated [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Fighter pilots make movies, Attack pilots make history, Helicopter pilots make heros. :pilotfly: Corsair 570x Crystal Case, Intel 8700K O/clocked to 4.8ghz, 32GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3200 MHZ Ram, 2 x 1TB M2 drives, 2 x 4TB Hard Drives, Nvidia EVGA GTX 1080ti FTW, Maximus x Hero MB, H150i Cooler, 6 x Corsair LL120 RGB Fans And a bloody awful Pilot :doh:
unlikely_spider Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 I hope your experience is good, but entering with expectations of no stuttering may set you up for disappointment unfortunately. I like Sim Shaker, personally. Modules: Wright Flyer, Spruce Goose, Voyager 1
DD_Crash Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 As you have VoiceAttack do yourself a favour and get Viacom Pro which will allow you to TALK to air traffic, tankers, AWACs etc.
regulus6633 Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 I have 2 suggestions. 1) OpenKneeboard is a better kneeboard for viewing things while in the VR cockpit and 2) XRNeckSafer helps you look behind you without the need to strain your neck. Good luck.
MADLOU1 Posted March 21, 2023 Posted March 21, 2023 1 hour ago, Cowboy10uk said: Hi all, I’ve been away from VR for quite some time after my hard drive failed, and then I decided to go back down the 2D physical cockpit route. However with the introduction of MT, and the fact my physical mfd screens are currently having issues with it, I figured now might be the perfect time to relook at VR. NOW the main reasons for going back to 2D, were I kept getting annoying stutters flying over towns specifically, the clarity just wasn’t there for my old eyes, and I do love my stunning graphics and feel of using real switches. I have seen you can now get prescription lenses for the Quest 2, which should hopefully solve the issue with blurring with my old eyes, and I’m hoping that MT will solve the stutter issue and may let me up the graphical settings to get the graphics a bit closer to 2D. As to the physical controls I’m still planning on using them, I just hope muscle memory to come quickly. Anyway enough waffling, and let’s get to the point. I’ve not been following the VR world at all since I stopped using it, so are there ANY 3rd party drivers / programs that you guys have found are must haves for use in DCS. I do have a voice attack serial number somewhere that I can reinstall, as well as PointCTRL, which I used to use last time I was operation with VR. I appreciate all setups are different, so as a starting position, I found a YouTube video for 2.7 which I will use to get the initial graphical settings and then tweak from there. any advice or tips on getting Quest 2 setup from scratch for DCS would be appreciated I also have old eyes being 68 years old. I wear glasses which fit quite neatly in my Quest 2 and they are not the smallest glasses either (given I have a rather large head). So if you wear glasses I suspect you may be able to wear them inside the Quest 2. They have a special spacer that goes in the headset for glasses but I found I dont need them because my glasses never touch the VR lens. Without the spacer, I get a bit more FOV (Field of view). As far as 3rd party programs, Necksafer is great. For some reason I could never get to work with the original DCS version but with MT it works like a charm. I didn't know about Openknee board and have to check that out. Other than that you may want to check into utilities to enhance your Quest 2 experience such as Oculus Tray Tool and Oculus Debugging tool. In its very early iteration, MT has greatly improved my midlevel computer VR operation. So I think this is a great time to get into VR with DCS.
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