VR Zoom keys conflict with Oculus ASW - WARNING

[DarKcyde]

TL;DR  Default binds conflict with Oculus keys, you'll get stuck at 50% fps.

CTRL+KP1 - Disable ASW and USE ATW
CTRL+KP2 - Force apps to 45hz, DISABLE ASW
CTRL+KP3 - Force apps to 45hz, ENABLE ASW
CTRL+KP4 - Enable ASW to operate automatically

 

I kept flying missions, starting with perfect 80fps in my Rift S, but getting stuck at 40fps somewhere in the middle, and it wouldn't go away until I killed the Oculus app.  I assumed it was a game issue, until it dawned on me while sitting in the hangar at 40fps and I tried the CTRL+Numpad4 key.  Back to solid 80fps where it should be.  Next mission held a steady FPS all the way (turns out all the tweaking I've done really helped).

 

Zoom did work fine in game, but it was also triggering the Oculus ASW settings.  I was pressing the keys thru Target on my HOTAS.

 

Quickest fix was to remap the zoom keys to use RALT+Numpad-X.  Or just map them to DX keys and avoid the keyboard.

 

Another tip: set your game and desktop to 480p  (720x480).    If they're not set to the same res, I keep losing the icons in-game when looking in some directions.  I couldn't hold solid 80fps when I ran at 1080p.

 

Because someone usually asks:

9600K @ 5Ghz

GTX1080 @ 2100Mhz

B-die 3600CL15

[HunDread]

5 hours ago, DarKcyde said:

TL;DR  Default binds conflict with Oculus keys, you'll get stuck at 50% fps.

CTRL+KP1 - Disable ASW and USE ATW
CTRL+KP2 - Force apps to 45hz, DISABLE ASW
CTRL+KP3 - Force apps to 45hz, ENABLE ASW
CTRL+KP4 - Enable ASW to operate automatically

 

I kept flying missions, starting with perfect 80fps in my Rift S, but getting stuck at 40fps somewhere in the middle, and it wouldn't go away until I killed the Oculus app.  I assumed it was a game issue, until it dawned on me while sitting in the hangar at 40fps and I tried the CTRL+Numpad4 key.  Back to solid 80fps where it should be.  Next mission held a steady FPS all the way (turns out all the tweaking I've done really helped).

 

Zoom did work fine in game, but it was also triggering the Oculus ASW settings.  I was pressing the keys thru Target on my HOTAS.

 

Quickest fix was to remap the zoom keys to use RALT+Numpad-X.  Or just map them to DX keys and avoid the keyboard.

 

Another tip: set your game and desktop to 480p  (720x480).    If they're not set to the same res, I keep losing the icons in-game when looking in some directions.  I couldn't hold solid 80fps when I ran at 1080p.

 

Because someone usually asks:

9600K @ 5Ghz

GTX1080 @ 2100Mhz

B-die 3600CL15

 

Hah! I logged on to the forum now to warn people about this. It caused a bit of a headache yesterday why ASW is always kicking in when it's off in OTT until I realized what's causing it.

[firdimigdi]

Good point bringing it up. As soon as I saw them after the update I changed them for precisely that reason and then bound alternatives for the zoom levels I use the most to my HOTAS.

[HansBlitz]

Haven't gotten to play much but I had bound the 4 zoom levels to a 4 position stick on my HOTAS. Guess I was lucky I did that right at first so didn't see this issue.

[Alonzo]

This needs to be stickied.