2.5 Video Settings - VR Quality/Performance Balance

I prefer ASW off for both NTTR and Caucasus as there are too many artifacts. Normandy is less of an issue, so I leave it on there. Never seen any edge bleed in my Rift. Don't get double vision or eye strain either, but I don't get VR or motion sickness in RL either so perhaps that's why I suffer none of these maladies.

I can't seem to turn off/on ASW with CTRL-numpad1 and 4. Those are the right keys, i'm pretty sure. I may have to try the registry setting. I also tried Oculus Tray Tool, - although I heard there may be some issues at the moment.

I can't seem to turn off/on ASW with CTRL-numpad1 and 4. Those are the right keys, i'm pretty sure. I may have to try the registry setting. I also tried Oculus Tray Tool, - although I heard there may be some issues at the moment.

you might have to change the compatabilty of the oculus debug tool as admin, and when you start the tray tool, keep it on the desktop, dont close it out and till you are finsih playing your VR application

I run DCS without Oculus running. If you set the Oculus App to 'Compatibility>Run As Admin' then it doesn't start up automatically when you engage the rift. When you start DCS it will automatically start the rift hardware.

ASW prevents artifacts such as edge bleed. It doesn't create them. Do the 'Stevie Wonder' test in my post above and see for yourself.

you might have to change the compatabilty of the oculus tray tool as admin, and when you start the tray tool, keep it on the desktop, dont close it out and till you are finsih playing your VR application

Thanks, will give it a shot

I run DCS without Oculus running. If you set the Oculus App to 'Compatibility>Run As Admin' then it doesn't start up automatically when you engage the rift. When you start DCS it will automatically start the rift hardware.

 

ASW prevents artifacts such as edge bleed. It doesn't create them. Do the 'Stevie Wonder' test in my post above and see for yourself.

ASW stills runs this way?

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I can't seem to turn off/on ASW with CTRL-numpad1 and 4. Those are the right keys, i'm pretty sure. I may have to try the registry setting. I also tried Oculus Tray Tool, - although I heard there may be some issues at the moment.

For reference I used the NP keys today and they were functioning for ASW. Just a thought, is your numlock on?

DCS has integrated ASW, so you don't need to run the Oculus app. Within DCS CTRL+NUMPAD1 is disable, CTRL+NUMPAD2 is Lock 45 noASW, CTRL+NUMPAD3 Lock45 w/ASW, CTRL+NUMPAD4 is enable ASW.

ASW stills runs this way?

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I run DCS without Oculus running. If you set the Oculus App to 'Compatibility>Run As Admin' then it doesn't start up automatically when you engage the rift. When you start DCS it will automatically start the rift hardware.

 

ASW prevents artifacts such as edge bleed. It doesn't create them. Do the 'Stevie Wonder' test in my post above and see for yourself.

you are correct.

but i wasnt saying to set the oculus app as admin, i told the other guy to set the oculus debug tool as admin...

as explained in this youtube video

DCS has integrated ASW, so you don't need to run the Oculus app. Within DCS CTRL+NUMPAD1 is disable, CTRL+NUMPAD2 is Lock 45 noASW, CTRL+NUMPAD3 Lock45 w/ASW, CTRL+NUMPAD4 is enable ASW.

What if I have a tenkeyless keyboard? Is there somewhere I can rebind those that?

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ASW prevents artifacts such as edge bleed. It doesn't create them. Do the 'Stevie Wonder' test in my post above and see for yourself.

This just isn't true. You were talking about the UFC numbers in the A-10C. When I have ASW enabled I see some annoying artifacting here. It's gone with ASW off.

Other places it's noticeable is the canopy frame, where you sometimes get a blurred edge. I've also seen strange behaviour on building windows where they tend to warp with ASW on.

Hud elements are also prone to warping. This is especially noticeable in the Spitfire. The gunsight is completely unusable with ASW.

What ASW does tend to mitigate, is ghosting and blur when looking out at the terrain. Especially when looking to the side going at high speed, ASW provides a clearer picture.

Yep I never fly with ASW, always prefer to have it off. Long as my system can run it at a min of 45 fps it is pretty smooth. If fps drops much below that, then it will begin to stutter.

I just use OTT with a profile to set ASW off. Has always worked great for me.

