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Since some people seem to have problems to run “The Witcher 3” properly, I want to give my optimal settings for a GTX 1080 (@ 2 GHz), i7-6700K (@ 4,4 GHz) system.
Public profile
You can find the public profile under the nickname “Amylion”. It’s a virtual 3D cinema for 4:3 aspect ratio (e.g. 1920 x 1440) with black borders (no ambience). The stereoscopic effect is enhanced both in strength and distance weighting. That leads to a strong 3D effect with minimal distortion at the contours; the drawback is a diminished difference in depth effect on close objects. The black borders are important, because the fresnel lenses of current VR devices sadly amplify bright spots in the periphery overproportionally.Resolution
The recommended resolution is 1920 x 1440.
Contrary to some rumours it doesn’t actually translate to supersampling. If you run native SteamVR apps at a Supersampling factor of 1 (that means without real supersampling at the center of the display), the app will render in 1512 x 1680 for each eye!
1920 x 1440 is comparable, because the virtual cinema doesn’t cover the whole field of view. But if you go lower than that, the pixels in the center of the image will get stretched and look bad!In-game settings
Post-processing
Motion Blur: Off
Blur: On
Anti-aliasing: On
Bloom: On
Sharpening: Low
Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+
Depth of Field: On
Chromatic Aberration: Off
Vignetting: OnGraphics
VSync: Off
Maximum FPS: Unlimited
Resolution: 1920 x 1440
Display Mode: Fullscreen
Preserve System Gamma: Off
NVIDIA Hairworks: On
NVIDIA Hairworks AA: 0
NVIDIA Hairworks Preset: Low
Number of Background Characters: High
Shadow Quality: High
Terrain Quality: Ultra
Water Quality: Ultra
Grass Density: Medium
Texture Quality: Ultra
Foliage Visibility Range: Medium
Detail Level: Ultra
Hardware Cursor: OnGamma setting
The biggest issue are the gamma settings. It seems to be bugged. Even the highest in-game gamma settings are way too dark. Most details get lost in almost every scene, especially in dark in-door rooms with some light sources like candles.You have to manually edit the “user.settings” file in the “The Witcher 3” folder in your Windows documents folder.
Set the “GammaValue=1.0” to “GammaValue=2.0”. Start the game normally for a quick test. It should look very bright and washed out (sometimes it fails to load the configuration properly), but in the headset it will look normal (= great).
Input
In the same folder you can edit “input.settings” file to change the inputs that for some mysterious reason are locked in the in-game UI. For example I put the inventory on my Mouse5 button.These settings will work flawlessly on a system with a GTX 1080. You probably can even go higher in some areas (shadows or grass / foliage).
Have fun!
Trying to get two steam games that are on the supported list to work and they are failing to start. I have both vive and oculus rift cv1 head sets to test with and both give the similar results. The games in question start ok without vorpx running. Read through the troubleshooting options in vorpx and the post on the forums, disabling antivirus, aero and other windows services, no other overlay apps running, no steam overlay, tried changing many settings in game outside of vorpx to see if that helps, swapping out of cinema mode and cycling between the 3d modes – geometry/z/z adapt doesn’t help. Recently upgrade from a GTX780 to 1080 but same results on both video cards.
Risen – this starts ok in cinema mode but shows all black screen. Never renders game. Switching out of cinema mode and cycling between the 3d modes – geometry/z/z adapt doesn’t help, display stays black.
Dark Messiah of Might & Magic – this crashes to desktop on start consistently after showing the main game menu scene with the character rendered, seems to want to work but then just crashes.
System info:
Windows 7
ASUS nVidia GTX1080 Founders Edition
Intel i5 2500k
24GB RAM
Windows defender / Microsoft security essentialsGames that I have tested to work for me currently:
Fallout4
Skyrim
Oblivion
Dirt 3
Torchlight 2
BastionI used to own the dk2 in the past and had this issue https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/34oeqr/problems_with_dk2_and_image_posterizing_in_elite/
It was fixable via the method described.I repurchased the dk2 recently.
Now with the latest oculus home runtime, the rift doesn’t show up in the Nvidia control panel as a second display.So I can’t really fix this issue if I can’t access the settings. It sort of presents as though quite a few shades are missing from dark areas, rather than a smooth gradient from dark to light. It completely eliminates any shadow detail.
