VR Shaders mod for better VR experience

I have updated the water file (for the clear water versions) with the suggestions from @CaptYosi's Post

 

DCS Shaders 2.5.6.47224 (IC Pass)

 

DCS Shaders 2.5.6.47224 (Clear Water)

 

DCS Shaders 2.5.6.47224 (IC Pass & Clear Water)

 

I can't get IC Pass to work with Mustang's Shadow mod

 

Hope this helps!

OK, I am now officially confused! I see now what you mean about the water. I didn't notice in my quick testing before as I was only looking at the sea, which looks OK. however, I get transparent rivers etc.

What I am confused about is that how does my water get affected if I am not installing the mod's water file?

yep life is a mystery :) i suspect there is some other variable set in another file that is passed to water fx ... i just dont know where it is!

What SS setting have you got in the SteamVR setting?

I have mine set to 199% in the steam vr setting for DCS.

PD in dcs set to 1.0.

Anyone else getting cloud glitches over water?

I have mine set to 199% in the steam vr setting for DCS.

PD in dcs set to 1.0.

You got 199% and 6x MSAA? with a 2070 Super. Which VR headset have you got because there is no way I could run this with a 2080 super and my Reverb

One odd thing with this shader fix and the one found here:

The first time I load a mission DCS starts and run. But when I just restart the same mission invariably it crashes the game. Constantly.

You got 199% and 6x MSAA? with a 2070 Super. Which VR headset have you got because there is no way I could run this with a 2080 super and my Reverb

Samsung odyssey +.

I have also tweaked dcs graphics settings which may be aiding my higher FPS/ frame times.

Ill try to get a screenshot of my settings so you can try to replicate them.

Anyone else getting cloud glitches over water?

Yes, i have same problem. with water on hight

It can be controlled from _HMD.hlsl setting ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS, default is 4x. I posted a comparison sceenshot on my site here: http://www.kegetys.fi/dcs-shaders-perf-mod-update/ (it looks even better in the headset)

Is

#define ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS 8

the good syntax? I can't see anything in DCS log when activated.

Is

#define ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS 8

 

the good syntax? I can't see anything in DCS log when activated.

If I change the _HMD.hsls file, do I need to re-compile the shaders (delete fxo and metashader2 folders?)

Is

#define ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS 8

 

the good syntax? I can't see anything in DCS log when activated.

I don't think so. If what you're after is 8x, you need to use the value 4 - #define ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS 4

// Albedo texture supersampling. 0=off, 1=2x, 2=4x, 3=6x, 4=8x

If I change the _HMD.hsls file, do I need to re-compile the shaders (delete fxo and metashader2 folders?)

I don't think so. The only thing I've ever changed is the masksize, and that did not require it.

Shaders mod for better VR performance (experimental)

Is

 

#define ENABLE_DIFFUSE_SS 8

 

 

 

the good syntax? I can't see anything in DCS log when activated.

With this can we disable msaa?

With this can we disable msaa?

Unfortunately - no. If only...

From the OP:

Another new setting is supersampling for the albedo (diffuse) textures for objects. This is a very performance-cheap way to get improved clarity especially for the cockpit labels and stuff. So instead of having to supersample the entire rendered scene to get more sharpness, it will sample the diffuse texture multiple times. With this I was able to reduce the pixel density a lot without getting a blurry cockpit, which in turn allowed me to turn on 4xMSAA and everything looks better overall with improved performance.

Unfortunately - no. If only...

 

From the OP:

thanks

about the msaa mask instead...if i understand corretly it is applied only to the defined mask?

correct?

yep, from memory only a small area within the mask

so what is the recommended PD or SS with MSAA 4x and Diffuse 8?

Ehm, what is this diffuse setting thing? and will it improve VR performance?

look at post 1, yes and no

so what is the recommended PD or SS with MSAA 4x and Diffuse 8?

PD is an in game setting I always set it at 1,

SS is set in SteamVR and is graphics card dependent mine is currently set at 108% which leads to good results for me on my hardware... i'm using MSSA 2x and Diffuse 4 at the moment

and thats the problem with your question the answer is very heavily hardware dependent, so you may have to fiddle

FYI!

I am using the IC Pass Clear Water, latest version that was linked and am failing IC.

The only change I made was the mask size to .550 for my O+. If I deactivate the mod, everything else is working fine.

FYI!

 

 

I am using the IC Pass Clear Water, latest version that was linked and am failing IC.

 

 

The only change I made was the mask size to .550 for my O+. If I deactivate the mod, everything else is working fine.

don't know what to tell you i am using the same mod, try turning shadows off , and then restarting ... i saw this when i tried using mustangs shadows mod...

Yes, i have same problem. with water on hight

Me too. Trying now with optimisations on water reverted to default.

Here are my settings in the attached photos

Here are my settings in the attached photos

in your nvidia settings, why are you using antialiasing at enhance application settings? Set it to default and let the application handle it; that should decrease the workload a bit.