I can confirm the bug with the orbit lines is also on the Pimax 8K.
Odyssey VR specific bug reports - please contribute!
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The issue report has now garnered a lot of votes - if/when it gets Acknowledged by FDev it’ll be at position #11 in the popularity chart, and the most voted for VR issue.
Edit: now it would be at position #8 which I think is the highest a VR issue has ever made - the previous high scorer being the nonexistent orbit lines in FSS mode which eventually got the big Nope after a few years hovering around the Top 20.
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Personally, I've found that having orbit lines turned on helps immensely when I want to get to my destination quickly. My chief complaint about them is that the orbital/exclusion zones don't show up unless you're on a collision course with them and close enough for it to matter. And that since the update the lines are thick enough to make it even more difficult to see where exactly smaller/dimmer moons are, which were already harder to see after the switch from the 3.8 client to the 4.x one.
Used to use them to deduce the presence of other bodies in the system before the new-fangled exploration mini-games were added.
same here. Yesterday I saw orbital lines on one eye only. very disturbing. Also black "tiles" flickering in the edges of the view. I assume that's new since last update. Probably some tomato sauce code making an unwanted connection between two spaghetti code functions.
The occasionally monoscopic VR orbit lines has just got the green tick of Acknowledgment and leaps into the popularity chart right at the top of all VR problems and seventh most voted for issue overall.
Fingers crossed (and eyes uncrossed) for a quick fix
Fingers crossed (and eyes uncrossed) for a quick fix
Unfortunately today is not the day.Fingers crossed (and eyes uncrossed) for a quick fix
(All extant VR issues are still going as far as I can see so far)
…you lucky, lucky VR people! No fixes for the existing problems but we get a new VR specific issue instead: going to Livery will immediately revert your paint job to the default scheme and set it at a high wear level - but only for the duration of the Livery screen, so you can’t check out any paint jobs or anything. Some ships (like the new Mandalay and Type 8) have z-fighting as an added bonus! 
I’ll submit a report and link it here when done
Edit: …and here it is:
issues.frontierstore.net
See if you can spot the difference between these two screens:
It's subtle, but I hope you can see it!
I’ll submit a report and link it here when done
Edit: …and here it is:
Issue Tracker
issues.frontierstore.net
It's subtle, but I hope you can see it!
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…you lucky, lucky VR people! No fixes for the existing problems but we get a new VR specific issue instead: going to Livery will immediately revert your paint job to the default scheme and set it at a high wear level - but only for the duration of the Livery screen, so you can’t check out any paint jobs or anything. Some ships (like the new Mandalay and Type 8) have z-fighting as an added bonus!
I’ll submit a report and link it here when done
How nice of them! Just for us! #blessed
Don’t bother adding confirmations folks, it’s gone straight to Acknowledged!
Less than 40 minutes from submitting to getting the Green Tick. I like that a lot
Anyone who still has a vote in for the now-fixed HUD double image problem, please consider moving it to this new issue.
Less than 40 minutes from submitting to getting the Green Tick. I like that a lot
Anyone who still has a vote in for the now-fixed HUD double image problem, please consider moving it to this new issue.
Got another one, assuming that it is VR specific - game CTDs when I try to select the strategic view in the PP panel. Anyone can confirm?
I’ll check it tomorrow along with the pledge screen - JR250 mentioned the layering is messed up in VR
@Helmut Grokenberger - I don’t have any issues when selecting the Territory tab in the PP screen, it goes to the Galaxy map without any problem. I’ve tried all PP tabs, no crashes.
@JR250 - all the PP help screens are slightly unpleasant to look at in VR as you’ve said elsewhere. I’ll stick a report in though I doubt anything will be done about it as the screens are readable and they’re only up when you’re joining PP.
Edit: …and here it is: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/67144
@JR250 - all the PP help screens are slightly unpleasant to look at in VR as you’ve said elsewhere. I’ll stick a report in though I doubt anything will be done about it as the screens are readable and they’re only up when you’re joining PP.
Edit: …and here it is: https://issues.frontierstore.net/issue-detail/67144
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My game crashes reliably when I select "strategic view" at the bottom on the PP system details on the right hand bar. You know, the one that shows the range sphere around the selected system.
I take it I was looking at the wrong thing?
My apologies, I’ll try again now
Edit: aye, immediate CTD - I’ll get a report whipped up now.
Edit2: flatscreen game is fine, it’s a VR specific problem.
Edit3: …confirmations will be gratefully accepted:
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Can’t see your friend’s location in the Comms panel when they’re playing in Open? Then please add a confirmation to this report:
issues.frontierstore.net
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Thanks for opening the issue, gave it confirmations from all my accoutsI take it I was looking at the wrong thing?
My apologies, I’ll try again now
Edit: aye, immediate CTD - I’ll get a report whipped up now.
Edit2: flatscreen game is fine, it’s a VR specific problem.
Edit3: …confirmations will be gratefully accepted:
Issue Tracker
By the way, I have this tingling fear we will get more and more VR issues over time. Seems nobody checks VR compatibility anymore when adding fixes or features - the orbit line one is pretty severe, the layering of the PP intro screens, now this.... doesn't feel good.
These are things discovered within minutes of putting on a headset, so yes, I’m afraid I have to share those feelings.
I think there isn’t anyone at Frontier who has a passion for VR, like the sort that led to the initial implementation of VR for Elite in the DK2. Considering VR was going to be dropped completely for Odyssey - I think that tells the level of enthusiasm for VR there is in the company
Fixes do still happen and I hope our bug reports are useful, so I hope my fellow goggle heads will spend a few minutes to add confirmations to any VR bugs they encounter and shift their votes from any fixed (but still marked as live) issues - one of the three fixed-live bugs at the moment has a reasonable amount of votes attached to it that could be better used elsewhere.