VR problem & services

[Doug Inverness]

Hi

Very recently - yesterday? - I saw a post which described how to create two desktop icons stopping and starting the Oculus Rift service, but I'm blowed if I can find the post today. I'm having VR problems and want to continue playing ED in boring old 2D in the meantime. I'm sure it was on this site and I've tried all the obvious search parameters!

Does anyone know who posted details of how to stop/start OculusR services from the desktop, rather than going the long way round?

Thanks

Doug

 

[GunnerBill]

I'd be interested in this if it can stop my Oculus from randomly firing up and playing music when I'm not using it and then refusing to die when I kill it!

 

[Glock19]

create two new shortcuts on your desktop:

to start service = C:\Windows\System32\net.exe start OVRService

to stop services = C:\Windows\System32\net.exe stop OVRService

if I am not using Rift, I stop services ... I don't like processes taking resources when not in use. I changed services to be "manual" only .... not automatic, so after any reboot, they don't come on automatically ... this way I choose when to run it.

so I names shortcuts above as "Stop Oculus" / "Start Oculus"

be aware that while services are stopped, no updates are done from Oculus

 

[Jakester13]

What Glock said.

Altho I only tend to stop Oculus when doing cpu/gpu intensive things (Games/graphics/Music).

But Steam VR? It comes up if I start ED with OVRService stopped, and I have to manually Quit it, than back to ED. Would love an equivalent "switch" for that, too if anyone knows how.

o7

 

[Magic Man]

I don't like processes taking resources when not in use.

They don't.

 

[Mesolithic]

I'd be interested in this if it can stop my Oculus from randomly firing up and playing music when I'm not using it and then refusing to die when I kill it!

Check that nothing is blocking at least some light to the sensor which determines if you are wearing the headset. If it is, the service starts because it thinks you have put the headset on.

Meso

 

[GunnerBill]

Check that nothing is blocking at least some light to the sensor which determines if you are wearing the headset. If it is, the service starts because it thinks you have put the headset on.

Meso

I wondered that but it's just sitting there untouched on the edge of the sofa next to me when it fires up and I can see the lenses glowing.

Frankly bizarre :S

 

[Doug Inverness]

create two new shortcuts on your desktop:

to start service = C:\Windows\System32\net.exe start OVRService

to stop services = C:\Windows\System32\net.exe stop OVRService

if I am not using Rift, I stop services ... I don't like processes taking resources when not in use. I changed services to be "manual" only .... not automatic, so after any reboot, they don't come on automatically ... this way I choose when to run it.

so I names shortcuts above as "Stop Oculus" / "Start Oculus"

be aware that while services are stopped, no updates are done from Oculus

Thanks very much Glock: that's exactly what I saw yesterday... Doug