Quadviews Companion for VR eye-tracking for Crystal and Aero

[GayCavalier]

Download here: QuadViews Companion (digitalcombatsimulator.com)

V 1.0.2 (updated) - NET5.0 support

Quadviews Companion makes modifying the settings within mbucchia's implementation of QuadViews a breeze!

mbucchia's QuadViews is an essential download if you fly in DCS, and you have eye-tracking capabilities.

However, for many, the settings.cfg file setup and modification can prove difficult when trying to find the best Dynamic Foveated Rendering settings for DCS.

This handy utility not only automatically creates the initial QuadViews user settings file, but lets you load, modify, and update the settings without needing to open the config file at all.

See https://github.com/mbucchia/Quad-Views-Foveated/wiki for further details.

Works with Pimax Crystal, Pimax 12k, and Varjo Aero, Varjo XR3.

Edited September 7, 2023 by GayCavalier
Updated version number

[Lt_Jaeger]

It is missing the .net components and the up so date download of  net won't run it. Good guy found out that it seems to depend on 3.1 Net version, which is pretty old. 

 

Other than that, great idea. 

[GayCavalier]

I've just recompiled with a newer dotNet version. (5.0)

Edited September 7, 2023 by GayCavalier

[Lt_Jaeger]

Could you please check the app. Rumor has it, that the app puts "," instedt of "." depending on the localisation (?). Seems to screwed up a couple of ppl already. 

 

[_schepper_]

oke, i got it to work again, 

i delete the 2 files, let the program creat new one with the correct keyboard layout  

its working again 

edit: sorry, spook to soon... afther i press apply on the app dcs is small again

 

Edited September 11, 2023 by _schepper_

[_schepper_]

oke, 

so when i delete 2 files, and load programma with azerty keyboard the file is perfect

but when i do save, on the programm, and still with azerty the file changed to , instead of a .

if i do the same with a qwerty layout, its the same problem, it works till i use apply 

Edited September 11, 2023 by _schepper_

[GayCavalier]

On 9/11/2023 at 3:17 PM, _schepper_ said:

oke, 

so when i delete 2 files, and load programma with azerty keyboard the file is perfect

but when i do save, on the programm, and still with azerty the file changed to , instead of a .

if i do the same with a qwerty layout, its the same problem, it works till i use apply 

 

Sorry for this  - it's now been fixed with v1.0.5 posted to User files this morning.

On 9/11/2023 at 11:39 AM, Lt_Jaeger said:

Could you please check the app. Rumor has it, that the app puts "," instedt of "." depending on the localisation (?). Seems to screwed up a couple of ppl already. 

 

Thanks.  Is now fixed with v1.0.5 released this morning.

[SkateZilla]

I had the same problem, w/ newer versions of .net the country code doesnt inherit or force like it did before.

So math on my machine returns x.xx, but if someone's localization is set to German, it returns x,xx.

I had to tell .net to replace the localization separators for that region and force it to save strings as x.xx.

[GayCavalier]

2 hours ago, SkateZilla said:

I had the same problem, w/ newer versions of .net the country code doesnt inherit or force like it did before.

So math on my machine returns x.xx, but if someone's localization is set to German, it returns x,xx.

I had to tell .net to replace the localization separators for that region and force it to save strings as x.xx.

Is this still happening on v1.0.5?  If so, I'm going to have to force a string replacement to point decimals while the text file is being written.. not a big problem, but worth knowing, otherwise everywhere from Norway to Syria is going to have decimal issues..

