Short Guide for Easy VR Mouse Clicking

[Fulgrim]

Hi fam, it’s not difficult to find posts every week where players seek solutions for using a mouse in VR. Whether for immersion, comfort, or other reasons, it’s clear that mouse clicking in VR hasn't been effectively addressed. The ED solution anchors the mouse at the center of the screen with a persistent, obtrusive cross.

I've been using a system for the past two years that allows me to click with my gaze without a permanent yellow cross on the screen and to use the mouse whenever necessary.

0.- Decide which keys on your HOTAS will be assigned to the Left Mouse Key (LMK) and Right Mouse Key (RMK).

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1.- Download and install [Joy To Key](https://joytokey.net/en/download) (JTK). Feel free to purchase a license to support the project.

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2.- In JTK, bind your LMK and RMK to the controls assigned on your HOTAS.

https://imgur.com/a/py01A3O

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3.- Still in JTK, open the advanced options for the LMK bind and navigate to the Mouse (advanced) tab. Select the target position at 50x & 50y and click on "Jump cursor to the target position...". Repeat for RMK. This will recenter the mouse anytime you press LMK or RMK.

https://imgur.com/fOtS65o

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4.- (Optional) Now open DCS, go to Settings > Controls > UI Layer. Assign mouse wheel backward and mouse wheel forward if you want to control knobs too. I have them on the same binds as LMK and RMK but with a modifier. (Apologies, I didn’t know how to take a screenshot on this screen).

https://imgur.com/a/1UqcWN6

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5.- In DCS, go to Settings > Controls > VR and ensure that "Use Mouse" is checked.

https://imgur.com/OJdkVDS

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With this setup, you can now:

1.- Use the mouse normally when needed. Don’t worry about where you leave the cursor; it will disappear after a short while.

2.- Click with your gaze: if the cross isn’t on the screen, pressing your LMK and RMK HOTAS binds will bring it up at the center of your gaze. Focus on where you want to click, and it will happen. The cross will disappear shortly thereafter.

3.- If you've set up the mouse wheel, you can also rotate knobs with your gaze.

[slughead]

I find though that say you have mapped mouse buttons to your stick, you can’t turn and look at cockpit controls far left and far right and hold/control the stick buttons at the same time. If you have a headset with hand tracking, you may be able to use the hand tracking to control the mouse pointer and wireless finger mounted mouse emulators, such as the Slugmouse, to perform the mouse clicks. This makes interaction with the cockpit hand based and improves immersion.

Oculus headsets have hand tracking and can be used with HTCC to control the mouse. Others that don’t have hand tracking can be used with an Ultraleap Motion controller to perform hand tracking along with HTCC (hand tracked cockpit clicking).

[mrwell]

Thank you Fulcrim, it is a good approach