Posts by mickatmian

  • AFS2 will only start in VR mode

    Thanks.

    -othervr had been added to the start options in Steam and it will now start in 2d.

    I previously had 2 short cuts on the desktop to give the option of starting in normal mode or vr mode which worked well so clearly I am doing something wrong now. Perhaps you could take a look for me.

    The targets:

    "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator\bin64\aerofly_fs_2.exe" -----------------works ok

    "E:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Aerofly FS 2 Flight Simulator\bin64\aerofly_fs_2.exe" -othervr --------------opens a box in steam and stops never had that previously.

    Thanks Mick

  • AFS2 will only start in VR mode

    HI,

    After accidentally deleting Aerofly while doing a clean up :(I have completed a reinstall via steam (20+hrs).

    I now find I can only start AFS2 in VR mode! which starts steam and oculus.

    I have tried everything I can think of including an integrity file check, have set up various shortcuts and did get one to work in 2d last night but switched computer on this morning and steam altered the shortcut settings back to VR again!

    What am I missing? must be something simple and I hate admitting defeat, but after all day yesterday messing with this I gave up and had a couple of hours on X plane.:)

    Any help very much appreciated.

    ?( Mick

  • Problem with VR

    VR in Afs2 was working perfectly yesterday but today when I lean in for a closer look at the cockpit instruments the whole cockpit moves with me!:huh:

    Any ideas, was there an update overnight?

    Just check file integrity on steam everything validated.

    Mick

  • Hardware

    Ray did you say neither the screen or buttons light? I have never seen that only a dead screen, also I'm not certain but I think I first used the codelegend program with win 7.

    If you try that program again where it says "Power down the PC and all USB deices" at that point i have found it best to remove the power supply and unplug the usb device for a minute or so.

    Mick

  • Virtual Reality absolutely ROCKS in AFS2

    1. Pleased your motion sickness is getting less.

    2. have most controls programmed to my CH yoke switches which works well for me.

    3. Did not know there was a new driver, downloading now. Thanks.

    4. Agree IPACS is the best.

    5. can't wait 20 years (I'll be either be 93 or permanently flying in the clouds by then) already waited 30 years for VR and this level of sim.

    Mick

  • Extra 330 view: which one do you like more?

    Quote from J van E

    If you want to know how to get this done PM me: I rather not post unsupported 'tweaks' anymore. (It's similar to but another fix than the one I posted earlier this week: this fix keeps the glass color and 'moving reflection': totally transparent glass looks odd on this one.)

    Used your original post on this subject. For me it is an improvement and happy to take any risk with altering files to achieve what I consider to be an improvement.

    Can you give me access so that I may PM you please?

    Thanks

    Mick

  • Time to update GPU

    Quote from Redtail

    Spending several longggg minutes waiting for a program to load from a tape drive, spending even longer typing in code from a computer software book or magazine and then debugging when you typed an incorrect line or two, lol.


    However, boy-oh-boy was it rewarding to have that game working properly and keeping us entertained for days/weeks, months!

    How well I remember, sometimes up while 1 or 2 am with work the next day, then the elation when I found that full stop that should have been a comma, and the game finally worked. The long hours I spent learning Atari basic from a book and writing my own program, simple by today's standards but nevertheless cutting edge at the time.

    That would be around 1980, when I was 35 and I remember a work colleague saying "you bought a what, computer, you mean like an IBM you must have more money than sense, there not for ordinary people!"

    Pleased to say events proved him wrong.

    My own son is 45 and a computer engineer so I must have influenced him some.

    Mick

  • Time to update GPU

    Quote from Oldar

    Ok, thanks! I get much better performance from the Rift than from the Vive, although not quite as good as you are getting!

    Strange as your computer specs are a little better than mine.

    If i remember correctly you get better performance with OpenGL, where as Vulkan+AA is better for myself.

    Still after 30+years using/upgrading a pc nothing surprises any more!

    Mick

  • Time to update GPU

    Wise words.

    I never disable windows defender and also run Malwarebytes periodically to clean up, but have never thought to run it from a safe boot, but will in future.

    Thanks

    Mick

    Back to the reason for this thread.

    I have now had 4 days with the GTX 1080ti and I have to say I am well pleased.

    It is now possible to run AFS 2 in VR using Vulcan with AA, and a render scale factor of 2.0 in all areas except New York where I need to drop RSF a couple of notches. Also I have set graphics quality shadows to insane which has minimal impact on frames but goes some way to reduce flickering.

    Taking off from Chicago meigs (Orbx) in the Corsair, for me is, well I am really there, unbelievable, also the fast jets particularly the Aermacchi, aerobatics over Chicago fantastic.

    Have waited over 30 years for this level of realism to arrive.

    Started with an Atari 400 and tape drive (remember those)then Atari 800, progressed to pc with DX33 processor with 4mb of ram, wow was that fast................ have had almost every version of flight sim since those days.

    Must have spent thousands to arrive at today!

    Thanks to all of you for pointing me in the right direction, I guess I knew I wanted the GTX 1080ti just need a push, and thanks to IPACS for AFS2 and it's continued development.

    Thanks :)

    Mick