Raz_Specter Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) Hi Guys This is very basic stuff but i just wanted to put something together as I am sick of going into DCS and un-checking "Enable Virtual Reality Headset" then having to relaunch if I want to do some mission edition, which i prefer not to do in the rift but full screen. So here is my Very basic Solution: within your C:\Users\<username>\Saved Games\<dcs version>\Config\ directory copy your options.lua file twice rename one of the copies to optionsNOVR.lua rename the other copy to optionsVR.lua edit both the files and change the VR Section as follows: NOTE my VR section is at the top of the file optionsVR.lua ["VR"] = { ["box_mouse_cursor"] = true, ["enable"] = true, ["pixel_density"] = 1.8, ["use_mouse"] = false, }, optionsNOVR.lua ["VR"] = { ["box_mouse_cursor"] = true, ["enable"] = false, ["pixel_density"] = 1.8, ["use_mouse"] = false, }, Note: Just change the line: ["enable"] = false, as the rest are your preferred settings Save the 2 attached batch files (within the rar) and place them in the same location Edit the Batch Files and fill in the following lines with your username and the version of DCS you want to use example of mine: set UserName="Mithandra" set DCSVersion="DCS.openbeta" Now create a shortcut on your desktop for both batch files. Job done Clicking on the respective shortcut will copy over your prefered options.lua file and launch DCS Hope this helps. REMEBER if you change your settings you will have to copy the options.lua again This also allows you to have custom settings when launching VR as opposed to No VR Cheers MithBatch Files.rar Edited August 1, 2016 by Raz_Specter Custom built W10 Pro 64Bit, Intel Core i9 9900k, Asus ROG Maximus Code XI Z390, 64GB DDR4 3200 RGB, Samsung 1TB NVme M.2 Drive, Gigabyte AORUS 2080TI, 40" Iiyama Display. Wacom Cintiq Pro 24, HOTAS Virpil T50 Stick / FA-18C TM Stick and Virpil T50 Throttle, MFG Crosswind Graphite Pedals. HP Reverb SPECTER [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Lead Terrain Developer / Texture Artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekSpeare Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I think I am going to do my mission setup on a second PC and save the files to my NAS. I'll access them from the VRPC when I'm ready to fly. Both of them are in the same office :D Derek "BoxxMann" Speare derekspearedesigns.com 25,000+ Gaming Enthusiasts Trust DSD Components to Perform! i7-11700k 4.9g | RTX3080ti (finally!)| 64gb Ram | 2TB NVME PCIE4| Reverb G1 | CH Pro Throt/Fighterstick Pro | 4 DSD Boxes Falcon XT/AT/3.0/4.0 | LB2 | DCS | LOMAC Been Flight Simming Since 1988! Useful VR settings and tips for DCS HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 But there is a CLI option to turn off VR. It was posed in the Rift thread a while back. I found it: dcs.exe --force_enable_VR dcs.exe --force_disable_VR hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz_Specter Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 oh cool - I must have missed that one :) Custom built W10 Pro 64Bit, Intel Core i9 9900k, Asus ROG Maximus Code XI Z390, 64GB DDR4 3200 RGB, Samsung 1TB NVme M.2 Drive, Gigabyte AORUS 2080TI, 40" Iiyama Display. Wacom Cintiq Pro 24, HOTAS Virpil T50 Stick / FA-18C TM Stick and Virpil T50 Throttle, MFG Crosswind Graphite Pedals. HP Reverb SPECTER [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Lead Terrain Developer / Texture Artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kunterbunt Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 @mithandra, I came to a very similar solution using batch files to solve my problem of needing more than one option.lua file, as in 2D I can go much higher with the settings for recording a video. See https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=190666. But you might want to enhance your batch file by adding a line at the end that copies the option.lua back to optionsVR.lua respectively optionsNOVR.lua after dcs.exe has terminated. This way, you can still use the GUI to make changes to the current settings and they are not overwritten on the next start. My Rig: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X | 64GB DDR4-3200 Ram | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti | Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog | MFG Crosswind rudder pedals | HP Reverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Guys, Another very easy way to choose whether to launch DCS in VR mode or desktop mode, is with SkateZilla's excellent GUI Utility. Created mainly for updating and repairing DCS World he also has VR enable/disable included. Anytime I want to launch DCS in desktop mode I use this simple tool, very easy. https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=160053 Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthaltli Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 But there is a CLI option to turn off VR. It was posed in the Rift thread a while back. I found it: dcs.exe --force_enable_VR dcs.exe --force_disable_VR Has anyone got this trick to work using DCS 2.5 Beta? [sIGPIC] "GOONIE" [/sIGPIC] "GOONIE" CSG-1 VFA-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I just use SkateZilla's utility, so I've bothered to check in 2.5. I'll give it a shot later today or thur hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruman Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 It still works. But you cannot use the default shortcuts that links to "run.exe". You need to create a shortcut of: ...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe (...\ is ofc your drive and directory to DCS installation :) ) Then change the path to "...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe" --force_enable_VR or "...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe" --force_disable_VR Watch the position of the " " within the path. They are important. Works like a charm. Using two shortcuts on my Desktop and Win10 Start Menu and no issues. :joystick: PS: If you search under ...