This parameter has stopped working!? --force_enable_vr

[Snacko]

I've had a shortcut to go straight into VR using the mt-bin/dcs.exe for quite a while. I tried to use it the other day and now it's failing.  It just goes into 2D.

Here are the parameters I have been using.  Does anyone know what the problem might be??

--force_enable_vr --no-launcher

[Qcumber]

28 minutes ago, Snacko said:

I've had a shortcut to go straight into VR using the mt-bin/dcs.exe for quite a while. I tried to use it the other day and now it's failing.  It just goes into 2D.

Here are the parameters I have been using.  Does anyone know what the problem might be??

--force_enable_vr --no-launcher

You don't need this anymore. Just use the latest launcher and select VR. 

[Snacko]

16 hours ago, Qcumber said:

You don't need this anymore. Just use the latest launcher and select VR. 

I do still need this.  I'm using Display Magician to launch several apps before I launch DCS in VR.

Is there anyone else who can answer my OP?

[sleighzy]

20 hours ago, Snacko said:

I do still need this.  I'm using Display Magician to launch several apps before I launch DCS in VR.

Is there anyone else who can answer my OP?

As long as VR headsets is enabled in the DCS config then it will always attempt to launch VR, don’t need special shortcut params for it. It’ll only use 2D if it can’t find a connected headset, or if your VR runtime is broken (check the log). Do you have one shortcut for VR and one for non-VR then?

Does it start in VR just fine if you do use the launcher, or enable VR headsets in the config (which is what the launcher does automatically when you select the man with the goggles) or it’s only ever 2D, in which case the param isn’t the issue?

Have you updated DCS since this param was working?

Also use the DCS.exe in bin and not bin-mt (they’re both multithreaded now and bin-mt is going away in the future). Maybe the param works there (they should be identical though), I haven’t retested with the param. 

Edited May 8 by sleighzy

[zildac]

I have two shortcuts, one for VR and one for Pancake, they still appear to work. EDIT: Just noticed my "start in" is incorrect, but it works, as the MT binary is the default these days.

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Edited May 9 by zildac

[BIGNEWY]

Yes should work still, the bin-mt is just a copy of the bin folder. 

Its best to start ignoring the bin-mt folder as it will be removed in the future. 

 

[Mr_sukebe]

Ref using shortcuts for either VR or Monitor, my solution is to use the rather excellent DCS Updater/Launcher App by Skatezilla.

[Snacko]

Ok, I found the problem.  The parameters are (from some reason) case sensitive!!!   I had --force_enable_vr, not --force_enable_VR!!?   Any good coder knows to change the case to Upper or Lower before any comparison that doesn't need to depend on the case of the letters.   It's just a standard to reduce user errors, trouble tickets, threads like this.  Oh well, after 3 weeks I figured it out.