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[jayffe]

hello gander,
did you manage to make your steam games to work.
i have the same problem and i’m stucked…
thx :)

[moarveer]

Wow I just tried Singularity renaming the executable to UDK.exe and it works great! Also the flawless widescreen is a fantastic tool, thanks for that. Singularity now ranks among my top 5 of vorpx compatible games, it looks great, no graphic issues and an amazing sense of immersion.

I’ve tried myself a game that seems to have support in geometry 3d as is, Estranged. The game looks promising except for some blinking shadow thing that makes it unplayable. I think this game is supported in SteamVR, still I would like to have Vorpx options to tweak it to my liking, but I can’t fix the problematic effect with any changes in the config menu.

Also I wanted to link this page: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvER3Bq0i6sgdHRWYUc3cWpRSFRFYzJIQWEzMkhGdGc&usp=sharing&richtext=true#gid=0 It’s an old compatibility list but it could be helpful while we search for more compatible games.

I will try Bulletstorm later today or tomorrow, I can’t wait to see how well it works, thanks for that one too, it really looks like UE3 games work really well with Vorpx.

[moarveer]

OculusRiftRocks wrote:

oh right so you can force vorpx to inject then? do you just change the exe name in windows, I would like to try deus ex 1 and gears of war 1, both those games never injected, but am I right in saying if I change the gears of war exe to armaII exe vorpx will inject?

Yeah any game that you rename to arma2.exe will hook vorpx to believe it’s the real game. Also try UDK.exe, both will hook and work even in geometry 3d, and pls keep us updated of the results.

Dukealicious wrote:

I was hoping we could build a sort of unofficial centralized list of games not officially supported but still allow for stereo 3d whether that be z3d or geometry3d. I am not talking about games that run but only in 2d. lets be some good beta testers and post our results.

So I will start with one.

Singularity:
It is Bioshock like FPS game. It runs in geometry3d and z3d. The default FOV is way too low and the ini files are not configurable however you can fix the FOV with a 3rd party program called Flawless Widescreen. The default headtracking too sensitive. Turning it down all the way in the game’s menu helps but that makes a gamepad impossible to use. If you want to use a gamepad just turn down the headtracking sensitivity in the Vorpx menu till it feals right with your in game sensitivity options. Takes some trial and error but you can get it perfect. Game runs smooth as butter and with no judder in z3d max settings with a gtx 970. Some judder in geo3d but im sure that can be worked out I just haven’t tried as it looks and feels fantastic already.

I tried Singularity on Steam and Vorpx hooked it but didn’t recognize the game so no 3d at all, did you do something to make it work?

[Thilus]

Seems like a great candidate for VorpX, but I’m of course having problems.
When I run the game, it pops up on my main monitor (and I’m still trying to figure out how to fix that). The “VorpX” splash is on it, but it’s rendered completely normal. If I can get the image on my DK2 (I have to make it my main display and then move the window over), of course it’s just the usual uncorrected gibberish.
The reason this is frustrating is because once, just once, I saw the game come up correctly for the rift, but on my main screen. It was distorting the way Rift games do and looked to me like I’d finally done it, but I can’t make it happen again. I’d been experimenting with a whole bunch of different things like main screen on/off, using the dedicated VorpX shortcut or not, running from Steam or the exe…
Has anyone else made this work reliably?

[th3mute]

Hey there.

The first thing I can see is that you probably shouldn’t have it cloned to your primary desktop as the rift needs to run in Portrait mode; which will look small and at a right angle on your monitor.
I have mine set to the left of my monitor (in extended mode) and have it rotated to Portrait.

As for getting games to work – I know that in Euro Truck 2, you have to right click on the game in steam and in the properties, enable the Beta support. Restart steam, then once it does its small update add the line “-oculus” (no inverted commas) to the startup option (also through right clicking the game and choosing properties in steam).
I should also add that as Euro Truck has its own internal Oculus support (with full tracking etc), you shouldn’t have VorpX running at the same time.
Remember that any game (HL2, TF2 etc) that has its own support for VorpX shouldn’t have VorpX running while you use native support – if you choose to do it that way. Follow the guides on the steam forums to get those games running natively. They’re fairly straight-forward.

Apologies if I’m repeating things you’ve already tried!

[Ralf]

If you got this problem with multiple games in a similar fashion, it’s quite likely that something on your PC is blocking vorpX. There are various kinds of programs that also hook into games, not all them are obvious cases. Try to disable/uninstall all such software. A few examples are:

– Additional graphics driver software that you might have installed. For example: MSI Afterburner, GeForce Experience, Lucidlogix Virtu

– Video recording/streaming software you might have installed. For example: Fraps, Dxtory, Open Broadcaster, Splashtop

– Chat programs that can show content over DirectX, like Skype, Mumble, Evolve, X-Fire

– The Steam/Uplay/Origin ingame overlays

For WOW please also check whether switching from 64bit to 32bit or vice versa makes a difference. Normally both should work, but in some cases one might work better than the other. It’s also best to use DirectX 9 instead of DirectX. You can change these settings in the WOW launcher.

