VR FOV - can it be changed?

[plott1964]

 

Does anyone know how to change the VR FOV settings for replaying tracks? Every time I replay a VR mission the FOV seems to be up too close.

[speed-of-heat]

lots of different ways depending on your headset but inside DCS, look at Force IPD Distance, which isnt IPD , but an FOV tool

[plott1964]

confused... Currently, I have Force IPD off. Technically, that should be a setting for interpupillary distance. This makes sense for VR. Where can I find more info regarding that it is a FOV tool?

Here's the situation. I fly a mission in VR and save the track. Then I play (track) in the mission back in regular (non-VR) mode. The FOV of the replay track displays the view as closer to everything and I feel it should be set further back.

I have missed with several sections with the Options.lua, SnapViews.lua, and a couple other files. ...but to no avail.

Edited September 15, 2023 by plott1964

[speed-of-heat]

Try using it... It has  nothing  to do with IPD like i said previously... FFS

[Lange_666]

1 hour ago, speed-of-heat said:

Try using it... It has  nothing  to do with IPD like i said previously... FFS

This... And change the value directly with a hugh amount like going from 60 to 6 instead of little tiny steps. 

[draconus]

13 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

look at Force IPD Distance, which isnt IPD , but an FOV tool

It is software simulated IPD - it changes your perception of scale. It has nothing to do with fov.

OP - can't you replay the track on monitor and change view/fov then save a track after? Haven't try myself.

Edited September 16, 2023 by draconus

[WipeUout]

21 hours ago, plott1964 said:

Then I play (track) in the mission back in regular (non-VR) mode.

Tracks made in VR must be replayed in VR, there are no way around.  Else, re-do your track in 2D and it will be fine on replay (in 2D). 

[Gordy]

@plott1964Try the zoom in/zoom out controls (generally Rshift-numpad* and Rshift-numpad/), though those seem to be aircraft specific, so may vary. 

I replay VR tracks in 2d/pancake all the time, it's fine.   Just don't change views, if you want to play back the head movements. 

Or if you want, you can take control of head movements yourself and look around with TrackIR or whatever during the replay - I'll do this sometimes if I'm playing back to record the flight, to make sure the right things are visible and the movement is smooth.   The VR head movements can be too jerky.

[matze140]

But the World scale is only applied to the cockpit/GUI. The world scale in general can’t be adjusted or did I miss s.th.? 

[dburne]

If you are using Open XR then just use the Open XR Toolkit provided by @mbucchia  it has all kinds of settings you can mess with.

[draconus]

7 hours ago, matze140 said:

But the World scale is only applied to the cockpit/GUI. The world scale in general can’t be adjusted or did I miss s.th.?

By design all the 3d world scale perception is affected by IPD setting but, obviously, you'll mostly see the difference around near objects, like in the cockpit.

[plott1964]

Thanks for the help guys....

Better explained (I hope)... Replay of a VR mission in "pancake" mode is most definitely possible. However as soon as you hit an F-key or try to adjust anything but playback speed, you loose the head movements (and some other key presses) saved in the original track. I had originally thought it had something to do with FOV - obviously not. I will attempt to see if the Force IPD Distance feature actually effects the playback in pancake mode. But I would assume that is related to the VR experience as opposed to the playback of a VR experience.

...more unsolicited explanation: Why do I do this? Because I have to downgrade the graphics to run smoothly in VR, and in pancake mode I can crank everything all the way up and it looks awesome, just way too zoomed in because of this issue. Another option I have tried was to capture a video using Nvidia Geforce video capture, which works, but @ 1280x1280 res and the lower VR graphics settings. I just thought there had to be a better way.

[plott1964]