[MOD] VREM : VR enhancer

[Goffik]

5 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

Nobody reported it, I wonder if my mod is still used...?

 

I still use it. ? I just don't fly often enough at the moment to notice many bugs.

[Youtch]

@C6_lefuneste: which VR headset are you using?

Are you using this mod in combination with FSR mod?

[C6_lefuneste]

7 hours ago, Youtch said:

@C6_lefuneste: which VR headset are you using?

Are you using this mod in combination with FSR mod?

Reverb G1. I tried FSR but did not find it worth for my config, as I play @60 fps, because CPU bottleneck prevent to have 90 Hz in all cases and I do not like reprojection in Il2.

[Youtch]

2 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

I do not like reprojection in Il2.

There is no motion reprojection in FSR mod.

 

Do you have FXAA set-up at 2x or 4x?

 

FSR still keep fps quite higher than without it. I have it at 0.8, which is the minimum, and it still makes some significant difference.

 

Do you foresee any problem of compability between FSR mode and VR Enhancer?

[C6_lefuneste]

12 hours ago, Youtch said:

There is no motion reprojection in FSR mod.

 

Do you have FXAA set-up at 2x or 4x?

 

FSR still keep fps quite higher than without it. I have it at 0.8, which is the minimum, and it still makes some significant difference.

 

Do you foresee any problem of compability between FSR mode and VR Enhancer?

As I do not like reprojection, I played at 60 fps, so I'm not looking for fps win. When I'm under 60 fps it is because of CPU bottleneck, so FSR will not help.

It should not have issue between both mods, because FSR is using openVR library (after game rendering) where VR enhancer is using DX11 (during game rendering).

[Picchio]

Thank you for all your work!

Edited April 30, 2022 by Picchio

[vonGraf]

I'm playing in 2D and have used the older VRE versions for a long time successfully, mainly for dimming the reticle and masking the icons.

Now I reinstalled the game and installed the last VR Enhancer version.

But somehow it seems I don't get the menu working properly.

All I get is what the screenshot shows and switching to 'next page' brings only three more pages with rows of 'increment...'

 

Edited May 3, 2022 by vonGraf

[C6_lefuneste]

4 hours ago, vonGraf said:

I'm playing in 2D and have used the older VRE versions for a long time successfully, mainly for dimming the reticle and masking the icons.

Now I reinstalled the game and installed the last VR Enhancer version.

But somehow it seems I don't get the menu working properly.

All I get is what the screenshot shows and switching to 'next page' brings only three more pages with rows of 'increment...'

 

strange...Did you press alt+F12 to initialise settings ? Can you post a track or a scenario to reproduce the issue ?

[vonGraf]

11 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

strange...Did you press alt+F12 to initialise settings ? Can you post a track or a scenario to reproduce the issue ?

Thanks for your quick answer.

I press ctrl-F1 to let the settings menu appear, pressing this keys again let a part of the settings change to italic fonts.(It's in the track)

Changing the pages with ctrl/shift-F12.

If I press alt-F12 the menu disappears (and saved I guess). I did it at the start of the flight this time because you mentioned it to initialise settings; no difference.

I didn't alter any keys or settings manually.

 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rsLqEPO0UCb3UYcFSijG8EDnAPddYpbf/view?usp=sharing

[C6_lefuneste]

12 hours ago, vonGraf said:

Thanks for your quick answer.

I press ctrl-F1 to let the settings menu appear, pressing this keys again let a part of the settings change to italic fonts.(It's in the track)

Changing the pages with ctrl/shift-F12.

If I press alt-F12 the menu disappears (and saved I guess). I did it at the start of the flight this time because you mentioned it to initialise settings; no difference.

I didn't alter any keys or settings manually.

 

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rsLqEPO0UCb3UYcFSijG8EDnAPddYpbf/view?usp=sharing

I can not reproduce the problem with your track, the menu id ok for me. But I had two pop up  regarding somethings like "big smoke" which is missing. Do you have some other mods installed ? If this is the case,  can you try with a clean version ?

[vonGraf]

18 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

I can not reproduce the problem with your track, the menu id ok for me. But I had two pop up  regarding somethings like "big smoke" which is missing. Do you have some other mods installed ? If this is the case,  can you try with a clean version ?

I did a new IL-2 INSTALL and let Steam verifiy the files.

Additionally I removed all AMD graphic related stuff, like drivers, software, etc. by the DDU program and installed their latest drivers.

After that I did install the VR Enhancer as the only mod.

The result related to the VR E menu is still exactly the same like described in my posts above. Tested in the QMB.

I'll keep the mod though because masking the sun seems to work and reacts faster than of the vanilla game and your icon masking works better for me too.

Only the reticle stuff is missing, that's no biggie, I'll find a substitution one day.

