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I've got a 3070 with a 7800x3D. These tweaks worked wonders. I've been struggling for ages and these helped enormously, especially on the A10. Thank you very much!

Excellent. Thank you!

Thanks for the info - I have just ordered the Quest 3 and will give these settings a go!!

Incredible, first time I've been happy with settings on DCS, I have a similar spec system (inc the GTX3080ti and Quest2) and these work really well. Thanks very much for creating this video..

This video was a lifesaver, other videos I tried didn't work well but these settings give me consistent frames with good graphics. Thanks a lot.

i can't express just how thankful i am that you made this video. i've got everything running smooth and looking beautifully now. thank you!!

I needed this guide a lot! Thank you so much! :D

Hi Luabox, thanks for the ultimate guide. The system i have and most of my community here in South america are running hardware such 3070ti oc with ryzen 5800x or 3700x, we perceived 72HZ without any problems in Multiplayer. As per the key settings, definitely the fov limitation on Oculus tray does wonders from 42 hz sometimes to a steady 72hz. Thanks again and keep the good work as in the last 3 years i have been also trying multiple setups including EGGRO that also provided excellent set ups.

I followed your settings exactly (I have 3070 and quest 2) and I’m shocked. Its running very well. thank you!

Thank you! On the humble Quest 2 my DCS VR experience went from "OK" to "Very Decent!"

This is seriously the first guide that has actually helped me get good results! Flying A10 works amazing, the F16 seems a little unstable still, with frame rates between 36 and 72 FPS. I installed Windows 11 when I got a new computer and it never really played nice with the Quest 2.

Big Thx !

TOP! THX BRO!

Thanks!

Thank you this helped me alot all in one video kn how to do it and description on how to download it i improved my game by alot!

awesome settings

Thank you! All the other guides did a good job of getting me from 20-22 up do a steady 36. Occasionally more, sometimes less, depending on what's going on. I had it locked at max 36 even. This guide though.. wow! I'm up to 70+, 90 on the lobby screen, which is shocking to me. The game, I'm around 55 to 70 ish, sometimes more. Still playing with it, though I wanted to say this is video is the one that's made the largest difference in my DCS enjoyment in VR. Ty!

Much thanks for these, rocking a similar system with the quest 2, 9900k @5ghz, 64gb ram @ 3200, but my 3080 is the lower founders edition. Been getting back into it and tweaking everything I could find, and I think I was making it worse than it was over the weekend. Restarted fresh and plugged this in, I use the raven one dominant fury campaign in the f18 to test since it has so much going on the deck of the first mission. I figure if I can hold the stable 36/7 frames there (which leads to locked 72 almost from takeoff) nothing airborne should really give me problems. Working like a charm, taxiing aircraft don't look like they're skipping. HUD and MFD text in the 18 is a little squiggly for my liking so going to start bumping up the quest 2 res, but this seems to be working better than trying to downscale with FSR or NIS in the toolkit and regaining clarity with the fps killer MSAA. Turbo mode also a huge helper - but I noticed that once I'm in-flight, if the headset gets deactivated or passthrough mode gets activated the game will crash if Turbo is enabled, but I'm somewhat banking this on likely running out of vram on the weaker founders edition 3080.

I have a 3060ti and couldnt really use VR until now. still messing with settings but was getting 50fps and was already surprised should be able to follow this video now to fine tune everything.

Yesterday I was trying to play on 4YA syria at like 25ish FPS. Watched this video and today it's 72. Thank you so much. System specs: R5900x, 3080, 64GB ram

I hope this video helps others struggling to find the correct settings, but let's help each other! Let me know your optimal settings in the comments below with your system specs so we can learn from each other and get the best VR experience in DCS. And ow yeah... simply liking this video will help my channel grow! Thanks!

Thank you Sir, this added15 to 20 fps to DCS!

I've been putting off diving really deep into DCS because I couldn't get it to run great on quest, and since I have a quest I couldn't justify buying trackIR for one game. Will definitely be able to put in hours now!

Great tutorial! What are you using for interacting with the cockpit? How are you flipping switches and knobs? Again, thanks for your hard work!!

Thx

Great tutorial, thanks dude! The FOV adjust doesn't work for the G2 it seems. Just makes black squares.

Best settings I have ever found for DCS. Amazing. Cristal Clear with 60-70fps. Running 4070 Ti with i13700K. 32gb of ram

Been trying Virtual Desktop and its smooth as butter where as airlink/ normal link for me has been a bit stuttery and I was seeing artefacts. Only problem I have currently with virtual desktop is black borders!

High terrain textures cause encoding issues on my Quest 2 with a 3060 12GB card. Most of the performance you're getting comes down to three things: having a 3080Ti, MSAA off, and shadows off.