Hannibal, I think it trickles down into related services. I just hit Win typed Ocu > Rightclick > open file location, right click on Oculus > Properties > Compatibility > Run as Admin. When I start DCS, Oculus Home doesn't start. I use the ASW in DCS.

I'm not seeing that, Boris. With the settings in place referenced in OP, when I do the ASW test on the UFC, I get zero artifacts and graphical inconsistencies with ASW on but many with it off. To test windows and grids, I put an A-10 in orbit of Vegas at 1k ft and turned ASW on and off while observing exterior, same results. Try rerunning the tests with OP settings, I'd be curious to see if you get different results.

This just isn't true. You were talking about the UFC numbers in the A-10C. When I have ASW enabled I see some annoying artifacting here. It's gone with ASW off.

Other places it's noticeable is the canopy frame, where you sometimes get a blurred edge. I've also seen strange behaviour on building windows where they tend to warp with ASW on.

 

Hud elements are also prone to warping. This is especially noticeable in the Spitfire. The gunsight is completely unusable with ASW.

 

What ASW does tend to mitigate, is ghosting and blur when looking out at the terrain. Especially when looking to the side going at high speed, ASW provides a clearer picture.

I'm not seeing that, Boris. With the settings in place referenced in OP, when I do the ASW test on the UFC, I get zero artifacts and graphical inconsistencies with ASW on but many with it off. To test windows and grids, I put an A-10 in orbit of Vegas at 1k ft and turned ASW on and off while observing exterior, same results. Try rerunning the tests with OP settings, I'd be curious to see if you get different results.

I'll certainly try it, but I think you can count yourself lucky. Do you get the tearing of the gunsight in the spitfire?

When I start DCS, Oculus Home doesn't start. I use the ASW in DCS.

ASW isn't "in DCS" it's part of the Oculus runtime that starts when DCS starts up the hmd in VR mode. Unless I misread you there. I too, don't run OH unless I want it for something.

For reference I used the NP keys today and they were functioning for ASW. Just a thought, is your numlock on?

yeah, that's the weird part. numlock is on. I'll figure it out. Maybe it's the sculpt keyboard (has a separate numpad).

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That should work L-ctl and numpad 1 to 4 check that they are not mapped in DCS maybe.

Are there alternative ways to turn ASW On and Off if we don't have a numpad? (i.e. a tenkeyless keyboard)

Are there alternative ways to turn ASW On and Off if we don't have a numpad? (i.e. a tenkeyless keyboard)

You could try the windows on-screen keyboard. Just hit Win key then type keyb and the search should find it.

ASW isn't "in DCS" it's part of the Oculus runtime that starts when DCS starts up the hmd in VR mode. Unless I misread you there. I too, don't run OH unless I want it for something.

DCS has a hook for ASW and a specific implementation of it. You can turn it off and on within DCS without touching OH.

I'm not sure ASW is responsible for the artefacts by itself there seems to be interaction between all the graphic settings and ASW.

Seems others see the issue where the rectangles that form a grid of windows in buildings can turn into jello and dance around. This effect seems to occur as distance to said building decreases with the worst being around 30 down to 5 mtrs depending on the size of the windows (it can be any pattern not just windows). It looks to be some sort of processing. you need to get in fairly close I'm generally around 2 mtrs or so, the effect is less likely to occur from a distance. As a side note I tend not to see this with ASW off and 90 FPS but I do see the resolution of vertical edges drop as I approach suggesting some combination of processing causing this.

The other artefact that occurs with ASW on is a horizontal displacement of vertical edges when approaching buildings trees etc the displacement rapidly moves causing the object(s) vertical edges to blur significantly and depending on distance can sometimes look like double images displaced horizontally, maybe temporal.

I seem to remember the jello effect back in an earlier version 2.x.y so maybe there needs to be some optimising of the video processing code.

Just my observations from tweaking video settings.

I'm not sure ASW is responsible for the artefacts by itself there seems to be interaction between all the graphic settings and ASW.

I see them all the time when ASW is on, and they are completely gone when turning it off.

I see them all the time when ASW is on, and they are completely gone when turning it off.

Yep same here. I always have it turned off.

If I turn are off the whole picture is distorted with movement

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