Please add option not to show the visor borders in VR (post Oct 2025 update)

[nickos86]

Hi,

In VR the new visor is extremely annoying and causing nausea because it lags just a tiny bit while being in the peripheral vision. 

The shading effect is great though!

[Xtorris]

At least give us an option similar, to the show/hide Pilot Body. I had the same experience, exited the game, and promptly edited the visor file, to make the lens fully transparent.

Edited October 22 by Xtorris

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

To not show the borders? You mean when it’s flipped up?

I’m pretty sure that IRL you’d see the borders too, looking at what it looks like in external view.

 

[Gryzor]

please dont show the helmet borders or give us an option! like F-15E or M-2000C visor effect, which is SUPERB.

In addition it degrades performance in VR nearly about 1 ms MORE....

20 minutes ago, Xtorris said:

At least give us an option similar, to the show/hide Pilot Body. I had the same experience, exited the game, and promptly edited the visor file, to make the lens fully transparent.

How did you do that? can you share which file or lines did you edited?

[szymixzmb]

I am very happy with the current solution but if somebody wants an option I am fine with it if it's not changing the current one

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

Yes the current implementation is brilliant, just like in the Mirage F1 and new MiG-29, unlike the (better than nothing but fake) effects other modules with visors use (Mirage 2000, F-15E, MiG-21, OH-58). It’s what the community has been asking for for the last 7 years

[Linx]

Yes, please give an option to hide it. It is nauseating in VR

10 hours ago, Xtorris said:

At least give us an option similar, to the show/hide Pilot Body. I had the same experience, exited the game, and promptly edited the visor file, to make the lens fully transparent.

Can you please share how you made it transparent?

Edited October 23 by Linx

[nickos86]

5 hours ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Yes the current implementation is brilliant, just like in the Mirage F1 and new MiG-29, unlike the (better than nothing but fake) effects other modules with visors use (Mirage 2000, F-15E, MiG-21, OH-58). It’s what the community has been asking for for the last 7 years

Why argue?! Just read the topic name. I've asked for the option for the user to decide on his own... I didn't ask to completely remove the current implementation.

For some the current implementation in VR makes the flight very unpleasant. Nothing to do with real life or whatever. PC and VR got limitations.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

17 minutes ago, nickos86 said:

Why argue?!

I'm not 

 

17 minutes ago, nickos86 said:

Just read the topic name

I did

 

17 minutes ago, nickos86 said:

I've asked for the option for the user to decide on his own

Yes that's fine: IRL there apparently were clear visors for the JHMC too. But the default pilot model is using the dark one.

3 hours ago, Linx said:

It is nauseating in VR

How so? And which gamma are you using? For me, it is nauseating to *not* have it in VR, if you're using the default gamma 2.2.

[Gryzor]

6 hours ago, nickos86 said:

Why argue?! Just read the topic name. I've asked for the option for the user to decide on his own... I didn't ask to completely remove the current implementation.

For some the current implementation in VR makes the flight very unpleasant. Nothing to do with real life or whatever. PC and VR got limitations.

I completely support this request.

For many VR users, the new visor borders cause discomfort, nausea, and even vomiting after a short period of use.

This is not a matter of realism or personal preference — it’s a health and accessibility issue, and should therefore be treated as a priority.

Please make it optional, just like the “Show Pilot Body” option. Players shouldn’t have to modify game files to protect their well-being.

[fagulha]

On 10/23/2025 at 6:55 PM, Gryzor said:

I completely support this request.

For many VR users, the new visor borders cause discomfort, nausea, and even vomiting after a short period of use.

This is not a matter of realism or personal preference — it’s a health and accessibility issue, and should therefore be treated as a priority.

Please make it optional, just like the “Show Pilot Body” option. Players shouldn’t have to modify game files to protect their well-being.

Indeed.

The nose gap is worse to ignore than the visor borders. I can´t fly like this, it´s not confortable/functional. 

I know the intention was good and i was one of the users that requested this for a long time, and a lot of work was made but i think it was not the best idea for VR users.

 

Anyone knows what .lua file to edit so i can remove the borders or at least hide the nose gap?

Thank you.

PS: Valve Index user and flying the Hornet and Viper.

Edited October 24 by fagulha
Typo.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

Interestingly enough, the new visor is not an issue to me.

Maybe IPD setting is a factor? Our own eyesight? headset resolution? mine is a very old Rift S.

[fagulha]

4 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Interestingly enough, the new visor is not an issue to me.

Maybe IPD setting is a factor? Our own eyesight? headset resolution? mine is a very old Rift S.

I don´t know to be honest, probably the FOV of the VR headset (130º in my case).

I just want to be able to disable it or at least mitigate it somehow.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

10 hours ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Maybe IPD setting is a factor

That’s actually a good point: it seems many people change that setting in the DCS VR tab (personally I leave it unticked).

*edit*
Nope, IPD doesn't affect this: I tried it with both 55 and 75 forced, and the visor still renders correctly on my end.

Edited Saturday at 08:30 AM by Raven (Elysian Angel)

[mmike87]

I assume editing the LUA file for the visor breaks IC?

[fagulha]

On 10/22/2025 at 11:16 PM, Gryzor said:

please dont show the helmet borders or give us an option! like F-15E or M-2000C visor effect, which is SUPERB.

In addition it degrades performance in VR nearly about 1 ms MORE....

How did you do that? can you share which file or lines did you edited?

I tested and yes it degrades +- 2 ms of Frametime.

[f14billy]

On 10/22/2025 at 4:57 PM, Xtorris said:

At least give us an option similar, to the show/hide Pilot Body. I had the same experience, exited the game, and promptly edited the visor file, to make the lens fully transparent.

Which file did you edit? Can you share it? Thank you

[Dawgboy]

+1 The Viper is my main combat platform in DCS.  It's completely unusable to me since flying with the new visor and the helmet mount above my right eye makes me extremely nauseous.  The only reset is a forced nap to reset my brain.  Sigh.  Make it optional to revert to seeing nothing, before the last major update, please.  Thanks.

[Mk1_Trebuchet]

Yea, some of us need a way to keep it completely off.  I suddenly found myself having strange artifacts on the left and right of my triple monitor set up in the Viper..... I spent HOURS trying to figure out if it was something with the Winwing MFD config, or maybe reshade.... 

Turns out that the visor is down by default, and only rendered to about 49 degrees FOV, so with the triple monitors, there were 2 light bars on either side. And the thing that was driving me nuts was that it stayed like a fixed window hanging in space when zooming the view (attaching what it looked like from the widest zoom). 

 

***Can anyone point me to the Visor config file, I want to mod it transparent until someone puts a config option in.***

Edited 5 hours ago by Mk1_Trebuchet

[swartbyron]

1 hour ago, Mk1_Trebuchet said:

Yea, some of us need a way to keep it completely off.  I suddenly found myself having strange artifacts on the left and right of my triple monitor set up in the Viper..... I spent HOURS trying to figure out if it was something with the Winwing MFD config, or maybe reshade.... 

Turns out that the visor is down by default, and only rendered to about 49 degrees FOV, so with the triple monitors, there were 2 light bars on either side. And the thing that was driving me nuts was that it stayed like a fixed window hanging in space when zooming the view (attaching what it looked like from the widest zoom). 

 

***Can anyone point me to the Visor config file, I want to mod it transparent until someone puts a config option in.***

I've included a transparent option in this mod.

It will break IC unfortunatly but give it a try and see if it works for you.

F-16C Visor Cleaner