fixed DCS won't start oculus ptc

[Maksim Savelev]

Gentlemen, deselecting PTC seems to worked for a wile for me, but it stopped to work. Anyone else having this problem again?

[dutchili]

See this thread: 

(start DCS with command-line option --force_open_vr to force the Oculus runtime

[BIGNEWY]

1 minute ago, dutchili said:

See this thread: 

(start DCS with command-line option --force_open_vr to force the Oculus runtime

please note there have been mixed results with it, I have also included other work arounds in the post at the bottom. 

thanks

[Maksim Savelev]

Thank you. Will check that and report you back.

[Maksim Savelev]

Nothing helped at this moment. The only way it starts in VR is under the SteanVR and with very laggy experience. 

[majorandme]

On 2/17/2024 at 6:12 PM, rob10 said:

Uncheck PTC in Occulus and it should let you downgrade to previous version of the Occulus software and everything should work fine again.

 

Did it work for you?  This does not fix the problem

[rob10]

39 minutes ago, majorandme said:

Did it work for you?  This does not fix the problem

That was valid advice when it was posted (and up until last week sometime) because at the time the release version was V62 and the problem version (V63) was only a preview version.  Since last week V63 is now the release version so doing this will no longer solve the problem.

[majorandme]

7 hours ago, rob10 said:

That was valid advice when it was posted (and up until last week sometime) because at the time the release version was V62 and the problem version (V63) was only a preview version.  Since last week V63 is now the release version so doing this will no longer solve the problem.

Ah, gotcha.  Tks.  I wonder how many DCSers are sitting around patiently (or not so patiently) awaiting a repair.  

[adam34aus]

Ive turned off PTC. How do I roll back to v62

[slughead]

2 hours ago, adam34aus said:

Ive turned off PTC. How do I roll back to v62

If it has it rolled back automatically then you’re now on the general release and stuck. Switch over to SteamVR while you wait for the fix from ED.

[seavoyage]

 

Meta confirmed can not roll back from autoinstalled v63 to v62. On SteamVR both DCS Standard and MT work fine. OpenXR is enabled.

From Oculus:

"For now it seems like the only solution is really to play via Steam by using the launch option force_oculus_VR. I'm not sure if DCS allows it, but maybe you could login to your Quest account inside the game via the Steam? If it does, that could be an option to play.

Aside from that, I don't see much of an alternative until the fix rolls out from the developers. You can try to look for ways to roll back to V62 if you really have to, though I can't advise it as they are all unofficial methods, but some of them do mostly work."

 

ED Support suggested renaming the DCS folder and the result:  DCS v2.9.2.49940 Open Beta (non_steam) VR Enabled (Oculus v63)  launched!  ...but only once

After DCS launches it creates a new DCS folder and I'm back to DCS not launching as DCS ignores the renamed folder.  I have to manually delete the generated Saved Games\DCS folder to launch on OculusVR.

A new options.lua is generated in ~\Saved Games\DCS\Config and you need to disable VR to relaunch DCS. I override the Saved Games path with DCS Updater Utility and Launch VR On or rename options.lua to options.lua.BAK .  This hack occasionally launched DCS VR enabled in v2.9.2.49940 Open Beta and Oculus is v63, OpenXR

Same finding when tested on v2.9.3.51740.

Meanwhile - SteamVR is the backup. DCS Steam is v2.9.3.51740

 

Edited March 17, 2024 by seavoyage

[Doc3908]

Had this issue a few weeks ago and switching off PTC on the Oculus app seemed to do the trick then. I was out of town last week and hadn't touched DCS. Just tried to start it today and now the problem is back (even with PTC off). I'm trying to read through the threads, but there doesn't seem to be a universal solution. I'm guessing that the majority of people playing VR use Oculus, so this affects not an insignificant number of DCS players. So, my question is simple: When do we expect a reliable ED fix for this issue? 

[rob10]

3 minutes ago, Doc3908 said:

Had this issue a few weeks ago and switching off PTC on the Oculus app seemed to do the trick then. I was out of town last week and hadn't touched DCS. Just tried to start it today and now the problem is back (even with PTC off). I'm trying to read through the threads, but there doesn't seem to be a universal solution. I'm guessing that the majority of people playing VR use Oculus, so this affects not an insignificant number of DCS players. So, my question is simple: When do we expect a reliable ED fix for this issue? 

Since you last used it Oculus pushed the problem version (V63) from PTC to RELEASE version so there is no simple rollback option.

ED have said they will release the fix when they get finished testing it and whatever other changes are in the build.  Could be next week, could be 3 weeks from now.

Edited March 17, 2024 by rob10

[seavoyage]

Posted by Tribbin: 

URL to DookieShoes73 Reddit post:

Edited March 30, 2024 by seavoyage