Questions after setting up AXE5400 router for Virtual Desktop via ICS

[BluesRocket]

It took a couple of tries, but I finally got my new gaming router hooked up to my gaming PC and configured as an Access Point, then enabled ICS in Windows 11. Streamer was running on the desktop and VD in the Quest 3 headset. From the headset I connected to the 6GHz channel. My gaming PC connects to home wifi on 5GHz through the home router downstairs.

Note Virtual Desktop doesn't "see" or connect to the PC (I don't think it's supposed to anyhow since we're on different wifi channels).

Ran the F-16 from a runway in Afghanistan, just to see how it all looks. Cockpit looked fine although I was a bit close to the instrument panel, but the world seemed low res. I can tweak the ingame settings. I had a few pauses here and there, which I thought odd but there it is.

I've never configured the PC hardware, Windows, the nVidia card settings, Virtual Desktop or the Quest 3 hardware settings. Are there links you can recommend for tweaking things? The PC is dedicated to the DCS World environment.

Specs are in my signature. Thanks!

 

[Maddaawg]

Virtual Desktop needs to connect to your PC via the streamer app.

I'm not quite sure of your topology or how you ran DCS without VD connection to your PC.

This is how i run mine: I have my AXE5400 on the wall a few feet from me broadcasting only WiFi 6. That router is running as a router, not an access point. It connects via cable to my house network and sees it as the WAN. My Quest 3 then connects to the WiFi 6. That keeps it and the PC on its own network.

I have tried ICS with a previous setup and it ran about as well as you described.

If you have to run the PC on WiFi, connect your AXE5400 as a router hardwired to your network, then connect your PC and HMD to the WiFi 6. Dont allow any other devices on that network. Forget ICS, it's not good for gaming.

[BluesRocket]

3 hours ago, Maddaawg said:

Virtual Desktop needs to connect to your PC via the streamer app.

I'm not quite sure of your topology or how you ran DCS without VD connection to your PC.

This is how i run mine: I have my AXE5400 on the wall a few feet from me broadcasting only WiFi 6. That router is running as a router, not an access point. It connects via cable to my house network and sees it as the WAN. My Quest 3 then connects to the WiFi 6. That keeps it and the PC on its own network.

I have tried ICS with a previous setup and it ran about as well as you described.

If you have to run the PC on WiFi, connect your AXE5400 as a router hardwired to your network, then connect your PC and HMD to the WiFi 6. Dont allow any other devices on that network. Forget ICS, it's not good for gaming.

My house router and gaming PC are on different floors. Can't connect up that way. But what I have is working, just looking to tweak the different components. I'll check some videos out and see if I can find a gem here and there to try...

[sleighzy]

Drop a DCS log file here and we can have a look at your current DCS graphics settings. With your specs you should be able to pump things up. Confirm also that the Pixel Density (PD) setting in DCS under the VR tab is set to 1.0 as some of the recommendations, e.g. additional VR tools, we can provide will depend on that.

Within Virtual Desktop (the settings in the headset) what is your resolution set to? Godlike? And what is your VD codec and bitrate set to as well.

With respect to the Nvidia settings I've attach a document with some recommendations from the VR4DCS Discord server (the #nvidia-gpu-discuss channel)NVCP_Settings_V3.2_WIP.pdf