VR view not visible in HMD since the latest patch

skintil

skintil
I've had a problem with VR since the last patch. When I open ED via the Steam 'homeroom' the HMD goes black (when the game launches) and I can only see the VR image on the primary flat monitor. I googled around and found a couple of possible solution from Reddit. The one that worked for me was to delete from \Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics the files Settings and DisplaySettings (depends a bit where that is, either in %appdata% or in steam Elite folder). However when I re-launch the game the HMD goes black again and I, again, have to delete the settings -files. I did make some changes in the graphics settings so maybe that is the issue - still it shouldn't behave that way. I will investigate a bit further and open a ticket if needed but wanted to first ask if others have had this issue after the patch, or even previously. Thanks!

Edit: Forgot my system specs in case it matters: BigScreen Beyond, RTX 4070 Ti, SteamVR
 
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Arioch

Arioch
skintil said:
I've had a problem with VR since the last patch. When I open ED via the Steam 'homeroom' the HMD goes black (when the game launches) and I can only see the VR image on the primary flat monitor. I googled around and found a couple of possible solution from Reddit. The one that worked for me was to delete from \Elite Dangerous\Options\Graphics the files Settings and DisplaySettings (depends a bit where that is, either in %appdata% or in steam Elite folder). However when I re-launch the game the HMD goes black again and I, again, have to delete the settings -files. I did make some changes in the graphics settings so maybe that is the issue - still it shouldn't behave that way. I will investigate a bit further and open a ticket if needed but wanted to first ask if others have had this issue after the patch, or even previously. Thanks!

Edit: Forgot my system specs in case it matters: BigScreen Beyond, RTX 4070 Ti, SteamVR
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I’ve had no problems since the last update though my setup is different: Quest 3 via AirLink, RTX 4070ti, Stand-alone launcher.
 

skintil

skintil
Looks like this was just a one-off problem, after I wrote the post everything has been working OK. Still, thanks for the replies!
 

NikkiC4

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skintil said:
Looks like this was just a one-off problem, after I wrote the post everything has been working OK. Still, thanks for the replies!
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Do you have any idea what the problem was? I have the identical issue. I have deleted a graphics settings file and reinstalled, to no avail.

Using Bigscreen Beyond, RTX 4090, SteamVR and Windows 11.
 

skintil

skintil
NikkiC4 said:
Do you have any idea what the problem was? I have the identical issue. I have deleted a graphics settings file and reinstalled, to no avail.

Using Bigscreen Beyond, RTX 4090, SteamVR and Windows 11.
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Sorry to hear that, it's really annoying problem. I have not tried to find the root cause after I got it working, been busy playing colonization and I don't dare to change anything in case it breaks again. I forgot to mention but I run win 11 as well.

What I did originally was re-install steam (did not help), re-install Elite via Steam (did not help, maybe since the settings were saved by Steam) and finally I deleted those two graphics setting files and that made it work again. I then went into the settings and tried to put the same ones I had before (from memory), starting with VR medium, changing anti-aliasing, changing texture and shadow setting, getting rid of motion blur etc. I also changed my flat screen view to full screen so that mouse pointer does not 'exit' play-area when playing (I use mouse/keyboard for on-foot and SRV stuff, flying is HOTAS).

Game worked with those changes but when I relogged in the next day the same thing happened, VR was not showing in HMD. I deleted the settings files again and the game started to work in HMD. This time, in settings, I set VR High and did minimal changes in the settings. Just changed antialiasing and HMD image quality to 0.85 (my set-up can't handle 1.0), kept the flat screen size as is etc. After that it has working OK, but once I need to to on-foot/SRV stuff I probably need to touch settings again and let's what happens. Don't want to do that for now, I'm also in process of getting new GPU.

I hope that helps, otherwise I don't really see any other option than opening a support ticket.
 
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