After all this time the pilot avatar is still way too small

RiftFlyer · Dec 10, 2015

I've read about some fixes for this in the past but none of them worked for me (changing ipd etc). No matter what settings I change the avatar body is like that of a child. The sense of scale is completely out of whack as a result.

I'm using a hotas and have it located as per the ship/srv controls. This makes the discrepancy really apparent.

Joystick in game is modeled on an x52. It's too small, arms, hands and leg length are off. If I stand up and take a step to the side and view the seat and headless avatar I feel like I'm 8ft tall or looking at a kid.

To test just glance down your nose under the rift at where your hands rest on your physical controls and compare to those depicted in game. Are they the same?

Surely I'm not the only one with this problem? Have I got a setting wrong or have others just stopped talking about this as an issue.

Sanderson · Dec 10, 2015

Make sure your height is set in the OR config tool? Try setting it for 4'. Worked for me.

RiftFlyer · Dec 10, 2015

Thanks Sanderson. I tried that before but didn't notice a difference.

Sanderson · Dec 10, 2015

Ok, well good luck.

Mack Winston · Dec 10, 2015

I thought it was just me! (I've been to some of those 3D IMAX things too, and all the characters in the films have looked Liliputian - adults appear to be about 3 feet tall to me in those films, I thought I was just strange and so 3D scale would always be off for me regardless of the technology because everyone else was somewhat different).

I might give the height setting a go and see if that helps...

seanwasere · Dec 10, 2015

maybe you are just too big

RiftFlyer · Dec 10, 2015

I think the entire scale of this game is bugged in some way. My only other cockpit based game reference with an avatar is some of the DCS aircraft and with my correct oculus config settings the scale is perfect. Avatar size is correct. My physical controls line up etc.

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seanwasere said:
maybe you are just too big

are you saying the scale is correct for you? I don't mean 'close enough' I mean your hands, feet etc are correctly proportioned from your viewpoint in game versus real world?

Your actual size should have no bearing on this. The oculus config utility accounts for your height, ipd etc and scales accordingly.

seanwasere · Dec 10, 2015

the size of the avatar is good for me, I am an average height person, with average eye spacing

Mack Winston · Dec 10, 2015

seanwasere said:
maybe you are just too big

The thing is, I'm not. I'm 5'11 (180cm) and weigh 152 lbs (69kg) which is actually a pretty average height and size for a west European.

But looking down at my pilot avatar in the Rift, it looks like the size of a 9 year old.

cherbert · Dec 10, 2015

winston said:
The thing is, I'm not. I'm 5'11 (180cm) and weigh 152 lbs (69kg) which is actually a pretty average height and size for a west European.

But looking down at my pilot avatar in the Rift, it looks like the size of a 9 year old.

Its always looked this way to me too. Frontier insist everything it scaled correctly.

I always put it down to it being part of the lore that most humans are slim and elf like due to living the majority of their lives in zero gravity.

atlas974 · Dec 10, 2015

180cm 69kg runtime 0.601 avatar and scale are good for me.

RiftFlyer · Dec 10, 2015

I notice my oculus ipd file has settings from back when I had a DK1 as well as my current DK2 settings. I wonder could elite be pulling the wrong info from this file. Had any of you guys with this issue also owned a dk1.

Mack Winston · Dec 11, 2015

I tried setting the height to 4ft as suggested in the Rift config utility - made no difference, avatar still the size of a 9 year old!

Lestenio · Dec 11, 2015

I look around in the FDL and think to myself, I'd have to get in my hands and knees to get through the cockpit door.

RiftFlyer · Dec 11, 2015

I repeated all the tweaks with a new oculus profile. Set height to 4ft with an IPD of 55. Made absolutely no difference in game. :-(

Mulbin · Dec 11, 2015

I have a thread buried on the forum on this somewhere. After a long ticket discussion fed confirmed IPD is not functional in ED but may be fixed after cv1 release. Those who have correct scale are those lucky enough to have eye separation that matches elite's scale.

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Here is my thread with replies from FD support confirming ED does not import oculus config data.

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=170370

RiftFlyer · Dec 11, 2015

Thanks Mulbin

I'm glad it's confirmed by the devs.

I'll stay out of the elite universe until they update their VR implementation for oculus. Between this issue and the judder in horizons I've had enough of this game for now.

Katie Byrne · Dec 12, 2015

you can manually set your ipd in the graphics settings file in your appdata folder.

Beavis Tingleball · Dec 12, 2015

how?

CMDR Burnes of the 15th said:
you can manually set your ipd in the graphics settings file in your appdata folder.

How?

nvm lol..

horizone · Dec 12, 2015

C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics\Settings.xml

<IPDAmount>0.068000</IPDAmount>

I have 68 mm IPD.