Thanks for your help.

[C6_lefuneste]

49 minutes ago, vonGraf said:

I did a new IL-2 INSTALL and let Steam verifiy the files.

Additionally I removed all AMD graphic related stuff, like drivers, software, etc. by the DDU program and installed their latest drivers.

After that I did install the VR Enhancer as the only mod.

The result related to the VR E menu is still exactly the same like described in my posts above. Tested in the QMB.

I'll keep the mod though because masking the sun seems to work and reacts faster than of the vanilla game and your icon masking works better for me too.

Only the reticle stuff is missing, that's no biggie, I'll find a substitution one day.

Thanks for your help.

can you post here your graphic settings ? Maybe it's something relater to them. But I wonder why I have these pop up when playing your track...

[vonGraf]

1 hour ago, C6_lefuneste said:

can you post here your graphic settings ? Maybe it's something relater to them. But I wonder why I have these pop up when playing your track...

Yes, I'll do.

Mabe the pop up happened because the mission was generated by Vanders Easy Mission Generator but I'm really not sure if he set's smoke plumes or fires for immersion in his missions.

 

This is my startup.cfg

And another short trk witout mods (beside VRE) and not generated with a 3rd party software but in QMG.

 

startup.txt

 

Tracks.zip

 

 

[C6_lefuneste]

I still can not reproduce. I had to lower the resolution and set interface to english in your startup.cfg in order to be able to use IL2, but I do not think it should change...

Can you copy this file (and rename it ad d3dx_user.ini) in the same directory than IL-2.exe and try again ?

If you have the same issue, replace d3dx.ini wiht the one joined here (same operation for the .txt), lauch game, go in cockpit, open 3dmigoto menu, press NUM0 then F8.

After a while, you will see a message displayed on upper left.

Then go to directory where IL-2.exe is. You should have a folder named "FrameAnalysis-2022-05-*". Please post here the file log.txt that should be in it.

d3dx_user.ini.txt d3dx.ini.txt

[vonGraf]

2 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

I still can not reproduce. I had to lower the resolution and set interface to english in your startup.cfg in order to be able to use IL2, but I do not think it should change...

Can you copy this file (and rename it ad d3dx_user.ini) in the same directory than IL-2.exe and try again ?

If you have the same issue, replace d3dx.ini wiht the one joined here (same operation for the .txt), lauch game, go in cockpit, open 3dmigoto menu, press NUM0 then F8.

After a while, you will see a message displayed on upper left.

Then go to directory where IL-2.exe is. You should have a folder named "FrameAnalysis-2022-05-*". Please post here the file log.txt that should be in it.

d3dx_user.ini.txt 2.44 kB · 0 downloads d3dx.ini.txt 81 kB · 0 downloads

 

After exchanging the d3dx_user.ini with yours in the bin/game folder the issue still persists.

After the next step I got this log folder.

 

FrameAnalysis-2022-05-06-101928.zip

 

 

[C6_lefuneste]

As far as I can see in the log it should work...

Can you post the file d3d11_log.txt that should be in bin/game  ?

Can you try to launch IL2 with admin rights ?

[vonGraf]

7 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

As far as I can see in the log it should work...

Can you post the file d3d11_log.txt that should be in bin/game  ?

Can you try to launch IL2 with admin rights ?

 

This 'shortcut' I have for starting IL-2 on Steam doesn't have the function 'run as admin' and when I try to start the game directly from the IL-2.exe in the bin/game folder I get asked for an account + passwort/email, never saw this prompt before.

 

I didn't purchase any IL-2 parts from their shop, so I don't have a PW. I tried the forums' PW and the game even started but was not complete/messed up somehow; it had no SP missions and no QME. I couldn't test anything.

 

The log is from the timepoint before I tried to start as admin.

 

d3d11_log.txt

 

 

 

Edited May 6, 2022 by vonGraf

[C6_lefuneste]

There is nothing strange in the log file also...So I do not understand where your problem is !

The only way is to modify manually the d3dx_user.ini file to setup your settings...

[vonGraf]

Ok.. I'll try it out. 

Many thanks for your patience and help.

[Dawg35]

When I select CNTRL F1 the full menu doesn't appear, see screenshot

VR, Quest 2

i5 10400

32 gb RAM

RX 5700 XT 8gb

 

Also I cannot find the setting to turn OFF all icon text labels, leaving only the triangle icon

 

 

Edited June 5, 2022 by Dawg35

[C6_lefuneste]

5 hours ago, Dawg35 said:

When I select CNTRL F1 the full menu doesn't appear, see screenshot

VR, Quest 2

i5 10400

32 gb RAM

RX 5700 XT 8gb

 

Also I cannot find the setting to turn OFF all icon text labels, leaving only the triangle icon

 

 

Hello, can you post a track ?