Thanks for amazing info and all the effort it took to put it together! Quick question, if I may - when I open OpenXR Toolkit is doesn't have any programs listed in the square at the bottom of the window like yours does and I can't find a way to add them. Do they automatically populate once you run the games?

You need secondary shadows only if you fly the F/18 and want to see the wands clearly on the flight deck for taxing on the carrier otherwise off is good.

thank you for this video. What is your PD in DCS VR settings ?

Great tutorial! I can't seem to find DCS shortcut within the bin mt folder. any tips?

1:20 For which headsets is OpenXR available? Is it available for Rift (S)?

what we see what you have recored is the vr of your monitor. did you had before in the helmet double buildings? ive got rtx3070

i have a reverb g2 and rift s, overall the rift s is alot smoother even with higher settings in DCS, reverb g2 blurs more when i turn though a bit brighter and touch better quality.

Helped me quite a bit. Thanks. 5800x / 3070 / G2v2.

Great video, I have roughly the same settings too. Out of curiosity, how did you set up the encoding part? What resolution did you choose, and what bitrate are you using? Thanks, ciaooo

I have a newer game pc with an RTX 4090 and just picked up a Quest Pro after my Reverb died a few weeks ago. I haven't messed with the Oculus Toolkit on my setup. I maxxed out the Oculus graphics setting slider, installed the Foveated plugin and setup OpenXR to just show the FPS counter. I'm sure there are a few more tweaks I could do. I have MSAA x2 and getting 90+ FPS all over the DCS servers. I had to bring gamma down a tad since the Pro is so brightly lit

It's a good walk through setup, the only issue I have is now I'm looking through a letterbox when play DCS, Is that to do with the Toolbox settings?

I’m glad you found a happy place where all the stars align and your dcs universe is sweet and rosy. Mine isn’t and nothing I do makes the slightest difference. I’ve spent years trying to fly dcs in vr. And despite all my efforts to understand it all. And make all the bolt ons talk to each other, my new 4090/ 7950x combo, is still stuttering on minimum settings and everything beyond the wing tip looks like im flying in an impressionist painting. I’m Done with it. If only it were as simple as plug and play I might have been able to enjoy it.

As a long term DCS VR player i can add some differing opinions here (we all have different ones, especially when it comes to graphics) I would turn terrain to low as it makes little difference visually but huge difference in performance. Leave antistrophic filtering off but put MSAA to minimum 2x but pref 4x as this will eliminate the dreaded shimmering and "jaggies". Cockpit to higher every frame. and leave traffic on as it adds emersion when doing ground attack. Just an opinion ofc.

Thanks for the great Video! I assume you're connecting to your PC via Oculus link cable? (for the Quest 2) Will any of these tweaks make a difference when playing PCVR through Virtual Desktop? I'm too used to be untethered now and going back to having a cord hanging off the side of my head feels like a step back (I know I'm seated, but that's a different discussion). To play DCS via Steam using Virtual Desktop on the Quest 2, you're forced to run the game through Steam VR. Is there a workaround for this?

any tipps for virtual desktop users? i dont have a link cable and i use the quest 2 wireless with virtual desktop

I am hoping to buy the Quest 2 by the end of the year. I am currently rocking a AMD 7 3800x with 32 GB Ram at 3200 MT/s and a RTX 3070 right now. If I can get 60 FPS steady with dips for repopulating and such in MP, id be so happy. Upgrading this PC cant happen this year as much as id love to lol.

You never mentioned whether it was a wired connection or a wireless one. I bout a 40gbps USB c cable. Would I still get a better performance through a wireless connection?

Hey all I was wondering if there is a specific sequence to open these programs Thanks

I'm getting good results here with an older PC Build. CPU: 3800x GPU: 1080ti RAM: 32gig DDR4-3200 Gen4 m.2 SSD with a large Pagefile Quest2 via AirLink I get that 72FPS in Singleplayer free flight. In low populated MP on Syria Map i get 72FPS most of the time with little Dips to reprojection.

Ah I was waiting for the reverb g2 settings

Video was very helpful. Was wondering about OBS though, do you use oculus mirror?

Do you have any videos on pico for IL2 VR? I have 3080 EVGA hybrid, 32GB 3600 and 5700x. I am struggling to optimize my settings. I use steam VR.

What plane did you initially fly on?

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folllowed your instructions to the T, thank you so much, however, and i adjusted this on my own, for whatever reason unless my FOV is set to 0.00 and 0.00 even if i take it all the way up to 0.9 on both i still see black edges through my headset on the vertical and horizontal. Idk if i'm doing something wrong, I have the quest pro, which might be why, though im assuming the settings would be the same, as they have been so far. Should i take the Fov up to 1.0+? just seems the higher i increase the value the more the black areas on the sides seem to grow.

