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Full VR Support for IL2 Battle of Stalingrad Confirmed, March Deadline

ShoeHash
Protege
"VR support turns out to be tricky not because it is complex by itself,
but because this technology and API are still relatively immature -
there are no beaten paths and in some parts we were moving forward
almost blindly. A large chunk of time was spent on finding new ways to
optimize performance to make VR experience more fluid, many improvements
were made in this field. Another big task we needed to complete was
adapting the user interface for VR to make it usable. For a while, we
were a bit puzzled how to make optical sights (like Pe-2 lower UBT MG
gunsight or tank gunner sight) function in VR realistically, and we
decided to show the gunsight only for one eye while another eye should
be closed (like in real life). In our opinion, Oculus Rift cv1 has
slightly better lenses and more effective usage of the display matrix
(pixels in front of you are placed a bit tighter, but overall field of
view is narrower). On the other hand, HTC Vive has more advanced
tracking tech, slightly wider FOV which feels less like looking through
binoculars, much larger possible play area (not like it is useful for a
flight sim though) but its lenses have visible peripheral moire effect.
In short, both devices have their pros and cons and if you plan to buy
one, it would be ideal to demo them both to find out which one suits you
better (but be mindful of a possibility of wearing a VR unit in a
public place after someone else who may have had red-eye for instance).
All in all, we like how VR works in our sim, it's on par or even better
than in other sims."

IL-2 is a very Grognard loving WW2 flightsim. If you want the most realistic dogfighting experience look in their direction. Alternatively, Digital Combat Simulations or DCS will become their direct competition once they finish up their WW2 updates. You can fly the mustang and already that is promising.
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Techy111
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Re my post above. Just set resolution in game to same as your monitor and all is good. The GUI is a bit quirky but can be sorted. I still get a horrible washed out look in cockpit. Anyone have a fix for that ?
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

JohnnyDioxin
Expert Trustee
Yup - think I'll wait on this one - a long time! 😄

i5 9600k @4.5GHz; 16GB DDR4 3200; 6xSSD; RTX2080ti; Gigabyte Z390D Mobo
Rift CV1; Index; Quest; Quest 2

vannagirl
Consultant

Techy111 said:

Re my post above. Just set resolution in game to same as your monitor and all is good. The GUI is a bit quirky but can be sorted. I still get a horrible washed out look in cockpit. Anyone have a fix for that ?

@Techy111

ofc you have but i must ask, have you try dvi to hdmi adaptor, this was the fix for my same issues with elite dangerous

https://forums.oculus.com/community/discussion/50400/washed-out-colours-in-elite-dangerous-after-ocu...

this was only fix for me, the changing of settings did nothing as in that post


Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are. 

Techy111
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MVP
Cheers @vannagirl but all other games are fine, someone told me the new nvidia driver fixed this washed out look but I still get it, hopefully someone can enlighten us 🙂
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

vannagirl
Consultant

Techy111 said:

Cheers @vannagirl but all other games are fine, someone told me the new nvidia driver fixed this washed out look but I still get it, hopefully someone can enlighten us 🙂


yes other games were fine for me also, it was just in elite dangerous cockpit was all washed out and almost grey

just thought i say as this worked, if you have one to try?
Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where they are. 

JohnnyDioxin
Expert Trustee

Brixmis said:

Yup - think I'll wait on this one - a long time! 😄


Okay, that's long enuff - bought the standard BoS, non-Steam. It's a bit shite when the exchange rate is still "lets rip off the Brits as much as we can for as long as we can using Brexit as an excuse" because there's barely a difference between USD and Sterling - and when you add the various charges it's almost 1:1, but there ya go - it ain't that much, and who knows? I might like it 🙂

eg - current price -= £24

normal pre-Brexit exchange rate ($1.6 = £1) = £15.60

i5 9600k @4.5GHz; 16GB DDR4 3200; 6xSSD; RTX2080ti; Gigabyte Z390D Mobo
Rift CV1; Index; Quest; Quest 2

Techy111
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I feel some MP coming up mate 🙂
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.

JohnnyDioxin
Expert Trustee
Have to wait until my replacement Rift arrives - and as my return is still sat at the local UPS access point, it will be a while, yet 😞

i5 9600k @4.5GHz; 16GB DDR4 3200; 6xSSD; RTX2080ti; Gigabyte Z390D Mobo
Rift CV1; Index; Quest; Quest 2

RedRizla
Honored Visionary

Techy111 said:

Cheers @vannagirl but all other games are fine, someone told me the new nvidia driver fixed this washed out look but I still get it, hopefully someone can enlighten us 🙂


I get the washed out look and it's due to been sat in the cockpit. when I stick my head out of the cockpit the fields and everything else looks rich in colour. It's been behind the glass in the bloody cockpit that is causing it. isn't there away to make the glass in the cockpit more transparent?