HELP! VR Mode Is Now Making Me Cross-eyed

[FTC_Bird*dog]

I'm not sure what happened, but after downloading the latest update I opened IL2 to see the Christmas tree in the hangar and everything looked fine. I just recently got an HP Reverb G2 so I have been messing with settings to try and get better FPS in game, so I was editing the startup.cfg file (yes I always make a backup file just in case). I saved the new startup.cfg and reopened IL2 and now it is like being cross-eyed. If I close each eye the image looks fine, but I can't keep both eyes open anymore. So I restored my backup startup.cfg file and... still the same problem! Now I am panicking, and have tried everything I can think of:

Reset all graphics settings to default (nope)

Delete startup.cfg and force it to write a clean one (nope)

Uninstall/reinstall IL2 (and delete any residual files from steamapps\common) (nope)

Now I am suspecting it is a SteamVR or WMR problem (though every other game works just fine)

Delete ...SteamVR\resources\settings\default.vrsettings

Delete ...Steam\config\steamvr.vrsettings

Uninstall/reinstall SteamVR and WMR for SteamVR

Still no luck!

 

Is there somewhere else that some sort of setting file is being stored specific to the IL2 application and VR? It's like the IPD is wildly off but I can't reset it.

 

I love this game but I haven't been able to play it this week at all because of this

 

Edit: SOLVED - "Open PC settings, windows mixed reality, headset display, and make sure 1080p is on, 720 can cause exactly the effects you describe.  You may have to clear your environment data to get it to reset.  Don't let windows decide, set to high." 

Edited January 3, 2021 by Bird*dog
SOLVED

[unlikely_spider]

I remember that happening once when I had either motion smoothing in WMR or reprojection in SteamVR - have you tried toggling those?

[FTC_Bird*dog]

Hmm tried toggling all the settings I could find in the application specific settings and WMR settings inside of steam. Still getting nowhere. At this point I’m just thinking I must have tweaked a buried driver file somehow so just considering doing a clean windows reinstall. Ugh

[Creep]

Sounds like an IPD setting that is way off. Do you feel cross-eyed outside of IL2 (e.g. WMR, SteamVR, other games, etc)? Did you perhaps move the manual IPD switch on the G2 without realizing it? It is located just under your right eye - you can move the slider to adjust the IPD.

Edited December 31, 2020 by QB.Creep

[FTC_Bird*dog]

Yeah it’s almost like the IPD is way offset. No effect from the G2 slider, and all other VR games I’ve tried are working fine. When I pull up the SteamVR dashboard while in IL2 it looks normal as well.

[Panzerlang]

Maybe a setting in the registry?

[SCG_Fenris_Wolf]

No, it's an IL-2 bug of recognising the wrong device. This happens usually if you use multiple devices in A-B comparisons with IL-2, but somehow it snuck in for you.

 

Close all VR related programs.

 

Uninstall the game, clean up its rests (delete all remaining files by hand), restart, and then reinstall IL-2 from scratch.

 

Go into your root steam directory, go into config folder, delete steamvr.vrsettings file.

 

Uninstall and clean up the "Mixed Reality Portal" in Windows store, and "Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR" plugin in Steam. Restart, then reinstall both.

 

No need to do a full windows clean-up, it's a bit overkill.

 

Good luck.

 

P.S. that removes all possible dependencies in one swipe.

[FTC_Bird*dog]

Thanks @SCG_Fenris_Wolf , but I went through and did as you recommended and I am still getting the issue. I also uninstalled/reinstalled SteamVR as well.

 

Question: It's been awhile since I played in 2D, but I thought that default for IL2 was fullscreen? When I started it after all the reinstalling I just did it in non-VR standard mode first, and it came up as a low resolution window which is how I had it set for VR. I deleted the entire "IL-2 Sturmovik Battle of Stalingrad" folder from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\, so I know that startup.cfg was deleted with it. Could it be Steam is reinstalling some sort of saved version??

 

Or even weirder, when I log in to link my IL2sturmovik account is it pulling something from the game license server?

Edited January 1, 2021 by Bird*dog

[FTC_Bird*dog]

Today I tried rolling back my Nvidia driver. Then I completely uninstalled everything (all of Steam) and tried reinstalling. Still wrong, like IPD is doubled or something. I’m giving up for now, will wait for the next update I guess and then try a clean windows rebuild. This sux. Guess I will start trying out DCS.

[Drum]

Before you change anything else, try removing the Reverb completely from your system (everything) and do a fresh install of that first...

[[CPT]Crunch]

Its your resolution settings I'm betting.  Open PC settings, windows mixed reality, headset display, and make sure 1080p is on, 720 can cause exactly the effects you describe.  You may have to clear your environment data to get it to reset.  Don't let windows decide, set to high.

[Panzerlang]

Have you tried the IPD settings in "Service" under "Settings"?

IL2 settings, not headset's.

Edited January 2, 2021 by JG51-Hetzer

[FTC_Bird*dog]

@[CPT]Crunch that was it!!! I had assumed it was something I did from tweaking the startup.cfg IL2 file or NVIDIA settings, but I had turned down those WMR settings at some point as well because I assumed they only applied to the WMR portal home since they are under the category "Visual quality of my home". Apparently IL2 uses those values somehow and other VR titles don't?

 

Anyways thanks so much for the tip! I've been chasing this for days!

[[CPT]Crunch]

Good on you, yup, been there and done that with my old Samsung O+, they updated some of the firmware and WMR making those settings active, so tried it too and took a while to figure out what went Fubar in IL-2.

[GunSlingerAUS]

Thanks, I had the exact same issue with my Reverb G2 as soon as I changed the setting in WMR called "Headset Display  -> Experience Options -> Optimise for performance". When I changed it back to "Best Visual Quality", all was well in the world! You're a legend!

[batmacumba]

On 1/19/2021 at 1:51 AM, GunSlingerAUS said:

Thanks, I had the exact same issue with my Reverb G2 as soon as I changed the setting in WMR called "Headset Display  -> Experience Options -> Optimise for performance". When I changed it back to "Best Visual Quality", all was well in the world! You're a legend!

 

Years later...

 

Same thing happened here, thanks for mentioning!