I'm looking for wireless vr, I have ryzen 7 with MSI GeForce RTX 2070 with 64 gigs ram Skytech desktop. Would this be a good headset for the money for steam games flying and racing only. Does it coordinate well with fanatec racing controls and thrustmaster T16000 flight control? All VR will be with steam simulation games only maybe a movie too.

Have tried this and am running 72fps but looking off at things in the cockpit are not crisp. Any way to adjust this? I7 12700F 32gb RAM with a 3070.

wait, are you the same Lau from Sp4zie? LOL I DIDNT KNOW! I am looking at videos as I have just gotten Quest 2, Enjoying it on Assetto Corsa with full Fanatec DD. Now I want to get to DCS on an F16

if you use OpenXr you lose ASW in the oDT then i see reprojection, i ve tested the settings like in the video but i got when planes fly by or take off reprojection ( double vision)

I followed the tut so far until the openXR toolkit, but the box at the bottom is empty. I cant select anything there. I also cant seem add Applications to it, any advice?

can this be done with the valve index or are we stuck on STEAM VR?

im using this video, i currently have a ryzen 7 7700x, msi pro b650 p wifi, and ddr5 6000mhz 32gb ram(got it all for $450 together at microcenter, best deal ever), and an rtx 3090 founders edition. whenever im in vr via oculus link the frames always look choppy while looking out to the side. i hope this fixes it.

Does oculus tray tool, open XR toolkit and OpenCompositing work in VD. I can’t use link cable cuz of some Oculus issue I have so I have to use VD

New update came out after and all fps got halved for me. What was 60 now is 35. But desktop in 4080x3240 works awesome.

Thank you so much for this guide ! I have a question though: is there any software available to cap any VR Headset at 72hz ? I have the HP Reverb G2 and can't find any setting that allowd me to do it.. it's either 60 or 90hz... i'm running on a 3090

OMG It WORKED! I just bought a 3080 ftw3 literally yesterday and the performance was awful. After these tweaks I can now fly the Apache for the firs time in VR with no stutters. Its as smooth as the huey. I upgraded from a 1080ti and was happy but couldn't fly the Apache with out it stuttering. I'm running a Ryzen 7 5800x 64 gb ddr4 3600 3tb ssd quest 1 on a evga rtx 3080

I bought the Meta 2 today. The salesman had no clue what I needed to play DCS. It came with a very short power cord but am I supposed to have it plugged into the PC? Am I supposed to have USB 3.0?

in stream you have a option to start the mt

omg i wanna try this now!! at some point my oculus worked just fine on DCS but recently, maybe after an update...it lags like a mofoer. gonna try this

Is it normal dcs shows up in a square on screen when in vr and not native res? Want to know so I can record some highlights

Veel dank voor deze video! Vraag: moet je naast de openxr toolkit ook opencomposite downloaden? Gebruik je bij de Pico 4 nog steeds virtual desktop?

Thanks dude 2080ti keeps up with these settings on a 5 year old oculus

how does need to start when using the steam version i dont mean SteamVR . i start dcs with steam

You can réduce monitor résolution too if it's possible because you don't use it in vr and GPU will thank you!! You should try Warthunder it is just awsome; it run not too bad with my gtx 1650 4go and i5 4590...

I press left control + F2 and the xr toolkit does not appear. Please help!

How do you add DCS.exe to OpenXR in that field yopu show at 2:42?

when adding the sharpness, nothing is sharpend. How can i see that oculus is using the openXR?

Open xr toolkit does not have any of the " enable Open XR toolkit selectively for each aplication" options... the box is empty 😢

How come when I do training it says the pc bonded like L-shift when I play on vr?

Can you compare quest 3 vs pico please later

@laubox What I was wondering: for my Quest 2, in the Quest desktop app, it shows rendering resolution is 3616x1840 @ 72Hz. Should I then crank it up to 4128x2096? Because other fun fact: no matter how I play around either with Hz setting, render resolution or the the ingame pixel density of 1 - 1.3, my fps stay at around 35 Ryzen5, 32 GB Ram, RTX 3060

I have a i912900h. Rtx 3070 ..64gb ram....think ill touch ur results

Nice and useful video👍🏻 Now, I'm struggling with my PC (i 13600k, 32 GB RAM, Asus Dual RTX 4070) trying using XP 12, and I'm therefore guessing whether you're connected via cable or wifi (I'm using a non Meta cable, but confirmed as a usb 3.0 with 2.3Gb, as per Oculus app test). My experience with XP 12 is really bad (numbers and data in the cockpit not readable at all, constant and evident flickering, image resolution very very pixeled... impossible to use - my eyes are going on complaining). Headset is Quest 2. Could the original Meta cable be the solution? Any other hints or suggestions? Thanks in advance for replying

Just got a 4090 FE and cranked EVERYTHING to the max, 24/24gb used and I was probably getting like 20 fps 😂 vr is mad

Will this work for VrChat? because that game have EAC

I don't have a dcs shortcut... what should i do?

