I just got the Oculus Rift.
1: Any recommendations for settings?
2: Is there a way to run this through SteamVR without having Oculus software open?
I feel like I have so many steps to get it running.
Open Steam
Start Steam VR
Oculus Opens
Select Elite Dangerous VR version
It would be nice to get this down to a single shortcut.
Forgot steam vr if you have a rift. It is totally unnecessary running it you'll get worse image quality and worse performance.
if you purchase the game on the frontier website you will have a key that you can input into Oculus home to get the game directly from there no need for steam VR
Thank you for this information.
I avoided going through Oculus because I'd have to re-download the entire game.
Do you know of a way to just enter the key and not do a complete download in Oculus?
Not sure if this is relevant but there's no need to have the game in either Steam or the Oculus store and no need to use any keys (which I believe deprive FD of a little bit of profit ... or they used to anyway).
Just run the desktop Elite launcher but make sure you have 3D set to Oculus in the graphics settings.
P.S. it's also really worth while installing drkaii's EDProfiler which makes the managing of separate graphics settings, etc for VR Elite and non-VR elite incredibly easy.
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...er-Robust-Settings-Profiler-Switcher-Detector!
My rift is not running yet fully, but when I start ED it starts the Oculus Home automatically and tells me off when I try and stop it.
Thank you Commander. You can use also e.g. eazytoolz as well, to easily change the affinity (permanently, if you want). It is a little bit older, but it works fine.Process Affinity makes a smoother VR experience