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[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)

[eXntrc]

Thanks for everyones help. No, I had not run the game once by itself before trying it with VorpX. What is confusing is that I had no My Documents\My Games\… folder even though I’ve run at least two other Steam games on that PC. I did manually create that folder (and the Bioshock folder under it). Then I manually copied the template settings file from the games Steam folder to the newly created folder and finally the VorpX editor was able to find and edit the settings file. Next time I will try to run the game first before trying to configure it. Thanks again.

[Ralf]

You could try to create a vorpX Desktop shortcut for the game, which can hook more reliable into some games than the automatic detection.

Right click the vorpX tray icon, choose “Create Desktop Shortcut”, then navigate to the games .EXE and double click it. For games that have a launcher program select the main .EXE not the launcher. This will create a shortcut on your desktop.

Doesn’t work with all games, but with BSI it should.

The BSI .exe is normally located in: [Your Steam Folder]\SteamApps\common\BioShock Infinite\Binaries\Win32

[bcozier]

Thilus wrote:

Yes, it’s the retail Steam version. I grew up awhile ago, if I steal a game i don’t complain about it

Rift as extended display, Windows 8.1
I’ve gotten quite a few games working on the rift at this point, but nothing has solved DXHR+VorpX yet. I tried setting the Rift as my main display (which fixed Assassin’s Creed and a few other games on the list), no difference.
I should note that I can make the game run in normal mode, forced to the rift’s display, but of course the image is garbled and useless without VorpX.

The only similar behavior I have seen is in HL2VR. I can run it (and it runs wonderfully), but if I change the FOV scale in the game it immediately crashes to desktop, and if I attempt to run it again I just get a loading icon for a second and then nothing, just like DXHR. Deleting the config file for HL2VR fixes the problem. I know the engines aren’t related, but that’s the only faint clue I have so far.

From what little I can gather I suppose it may be a Windows 8.1 issue. I am using Windows 7 64-bit and don’t have a problem getting vorpx to work. It is as well behaved as my other games that work well with vorpx, I don’t have to do anything special for it.

[Thilus]

Yes, it’s the retail Steam version. I grew up awhile ago, if I steal a game i don’t complain about it ;)

Rift as extended display, Windows 8.1
I’ve gotten quite a few games working on the rift at this point, but nothing has solved DXHR+VorpX yet. I tried setting the Rift as my main display (which fixed Assassin’s Creed and a few other games on the list), no difference.
I should note that I can make the game run in normal mode, forced to the rift’s display, but of course the image is garbled and useless without VorpX.

The only similar behavior I have seen is in HL2VR. I can run it (and it runs wonderfully), but if I change the FOV scale in the game it immediately crashes to desktop, and if I attempt to run it again I just get a loading icon for a second and then nothing, just like DXHR. Deleting the config file for HL2VR fixes the problem. I know the engines aren’t related, but that’s the only faint clue I have so far.

[Bogmann]

I’m also using the steam version and this is one of the best looking games on vorpx! Hope you’ll get it working too… sometimes I have to unplug and plug the dk2 back… also try to restart vorpx, when you have problems…

[mareknr]

Hi. I have one OT technical question. Ralf how do you move Steam games to another monitor? I want to run games in fullscreen on second monitor which is not main. I can’t find relevant information about it….

[Ralf]

Did you run the game at least one time before using the optimizer? I would assume that this is necessary for the game to be able create the .ini files first. Using the Steam version too here (I don’t think there is another one), so that can’t be the issue.

If the auto optimization continues to fail for some reason, you can also adjust the FOV manually (googling for “Bioshock Infinite fov” should reveal a few tutorials). Unfortunately for BSI that’s a bit more complicated than for most games since the FOV has to be calculated as an offset, but that’s also explained in most tutorials.

[Ralf]

OK, I just checked all three Bioshock games with Windows 8.1 with the current release version of vorpX 0.71 to make extra sure I don’t tell you anything wrong. All three work just fine.

I would really like to help you with your double stereo issue and I will try to replicate the problem, right now I can’t say what might cause this problem for you as it doesen’t happen here.

Just in case: For Bioshock 1+2 did you follow the advice given on the Game Optimizer Page of the vorpX config app? You have to add -dx9 to the launch options in Steam. If you don’t do this, you may a black screen. So maybe that’s the problem in these cases.

Bioshock Infinite works without having to do anything special. You should still take a look at the Game Optimizer entry to set the FOV.

Whenever a game has an entry in the Game Optimizer, you should apply the tweaks mentioned and follow any additional advive given there. Also please make sure that all games are set to 1920×1080 with a DK2 before starting them with vorpX. Any other resolution might cause problems.

If a game doesn’t work otherwise, you should also try to use the Rift as primary display and set vorpX to “Use system settings” display wise. This wasn’t necessary for any of the three games in my case though.

[Ralf]

You could try to switch from the games from DX9 to DX11 or vice versa. DX9 is the preferred mode, since it has Geometry 3D, but if one of them does not work, the other may be worth a try.

This has to done with an .ini tweak unfortunately. Here you find a short tutorial for Dirt 3: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1907032

dirt2.exe and dirt3.exe should remain on the exclude list. These are the launcher programs, not the actual games. vorpX should not hook them.

You can do a full factory reset in the config app (trouble shooting page) to bring them back if you can’t add them back manually.

[qasim_786]

Hi Ralf (and others).
I have been trying to get vorpx to work with my dk2 but no luck. It has installed correctly and the dk2 is detected fine on my computer. I have set it up exactly as you have described including the 8.1 sticky. I have also been through the troubleshooting. Reinstalled many times. Games act as if vorpx does not exist at all. It does not hook up to them at all.

Below is a image of my processes running. Note, I have tried with steam origin and firewall turned off. I have tried with multiple games but just no luck. Fraps is only open now to take screenshots of task manager.

Your help would be much appreciated!

Qasim

https://drive.google.com/a/aetinet.org/file/d/0B2u3G68TtJbTOU9aeTJWNm5pQ3c/edit?usp=sharing