Hardware & Technical Google Earth VR has stopped working on my Oculus

[Alec Turner]

Went to fire up Google Earth VR on the Oculus today (I've been happily using it with FakeVive for months now) and it just says "Earth VR only supports HTC Vive at this time". Is anyone else getting this problem? I don't know what's changed. I did just get a big Windows 10 update and I suppose there could have been Oculus or Earth VR udates that I didn't notice. I'm using FakeVive 1.2.

Would really appreciate any help as I loved using Earth VR.

 

[Asp Explorer]

There is (or at least) a dll to make Google Earth VR agnostic - it should still be around.

 

[Alec Turner]

There is (or at least) a dll to make Google Earth VR agnostic - it should still be around.

Yeah, that's FakeFive (which basically drops ddraw.dll next to the Google Earth .exe). Been working perfectly for months but not any more.

 

[Asp Explorer]

Very strange. I haven't used it myself for ages, but I'll check the DK2 when I get home.

 

[Alec Turner]

Fixed it by following the hexedit suggestion over here ..

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/5v6w4w/google_earth_vr_stopped_working_today/de0w0cm/

 

[Alec Turner]

Fixed it by following the hexedit suggestion over here ..

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/5v6w4w/google_earth_vr_stopped_working_today/de0w0cm/

Scratch that. Earth VR started up but the Touch controllers were useless.

 

[dogbite]

Just ran it on my CV1. Works fine here, including Touch. I launch from Steam and not Steam VR. Don't know if that makes a diff, but I find if I launch SVR first there is no "Play" button available. Otherwise, works great so they haven't nerfed Fakevive.

 

[Frank]

Mine works fine too, including controllers. Launched from SteamVR

 

[Alec Turner]

Scratch that. Earth VR started up but the Touch controllers were useless.

Finally got it working, had to grab myself a new version of openvr_api.dll courtesy of help over on reddit ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/com...topped_working_today/?st=J1L617YD&sh=bcad2abf

I'm posting all this here in case fakevive stops working for anyone else.

 

[X-Terminator]

Cool, gonna wait and hope for an Oculus Version to transpire if Google aren't serving Vinegar with the Salt.

 

[CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE]

Google Earth VR Now Officially Supports Oculus Rift With Touch

Google Earth VR Now Officially Supports Oculus Rift With Touch https://uploadvr.com/google-earth-vr-officially-supports-oculus-rift/

 

[Alec Turner]

Google Earth VR Now Officially Supports Oculus Rift With Touch https://uploadvr.com/google-earth-vr-officially-supports-oculus-rift/

YEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

That calls for one of these I think!

P.S. Here's the store link!

https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1513995308673845/

 

[X-Terminator]

Great - any idea if I can still use it without Touch?

 

[Alec Turner]

Great - any idea if I can still use it without Touch?

Oculus Store page says "Oculus Touch required". Not entirely surprised to be honest.

I know it's a lot of money (especially after the Oculus itself) but Touch is absolutely stunning and well worth getting!

 

[X-Terminator]

Hmm, I have my HMD & Sensor on motherboard UBSB2.0 with 1 other I could add a 2nd Sensor. Would this still operate?

I also do have another 2 front USB but suspect these are lower speed perhaps. I already tried a 4x USB PCI card but Oculus Setup could not find this. If I were to buy another replacement card then it's a toss between doing away with my PCIe X-Fi card and getting a PCIe USB3.0 card and use the motherboard onboard sound OR get a PCI USB3.0 card (think I will take the plunge here) and replace what I have... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/StarTech-...648484?hash=item2a2dd65864:g:TB0AAOSwQItUIxj1 only it is 1.3 Gbps per plug bus limit.

 

[X-Terminator]

I wonder is this still the case with latest Oculus Runtime?

"I found that the only combination that works well for the two sensors is 1XUSB 2 + 1XUSB 3, does not matter which USB 3 port (on the motherboard or on the inateck card) is used.
So I suspect the issue is not with the inateck card, but rather with the oculus software/hardware."
Source

 

[Alec Turner]

There's a known issue with USB ports powering themselves down unexpectedly. You could try installing a thing called the "Oculus Tray Tool". It has options to prevent this as wel as to fix known problems with the Inateck card drivers.