Oculus Rift/non VR mode

Brandon31

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Hey guys - got one of these Rifts up and running but slight annoyance here is this - I run ED from the launcher NOT Steam. Every time I try and launch ED now that I have installed Oculus home, the Oculus home App starts up, so how do I run in normal 2D mode, I am stuck in VR mode now, surely there is a good workaround for this?? Also my mouse cursor is now playing up, the OS setting is now missing from the cursor options, Any help would be appreciated.
 
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[VR] Mad Mike

[VR] Mad Mike
Brandon31 said:
Hey guys - got one of these Rifts up and running but slight annoyance here is this - I run ED from the launcher NOT Steam. Every time I try and launch ED now that I have installed Oculus home, the Oculus home App starts up, so how do I run in normal 2D mode, I am stuck in VR mode now, surely there is a good workaround for this?? Please help.
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load the game, in the display settings deselect VR HMD, select ok and pick your normal display settings. it should then revert to monitor.

next time you play it should not load into vr.

(this is from memory, its been a long long time since i launched out of VR!
 

Alec Turner

Alec Turner
OK, first thing you should do is install drkaii's excellent EDProfiler which will allow you to configure different profiles (including graphics settings, key bindings and HUD colours) for your VR and non-VR gameplay.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...er-Robust-Settings-Profiler-Switcher-Detector!

The thing which determines whether you get VR gameplay is setting 3D to "HMD Headphones" so you'd create two profiles, one with that set and one with 3D set to "none" (or whatever the non-HMD option is, can't remember exactly). Then what you do is start EDProfiler, select whichever of the two profiles you want, hit Apply and then run the game from your desktop shortcut as normal.

Now ... that said, even when you're running a 2D profile, Oculus Home will still start up. You can prevent this happening if you want by stopping the OVRService Windows service. What I do is to have two desktop shortcuts, one labelled "Stop Oculus" (which is a shortcut to the command 'net stop OVRService') and another labelled "Start Oculus" (which is a shortcut to 'net start OVRService'). Stopping the service will also prevent the Oculus switching itself on if anything happens to come near it's proximity sensor (e.g. I store mine in a fleece bag which was always setting it off).
 

Ulysses_W

Ulysses_W
Right mouse click the ED icon in OH and select desktop mode. Dr Kaii's ED profiler is a must too.

Edit. The OS cursor becomes visible again if you select anaglyph or side by side and then back to none.

Edit edit: sorry this is rushed post. My korma is nearly ready.

o7
 
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