How to get the DK2 working

Michael Brookes

Game Director
Oculus have changed how the display is recognised in the latest SDK. So if you have problems running the game with OR try the following:

1 – Right click on the Oculus icon in the system tray
2 – Select ‘Rift display modes’ option
3 – Select ‘Extend desktop to the HMD’ display option
4 - Game should now run correctly.


Michael
 

Cain

C
Wish I had my DK2...

..still waiting for my DK2!

Thanks for the heads-up Michael! :)

Is it awesome?

Dan (aka Cain).
 

SlackR

Banned
SlackR
Have tried a bunch a things...

Extended desktop and Direct mode both have issues...

In direct mode ED is not "waking up" the DK2 so it is not usable.

In extended mode, I have gotten as far as rotating the screen and setting the display to secondary. ( This is how I previously got the Riftup screen working). I then exit the game and reload, but some things are off...

None of the res settings seem quite right (scale wise)
The head tracking isn't working
The image on the monitor doesn't have the warped / distorted (stereoscopic) look.

Is this known or should I file I ticket?
 

Cain

C
only a 100 posts!

Crikey! I've been keeping an eye on FD ... for ...well probably since its conception. I think I have been a forum member under the guise of Cain for many years, I've backed Elite 4 during the early kick starter.... and I've just noticed I have only posted 100 times!
I knew I was on the quiet side but that's a bit worrying even for me!.
Ho-well, I suppose I am who I am!
Actually re-reading this trivial nonsense I have just written I now remember why I don't post much. :)

Keep up the excellent work <to all FD hard working individuals>!

VR headset has to be the way of the future for its immersion (not only in games). I can see the self obsession of how one's avatar looks being a good commercial winner; will there be in-game gym and spa in the space stations when we can walk around?

It would be great if you can implement an open control system so that we could make use of the iPad, iPhone, spare computer, laptop, etc.. for simple things like radar, missiles, ship health, etc... perhaps at a later phase after release? <sorry for this being a bit out off topic>, but I think this could be a great help for playing on the more traditional screen approach.
 

SlackR

Banned
SlackR
The camera seems to switch off when you set to extended mode...
Also the graphics seem to be non stereoscopic dont you think?
What res are you set to?
 

jabokai

jabokai
uncovery said:
I just unpacked the DK2, graphics work, head tracking does not. The head tracking light does not go on.
Click to expand...

That surely won't work until FD issue a new build though? I thought the thread was about getting "normal" OR functionality working on DK2, not new functionality which will depend on a new version of ED.
 

SlackR

Banned
SlackR
jabokai said:
That surely won't work until FD issue a new build though? I thought the thread was about getting "normal" OR functionality working on DK2, not new functionality which will depend on a new version of ED.
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Don't understand... What would normal functionality be if not head tracking ?
 

SlackR

Banned
SlackR
I don't think the old way of tracking is an option anymore... Certainly the magnetic calibration is not supported on the DK2
 

Bewilderbeest

Bewilderbeest
SlackR said:
Have tried a bunch a things...
Extended desktop and Direct mode both have issues...
Click to expand...

Hey I'm having the same issue. In extended desktop mode, after rotating the display to portrait, the horizontal image resolution looks like its half what it needs to be, so it's squished up in the center of the view.

Also there's no yaw/pitch/roll data getting through to the game.

I'm going to wait until B1 before filing any bugs though, given we're so close to a brand new build.
 

atlas974

atlas974
Maybe someone could try that:
Quote from oculus forum
I installed in the Oculus Runtime. This installs a service called OVRService that seems to poll the headtracker and this looks like it blocks the older SDK (pre 0.4) from polling the device directly.

So - two options here:

A) kill the task - you need to kill wscipt first to stop it respawning and then kill OVRService
or
B) Uninstall the runtime

Then you need to extend the desktop. If using Oculus Runtime then do this in the config utility - change to extended mode under Rift Display. If you are not then do it via Windows resolution settings or via CCC or what ever Nvidia's equivalent is.

Make sure that the refresh is 75 hz for the DK2 display. With AMD I didn't have to change the rotation.

You then need to set the display on the DK2 to primary.

This is where it gets fiddly. All windows will now spawn on the DK2 screen which makes it hard to see what you are doing.

Workaround - hover over the icon on the taskbar then when the window preview comes up, right click move. Now press an arrow key and drag the mouse in the direction of your main monitor.

I managed to get Tuscany, Radial-G and Technolust working this way.

This is what the change in 0.4 is to solve. That stuff will automatically take care of setting up the display.
Click to expand...

Comeback and say if it works ^^
 

Cain

C
Credits for nothing...

I want my, I want my DK2
I want my, I want my DK2
I want my, I want my DK2
I want my, I want my DK2

Now look at the developers
That’s the way to do it
You play Elite on the DK2

That aint working
That’s the way to do it
Credits for nothing and ships for free
Now that aint working

That’s the way to do it
Let me tell you them dev’s aint dumb
Maybe get a blister on your trigger finger
Maybe get pins and needles in your bum

We gotta install pulse weapons
Hel-Static furnace deliveries
We got to move these computer components
We got to move these commodities

The ginger wookie with the beard and the helmet
Yeah buddy that’s his own affair
The ginger wookie’s got his own Corvette
The ginger wookie has a literature flair

We gotta install pulse weapons
Hel-Static furnace deliveries
We got to move these computer components
We got to move these commodities

gotta install pulse weapons
Hel-Static furnace deliveries
We got to move these computer components
We got to move these commodities

I should have learned to play with FA off
I should have learned to trade with pirates
Look at that mamma, gotta stick him with the laser man
I’ll ‘Bring it’ and some..
Look at the C++ there
How are you Dev
He’s banging on the keyboard like a chimpanzee

He he
That aint working
That’s the way to do it
Credits for nothing and ships for free

We gotta install pulse weapons
Hel-Static furnace deliveries
We got to move these computer components
We got to move these commodities

Listen here now that aint working
That’s the way to do it
You play Elite on the DK2

That aint working
That’s the way to do it
Credits for nothing and ships for free
Credits for nothing and ships for free
Credits for nothing and ships for free
 
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