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strange, mine is showing "Shipping to" my town rather than street address. Im suprised it doesnt show the whole address.jumbobreakfast wrote: »Scheduled Delivery:
Scheduled delivery information is not available at this time. Please check back later.
I think it might be because over on the right handside it shows "shipping info To: <streetname>"rather than my town or county
I guess it may not come into Shannon for me so, damn Ireland and its lack of postcodes!
Looks like it will be just in time for the Elite beta
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I hate to sound so negative but a lot of devs are waiting for an updated SDK 0.4.x before releasing a version compiled for DK2 because Oculus radically changed a lot of things and still havent fixed some of the problems that those changes brought.Looks like it will be just in time for the Elite beta
Some demos and games which were compiled for DK2 using SDK 0.3.x will work but you have to disable some components of the 0.4 runtime to force the games to use 0.3 tracking etc. The current version of elite needs this workaround and I'm not sure if Frontier are going to add support for a dodgy version of SDK 0.4 when they release Beta 1. I'm sure that they'll try though since they have been very generous and good at meeting dealines so far0 -
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ill give a quick first impressions.
Heres my background so you have an idea where im coming from( i think this is important in terms of what i percieve as acceptable ):
Gaming since ~'82, had an Amstrad CPC464, Amiga 500,1200,2000, PS1, PS2, PC, PS3 and numerous upgraded PC's. Ive also come from a hell of a lot of DK1 use, was overclocked to 72Hz so blur wasnt as bad as with non OC'd version. What i say below is mainly coming from DK1->DK2 and the differences.
General:
As it stands bar minor issues this is pretty close to a consumer model. Theres enough graphical fidelity for pretty much every genre of game to be playable. Consumer version will need a resolution boost definately.
Pros:
- My god the colours are fantastic, bright and crisp
- next to no motion blur is fantastic, this is like going from wearing the wrong glasses to wearing the correct ones. The low persistence means you can now track objects as you pan your view which is amazing( may not seem amazing to others but if you've followed the tech is not that easy lol ).
- positional tracking is great, works completely as expected.
- Screen door, this is pretty subjective, loads complained about this on DK1, but i guarantee you anyone that owned a DK1 and used it regularly didnt see the problem. Basically if you get immersed in a game you're focusing on the game visuals( i mean your eyes are focused on the 3D visuals presented ) not getting your eyes to focus on a flat 2D panel about an inch from your face, which you can if you want but if you do so you're not really interested in the game.
Screen door in DK2 is greatly reduced, its tiny and is like a very thin diamond mesh strapped to your face( if you focus on that rather than the game ).
- new SDK direct mode is brilliant when available and is a big step forward in terms of ease of use.
Cons( i want to stress that i consider a lot of this stuff very minor in terms of what i think of DK2 ).
- not sure if this is just an issue with the sitting at the table demo but i was very disappointed in the transition of positional tracking to non positional tracking when i looked behind me and then moved to look forward. One of the major wow factors of DK1 was being able to look behind you. I didnt have this issue in Elite Dangerous though so could just be an SDK/demo issue( may double check this in Elite tonight ). Its definitely only a software issue.
- content wise im pretty pissed that they changed so much going from SDK 0.25->0.3. Tonnes of stuff are now incompatible. I'm sure there will be updates to the important stuff but i think its seriously annoying that they didn't keep compatibility.
- annoying that DK2 is extended rather than being able to clone the DK1 view as primary as was possible with the DK1( this is only a backwards compatible issue, and making the extended DK2 primary isint as annoying as DK1 due to the higher rez and changed optics you can actually launch stuff from windows on the DK2 screen - not great but a lot easier )
- a bit awkward to get older stuff running unless you know how( added below ).
- the FOV is a tad lower, tbh its not that much lower and i think more is being made of the lowering of the FOV than warrants the attention. I noticed it the first time trying the desk demo but gaming i quickly forgot about these slight black lines on either side of your vision.
Ok so now a rundown of things i tried:
Euro Truck Sim 2 - not working, based on old 2.5SDK, they say theyre waiting for DK2's - annoying as its my top DK1 game
Half Life 2/Team Fortress 2/Steam VR mode - broken, they havnt updated to SDK 0.3 surprisingly
Redframe demo - not working, uses old SDK - annoying as this is visually one of the best experiences in DK1
Radial G - no positional tracking( has head tracking though ), but its not needed and its absolutely fantastic in DK2, so much better than DK1 because of the low persistence you can stare at say a sign and follow it as it passes by you, which basically means you can take in a lot of the visuals as they pass by. This wasnt really possible in DK1.