[Dawg35]

21 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

Hello, can you post a track ?

 

Sure. Here is a real short one, I used LCTRL F1 a couple of times to turn it on and off but in the track file it just appears to be on all the time.



 

freeflight.2022-06-06_11-45-06_00.trk.zip

Edited June 6, 2022 by Dawg35

[C6_lefuneste]

On 6/6/2022 at 5:50 PM, Dawg35 said:

 

Sure. Here is a real short one, I used LCTRL F1 a couple of times to turn it on and off but in the track file it just appears to be on all the time.
 

Sorry for the delay, but I did not have too much time before. Your track is not complete, it should also contain the appropriate directory...

[Fouldespiser25]

Thank you very much for this!  Works great.   One small issue is in VR finding keys is difficult.  I have all my buttons mapped for more often used items.  Any ideas?  Can it be programmed into a GUI with mouse support perhaps?  No worries though, I can manage.

[C6_lefuneste]

14 hours ago, Fouldespiser25 said:

Thank you very much for this!  Works great.   One small issue is in VR finding keys is difficult.  I have all my buttons mapped for more often used items.  Any ideas?  Can it be programmed into a GUI with mouse support perhaps?  No worries though, I can manage.

Unfortunatelly, there is only one other option than keyboard  : Xbox controller. But you can change key mapping, to try to find easier one.

[kiwi_viper]

have you tryed this with the openxr toolkit? pitty it dont work the mod is awesome but it looks like theres some kind of fight with it and open composite.

i cant find any logs that tell to send you but next time i try ill take screenshot of the error maybe that will help.

[C6_lefuneste]

9 hours ago, kiwi_viper said:

have you tryed this with the openxr toolkit? pitty it dont work the mod is awesome but it looks like theres some kind of fight with it and open composite.

i cant find any logs that tell to send you but next time i try ill take screenshot of the error maybe that will help.

Hello, I'll release soon a version compliant with openXR, as I did for DCS.

[kiwi_viper]

cool nice work that mod is what the gunsights should have been like all the time, look forward to the update ?

heres screeny of error if it helps.

[C6_lefuneste]

9 hours ago, kiwi_viper said:

cool nice work that mod is what the gunsights should have been like all the time, look forward to the update ?

heres screeny of error if it helps.

FYI this message is created by having the D3DCompiler_46.dll present in the same directory than il2.exe, it is needed by default for VR enhancer.

Edited August 29, 2022 by C6_lefuneste

[C6_lefuneste]

New version 6.4.1 available in first post for openXR usage:

 

The mod contains now two "flavour" folders : on for standard game (VR_Enhancer_x.y), and another for game used with openXR (VR_Enhancer_x.y_openXR).

 

installation without openXR

•  Without JSGME ou OVGME (not recommended): unzip the mod zip somewhere, copy the folder for non openXR usafe (VR_Enhancer_x.y) into the installation directory of IL2 GB.
• With JSGME or OVGME : unzip the file into your MODS folder and install VR_Enhancer_x.y
  
  After installation, you should find at least d3d11.dll, d3dx.ini files and shaderfixes, users_settings, ReplacementTextures directories in the same directory than IL-2.exe

 

installation/usage with openXR

• Without JSGME ou OVGME (not recommended): unzip the mod zip somewhere, copy the folder for openXR usage (VR_Enhancer_x.y_openXR) into the installation directory of IL2 GB.
• With JSGME or OVGME : unzip the file into your MODS folder and install VR_Enhancer_x.y_openXR
  
  After installation, you should find 3dmigoto directory in the same directory than IL-2.exe.
  As another folder is used, your mod settings wil have to be redone and resave.
  
  !!! for openXR usage, you must launch the program  [IL2_install]\bin\game\3dmigoto\3DMigoto Loader.exe every time before launching IL2, otherwise the mod is not activated !!!

[kiwi_viper]

brilliant mate works fantastic? thanks.

Edited September 4, 2022 by kiwi_viper

[Paul_RSXK]

So far it looks very good. Just installed earlier today. Distant aircraft are noticeably sharper and clearer.

 

I'm running on ultra-settings using an RTX3080 with motion reprojection enabled.

 

I've only implemented sharpening so far.

 

Impressed!

[C6_lefuneste]

24 minutes ago, Paul_RSXK said:

So far it looks very good. Just installed earlier today. Distant aircraft are noticeably sharper and clearer.

 

I'm running on ultra-settings using an RTX3080 with motion reprojection enabled.

 

I've only implemented sharpening so far.

 

Impressed!

I'll release soon a new version with FXAA improvement working (there is a bug in current version). Finally I made some dump comparison and discovered MSAA is not at all helping spotting...So I went to FXAA and got great fps improvements.

