Elite, Runtime 1.3 and your DK2

ghcannon

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gamer101 said:
Hey ghcannon, how did you go with the SS1.5 testing?

Yesterday, with SteamVR and SDK0.8, I could run ED with Supersampling of 1.5 which looked almost as good as SS2.0 (but with a manageable performance hit).

Today, with the latest ED, SS 1.5 offers no improvement and SS2.0 still has an unacceptable performance hit.
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Sorry got carried away in a RES site

Well it's kindof interesting really ... yesterday when the update shipped I didn't really bother turning on fraps as i just wanted to go ingame. Today when I did, I saw that with no supersampling from the game I kept mostly 80-90 fps when around a planet. When I put 1.5 SS on I got a slightly noticable improvement in visuals but my FPS went to 50-55. It was still very smooth gameplay so timewarp ftw i suppose.

For me it's worth it because I really dont get any judder even at those low fps, but if I did get them I'd turn it off immediately.

SS 2.0 is more noticable in visuals but I might as well just stick a finger in my throat ..

Furthermore ... I'm getting quite sick of getting thrown out of ED when the Xbox controller goes to sleep .. no setting to disable that ofcourse ..
 

Captain Sharky

Captain Sharky
No SS means nearly unreadable text in DK2, so until it's fixed or CV1 finally arrives (god only knows when, since I live in Russia) no Elite for me. :( Huge disappointment. And also, whose idea was to release update prior to required SDK? Too early for 1st of april joke really.
 
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dutchy2000

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Captain Sharky said:
No SS means nearly unreadable text in DK2, so until it's fixed or CV1 finally arrives (god only knows when, since I live in Russia) no Elite for me. :( Huge disappointment. And also, whose idea was to release update prior to required SDK? Too early for 1st of april joke really.
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Huh, the last patch made a HUGE improvement on the readability of the text. I am running a lowly 970 and I can read the text great (I did turn the hud green).
 

Captain Sharky

Captain Sharky
dutchy2000 said:
Huh, the last patch made a HUGE improvement on the readability of the text. I am running a lowly 970 and I can read the text great (I did turn the hud green).
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Are you playing with SteamVR? I've tried that a month ago and found it inferior in all ways possible to 0.6 SDK. It got better since then?
 

dutchy2000

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Captain Sharky said:
Are you playing with SteamVR? I've tried that a month ago and found it inferior in all ways possible to 0.6 SDK. It got better since then?
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With the 2.0.7 update, there is no other way to play right now. You have to install steam vr in order for the DK2 to show up in the 3d drop down in the graphics option. They did a BUNCH of changes specifically for VR in this update. I was very hesitant to got to 0.8 sdk + steam vr, reading all the horror stories on here. But since I had no other choice I bit the bullet and it is working nicely. I did not a bit of a performance drop, but I just lowered some settings and everything was happy again. I can't run SS at all as my card can't handle it and IMO the text is very readable even without switching to green, it was much better green.
 

CylonSurfer

CylonSurfer
Let's not derail a thread about DK2 & Oculus 1.3. There are plenty of threads to discuss SteamVR let's not confuse people by discussing it here.

Thank you.
 

ghcannon

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Captain Sharky said:
No SS means nearly unreadable text in DK2, so until it's fixed or CV1 finally arrives (god only knows when, since I live in Russia) no Elite for me. :( Huge disappointment. And also, whose idea was to release update prior to required SDK? Too early for 1st of april joke really.
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Hate to disappoint you, but even without SS, text on CV1 is pretty easy to read :) You'll see for yourself
 

Captain Sharky

Captain Sharky
ghcannon said:
Hate to disappoint you, but even without SS, text on CV1 is pretty easy to read :) You'll see for yourself
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Maybe I will, around june-july. [uhh] For now, installed SteamVR. HMD mode is working again, but no visible improvements except new menu background. Image is pretty much inferior to what I've been used to with 1,5SS and 2560x1440 oversampling tweak. Performance, on the other hand, is totally flawless on 980ti now.

CylonSurfer said:
Let's not derail a thread about DK2 & Oculus 1.3. There are plenty of threads to discuss SteamVR let's not confuse people by discussing it here.

Thank you.
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Sorry. Btw, what about smearing blacks on 1.3 runtime? Are they gone, still there or is there any image settings which can be adjusted now?
 

THE BLOB

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Captain Sharky said:
No SS means nearly unreadable text in DK2, so until it's fixed or CV1 finally arrives (god only knows when, since I live in Russia) no Elite for me. :( Huge disappointment. And also, whose idea was to release update prior to required SDK? Too early for 1st of april joke really.
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I think the SDK was released early because of the bank holiday here in the uk otherwise come Monday when the 1.3 gets released there would be no ED patch till Tuesday at the earliest
 

CylonSurfer

CylonSurfer
Captain Sharky said:
Maybe I will, around june-july. [uhh] For now, installed SteamVR. HMD mode is working again, but no visible improvements except new menu background. Image is pretty much inferior to what I've been used to with 1,5SS and 2560x1440 oversampling tweak. Performance, on the other hand, is totally flawless on 980ti now.



Sorry. Btw, what about smearing blacks on 1.3 runtime? Are they gone, still there or is there any image settings which can be adjusted now?
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No worries. Black smear is still there on the DK2. I believe that issue is more tied to the device than Elite.
 

Tony Spaniels

Tony Spaniels
Hmm...is anyone else getting a black bar down the right hand side of your view? Also the hmd recentering button doesnt work anymore..anyone else getting this?
 

Frank

Frank
Tony Spaniels said:
Hmm...is anyone else getting a black bar down the right hand side of your view? Also the hmd recentering button doesnt work anymore..anyone else getting this?
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I had that, and I don't have it now. I'm afraid I don't take a very methodical approach to solving problems. I tend to use the same system as I do for Street Fighter games; I close my eyes and press buttons at random until something good happens.

Have you went the the SteamVR procedure for setting up your headset? It might have been what worked for me.
 

Raptoyd

Raptoyd
Thanks for the info. That really stinks not having SS 1.5 though as I have used that since it became available probably a year ago. Not going to be happy with everything being Blurry and will look forward to hearing from the early adopters next week.
 
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