Pimax Crystal and Spotting In DCS... Your Recommendations ?

[jaydee]

Hi all. If you are happy with your Spotting , can you share your settings in Pimax, Open xr and DCS  ? Much appreciated ! ~S~

PS.. NO 1080 talk, No G2,No Vario, NO Meta , NO  Real or Not Real, and NO comments from Pilots that Dont use VR . ....Just Pimax Crystal users !

~S~

[Calvin.Pimax]

JayDee from Youtube? 

[jaydee]

23 hours ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

JayDee from Youtube? 

No Calvin. Never been on YT. Been JD since "Skies of Valor". If you know what that Server was 20 years ago ! 
So Calvin, can you post "Your " Recommended settings for good spotting in DCS using the Pimax Crystal ? ...Surely , you been from Pimax, you will be able to offer some advice to Crystal Owners. .. Thanks Mate, waiting for your reply ! ~S~

[Calvin.Pimax]

Hey @jaydee

Unfortunately, I don't have any advice for spotting. However, BigNewy might have some input, as he has a Crystal for testing purposes.

 

[jaydee]

On 8/8/2024 at 6:45 PM, Johnny Dioxin said:

I actually gave up using "JD" - something I've been called since the ATC in about 1979 - because there seem to be a billion of them around! Chances of coming across the same one twice in different places are rather small

 

Relevance to the Topic ? No wonder so many topics get Derailed with crap !  The topic is not JDs Name.

33 minutes ago, Calvin.Pimax said:

Hey @jaydee

Unfortunately, I don't have any advice for spotting. However, BigNewy might have some input, as he has a Crystal for testing purposes.

 

Thanks Calvin ~S~

[warmachine79]

What do you mean with regard to "spotting"? Spotting planes? Are there specific settings to consider? I would have thought if you just max out, spotting is fine. However, I noticed a bug but not have been able to reproduce it. With DLSS enabled and some settings, planes that have been far away and would have been little, hardly spottable dots became quite greyish chunks. That was not very immersive, but yet somewhat...helpful. 

[Slippa]

I just read some great advice about settings but I’m not a pilot that uses VR.

I tend to talk quite a bit too and can write long posts at times which may or may not help. Some people like a bit of chit-chat, some just want hard answers without the niceties. A lot of things you learn while you’re not looking to learn but learn along the way. Even bumping your thread could get someone’s attention so don’t always knock it. 

Good luck in your journey towards a better VR experience. As an old Jedi once said “Use the force, look”.

 

[Johnny Dioxin]

2 hours ago, jaydee said:

Relevance to the Topic ? No wonder so many topics get Derailed with crap !  The topic is not JDs Name.

Thanks Calvin ~S~

I'm so sorry that I was posting a friendly anecdote - but the forum provides a very simple solution and I can guarantee you won't be hearing from me again, now I know what your attitude is.

[=DROOPY=]

@jaydee 

Here's my settings. I'm reasonably happy with them.

For ex: Last night I flew a setup where had to get visual and execute a daytime rendezvous on a -135. I started looking in the general area where he should have been while still at about 15mi out, and I was able get visual. He was faint enough against the clouds that I did lose him momentarily, while I switched the radar to STBY, but was able to reacquire shortly after.  I've attached screenshots and my trackfile for the Hornet/Farmer Instant Action AFG. If you need additional info, let me know and I'll try to help best I can. 

 

Game:

 

[=DROOPY=]

PimaxXR/OXR/DFR

In game: CTRL F2:

Performance

FCR 

Sharpness to 60+ or higher

Turbo Mode : ON

Bottom: TRK File

Spotting Ex.trk

Edited August 11, 2024 by =DROOPY=

[jaydee]

10 hours ago, =DROOPY= said:

PimaxXR/OXR/DFR

In game: CTRL F2:

Performance

FCR 

Sharpness to 60+ or higher

Turbo Mode : ON

Bottom: TRK File

Spotting Ex.trk 2.08 MB · 0 downloads

 

Thank you so much Droopy. That is a great Help and a good starting point for me to tweak and explore ! Thanks mate, ill give some feedback !

 

 

[=DROOPY=]

@jaydee:

Just wanted to follow up.

How's it working out for you?  

[jaydee]

On 8/19/2024 at 2:17 AM, =DROOPY= said:

@jaydee:

Just wanted to follow up.

How's it working out for you?  

droopy, I only have time to fly on the weekends, ill let you know mate ~S~

 

[Massifontana]

I'm having the same problem here , Once I started playing the MigKIllers Campaign I noticed that even with spy-glass zoom I was unable to see contacts at certain distances, what left me surprised is that pausing the game and lifting the headset over my forehead, I started looking at my Monitor where the VR was mirrored and the contacs were CLEARLY VISBLE! without unpausing the game, tryed to put my head set on again and focusing with spyglass zoom I started to see a sort of vague stain that would have never catched my eyes..

I've tried disabling the MSAA but honestly didn't see much improvement, aside from the image quality degradation...

Honestly it's a bit upsetting investing in a High Res HMD as the Crystal and be forced\adviced to lower the image quality (disabling AA) to spot bogeys.. 

In my quad view setting I've set the sharpness to 100% and in the DCS menu I setted the LOD to 2, but dunno if these settings are geting the situatuin worse in my case..

Edited September 3, 2024 by Massifontana

[Massifontana]

this is the VR mirror acquisition of a training mission I made.. (externals views are acquired in 2d from the replay track file with standard 2D high quality settings) but all you see from the F1 views are from the VR, as U can see at 1:00 with SPYGLASS ZOOM I start to see a tiny dot in the middle of the view, You can see it but only cos you're looking it through a 2d view, in the VR lenses it's almost impossible to see it..

 

[Nodak]

Haven't tried it in DCS yet but another air combat sim setting the vertical offsets both +1.8 will make the displays resolution square, nearly equal pixel wise.  Instead of running 12 million plus pixels at 3235x3826 with res set at 75% it's now running nearly the same pixels at 3536x3538 res now set at 82%.  I find the display superior in everything including spotting, and its carrying the same load.  The image isn't distorted one bit, same display area and same field of view.  Only thing you may notice is the black border moved slightly down from the top, but your going to have to hunt to see it.