Varjo Aero - run XRNeckSafer with Varjo Foveated in MT.exe

[GPatricks]

There is an older thread here that has a page and a 1/2 of relatively incorrect information up front to solve the crazy cockpit antics you get when auto-rotation kicks in using the XRNS app (or no response at all!) in the Aero. As this solution has proven effective for all who tried it so far, hopefully it will help more people.

1. Be SURE you have the latest download of version of XRNeckSaferBeta5a from GitHub (https://gitlab.com/NobiWan/xrnecksafer)

2. Be Sure Varjo Foveated is installed, check Control Panel\Programs and Features for "OpenXR-Varjo-Foveated"

3. Run XNRS and check the "OpenXR\Show active OpenXR API Layers" list in XNRS. The "OpenXR API Layers" window should show "XR_APILAYER_MBUCCIA_varjo_foveated" and "XR_APILAYER_NOVENDOR_XRNeckSafer"

4. If XRNeckSafer is not on top of the list (which it usually isn't), that is the problem, it needs to be the FIRST API loaded. If it is 1st and you still have some sort of graphical issue, see the bottom of this post*. 

5. To change the order of the APIs there is a great new app, download the API Layers GUI program here -( https://github.com/fredemmott/OpenXR-API-Layers-GUI )

6. To see all APIs running and change the order run the pertinent GUI exe for your system (I used the "OpenXR-API-Layers-Win64-HKLM" exe). Select the XRNeckSafer API, click the Move up button (to the top even if you have more than 2 API's showing), done! 

 

*From @MastahFR on the Varjo\dcs-world Discord - "You should always have the [API] layer doing spatial / positioning correction [XRNS] run first, then display/render transformation (VFR, QVFR), then render correction (color, brightness, like OXRTK) and then render capture (OBS, ...)". So if you run Quadviews foveated and OXRTK, the API order should be:

1. XRNS

2. Quad_views_foveated

3. OXRTK

Hope this helps someone going forward!

Edited December 4, 2023 by GPatricks