Finally I'm on Ultra settings now, it seems 100% compliant with all situations for no reproj. at 60 Hz.  Be warned also the mod may trigger reprojection more often than needed.

[Paul_RSXK]

4 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

I'll release soon a new version with FXAA improvement working (there is a bug in current version). Finally I made some dump comparison and discovered MSAA is not at all helping spotting...So I went to FXAA and got great fps improvements.

Finally I'm on Ultra settings now, it seems 100% compliant with all situations for no reproj. at 60 Hz.  Be warned also the mod may trigger reprojection more often than needed.

My fps is ok, single aircraft I can get 90, but more often than not it defaults to 45, but that doesn't tell the whole story. the rate in m/sec is between 11 and 15 even on some of the bigger skirmishes. It will run at 45 all day long, but the real speed is between 60-70 for most missions.

I'm using MSAA at the moment but will try FXAA.

The whole experience with the sharpening mods is really, really good. Not that it was bad before, but it just takes it up to the next level in terms of clarity. I'm running with a Reverb G2.

 

 

 

 

[Paul_RSXK]

11 hours ago, Paul_RSXK said:

My fps is ok, single aircraft I can get 90, but more often than not it defaults to 45, but that doesn't tell the whole story. the rate in m/sec is between 11 and 15 even on some of the bigger skirmishes. It will run at 45 all day long, but the real speed is between 60-70 for most missions.

I'm using MSAA at the moment but will try FXAA.

The whole experience with the sharpening mods is really, really good. Not that it was bad before, but it just takes it up to the next level in terms of clarity. I'm running with a Reverb G2.

 

 

 

 

Tried FXAA this morning. It does boost FPS, I saw 90fps (Reverb max) when looking out of the cockpit at an uncluttered sky, but 90% of the skirmish was at the halved limit of 45 on the FPS counter. Also, the image wasn't quite as sharp and when in the hangar, I could see lots of white pixels floating around when I looked at the hangar door. If you are after a few more fps then I can see the advantage of using FXAA but MSAA looks better on my set up and the fps difference is marginal at best.

 

 

Edited September 6, 2022 by Paul_RSXK
typo

[C6_lefuneste]

10 hours ago, Paul_RSXK said:

Tried FXAA this morning. It does boost FPS, I saw 90fps (Reverb max) when looking out of the cockpit at an uncluttered sky, but 90% of the skirmish was at the halved limit of 45 on the FPS counter. Also, the image wasn't quite as sharp and when in the hangar, I could see lots of white pixels floating around when I looked at the hangar door. If you are after a few more fps then I can see the advantage of using FXAA but MSAA looks better on my set up and the fps difference is marginal at best.

 

 

FXAA is far better for spotting. I'll post pictures to show.

[Paul_RSXK]

On 9/6/2022 at 6:21 PM, C6_lefuneste said:

FXAA is far better for spotting. I'll post pictures to show.

I can't get the cockpit sharpen to activate. 

I have MSAA x4 set in the IL2 graphics settings, tried sharpen set at on and off in the game settings, no change. I'm also running the AA enhancement and FXAA enhancement for cockpit. I tried turning both off and retrying the cockpit sharpen, but pressing the INS button has no effect? The coarse setting adjustment works fine on the same page, though.

 

What am I missing, or not doing correctly?

 

Thanks

 

Paul

 

 

Edited September 8, 2022 by Paul_RSXK
typo

[C6_lefuneste]

11 hours ago, Paul_RSXK said:

I can't get the cockpit sharpen to activate. 

I have MSAA x4 set in the IL2 graphics settings, tried sharpen set at on and off in the game settings, no change. I'm also running the AA enhancement and FXAA enhancement for cockpit. I tried turning both off and retrying the cockpit sharpen, but pressing the INS button has no effect? The coarse setting adjustment works fine on the same page, though.

 

What am I missing, or not doing correctly?

 

Thanks

 

Paul

 

 

There may be a bug for first installation. Try to increase sharpen factor just after setting on or off sharpen mode.

[Paul_RSXK]

17 hours ago, C6_lefuneste said:

There may be a bug for first installation. Try to increase sharpen factor just after setting on or off sharpen mode.

All working now. Discovered that way to activate it is by pressing the increase button, not the INS button.

Cheers

 

Paul

 

 

 

[C6_lefuneste]

New version 6.5 available in first post. I fixed some bugs and add this feature:

 

12. Cockpit photo can be displayed with a bigger size in front of player view
I use my other mod to replace photos by plane tech information (duration for RPM/manifold , temp ...) but this photo is hard to read in some plane. So I made this feature to display it in a more usefull way. Unfortunately, I could not make it work by default, so you have to cycle through cockpit texture by LSHIT+k key. When the photo has been displayed, 'k' key should display it again.

Edited September 10, 2022 by C6_lefuneste