Topic: The Dark Mod (Vive)
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This is working nicely. Requires you set a custom resolution in Nvidia first (1350×1500 @60 Hz). The resolution does not need to be active. The game just needs to see that it exists.
You need to edit Darkmod.cfg to set the resolution and screen ratio or just copy this one:unbindall bind "ESCAPE" "togglemenu" bind "SPACE" "_moveup" bind "-" "_impulse47" bind "0" "_impulse10" bind "1" "_impulse1" bind "2" "_impulse2" bind "3" "_impulse3" bind "4" "_impulse4" bind "5" "_impulse5" bind "6" "_impulse6" bind "7" "_impulse7" bind "8" "_impulse8" bind "9" "_impulse9" bind "=" "_impulse48" bind "[" "_impulse15" bind "\" "_mlook" bind "]" "_impulse14" bind "" "_impulse0" bind "a" "_moveleft" bind "b" "inventory_hotkey '#str_02438'" bind "c" "_impulse23" bind "d" "_moveright" bind "e" "_impulse46" bind "f" "_impulse44" bind "g" "inventory_use '#str_02396'" bind "i" "inventory_cycle_group '#str_02391'" bind "k" "inventory_cycle_group '#str_02392'" bind "l" "inventory_use '#str_02395'" bind "m" "inventory_cycle_maps" bind "o" "_impulse19" bind "p" "inventory_cycle_group '#str_02389'" bind "q" "_impulse45" bind "r" "_impulse52" bind "s" "_back" bind "t" "_impulse52" bind "v" "inventory_hotkey '#str_02397'" bind "w" "_forward" bind "x" "_impulse24" bind "y" "savegame quick" bind "z" "_zoom" bind "BACKSPACE" "inventory_hotkey ''" bind "CAPSLOCK" "_impulse51" bind "PAUSE" "pause" bind "UPARROW" "_forward" bind "DOWNARROW" "_back" bind "LEFTARROW" "_left" bind "RIGHTARROW" "_right" bind "CTRL" "_button5" bind "SHIFT" "_speed" bind "DEL" "_lookdown" bind "PGDN" "_lookup" bind "END" "_impulse18" bind "F3" "_impulse17" bind "F4" "savegame quick" bind "F5" "screenshot" bind "F6" "loadgame quick" bind "F8" "_impulse22" bind "MOUSE1" "_attack" bind "MOUSE2" "_impulse41" bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse47" bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse48" seta gui_mediumFontLimit "0.30" seta gui_smallFontLimit "0.15" seta radiant_entityMode "0" seta net_socksPassword "" seta net_socksUsername "" seta net_socksPort "1080" seta net_socksServer "" seta net_socksEnabled "0" seta win_ypos "0" seta win_xpos "3" seta sys_lang "english" seta s_decompressionLimit "6" seta s_useEAXReverb "0" seta s_useOpenAL "1" seta s_libOpenAL "openal32.dll" seta s_numberOfSpeakers "2" seta s_doorDistanceAdd "450" seta s_globalFraction "0.8" seta s_subFraction "0.75" seta s_playDefaultSound "1" seta s_volume_dB "-10.79365" seta s_meterTopTime "2000" seta s_reverse "0" seta s_spatializationDecay "2" seta s_maxSoundsPerShader "0" seta r_screenshot_format "jpg" seta r_debugArrowStep "120" seta r_debugLineWidth "1" seta r_debugLineDepthTest "0" seta r_cgFragmentProfile "best" seta r_cgVertexProfile "best" seta r_forceLoadImages "0" seta r_shadows "1" seta r_skipBump "0" seta r_skipSpecular "0" seta r_skipNewAmbient "0" seta r_renderer "best" seta r_brightness "0.5" seta r_gamma "0.5" seta r_swapInterval "0" seta r_useIndexBuffers "1" seta r_customHeight "1500" seta r_customWidth "1350" seta r_fullscreen "1" seta r_mode "-1" seta r_multiSamples "0" seta image_downSizeLimit "256" seta image_ignoreHighQuality "0" seta image_downSizeBumpLimit "128" seta image_downSizeSpecularLimit "64" seta image_downSizeBump "0" seta image_downSizeSpecular "0" seta image_useCache "0" seta image_cacheMegs "20" seta image_cacheMinK "200" seta image_usePrecompressedTextures "1" seta image_useNormalCompression "2" seta image_useAllFormats "1" seta image_useCompression "1" seta image_preload "1" seta image_roundDown "1" seta image_forceDownSize "0" seta image_downSize "0" seta image_lodbias "0" seta image_anisotropy "4" seta image_filter "GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR" seta gui_filter_game "0" seta gui_filter_idle "0" seta gui_filter_gameType "0" seta gui_filter_players "0" seta gui_filter_password "0" seta net_clientDownload "1" seta net_master4 "" seta net_master3 "" seta net_master2 "" seta net_master1 "" seta net_clientMaxRate "16000" seta net_serverMaxClientRate "16000" seta m_strafeSmooth "4" seta m_smooth "1" seta m_strafeScale "6.25" seta m_yaw "0.022" seta m_pitch "0.022" seta sensitivity "3.761905" seta in_toggleZoom "0" seta in_toggleCrouch "0" seta in_toggleRun "1" seta in_alwaysRun "0" seta in_freeLook "1" seta in_anglespeedkey "1.5" seta in_pitchspeed "140" seta in_yawspeed "140" seta gui_configServerRate "0" seta com_guid "" seta com_preloadDemos "0" seta com_compressDemos "1" seta com_product_lang_ext "1" seta com_videoRam "128" seta com_showFPS "0" seta com_purgeAll "0" seta com_machineSpec "-1" seta g_spectatorChat "0" seta net_clientLagOMeter "1" seta r_postprocess_bloomKernelSize "2" seta r_postprocess_bloomIntensity "0.857143" seta r_postprocess "0" seta net_serverDlTable "" seta net_serverDlBaseURL "" seta net_serverDownload "0" seta mod_validSkins "skins/characters/player/marine_mp;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_green;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_blue;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_red;skins/characters/player/marine_mp_yellow" seta g_mapCycle "mapcycle" seta g_voteFlags "0" seta g_gameReviewPause "10" seta g_countDown "10" seta g_password "" seta g_testModelHeadJoint "Spine2" seta g_testModelHead "atdm:ai_head_citywatch" seta g_showBrass "1" seta g_showProjectilePct "0" seta g_showHud "1" seta g_showPlayerShadow "0" seta pm_walkspeed "70" seta g_showcamerainfo "0" seta g_damageScale "1" seta g_decals "1" seta g_doubleVision "1" seta g_bloodEffects "1" seta g_projectileLights "1" seta g_muzzleFlash "1" seta gui_CenterY "0.5" seta gui_CenterX "0.5" seta gui_Height "1" seta gui_Width "1" seta r_fovRatio "0.9" seta r_aspectRatio "0" seta ui_showGun "1" seta ui_autoSwitch "1" seta ui_team "Red" seta ui_skin "skins/characters/player/marine_mp" seta ui_name "Player" seta si_serverURL "" seta si_spectators "1" seta si_usePass "0" seta si_warmup "0" seta si_teamDamage "0" seta si_timeLimit "10" seta si_fragLimit "10" seta si_maxPlayers "4" seta si_map "game/mp/d3dm1" seta si_gameType "singleplayer" seta si_name "DOOM Server" seta tdm_lod_bias "3.0" seta tdm_voice_from_off_volume "-2.222222" seta tdm_voice_player_volume "-6.349206" seta tdm_music_volume "-28.571428" seta tdm_ambient_method "0" seta tdm_door_auto_open_on_unlock "1" seta tdm_bow_aimer "1" seta tdm_lp_debug_hud "0" seta tdm_lp_pawlow "0" seta tdm_lp_randomize "1" seta tdm_lp_auto_pick "0" seta tdm_lp_autopick_attempts "3" seta tdm_lp_pick_timeout "500" seta tdm_lp_sample_delay "10" seta tdm_lp_base_count "5" seta tdm_empty_model "models/darkmod/misc/system/empty.lwo" seta tdm_lg_split "0" seta tdm_lg_model "models/darkmod/misc/system/lightgem.lwo" seta tdm_lg_weak "0" seta tdm_lg_interleave "1" seta pm_rope_snd_rep_dist "32" seta pm_min_stepsound_interval "200" seta pm_stepvol_crouch_creep "-7" seta pm_stepvol_crouch_run "4" seta pm_stepvol_crouch_walk "-2" seta pm_stepvol_creep "-5" seta pm_stepvol_run "8" seta pm_stepvol_walk "0" seta tdm_underwater_blur "3" seta tdm_rope_pull_force_factor "140" seta tdm_inv_use_visual_feedback "1" seta tdm_door_control "0" seta tdm_inv_use_on_frob "1" seta tdm_inv_loot_sound "frob_loot" seta tdm_inv_hud_pickupmessages "1" seta tdm_hud_hide_lightgem "0" seta tdm_hud_opacity "0.7" seta tdm_grabber_reverse_control "0" seta tdm_bounce_sound_min_vel "80" seta tdm_bounce_sound_max_vel "400" seta tdm_throw_max_vel "900" seta tdm_throw_time "1200" seta tdm_throw_max "3500" seta tdm_throw_min "600" seta tdm_phys_show_momentum "0" seta tdm_ai_vision_hardcore "1.5" seta tdm_ai_vision_challenging "1.2" seta tdm_ai_vision_forgiving "0.6" seta tdm_ai_vision_nearly_blind "0.2" seta tdm_ai_vision "2" seta tdm_melee_difficulty "easy" seta tdm_melee_max_particles "10" seta tdm_melee_forbid_auto_parry "0" seta tdm_melee_auto_parry "0" seta tdm_melee_invert_parry "0" seta tdm_melee_invert_attack "0" seta tdm_melee_mouse_thresh_ "0" seta tdm_dragged_item_highlight "1" seta tdm_drag_encumber_max "0.4" seta tdm_drag_encumber_maxmass "55" seta tdm_drag_encumber_minmass "10" seta tdm_drag_jump_masslimit "20" seta tdm_drag_af_free "0" seta tdm_drag_af_ground_timer "800" seta tdm_drag_damping_af "0.4" seta tdm_drag_damping "0.0" seta tdm_drag_stuck_dist "38.0" seta tdm_drag_force_max "100000" seta tdm_drag_limit_force "1" seta tdm_collision_damage_scale_horiz "0.5" seta tdm_collision_damage_scale_vert "1" seta tdm_frob_fadetime "100" seta tdm_frob_width "10.0" seta tdm_frob_distance_default "63" seta pm_lean_toggle "0" seta pm_lean_door_bounds_exp "8.0" seta pm_lean_door_max "40" seta pm_lean_door_increments "10" seta pm_lean_to_valid_increments "25" seta pm_lean_forward_stretch "15" seta pm_lean_forward_height "0.4" seta pm_lean_forward_time "400.0" seta pm_lean_forward_angle "2" seta pm_lean_stretch "2" seta pm_lean_height "0.4" seta pm_lean_time "400.0" seta pm_lean_angle "15.0" seta tdm_reattach_delay "100" seta tdm_crouch_toggle_hold_time "400" seta tdm_toggle_crouch "1" seta tdm_footfall_sounds_movetype_specific "1" seta pm_mantle_minflatness "0.707" seta pm_mantle_height "0.2" seta pm_mantle_reach "0.5" seta pm_weightmod "1" seta pm_push_max_mass "200" seta pm_push_heavy_threshold "0.15" seta pm_push_accel_time "1000" seta pm_push_start_delay "1000" seta pm_push_maximpulse "300" seta pm_pushmod "0.15" seta pm_max_swimspeed_mod "1.4" seta pm_crouchmod "0.54" seta pm_creepmod "0.44" seta pm_runmod "2.12" seta tdm_savegame_compress "1" seta tdm_force_savegame_load "0" seta tdm_mainmenu_confirmquit "0" seta tdm_debug_aastype "aas32" seta tdm_allow_http_access "1" seta tdm_proxy_pass "" seta tdm_proxy_user "" seta tdm_proxy "" seta tdm_fm_restart_delay "0" seta tdm_default_relations_def "atdm:team_relations_default" seta tdm_show_trainer_messages "1" seta tdm_menu_music "1" seta tdm_wideScreenMode "0" seta tdm_interaction_vfp_type "1" seta tdm_ai_show_aasfuncobstacle_state "0" seta tdm_show_health "0" seta tdm_ai_debug_greetings "0" seta tdm_ai_debug_transition_barks "0" seta tdm_ai_opt_update_enemypos_interleave "48" seta tdm_ai_opt_interleavethinkframes "0" seta tdm_ai_opt_interleavethinkskipPVS "0" seta tdm_ai_opt_interleavethinkmaxdist "0" seta tdm_ai_opt_interleavethinkmindist "0" seta tdm_ai_visdist_show "0.0" seta tdm_ai_search_show "0.0" seta tdm_showko "0" seta tdm_showsprop_radius "0" seta tdm_showsprop "0" seta tdm_spr_debug "0" seta tdm_sndprop_disable "0" seta tdm_ai_acuity_susp "1.2" seta tdm_ai_acuity_L5 "1.5" seta tdm_ai_acuity_L4 "1.3" seta tdm_ai_acuity_L3 "1.1" seta tdm_ai_show_conversationstate "0" seta tdm_ai_show_enemy_visibility "0" seta tdm_ai_sight_scale "1000.0" seta tdm_ai_sight_thresh "1.0" seta tdm_ai_showelevator "0" seta tdm_ai_showdoor "0" seta tdm_ai_debug_blocked "0" seta tdm_ai_showAASarea "0" seta tdm_ai_showgoalpos "0" seta tdm_ai_showdest "0" seta tdm_ai_showalert "0" seta tdm_ai_showtasks "0" seta tdm_ai_showanimstate "0" seta tdm_ai_showko "0" seta tdm_ai_showfov "0" seta tdm_ai_debug "0" seta tdm_ai_bumpobject_impulse "250" seta tdm_ai_tact "20.0" seta tdm_ai_sight_combat_cutoff "20.0" seta tdm_ai_sightmin "15.0" seta tdm_ai_sightmax "40.0" seta tdm_ai_sight_mag "1.0" seta tdm_ai_sight_prob "0.7" seta tdm_ai_showbark "0" seta tdm_ai_sndvol "0.0" seta tdm_player_wait_until_ready "1" seta tdm_ai_hearing_hardcore "1.5" seta tdm_ai_hearing_challenging "1.0" seta tdm_ai_hearing_forgiving "0.6" seta tdm_ai_hearing_nearly_deaf "0.2" seta tdm_ai_hearing "2" seta tdm_ai_showname "0"Not sure if anyone is interested in this, so ignore if you already read enough CV1 first looks.
I’ll keep it brief. After playing around (better: working) with the CV1 for a few days now I think Oculus made the right decisions overall.
Most important thing in my book: yes, FOV is a bit smaller than DK2’s FOV, but you wouldn’t notice without having both side by side. My guess is they tried to find a compromise between maxed out FOV and minimized screen door effect. I think they pretty much hit the sweet spot. Obviously that’s a matter of personal preference, so your mileage may vary. For vorpX a slightly lower FOV is a good thing BTW.
Lenses: not much I can add to the lens disussion. Clearer image overall, but the fresnel lens flare is quite obvious, especially in dark scenes. So far I’m undecided whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for me. It’s probably something one can get accustomed to. On the other hand I had no real complaints regarding the DK2 lenses. Ask me in four weeks for a final opinion on this one.
Head phones: didn’t use them much so far, but unless you are a hardcore audiophile you probably will be satisfied. Also they are easily removable, so whether you want to use them or not, no reason to complain here. As far as I’m concerned not having to deal with another cable outweighs any potential quality concern (which I don’t have anyway).
Tracking: didn’t encounter any issues so far. Tracking volume seems to be a bit larger than before, which is obviously a good thing. Doesn’t matter too much in regard to vorpX though.
Comfort: Huge step compared to DK2, provided you use the headset mainly yourself. Once adjusted it just fits perfectly.
Overall: Not a revolution, but a very substantial evolutionary step compared to DK2. Certainly large enough that DK2 owners do have a reason to upgrade if the headset itself is all to consider.
