Help with ground target spotting in VR please

Looking for suggestions. Can any of you guys see ground targets through the HUD in VR?

I'm flying in VR with the Oculus. I've read all the threads on model enlargement and resolution and know its an issue being worked on by ED.

I've finally sorted out the spotting with planes but I can't see the ground targets at all (even with labels-which show roughly where target is but can't be used for targeting).

I've dropped PD to 1.0, tried MSAA off and on...nothing helps.

I can barely spot the target out the side of the canopy (clear glass) but as soon as I roll in on my run the target vanishes in the tint of the HUD...there's no contrast at all with the terrain.

Is there a way to turn the HUD tint off? Any suggestions on how you guys remedy and deal with this would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers, Jason

There is a great mod that removes the HUD tint, I use it myself.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=212409&highlight=Tint

I feel your pain about ground targets, especially in low light missions. This helps a lot.

Thank you sandman

Follow.

I'm anticipating a new generation of VR hardware announcements by end of year, but in the meantime I prefer CAS to CAP so it'd be great to get any advantage here.

Yes the HUD mod is very good.

I appreciate and thank you for this mod.

I personally sold my Rift due to not being able to spot anything on the ground or in the air, hopefully the next generation of HMDs will improve the resolution

For VR and monitor sometimes I use my own label for now.

If anyone wants to have a try or modify their own for single player. I made a few posts in this thread on how.

1) First post how to install and modify a label.

2) 2nd post has a label attached for VR, have a play with it and make it as easy or hard as you like.

It just creates a bit more of a black blob for VR LOL, cannot wait for a bit more res in the next gen VR hopefully.

Easier to see when in VR, remember to turn on labels under the game options once installing this label

I suggest turning gamma setting up. Helped me spot ground targets turning gamma to 2.2.

I suggest turning gamma setting up. Helped me spot ground targets turning gamma to 2.2.

+1 this helps alot.

Just a simple question

U use VR Zoom? That helps a lot with spotting.

Just a simple question

U use VR Zoom? That helps a lot with spotting.

Yep, it helps. I use it in the A10C like the real pilots use binos.

I personally sold my Rift due to not being able to spot anything on the ground or in the air, hopefully the next generation of HMDs will improve the resolution

Yep, it’s a bit too realistic for gamer types. Don’t expect to spot much in the A10 without proper use of the targeting pod and binoculars (VR zoom) just like for real. The real fix is to get good.

Nothing realistic about the spotting and ID distances in DCS with conventional monitors, much less the degraded lo-res experience in VR. Whether you read historical combat accounts or simply observe what is possible while flying in an airliner. Real-world lighting and shading combined with the human eye's resolution and color range, and the human brain's processing power permits much better capability than is possible in DCS without icons cheats. I almost never fly with icons enabled, but the already poor visibility in DCS is so bad in VR, that I am really tempted many times... but icons look horrible in VR, too.