gamma 1.01 broke DK2 support

So problem as everyone else here.
Such a same for those of us with a rift since going back to a monitor is worse then not playing at all (for me atleast).
20% or even 12% is a pretty big community if there's 100,000+ players currently. I wonder how many bought a DK2 specifically for E.d. like me. Like so many on this thread I'm just not wanting to go back to a monitor having enjoyed the immersion of the DK2 in this game, although that's also partly due to the fact I can't be bothered to work out my bindings when I've got them just the way I want for the DK2. Would be great if the settings could have 2 or more binding setups so if you needed to play without your oculus, you could just load config 2 or whatever.
You can have multiple bindings saved. All you have to do is make a copy of you custom.binds file in "C:\Users\"UserName"\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings" Rename it to something else and it will show up the the bindings menu ingame as a option from the drop down menu (found this out by accident when manually adding the <HyperSuperCombination> and <Supercruise> in Beta 3.9 since it gave me an error at the time saying they where missing and I made a copy of the file before editing it and it suddenly showed up as a drop down option)
 
I went back to a monitor btw. I get eye strain from the Rift after more than a few hours anyway. It seems kind-of out of focus in ED. It's OK on other stuff strangely enough.
 
Of all the Rift games, this is by far the best experience I've had with it. I started out on triple screens, now they're gone and replaced by a single screen to compliment the rift.

Don't think I'd even enjoy going back to triples, let alone one screen for ED.

Hope they can fix the current bug soon as this is the one game that really proves VR is the way forward for gaming.
 
I am going a lil crazy inside. I was having the greatest time in gamma 1.00 was in a awesome battle and killed the bad guy, bounty was 10k i shouted woooo hoooooo. updated which was quick (only a few mins) and now i cant play anymore. It is showing me what an impressive and rich experience this game is with the OR, after not playing for a day now i am hurting to get back into my spaceship. Please please devs we need a patch, i know you want to fix as many things as you can per upgrade.

I wonder how much of the FRONTIER staff use the OR?
 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH I'M GOING CRAZY I just bought a new skin for my hauler XD SLEEK RED HAULER! And I just got to Sol, before the new patch came out.

I might actually be force to play in 2d. But I don't have my trackIR set up!
 
same here..right eye pretty black pixels...

I have another question.How is the hud text.is it readable .I reset the rift..first thing i do i sit further away,then reset then sit back where i should sit.and then i see it better...
 
And I just got to Sol, before the new patch came out.

I might actually be force to play in 2d. But I don't have my trackIR set up!

Exactly the situation I'm in. TrackIR rig is back in its packaging headed for craigslist.

Reading all these comments about not being able to play without the Rift it occurred to me that the thought of going old school with my 24 inch monitor (Woohoo!) never even entered my mind as an option. I've been waiting patiently for the update and now am actually surprised we haven't got it yet - given how quickly the FD crew have been smashing bugs. I've no doubt it's a priority though - along with a lot of other little issues lol.
 
20% or even 12% is a pretty big community if there's 100,000+ players currently. I wonder how many bought a DK2 specifically for E.d. like me. Like so many on this thread I'm just not wanting to go back to a monitor having enjoyed the immersion of the DK2 in this game, although that's also partly due to the fact I can't be bothered to work out my bindings when I've got them just the way I want for the DK2. Would be great if the settings could have 2 or more binding setups so if you needed to play without your oculus, you could just load config 2 or whatever.

Its actually quite easy to save and restore multiple bindings for controls, graphics, audio etc.

You'll find control (Bindings), graphics and audio settings here 'C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options'.

Simply make a back up of the entire folder or specific sub-folders and place them somewhere safe. I normally zip them up and give it a specific file name - e.g. 'Elite_Options_Occulus_2014.11.25'. You can then adjust the settings in Elite to create a new 'configuration', once happy, copy the Options folder again, zip it and give it a new name. When you want to switch bindings just copy the actual data from your back up over the Elite options. I don't recommended simply replacing the entire 'Options' folder since there are some bindings in their that don't make sense to change, e.g 'Developer' and 'Player'.

