How do I use "Open VR-Advancer Settings" to change super=sampling?

[Nambo]

I read the thread about super-sampling on the Vive by changing config file. I however, chose to download a programme that will do this for you, it is called "Open VR Advanced Settings", however, when I open it I see loads of files but cannot for the life of me see how I get it to work.
Anybody else use this please that could help me?
Cheers

 

[bitstorm]

I read the thread about super-sampling on the Vive by changing config file. I however, chose to download a programme that will do this for you, it is called "Open VR Advanced Settings", however, when I open it I see loads of files but cannot for the life of me see how I get it to work.
Anybody else use this please that could help me?
Cheers

I think you just run it once and it installs. You then get an option in the Steam overlay.

Try a few variations, ie shutting down Steam and installing.

FWIW it's a nice tool but you should just use EDs built in HMD supersampling to adjust it. That thread is waay out of date.

If you use the advanced settings it will change it for every single game and you probably don't want that.

 

[Nambo]

I think you just run it once and it installs. You then get an option in the Steam overlay.

Try a few variations, ie shutting down Steam and installing.

FWIW it's a nice tool but you should just use EDs built in HMD supersampling to adjust it. That thread is waay out of date.

If you use the advanced settings it will change it for every single game and you probably don't want that.

Cheers bitstorm, I came back here to relay I found how to use it, it appears via my headset rather than on my monitor where I was expecting it.

So, that thread said to increase to say 1.5, and to decrease the EDs built in supersampling to get the best results, so is it now the case that ED has improved to the extent it is a better tool/ better way of doing it?
Though I rather like all my games to look a bit better so don't mind it being set to 1.5.

 

[bitstorm]

Cheers bitstorm, I came back here to relay I found how to use it, it appears via my headset rather than on my monitor where I was expecting it.

So, that thread said to increase to say 1.5, and to decrease the EDs built in supersampling to get the best results, so is it now the case that ED has improved to the extent it is a better tool/ better way of doing it?
Though I rather like all my games to look a bit better so don't mind it being set to 1.5.

Sure.

Just remember it's not free, you have all your games at 1.5 then that's a decent increase on the GPU load for every game.

Some games might need it some might not. The issue is if you put more load on the GPU you get a lower framerate, and with a low enough framerate you get nausea. So changing it for all games, sure but there will likely be side effects.


As I say that document is way out of date.

ED used to have just one setting, supersampling. So you'd drop that down a bit and up the Vive supersamping via the config change, that's from when that thread was correct.

But you can now do exactly the same using only ED's settings since ED now has both a supersampling setting and a HMD supersampling setting.

So drop supersampling in ED and up the HMD one. Or alternatively leave the base one and just up the HMD one to 1.5. Job done.

For me that is a good baseline and you can tweak individual settings from there till it's right for your GPU etc...