Running the beta in VR?

Dipso

Dipso
I run the game from steam.
If i start the launcher normaly with my headset active, it just launches in a window.
If i chose "run elite in VR" it just starts the vanilla game.

Any suggestions on how to get the beta to run in VR-mode`?

Oculus Rift btw. if that matters. Oculus home is running in the background.
 

Mesolithic

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Can you run it from it's own launcher, not Steam? You have to pick the Beta as another version of the game in the native launcher.

I am running it from the launcher and it has just gone straight into VR mode with exactly the same settings as I use in the vanilla game.

Regards

Meso
 

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Not to mention that when you run it straight from the rift launcher, it runs better​.
 

mp4x

mp4x
AndrewJohnson said:
I launched the Beta from the Elite Launcher the first time, It has now appeared as a separate App in my Rift Library enabling a direct launch.
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Oculus Home now adds links to compatible VR games in its library, once used. So, any Steam game that can be run on the Oculus will be added to it's library once it's been loaded/played through the system.

If I'm playing a Steam bought game though my Oculus, I shut down Steam all together and it runs noticeably better than is I left Steam running in the background
 
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Dipso

Dipso
What worked for me;

Started steamVR (not sure if this is needed)
Opened the ED launcher from the game folder, not from steam.
Chose the beta, beta now started in the HMD.
 

Dipso

Dipso
vindelanos said:
Not to mention that when you run it straight from the rift launcher, it runs better​.
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You mean if you get and redeem the code for occulus home from frontier?

How much better does it run, and in what way? (measurably better frame rates? better tracking? less stutter? )

I don't feel like downloading the whole game again... :/
 

TorTorden_VR

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Dipso said:
You mean if you get and redeem the code for occulus home from frontier?

How much better does it run, and in what way? (measurably better frame rates? better tracking? less stutter? )

I don't feel like downloading the whole game again... :/
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These claims have no real traction.
I have tested with switching between either method and get no difference whatsoever.
And if someone experience a difference, something else is wrong.
Especially, don't launch steamvr, elite runs natively in oculus.
You don't need steam at all really for elite.
Just make a desktop shortcut to the edlaunch.exe.
 
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Stewart_

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vindelanos said:
Not to mention that when you run it straight from the rift launcher, it runs better​.
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I don't see how Elite would run better just because its been launched directly from the Oculus app. Its running the same app. I don't see the Elite Launcher taking much resources.

There's been reports that GPU performance is generally better in the 2.4 Beta....
 

TorTorden_VR

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Stewart_ said:
I don't see how Elite would run better just because its been launched directly from the Oculus app. Its running the same app. I don't see the Elite Launcher taking much resources.

There's been reports that GPU performance is generally better in the 2.4 Beta....
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Oculus still start the launcher. It just hits play automatically, and closes it when ED closes.
 

Dipso

Dipso
Stewart_ said:
I don't see how Elite would run better just because its been launched directly from the Oculus app. Its running the same app. I don't see the Elite Launcher taking much resources.

There's been reports that GPU performance is generally better in the 2.4 Beta....
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I agree. Only reasoning i would see is on very low end systems where you need the resources taken up by the steam client to push your frame rate up.
 
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