[SkateZilla]

On 9/13/2023 at 11:08 PM, GayCavalier said:

Is this still happening on v1.0.5?  If so, I'm going to have to force a string replacement to point decimals while the text file is being written.. not a big problem, but worth knowing, otherwise everywhere from Norway to Syria is going to have decimal issues..

should be as simple as converting number value from control to string, then replacing characters

ie for VB:

If System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = "," Then 
Try
     Dim VALUE_SLIDER = (TrackBar_USER_VALUE.Value).ToString 
     If VALUE_SLIDER.Contains(",") Then
         VALUE_SLIDER = VALUE_SLIDER.Replace(",", ".")
     End If
 Catch Ex As Exception
 End Try
End If

** Fixed a Typo **

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by SkateZilla

[GayCavalier]

17 hours ago, SkateZilla said:

should be as simple as converting number value from control to string, then replacing characters

ie for VB:

If System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = "," Then 
Try
     Dim VALUE_SLIDER = (TrackBar_USER_VALUE.Value).ToString 
     If VALUE_SLIDER.Contains(",") Then
         VALUE_SLIDER.Replace(",", ".")
     End If
 Catch Ex As Exception
 End Try
End If

 

Yes - that's what i'm doing, done for all except the final string writes, so I'll fix that this evening.. v1.0.6 on the way!   Thanks for confirming that it's still and issue.

Edited September 14, 2023 by GayCavalier
typo

[GayCavalier]

Updated to v1.0.8.. finally got rid of the internationalization issues.

[_schepper_]

hey Gaycavalier, 

i have run somme test's, and everything is working perfect for me with quadviews companion.

thanks for the great app, dcs is so sharp now and runs so well  

 

[greyeagle787]

Hello GayCavalier, Thanks for this and your very complete and informative videos! My Pimax is on order and I just have 1 question. The tick box on top “turbo mode”, is this another place to turn that feature on? Thought was just in OpenXR Toolkit and PimaxXR. Thanks!

[GayCavalier]

On 11/27/2023 at 12:45 PM, greyeagle787 said:

Hello GayCavalier, Thanks for this and your very complete and informative videos! My Pimax is on order and I just have 1 question. The tick box on top “turbo mode”, is this another place to turn that feature on? Thought was just in OpenXR Toolkit and PimaxXR. Thanks!

Once you're using QuadViews, best practice is to 'reset' the settings for DCS in OpenXR Toolkit's On Screen Display.   QuadViews settings take precedent over OXRT OSD's settings, but you don't want to end up in a situation where your OXRT settings conflict with QuadViews...  for that reason, I now leave my OXRT OSD settings within DCS all as default.

[greyeagle787]

8 minutes ago, GayCavalier said:

Once you're using QuadViews, best practice is to 'reset' the settings for DCS in OpenXR Toolkit's On Screen Display.   QuadViews settings take precedent over OXRT OSD's settings, but you don't want to end up in a situation where your OXRT settings conflict with QuadViews...  for that reason, I now leave my OXRT OSD settings within DCS all as default.

Thanks You Sir and for all your good work as well. Read your post on Reddit regarding OXRTK’s developer. Spot On!!

[Sorata]

Using it now but the eye gaze and focus view feature seem not to work.

 

 

EDIT: Never mind my crystal is junk and I am contacting Pimax to return it and going back to a monitor instead. Found internal damage to my unit from the factory and a total of 7 issues with the headset and customer service  My 8KX never had all these issues. Maybe they will fix it with the 12K.

Edited February 16, 2024 by Sorata

[Glide]

I tried it with the latest Crystal Sim, and there was ripping and tearing when I panned the headset.  Something like vsync errors.  Perhaps the latest firmware through things off.

[ChuckJäger]

Having an issue where in the middle of a flight the Foveated rendering suddenly stops working.  I've got Quadviews companion running in the background, it works initially and then boom - I have to move my head to see things clearly after a while.

Any help would be appreciated!

[ETBSmorgan]

Hello,

I try to use quadviews with a meta quest 3. The local spot is on the top, I want to lower it but the " vertical focus offset" do nothing. -10, 50 or -50 it's the same. In the log i can see this parameter but no change in the game.

[GayCavalier]

Unfortunately, the Meta Quest3 doesn't have eye tracking capabilities.

[intruder11]

14 hours ago, GayCavalier said:

Unfortunately, the Meta Quest3 doesn't have eye tracking capabilities.

You can still use QVR with a non-eyetracked headset for fixed foveated rendering! It's handy for headsets where the curvature of the lens at the edges means that full resolution at the sides isn't visible anyway. Or in my case, my eyeglasses have some distortion at the sides anyway lol.

Edited September 11, 2024 by intruder11