Direct Mode vs Window Mode

Javert

Volunteer Moderator
Javert
Hi,

I'm coming back to try the DK2 again after not playing for a while. Is it still recommended to play ED in Windowed mode, or does direct mode work better now?
 

NoshDaMinsk

NoshDaMinsk
PatrickW said:
Hi,

I'm coming back to try the DK2 again after not playing for a while. Is it still recommended to play ED in Windowed mode, or does direct mode work better now?
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You mean extended mode, right?

Extended is better for ED - I get horrific flashing in Direct mode..

Good luck!

Nosh
 

Lirezh

L
That's a MUST: Fullscreen mode, slight DSR, Extended mode

However, Frontier seems to be working on the direct mode so we can hope for a fix in the near future.
 

jahrv

J
Correct me if I am wrong, I am not expert on the differences between both modes, but Direct Mode is just a way to avoid the problems that different Hz in monitor produce, isnt it?

So Direct Mode just will bring a bit better framerate perception, perhaps similar to work in extended but with the main monitor disabled, and a huge improvement in performanece in the Rift only would be possible by optimizations in the rendering pipeline in the game-engine of Frontier.

Anybody knows if FD has talked about this type of optimizations for improving the Rift experience?
 

sotti

S
Direct Mode is an entirely different method of rendering the game.

Currently Direct Mode is broken and the framerate seems to get capped to 60hz, although I'm not exactly sure. I frequently see direct mode drop into the 37.5fps. This is on a 970 GTX, where I get 75fps pretty much all the time in extended.

Direct Mode has some significant advantages for the VR experience, but until it's working correctly extended is far more consistent.
 
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