When i fly with the quest 3, rtx 3070 intel i5 32 gb ram, intruments are readable, mfd's very blurry, almost cant read it. Other aircraft are very pixelated and blurry, clouds and ground also very pixelated and shimmering. When a other aircraft is at the end of the runway, i only see sort of a dot. How can i fix all this things?

I cannot get my Pico to work with DCS. either itll stay on the splash screen or it wont even start in VR. plz help

Supersampling in VR setting?? (on dcs)

Mate, how do you add the check boxes down the bottom of OpenXR Toolkit in the "Enable OpenXR Toolkit selectively for each application" box?

the openXR turbo crashes my Oculus when DCS is opened...the openxr by itself disabled it and then works normal 45fps on rtx 3070ti

I've heard positive things about VR, but I'm uncertain if I'll enjoy it, and I worry about investing in a high-quality VR system only to find that I don't like using it. Currently using an RTX 4090, and planning to purchase a 32-inch 4K OLED later this year.

I can't manage to improve the fps, I did all you say in the video and I don't get any better than 45-47 fps (same as before doing all this steps). I have an 'old' good Pc, i7-9700K with 32GB and a 2080Ti 11GB and a HP Reverb G2. I guess there must be something else blocking something..... Looks like it worked for people with a 3070 and I was excited as it's supposed to be so so as a 2080ti. :(

should we run the multi-thread version even if we dont use VR ? or is that just optimization for that ?

I'm also trying to understand how to use the stick to turn the front wheel while tahing but can't get it too work. I did pressed that button on the stick to get the NWS out on the screen but still can't turn the wheel. Any idea ? I'm totally new with this simulator. Thanks

Do i need to choose the Multi thread Exe for the control panel thing or can i use the regular one

Hi, I'm playing nomal steam DCS edition (21th October 2023) with my pico 4 headset with the same settings as you but when I'm entering a single player game (F15C BVR from "Instant Action"), steam VR's performance graph show me that I have 182.7 (average) of 13.9 ms (72 Hz) (using Steam VR 1.27.5). It seems like a performance issue but DCS works perfectly without Vr (normal mode). I think the issue comes from Steam Vr itself, does anyone else has this issue ? And do you have any solution for this problem ? Cause this issue started happening since around 2 weeks, where for the 2 previous months it worked perfect (DCS vr). Does it has anything to do with DCS 2.9 ? Cause it just got announced on yt like a few days ago. PS : I tried using the "Smooth" resolution for the pico streaming assistant (which is equivalent to a GTX 1070 (I have a RXT 3070 and a i7 11800h)), the game in Vr runs quite smoothly but it looks disgusting (worse than HD).

Great job with the video I do have a couple questions though if anyone knows the answers. 1. When you selected the DCS exe in the bin-mt folder and add the lines above this must be added to the shortcut. So I'm assuming you create a shortcut first and then add the line at the end about openXR. I'm not able to edit the exe properties unless I create a shortcut to it. 2. Along the same lines in the Nvidea settings, you look for the shortcut that was created or are you using the main DCS exe. I only ask because in the video it looks like the main exe is selected because it shows "blackshark" as part of the name. 3. Does anyone know how to get rid of the aparent lag or jumpiness of the screen. I followed the setting as far as I know and when operating on the Syria map on a small mission I build im noticing almost a jump or sudden loss of clarity when moving my head around. 4. Is there anyway to get rid of all the shimmering that I'm seeing. It only happens on VR and not in 2d on a large screen. I'm running a 3080Ti as well but it is a mobile platform so it might be slightly weaker then yours, but should get about the same results. I also did not see a change when messing with the fov settings in oculus tray tool, so I'm guessing I probably did that wrong. Thank you for the awesome help and hopefully someone can answer a few of these questions. I managed to do a cold start on the a10-c2, takeoff, fly a couple patterns, safely land, and shutdown before calling it a day. My motion sickness starts kicking in pretty bad after about 30 min. Motion sickness that only happens in VR lol gotta love it.

For the pico 4 are you launching with our without steam vr

Just downloaded DCS and I was amazed by the 120 FPS stable in VR. But really, how do you use the controls? Interaction with the buttons and switches is so bad with the Index controllers... why on earth did they mess that up so badly?