Cursor is black in VR? Even at night??!?!

[DroptheHammer]

See above, can only spot with a flashlight at night

Edited March 10, 2024 by DroptheHammer

[DroptheHammer]

so... ok I get it.. maybe the old super bright blue cursor was a major nightvision destroyer (especially in OLED VR headsets like my Bigscreen Beyond).  But why black? especially at night? for everyone?

Can we not just get a daytime and a nighttime cursor that are reasonably colored or let us choose the colors?  This one is silly.

Steps taken so far to resolve....

• Repair, Slow option, clean all extra files.
• FXO and Metashaders directory delete
• Display Drivers removed and reinstalled via DDU to latest nvidia driver.
• WIndows mixed reality removed and reinstalled

Still black cursor.   I also tried to replace it with YOLOMOUSE which does work in 2D just fine to replace the yellow cross cursor... but it does NOT replace the cursor in VR. That cursor remains black even though the Yolomouse software has selected and implemented a replacement.

[rob10]

That's currently a ST VR only bug.  Has been reported, but like any ST only bugs it may or may not get fixed soon (likely depending how easy it is to fix) since ST is nearing the end of it's life.

[Flappie]

@DroptheHammer I read in your other posts that you say you're using DCS MT. Please attach your dcs.log.

[DroptheHammer]

Attached... although it's the log I can get to remotely since I'm at work.  There are mods installed in that log, but all savedgames mods.  Also, my bug is the same for both a clean repair and a modded install.  this log was from our mission night the other evening. I was able to fly the Mirage using the flashlight to highlight the cursor.

dcs.log

[Flappie]

Thank you. I see you're indeed running MT and DCS is up-to-date. So far, you're the only user reporting a black cursor in MT. I don't know how to help you. I highly doubt that purging your "fxo" and "metashaders2" folders would change anything, but hey, it's free. You can give it a try.

[tushkanov]

On 3/12/2024 at 6:09 AM, Flappie said:

Thank you. I see you're indeed running MT and DCS is up-to-date. So far, you're the only user reporting a black cursor in MT. I don't know how to help you. I highly doubt that purging your "fxo" and "metashaders2" folders would change anything, but hey, it's free. You can give it a try.

Another two. I did all suggested stuff and its still black in ST and MT

[Flappie]

Please run MT then attach your dcs.log.

[tushkanov]

19 minutes ago, Flappie said:

Please run MT then attach your dcs.log.

Reverb G2.

Start options: F:\STEAM\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin-mt\DCS.exe --force_enable_VR  --force_OpenXR

I dont know why but due to log its still ST i start MT though... Hmmmm...

dcs.log

Edited May 3, 2024 by tushkanov

[tushkanov]

SOLVED !!!

I applied this settings for my shortcut and it started in MT

F:\STEAM\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin-mt\DCS.exe --force_OpenXR

Cursor gets normal.

Edited May 3, 2024 by tushkanov

[Astralnut]

I have a green cursor in MT and a black one in the normal exe. I use SteamVR since Opne is not supported.

The black curser in non-multi threaded is really bad and can't be seen much even in daylight. 

Edited June 11, 2024 by Astralnut

[plott1964]

For Pete's sake (whoever Pete is..), why is this still an issue in ST VR mode?

ED please fix this problem. Is it really that hard to fix?

[BIGNEWY]

Hi, sorry it has not been addressed yet, but I would suggest using the multhtreading version of DCS. In the future ST DCS will be removed and MT will become the default. 

thank you 

[TopoSolitario]

Minor update, as the controllers are still not working,  I desabled them and it seems that in MT I've got the cursor working in green/yellow again. 

In my last reinstall of the game, the cursor went black when I activated hand controllers, so I'll keep them inactive for now.

[Byzantine_SK]

I’m using ST (old) now in VR as opposed to MT as I don’t get stutters this way. MT is non stop stutters around several assets on the ground. MT used to be my go to…

[Flappie]

16 hours ago, Byzantine_SK said:

I’m using ST (old) now in VR as opposed to MT as I don’t get stutters this way. MT is non stop stutters around several assets on the ground. MT used to be my go to…

Maybe you are affected by the new mouse bug. Mouses with a polling rate of 1000 Hz or more cause stutter. You can check this by lowering your mouse polling rate to 500 Hz.

[Byzantine_SK]

On 7/27/2024 at 1:48 PM, Flappie said:

Maybe you are affected by the new mouse bug. Mouses with a polling rate of 1000 Hz or more cause stutter. You can check this by lowering your mouse polling rate to 500 Hz.

Even at night. It’s odd but the black cursor is only on ST and not MT. The mouse speed is set quite low, 250 HZ because I don’t like it whipping around the screen. 

[sleighzy]

On 5/3/2024 at 7:41 PM, tushkanov said:

Reverb G2.

Start options: F:\STEAM\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin-mt\DCS.exe --force_enable_VR  --force_OpenXR

I dont know why but due to log its still ST i start MT though... Hmmmm...

dcs.log 62.61 kB · 23 downloads

 

This is because Steam will always run the ST version if you use the DCS.exe file directly, even if using the one bin-mt directory. You can't use shortcuts like that. You have to start it from your Steam library, ensuring that Multithreaded Preview option is set.

On 5/3/2024 at 8:10 PM, tushkanov said:

SOLVED !!!

I applied this settings for my shortcut and it started in MT

F:\STEAM\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin-mt\DCS.exe --force_OpenXR

Cursor gets normal.

 

This is still running the ST version. For Steam you have to run it from within your Steam library. The only reason you're probably seeing a difference is that you're forcing OpenXR, vs. MT which is OpenXR by default.