SteamVR gone?

[cfrag]

I seem to have missed when this started, but I just noticed that somehow the option to play DCS using SteamVR has vanished, only OpenXR seems to be available. Did I somehow accidentally messed up my installation, or has DCS dropped support for SteamVR in favor of OpenXR?

Of course I now also seem to see a performance drop, and I do not know if it is real or coincides with the purported change. My missions become unflyable (strong stutter, 0.5 FPS or worse), after changing airframes more than once. I can switch between Huey and A-10A, but changing into a third cockpit (e.g. Kiowa) kills the game outright, and it can't recover - a full restart of VR is required.

Am I just imagine things, or has SteamVR gone the way of the Dodo, and has VR performance plummeted in the last 8 weeks (2080Ti, Vive Pro 2)?

 

Edited October 26, 2024 by cfrag

[Johnny Dioxin]

No - I've been having a problem - highly likely a Pimax one - where OpenXR will not work and the result is that DCS World always starts up SteamVR. So no, it hasn't been dropped

 

Also, my SteamVR performance has been very nice, except in the Chinook.

 

*edit: using sim installation, not Steam version of it.

Edited October 26, 2024 by Johnny Dioxin

[cfrag]

3 hours ago, Johnny Dioxin said:

So no, it hasn't been dropped

That's good to know. Which makes me a bit apprehensive since I seemingly can't access it:

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Edited October 26, 2024 by cfrag

[Johnny Dioxin]

Maybe that means OpenXR in SteamVR, not separate, standalone OpenXR as I would use with, say, my Pico 4 and Virtual Desktop? Do you have OpenXR set to SteamVR in your settings?

[cfrag]

1 minute ago, Johnny Dioxin said:

Do you have OpenXR set to SteamVR in your settings?

Umm... <blush> I don't know. I never actively changed the settings, since I don't know how to (how do I do that)? Up until a few weeks ago I had the choice between multiple VR libs for my Vive, and now there's only OpenXR. I'll be happy to experiment/inspect If you can tell me what to do.

 

 

[draconus]

https://help.liv.tv/hc/en-us/articles/11607914857106-How-to-set-SteamVR-as-your-OpenXR-Runtime

[Psychotoddler]

I noticed this too.  I don't have Steam VR as an option any more and performance is much worse.