Talisman_VR Posted Sunday at 10:36 AM Posted Sunday at 10:36 AM Hi Folks, Just got a new PC and am fresh downloading everything from scratch. Searched the internet, but can't find a definitive solution to stop Steam VR from launching when I want to run DCS without VR. This did not happen with my old rig, but something seems to have changed. This is driving me crazy, lol. What I am missing? Any hints/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Happy landings, Talisman
SharpeXB Posted Sunday at 01:41 PM Posted Sunday at 01:41 PM (edited) Try this. From the Library, right click on the title. Select Properties / General. There it will list Launch Options where you can choose VR, normal or if to ask when starting. I don’t have DCS on Steam but that’s how it works in another game. Edited Sunday at 01:45 PM by SharpeXB i9-14900KS | ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z790 HERO | 64GB DDR5 5600MHz | iCUE H150i Liquid CPU Cooler | ASUS TUF GeForce RTX 4090 OC | Windows 11 Home | 2TB Samsung 980 PRO NVMe | Corsair RM1000x | LG 48GQ900-B 4K OLED Monitor | CH Fighterstick | Ch Pro Throttle | CH Pro Pedals | TrackIR 5
Talisman_VR Posted Sunday at 06:07 PM Author Posted Sunday at 06:07 PM Many thanks SharpeXB. But not sure this will help me as I did not purchase DCS through Steam. Happy landings, Talisman
Qcumber Posted Monday at 05:52 AM Posted Monday at 05:52 AM 19 hours ago, Talisman_VR said: Hi Folks, Just got a new PC and am fresh downloading everything from scratch. Searched the internet, but can't find a definitive solution to stop Steam VR from launching when I want to run DCS without VR. This did not happen with my old rig, but something seems to have changed. This is driving me crazy, lol. What I am missing? Any hints/tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Happy landings, Talisman What headset are you using? PC specs: 9800x3d - rtx5080 FE - 64GB RAM 6000MHz - 2Tb NVME - (for posts before March 2025: 5800x3d - rtx 4070) - VR headsets Quest Pro (Jan 2024-present; Pico 4 March 2023 - March 2024; Rift s June 2020- present). Maps Afghanistan – Channel – Cold War Germany - Kola - Normandy 2 – Persian Gulf - Sinai - Syria - South Atlantic. Modules BF-109 - FW-190 A8 - F4U - F4E - F5 - F14 - F16 - F86 - I16 - Mig 15 - Mig 21 - Mosquito - P47 - P51 - Spitfire.
Talisman_VR Posted Monday at 02:31 PM Author Posted Monday at 02:31 PM (edited) Hi Qcumber, I am using a Somnium VR1. With my old PC it took so long to open DCS, that I had time to turn off Steam VR when it popped up after I clicked the DCS desktop icon, allowing DCS time to load in flat screen mode, no problems. However, with my new faster PC, DCS starts to load so quick now that no matter how quick I am to shut down Steam VR when it pops up, I can't win and it messes up DCS as it is loading because I have just turned off Steam VR, lol. Result is that I am having to uninstall Steam each time I want to work on DCS in flat screen mode, otherwise I can't get DCS to launch as I want it. LOL Happy landings, Talisman P.S. This is a problem even though I have my VR headset turned off, completely disconnected, unplugged and my lighthouse also unplugged/disconnected. Edited Monday at 02:37 PM by Talisman_VR
TimberWolf Posted Tuesday at 01:28 AM Posted Tuesday at 01:28 AM (edited) You should be able to choose between VR and flat monitor when you first start the program. Choose the monitor, and VR won't start at all. ETA: Screenshot Edited Tuesday at 01:30 AM by TimberWolf 1 Sim Rig: Intel 12700KF, MSI RTX4090, 32GB DDR4@3200, Quest 3 headset, TM Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind pedals
Mk1_Trebuchet Posted Tuesday at 02:30 PM Posted Tuesday at 02:30 PM Or you can bypass the whole launcher thing and create a couple of desktop shortcuts to DCS.exe for starting in pancake or VR... For pancake add --force_disable_VR to the end of the shortcut for VR add --force_enable_VR 1 Asrock X870E Nova - AMD 9800x3d - RTX 4090 - 64GB DDR5 - (2x) Crucial T705 - Varjo Aero
Talisman_VR Posted Tuesday at 04:13 PM Author Posted Tuesday at 04:13 PM 14 hours ago, TimberWolf said: You should be able to choose between VR and flat monitor when you first start the program. Choose the monitor, and VR won't start at all. ETA: Screenshot Many thanks. I disabled the launcher, so maybe if I enable it again I will get this option before Steam VR starts up. Will let you know if this works. Happy landings, Talisman 1 hour ago, Mk1_Trebuchet said: Or you can bypass the whole launcher thing and create a couple of desktop shortcuts to DCS.exe for starting in pancake or VR... For pancake add --force_disable_VR to the end of the shortcut for VR add --force_enable_VR Thanks. Could be last resort. Probably sounds daft, but I am not sure I have the understanding or confidence to try this though. Happy landings, Talisman
Talisman_VR Posted Wednesday at 12:27 PM Author Posted Wednesday at 12:27 PM On 7/22/2025 at 2:28 AM, TimberWolf said: You should be able to choose between VR and flat monitor when you first start the program. Choose the monitor, and VR won't start at all. ETA: Screenshot Big than you TimberWolf Problem solved!! I had disabled the launcher in settings thinking I did not need it. Now I see why I need the launcher after all, lol. Many thanks for taking the time to respond to this thread, I am very grateful to you. Thank you also to everybody else that that chipped in to help me along the way. Happy landings, Talisman
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