There are additional options here '<Install location>\EDLaunch\Products\FORC-FDEV-D-1002', things like appConfig.xml ( can be used to create a second window to display rift on screen as a single view and without chromatic distortions, sadly last time i checked the view was still distorted - there is a thread on the forums that describe the process), 'ControlSchemes' ( useful to see what the defaults are), OptionDefaults (low, med, high options with preset settings, was able to make my own occulus preset, but the name doesn't come up in Elite dropdown)

Its really easy to use these settings to change bindings, just make sure to back up anything you plan on changing first.

edit: Oh and on topic, yeah playing without the DK2 just feels so wrong now. Looking forward to this issue getting a quick fix.
 
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Night off, brilliant, ED with DK2 time; only to find its broke :(

Night off, brilliant, ED with DK2 time; only to find its broke :(
Well at lest its know about.

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Known Issues in Gamma 1.0:

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Oculus Rift displaying much darker on the right eye lense

Game failing to recognise third USB peripheral devices

Trading rank not updating correctly

Credits appearing to be wiped after selling some exploration data

Legally transferred cargo cannot be sold
 
To me not having the Rift just highlights how much the game is lacking. I mean if it was a compelling game I'd be playing it with or without Rift.

With this bug I've realised that it would seem that the ONLY reason I fire up the game is to get get the VR experience.

Kinda sad.
 
To me not having the Rift just highlights how much the game is lacking. I mean if it was a compelling game I'd be playing it with or without Rift.

With this bug I've realised that it would seem that the ONLY reason I fire up the game is to get get the VR experience.

Kinda sad.

Well, I for one, remember the "compelling" experience, before I got my DK2. Problem is, as humans, it's hard for us to go back to great when we've had awesome. It's like watching a great movie or being IN a great movie, once you've experienced it, you just can't go back.
 
I couldn't help it and played for about 3.5hrs tonight in my DK2. The right eye problem was there but I just dealt with it. I don't know if it was like this before, but direct mode worked perfectly. I found this out by accident because I had switched to direct mode to play iRacing and forgot to go to extended before launching E: D. All was well though and it works great, buttery smooth even in stations. I hope whatever fix they do next does not break direct mode!
 
I couldn't help it and played for about 3.5hrs tonight in my DK2. The right eye problem was there but I just dealt with it. I don't know if it was like this before, but direct mode worked perfectly. I found this out by accident because I had switched to direct mode to play iRacing and forgot to go to extended before launching E: D. All was well though and it works great, buttery smooth even in stations. I hope whatever fix they do next does not break direct mode!

Not with me. Apart of framerate issues, the problem with the right eye is still there in direct mode.
 
Not with me. Apart of framerate issues, the problem with the right eye is still there in direct mode.

Yeah, I played in direct but the right eye problem was still there, I just forced myself to ignore it best I could. What I did like though was that the judder I had in port playing in extended was all but gone in direct. That, and just as I see in other games using direct, my GPU barely breaks a sweat compared to monitor or extended work. I never went over 51c with my 7970 tonight and the norm for it is about 63c when playing on a monitor or in direct mode. WIN.
 
I couldn't help it and played for about 3.5hrs tonight in my DK2. The right eye problem was there but I just dealt with it. I don't know if it was like this before, but direct mode worked perfectly. I found this out by accident because I had switched to direct mode to play iRacing and forgot to go to extended before launching E: D. All was well though and it works great, buttery smooth even in stations. I hope whatever fix they do next does not break direct mode!

So i understand correct: direct mode still has the black right eye but 60fps lock is gone and low persistence works? That would be awesome!
 
Huh, I wish Direct mode worked that well for me. Direct mode does work for me, but gives far less performance than extended.

I have to turn everything to as low as possible to get it working smooth in Direct and even then there are bits of judder here and there. But in Extended it runs at a perfect 75fps with everything up max apart from shadows.

Running on a single GTX 980.
 
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