[Rwkeith]

Just purchased Vorpx about an hour ago. I haven’t been able to get any games working with Vorpx and I’ve disabled all DirectX programs, disabled Steam overlay, etc. I have my Rift in Extended Mode, and I have set it to my primary display. I am using an nvidia 780 ti and an i7, so my hardware is good. The main game I am trying to get working is Skyrim. I’ve tried Arma 3 and not getting anything there either. I am using a DK2. My DK2 is functional since I can run demos from Oculus Share just fine.

[tonyvn]

Be sure to not only have vorpx running, but the system tray should show that the driver is running. I used to launch Vorpx and never hit “Apply” before running the game.

I bit the bullet and downloaded the Steam download of Dirt 3 and reinstalled the game.

I also deleted my hardware config xml files in My Documents\My Games\Dirt 3 (from memory).

Make sure everything works in 2d.

Then grab and launch Opentrack – set it to use Freetrack and hit start.
Launch Vorpx and hit apply
launch game.

In game, bring up the menu and switch the 3d mode to Geometry. I was impressed with other modes, but once I hit geometry the 3d popped out at me and was really impressive.

[AntDX316]

1920×1080 works and borderless window in Steam games with auto-hide on taskbar

[bdiepeveen]

I’m having similair issue’s but only with a few games,
These games work for me :
Fallout New Vegas
FarCry 3 & Blood Dragon
Mirrors Edge(but not steam version)
Garry’s Mod
DayZ
Stalker Call of Pripyat(but shows a blackscreen can hear sounds tough)
Battlefield 3
Crysis 3
F.E.A.R – wich launches with vorpx but runs on my normal screen not the rift even tough the rift is primary display.

Games that do not seem to trigger vorpx:
Bioshock Infinite – the game launches but is not running via vorpx
F.E.A.R 2 – Crashes at startup but briefly triggers vorpx.

[BentoFox]

Hmm, did you do anything special to get Space Engineers to work with VorpX?
For me, when I start Space Engineers via steam with VorpX running (and watching) – the game starts on the Rift, but as a normal monitor.
Its -one- image and there is no VorpX menu.

I tried making a shortcut for SpaceEngineers.exe (both 64 and 32 bit) via VorpX but executing that as administrator – same effect as starting via steam.

Other games, such as Skyrim, work just fine with VorpX and it “hooks” right into it.
My Space Engineers is vanilla shader wise; I only have some workshop models in the game.

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My Issue in short:
– game starts on the oculus, but VorpX doesn’t hook/inject into it (no VorpX Menu)

[Ralf]

It’s always possible that for some games things are different on other machines, but the recommendations given in the other thread work fine here.

– Starting simply from Steam
– Resolution: 1920×1080 (as always for DK2)
– Exclusive fullscreen in the Thief config, otherwise forcing the game to the Rift does not seem to work
– 32/64 bit work both here. 32bit recommended, since for 64bit the vorpX cursor is missing in the Thief main menu.
– FOV to 110 in the Thief options menu (sadly 10° missing for a perfect result, can be compensated by (very) slightly zooming the image in).

If the game refuses to hook entirely, there might be something on your system blocking vorpX for DX11 programs. The usual suspects are: graphics driver add-ons of all kind, video recording software, streaming applications, chat software.

[bdiepeveen]

Its set to Extend Desktop to HMD.
if i launch while its in portrait mode ill need to tilt my head…..
no vorpx message either.

DK2 resolution is 1080×1920 (because of portrait mode)
DK2 is default screen (other DK2 demos work in landscape mode with out problem , if i launch in portrait mode i need to tilt my head aswell)

I also removed Geforce Experiance and restarted my PC no luck.
strangly in portrait mode it does work. but then i need to tilt it 90 degree to see it proper(and in landscape mode i get weird display)

even the demo of the OR it self is in portrait its really weird
while in landscape mode it works with out a problem same goes with the DK2 demos overall they all work. apart from games via vorpx (half life 2 and Team fortress 2 work with out a problem via steam vr)

Thanks for the overall help ill go and make a support ticket via support |at| vorpx com

[bdiepeveen]

All games are set to 1920×1080 (i used geforce experiance to set all res to 1920×1080) and launched them once after setting them (with out rift)

now i can get them to appear on the rift but no vorpx message (except for gmod)
im launching them all trough steam because if i launch trough the .exe i get random errors generated by steam

If i look cross eyed i can something with mirrors edge
with Bioshock i can get trough the main menu barley and in-game its black.

the picture above are my Vorpx settings.

i do have bitdefender and i did turn if off to be sure it wasnt blocking it
still same problem.

[Gnosis18]

I’ve got several games working well but the thing that keeps bugging me is that to start he games I have to set the Rift to be primary monitor. Since I can’t see the screen well enough in Rift, I have to close one eye to figure out where my windows are. Dragging Steam to the secondary is possible but tricky. Is the desktop supposed to render as 3d for the rift? If not, I can live with it but it is a bit disorienting. Just wanting to know whether I missed a step.

Rift set to primary monitor (landscape flipped) in Win 8.1 Nvidia GTX 680 (with and without SLI)