Help dialing in Oculus rift CV1 settings

[Mukai]

Hey guys, I haven't played il2 in VR in a while but with bodenplatte and flying circus I'm back now and really enjoying it. I was just wondering with all the recent patches and additions what is currently the optimum settings for the CV1? I see a few settings for the rift s but not the cv1.

 

I'm currently running open composite and have finally gotten 3dmigotos zoom setup as well. I'm getting around 45fps (High setting preset with SSAO off, shadows medium and clouds high, sharpening off and 4k textures on) on the ground in a quick mission on kuban with all ground assets ticked but performance seems to take a reasonable dip with a few planes flying about.

 

My current rig is:

I5 4690k clocked at 4.5ghz

16gb ddr3 1600mhz ram

Nvidia gtx1070

 

I have oculus tray tool installed as well and use that to handle me SS, but I dunno what the sweet spot for clear looking dials and spotting is in this game (I've it dialed in for DCS). Sorry if this has been asked recently, I did do a search but just turned up some Rift S stuff. Cheers  

[dburne]

Good move going with Open Composite.

You should be able to run very similar settings with CV1 as you are seeing folks run in Rift S with similar system as yours.

CV1 and Rift else similar in performance due to refresh rate differences.

 

[cmorris975]

My system is an i7 6700k with a 1070ti card and 24 GB of DDR4 RAM running at 2100.  Unfortunately the latest patches took my framer rate down and gave me stuttering that I did not have before.  That being said, and after a lot of testing, the best I have been able to get this game to run now is with opencomposite, 3dmigoto mod, cloud mod, overclocking my CPU in the BIOS to 4.2 ghz, and using MSI Afterburner to overclock my GPU as much as is safely possible.  I have been able to get VR going at 45-90 frames on all career missions so far by running graphic detail as low as possible while keeping sharpen on and the setting that controls variable detail at .9 or more so as to minimize the blurring brought on.

 

I am using the CV1 as well.  Good luck and have fun.

 

I also run Il2 on an SSD and have disabled as many background tasks as possible.

Edited October 13, 2019 by cmorris975

[Mukai]

Thanks guys, i ran a qmb with 8vs8 bombers and all ground assets on and I didn't drop below 45fps. I'm sure multiplayer and career maybe different but its a start.

I wanted to ask about landscape filter and distant buildings. I have landscape filter set to blurred atm (i hear it aides spotting) but it makes navigating a real pain, does putting it on sharpen help much (or affecting spotting much?) and does having distant buildings affect performance (i'm guessing it does but by much?)

[dburne]

33 minutes ago, Mukai said:

Thanks guys, i ran a qmb with 8vs8 bombers and all ground assets on and I didn't drop below 45fps. I'm sure multiplayer and career maybe different but its a start.

I wanted to ask about landscape filter and distant buildings. I have landscape filter set to blurred atm (i hear it aides spotting) but it makes navigating a real pain, does putting it on sharpen help much (or affecting spotting much?) and does having distant buildings affect performance (i'm guessing it does but by much?)

 

I personally like sharpen better, can't say how much it helps though.

[cmorris975]

I am not sure about distant buildings as I turn most things down as low as possible in order to avoid the ghosting that now comes with having a lot of planes and/or ground objects around.  I run about 85 FPS a lot of the time, even on large missions.  I prefer to not be distracted by planes appearing to split in two a lot so the high FPS helps lessen that.

 

I think sharpen is definitely worth whatever small performances hit it gives.  I do not use landscape filter.  Not sure what it is for actually.

 

[Mukai]

39 minutes ago, dburne said:

 

I personally like sharpen better, can't say how much it helps though.

Is that the sharpen landscape filter? Do you find it helps with navigation without affecting spotting too much?

 

I have the sharpen checkbox checked too, don't know if it makes much difference though, i think that it just affects objects like aircraft?

24 minutes ago, cmorris975 said:

I am not sure about distant buildings as I turn most things down as low as possible in order to avoid the ghosting that now comes with having a lot of planes and/or ground objects around.  I run about 85 FPS a lot of the time, even on large missions.  I prefer to not be distracted by planes appearing to split in two a lot so the high FPS helps lessen that.

 

I think sharpen is definitely worth whatever small performances hit it gives.  I do not use landscape filter.  Not sure what it is for actually.

 

I saw here on the forums that the blurred landscape filter helps to spot targets, I think it is something to do with the aircraft will stand out against the blurred landscape (seems that the landscape at a distance is blurred) but like i was saying I was flying circles around trying to find my airfield cos it blended too well in with the blurred landscape. I'm not sure though I'm just guessing that this could be the culprit 

Edited October 13, 2019 by Mukai