Elite Dangerous - by far the showcase of what DK2 can do, the resolution and low persistence of DK2 really show that space sims are possible and are fantastic experiences in VR. I played this on DK1 last night, anyone familiar with it and the SP missions will know the first mission.
With DK1 i couldn't determine if i had locks on the targets so i spent about an hour fecking around shooting at things( on a regular monitor completed it in a few mins ).With DK2 i could read everything, and completed the first SP mission in the same time as a regular monitor.
However with DK2, in later missions, its an absolute joy to track enemies by looking above your cockpit and behind and pulling your ship around to where your head is facing. Overall a fantastic experience.
Note: I will say i had graphical glitches with this, they affected the visuals which isin't 100% of what VR is about, i'm not sure if its with the new beta update or an issue with the True Black. basically everything was tinted a tad green but i had fixed blotches in 3D space that were completely black. Sounds like a game glitch to me,, but i need to investigate more.
War Thunder Works out of the box in 0.3 compatibility mode( no positional tracking though just head tracking ). This looked amazing in DK1 but was unplayable due to the low resolution and not being able to properly see planes at a distance( even with tonnes of AA ). Now with the higher rez this game is perfectly playable. I spent a few hours wtih it on DK1, never shot anything down. Spent 5 mins with it in DK2 and shot down 2 planes and then i got shot down. It looks great, i couldn't get positional tracking working( doubt it works, maybe when opentrack is updated to SDK 0.4 it might be possible ). Otherwise though very enjoyable in DK2 and hey its free and they've said they will update it 'soon'
Summary:
- wife says "i like this one much more than your older one" lol
- i think its at a state where its now completely usable in gaming.
- i think its really great, just need demos/games/etc updated to use the Direct mode.
IMPORTANT: How to get older SDK0.3 stuff running( from a post on reddit )Make sure you update the firmware.
Test using the small room demo and / or oculus world using direct mode.
If they work, calibrate your IPD and tracking zone using the config app and small room. I find putting the
camera on the back wall and moving the desk forward allows for more wiggle room.
If everything is cool, switch to extended mode inside the config app. For the moment keep the monitor set
to primary.
Not sure about AMD, but for NVIDIA cards you will need to change the orientation of the screen, so that it
appears the correct way round. This can be done in the NVIDIA control panel. Whilst you are in there, create a
3d settings profile for ED and set antialiasing and triple buffering to on.
Lastly in the NVIDIA control panel, set the Rift refresh rate to 75 hz.
Ok now open up the oculus config file again and hit Ctrl , Alt and Del. in task manager, close wscrip.exe and
ovservice.exe in processes.
If its NOT Elite Dangerous you are wanting to play at this point, you will need to set the rift now as the
primary monitor. If its Elite Dangerous you want, just open the game.
In options / graphics make sure the refresh rate is set to 75 hz and v sync is on. Switch to oculus mode and
set display to secondary monitor.
Once in game, lean back in your chair and hit F12 to reset the rift and avoid clipping. If you are still not
happy, move your desk away from the wall and reset again. (Assuming you have the camera mounted in the
wall behind the desk.)
Done
*If you are getting a message saying oculus service not available, go to your oculus folder and open the inside
the services folderovrservice_x86 or x64. Then open the config.exe inside the tools folder.
it's also worth mentioning that its worth spending some time setting up your IPD and playing with the lens
distance (via the screws on the sides of the rift)... Especially if things seems overly blurry.
Sorry for the long post.
*EDIT* - added last game of the night - War Thunder.
*EDIT 2* - Damn i shouldnt write so much early in the morning with all the typos etc. hopefully fixed 0 -
Great read! ^^
I got my rift at 2 o clock yesterday but haven't been able to get my computer to recognize it
There seems to be a few with the same problem on the official forums https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=11200&sid=ea30ca87518992ba0ea4175745e3777a
A few on that thread tried their rifts on a different computer and got the exact same results so i hope its not a hardware problem. This sucks more than waiting for the shipping email 0 -
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