\DCS\FUI\... you can find the new DCS icon's in Blue... Just in case you need a new icon for your 2.5 :) Intel I9 10900k @5.1GHz | MSI MEG Z490 Unify | Corsair Vengeance 64GB - 3600MHz | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 VPC T-50 Base /w Viper & Hornet Grip | VPC Rotor TCS Pro w/ Hawk-60 Grip | TM TPR LG C2 42" | Reverb G2 | TIR 5 | PointCtrl | OpenKneeboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dburne Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 I just use SkateZilla's utility, so I've bothered to check in 2.5. I'll give it a shot later today or thur His utility works great for me in 2.5. Don B EVGA Z390 Dark MB | i9 9900k CPU @ 5.1 GHz | Gigabyte 4090 OC | 64 GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHz CL16 | Corsair H150i Pro Cooler |Virpil CM3 Stick w/ Alpha Prime Grip 200mm ext| Virpil CM3 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Base w/ Alpha-L Grip| Point Control V2|Varjo Aero| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capthaltli Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Thanks Gruman! [sIGPIC] "GOONIE" [/sIGPIC] "GOONIE" CSG-1 VFA-25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GurbY Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Skatezilla's utility does it's job for en/disabeling VR. However: if I start without VR, I want the settings I can run: most of em on high. If I start DCS with Skatezilla's utility, with VR enabled, it still uses that setting.. Is there some way to make shortcuts so I can start VR with minimal settings, and without VR with max settings?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruman Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 One way is to use a mod Mananger and add the 2 different options.lua as 2 Mods. Then you can enable/disable the one you need. Would be great if Skazilla's Utility would allow something like that as an addition to VR ON/OFF. Intel I9 10900k @5.1GHz | MSI MEG Z490 Unify | Corsair Vengeance 64GB - 3600MHz | EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 VPC T-50 Base /w Viper & Hornet Grip | VPC Rotor TCS Pro w/ Hawk-60 Grip | TM TPR LG C2 42" | Reverb G2 | TIR 5 | PointCtrl | OpenKneeboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Skatezilla's utility does it's job for en/disabeling VR. However: if I start without VR, I want the settings I can run: most of em on high. If I start DCS with Skatezilla's utility, with VR enabled, it still uses that setting.. Is there some way to make shortcuts so I can start VR with minimal settings, and without VR with max settings?? I believe this may do it for you https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=195480 I'm going to check it out this weekend. It has the Oculus tray tool function of auto switching the audio to Rift (big/HUGE miss by Oculus/ED). Annoying having to switch audio before launching DCS. hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GurbY Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) I believe this may do it for you https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=195480 I'm going to check it out this weekend. It has the Oculus tray tool function of auto switching the audio to Rift (big/HUGE miss by Oculus/ED). Annoying having to switch audio before launching DCS. Looks promising; will try tonight!! And tnx! **EDIT**: superb!! Really happy, THIS is what I want!! Edited February 16, 2018 by GurbY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impailer1974 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 It still works. But you cannot use the default shortcuts that links to "run.exe". You need to create a shortcut of: ...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe (...\ is ofc your drive and directory to DCS installation :) ) Then change the path to "...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe" --force_enable_VR or "...\DCS\bin\dcs.exe" --force_disable_VR Watch the position of the " " within the path. They are important. Works like a charm. Using two shortcuts on my Desktop and Win10 Start Menu and no issues. :joystick: PS: If you search under ...\DCS\FUI\... you can find the new DCS icon's in Blue... Just in case you need a new icon for your 2.5 :) This worked for me, but with one side effect. Whenever I close DCS now, it reloads immediately - the only way to close it is with Ctrl/Alt/Del. Even if I use the original shortcut created by DCS (before I created the two new ones), that also results in a program that doesnt want to be closed! Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 This worked for me, but with one side effect. Whenever I close DCS now, it reloads immediately - the only way to close it is with Ctrl/Alt/Del. Even if I use the original shortcut created by DCS (before I created the two new ones), that also results in a program that doesnt want to be closed! Any ideas? Huh. Can you cut and paste the *entire* line that you put inside the shortcut? hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impailer1974 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Huh. Can you cut and paste the *entire* line that you put inside the shortcut? thanks for assisting. "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS.exe" --force_disable_VR and "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS.exe" --force_enable_VR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 thanks for assisting. "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS.exe" --force_disable_VR and "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\DCS.exe" --force_enable_VR Just to be clear, these are two different shortcuts? I did this many times w/o issues. But I didn't do it with the regular release in a while. I just run the OpenBeta branch. hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted February 7, 2019 Share Posted February 7, 2019 Does that work with Steam? New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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