My DCS settings for VR on laptop

[Spetz]

Put this together and posted on Reddit, thought I'd drop it here. May help out some peeps. With these settings, I have a CONSTANT 36 FPS (per eye), no screen tearing, crisp displays and no jaggies on a laptop.

My PC specs: MSI Vector GP66, 3070Ti (no over/under clocking), 64 Gb Ram, i7-12700H, DCS on WD Black SN850X. Running Quest 2 at 72Hz PD 1.2.

After DCS main game updates, I do a CLEAN, followed by a SLOW REPAIR using DCS Updater.

       OVGME Mods I use:

1. GCTC 2.84.1

2. Taz1004 Optimized AH64D

3. Taz1004 Optimized A10C_2

4. Taz1004 Optimized F16C

5. Taz1004 Optimized FA18C

6. Taz1004 Optimized KA50_3

        DCS Config Settings

Add to DCS.exe Shortcut after the " --force_enable_VR --force_OpenXR (may not be required, doesn't hurt)

1. In Graphics.lua (main DCS install)- change lodMult = 1.0; TO 0.5; in all distances (Ctrl F + lodMult)

2. In Graphics.lua (main DCS install)- change around_camera = 50000 and around_objects = 10000; TO 0 (zero)

     

      My NVCP Settings for DCS.exe (make sure it points to MT version, may not matter)

Image Scaling - OFF

Ambiant Occlusion - Not supported

Anistropic filtering - OFF

Antialiasing - FXAA - OFF

Antialiasing - Gamma correction - ON

Antialiasing - Mode - Enhance the application setting

Antialiasing - Setting - 2X

Antialiasing - Transparency - Multisample

Background Application Max Frame Rate - OFF

CUDA - GPUs - ALL

Low Latency Mode - ULTRA

Max Frame Rate - OFF

Multi-frame Sampling AA (MFAA) - ON

OpenGL GDI compatibility - AUTO

OpenGL rendering GPU - Select GPU

Power management mode - PREFER MAX PERFORMANCE

Preferred refresh rate - APP CONTROLLED

Texture Filtering - Anisotrpoic Sample optimization - OFF

Texture Filtering - Negative LOD bias - CLAMP

Texture Filtering - Quality - HIGH QUALITY

Texture Filtering - Trilinear optimization - ON

Threaded optimization - AUTO

Triple Buffering - OFF

Vertical Sync - OFF

Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames - 2

Virtual Reality - Variable Rate Super Sampling - Not Supported

Vulkan/OpenGL present method - AUTO

     

      OpenXR Tweaks

PERFORMANCE

Upscaling/sharpening - CAS at 50% (Play around, 50% seems not to harsh, 40% works too)

Fixed FOV - Preset - Quality / Narrow

TURBO mode - ON

FPS Throttling - 36 (what ever your headset is set to then 1/2 (My Quest 2 is at 72 Hz x 1/2 = 36)

APPEARANCE

Post Processing - ON

Sun Glasses - Light

 

        DCS In Game Graphics Settings

Resolution: 1280x800

Monitors: 1 screen

Res. of cockpit Displays: 1024 every Frame

AA : DLAA

Upscaling: OFF

Sharpening: 1 (full right)

Textures: Medium

Terrain Textures: HIGH

Shadows: MediumFlat Shadow Blur: OFF

Secondary Shadows: OFF

SSS: OFF

Visib Range: Medium

Civ traffic: Low

Clouds: ULTRA

Water: Medium

SSAO: OFF

SSLR: OFF

Lens Effects: Dirt and Flare

Heat Blur: OFF

Motion Blur: OFF

Blur Amout: Zero

DOF: OFF

Screen Shot: JPG

Color Grading: Not Used

Clutter/Grass: 800

Forest Visibilty: 100%

Forest Details: 1

Scenery Details: 1

Preload Radius: 76000

Chimney Smoke: 3

Gamma: 2

External FOV: 78

LOD Switch Factor: 2

Anistropic Filtering: 4X

Terrain Object Shadows: Flat

Cockpit Global Illumination: ON

Messages Font Scale: 1.5

Scale GUI: 1

Rain Droplets = checked

Vsync = Not checked

Full Screen = checked

Cursor confined to game window = checked

VR TAB

Enable VR headset = checked

PD = 1.0

Use Mouse: checked

Cursor confined to game window = checked

IPD = your choice

Use built in audio = checked

Lastly..

1. Turn off HAGS (hardware accelerated GPU scheduling). This is a standard setting in Win 10, but not in Win 11. I changed a registry entry to turn it off.

2. Disable Hotplug in DCS controller settings

3. Delete FXO and metashaders folder contents. Restart game, join mission and just look around to rebuild shader files etc. Cycle the F# views, and fly for a few minutes looking everywhere (over wings, up, down etc). Each new cockpit and terrain will need new shaders rebuilt as they have been deleted. I have a mission with my primary flyers on my primary map to help rebuilding the files quickly. Just jump to a new cockpit every couple minutes.

4. Exit, restart, and fly mission. Should be G2G.