Hi guys,

Here's my initial findings from flying VR in HF2 with my Rift S:

1. EA looks great, but you still need to use stereo mode in VR unfortunately when using this. I do all of my VR flying in EA.

2. Steam VR mode is still the way to go, Oculus gives me stutters.

3. Water with extreme detail looks good in VR now, I didn't like the effect in HF1 as it seemed out of sync. Reflections on the water still seem to have a problem between left and right eyes, not pleasant to look at buy tolerable.

4. Reflections: I had these turned off in HF1 as they rotated far to much with head movement. The effect is still there in HF2, but it looks more tolerable on initial inspection.

5. Performance: jury is still out on that. It is brilliant with EA turned off in the default F-32, but as I never fly that usually I can't promise it's improved!

6. Shadows - noting some weird, polygon-like cloud shadows over the water.

I am using:

1. Stereo mode (because EA just looks so good)

2. Pre-render - need further testing here.

I was a big fan of flying in VR with HF1, although there were some issues. Looking forward to further testing HF2, it's now time to try some complex aircraft.

So, if you're flying VR in HF2, let us know how your system is performing, what problems you have noticed and your current preferred settings.

Cheers!

 

 

 

I install still + addons, will try later.

VR? I have this error:

but it works .... hmmmm....

 

Can one of the mods merge this into the previous VR topic from earlier today.

Disregard. That was a different subforum and I realized this topic will get more visibility here.

 

I was having an issue with tracking, but it appears it was due my HMD not being calibrated after updating to build 2004.

Perf is MUCH better in HF2. Super smooth and things are loading in quickly.

Edited June 23, 20205 yr by ZLA Steve

30 minutes ago, YoYo said:

VR? I have this error:

but it works .... hmmmm....

 

Yoyo, just confirming that I do not have that error in HF2. I've seen it once or twice before in several hundred hours of VR time with v5, but not present on my current install. 

46 minutes ago, OzWhitey said:

Yoyo, just confirming that I do not have that error in HF2. I've seen it once or twice before in several hundred hours of VR time with v5, but not present on my current install. 

Forget. I had this once, strange... now its ok :).

btw.What is this? I see that is enable as default option now. This is something new:

• Added VR setting to disable Hidden Area Mesh.

Edited June 23, 20205 yr by YoYo

Did a couple of quick flights, one out of ORBX KFHR/TE Washington in the A2A Cub, the other in the A2A 172 out of TE NorCal  from KSFO pointed at downtown (probably one of the hardest areas to use atm with High autogen settings...a billion houses and trees etc etc etc)....

about 15 seconds of stutters post take off from SFO while the city and the houses etc loaded...after that It was smooth....

Stereo mode now offers better overall performance for ME vs single pass. Previously this was not the case. While single pass provides some FPS bump, it seems spikey whereas the stereo while a few fps less was butter smooth.

No head tracking issues, it feels like some of the performance lost for me on HF1 has come back. Looks like I will be returning to VR only flights again!

HP REVERB here, unfortunately I'm too busy tinkering with it in combat sims like IL-2 and DCS. Haven't flown in P3D in VR yet.  In IL-2 and DCS it is INSANE. But I follow VR threads in Prepar3D forum.

15 hours ago, YoYo said:

What is this? I see that is enable as default option now. This is something new:

• Added VR setting to disable Hidden Area Mesh.

All VR HMD have a certain portion of their screen not visible. Therefore, if you can prevent rendering these areas, you can save some precious GPU cycles. This area is defined by the hidden area mesh and is HMD dependant.

This setting most likely allow P3D5 to rendering all pixels in the HMD screens.

18 hours ago, OzWhitey said:

1. EA looks great, but you still need to use stereo mode in VR unfortunately when using this. I do all of my VR flying in EA.

What is EA?

Edited June 24, 20205 yr by Flyfox

2 minutes ago, Flyfox said:

What is EA?

Enhanced atmospherics, which includes the Truesky clouds. It’s the primary feature that makes v5 look like a new sim. Truesky clouds in VR are really great to fly around - no more rotating 2d sprites.

Thanks, Rob! It looks like I also have to consider upgrading to V5 sooner or later ...

13 hours ago, Dirk98 said:

HP REVERB here, unfortunately I'm too busy tinkering with it in combat sims like IL-2 and DCS. Haven't flown in P3D in VR yet.  In IL-2 and DCS it is INSANE. But I follow VR threads in Prepar3D forum.

I can’t play DCS or IL2 with Track Ir anymore. It is so much easier to acquire targets wvr in VR. I use voice attack to help with commands I don’t have setup in my hotas. 
 

plus the immersion of sitting in your tomcat or f16 or whatever your poison is is truly outstanding.

On 6/23/2020 at 10:15 PM, YoYo said:

Forget. I had this once, strange... now its ok :).

btw.What is this? I see that is enable as default option now. This is something new:

• Added VR setting to disable Hidden Area Mesh.

@RXP did explain it very good. Just one addition. Often the Pimax Users are suffering from this black squares on their HMD Screens when using single pass. This option should solve it for them.

Marcus