Quesst 3 VR freezes and other things

[diaster]

I start voice attack and then start aces high "11". whether I do it from the desktop, or from withing quest the following,
1. On the desktop  It asks me if I want to use my quest which I approve
2. After game loads up it asks and I center vr using a key touch

I fly for a while and all is good,
1. every once in a while I get an hour glass in the right corner for just a sec or two
2. Then many times in a critical stage, landing, taking off, about to merge...
    a. Hourglass shows and and the  image freezes. I remove the headset and see the game on my monitor with plane flying. I put the headset back on, screen is fine but plane is at
        idle but I can carry on.
    b. Sometimes after the freeze in headset I remove and game shows on monitor the ctd or straight to ctd, usually after the 3rd or 4th "normal" freeze
    c. Lastly, if I remove the headset to GV after a few moments ctd even though I have auto-switching enable in vr menu.

If i start the game and not put on the headset, i can gv for hours, but once I put it on (centering it), I am back to 1 above,

RTX 4070 duel OC (12 gbts ram), I7 9700 processor, 48 gbts of ram running off an nvme ssd

any ideas?

[Wiley]

Are you using it for vox?  I tried mine, noticed the behavior you describe when I'd try to talk on vox, and went back to my headset.

May or may not have anything to do with it, just figured I'd mention it.

Wiley.

[Vulcan]

There is an issue with older Oculus headsets where when you go into audio settings there are two available options for the headset mic. One causes the freezes, and when you select the other every time you do a driver update it reverts back to the funky option.

[diaster]

Are you using it for vox?  I tried mine, noticed the behavior you describe when I'd try to talk on vox, and went back to my headset.

May or may not have anything to do with it, just figured I'd mention it.

Wiley.

i will give that a shot!

[diaster]

There is an issue with older Oculus headsets where when you go into audio settings there are two available options for the headset mic. One causes the freezes, and when you select the other every time you do a driver update it reverts back to the funky option.

ty bear that in mind

[SpinDoc1]

Are you using it for vox?  I tried mine, noticed the behavior you describe when I'd try to talk on vox, and went back to my headset.

May or may not have anything to do with it, just figured I'd mention it.

Wiley.

I have EXACTLY this issue, Wiley, and I have only been able to fix it one single, solitary time. Through happenstance, I can't get it to fix again.

There is an issue with older Oculus headsets where when you go into audio settings there are two available options for the headset mic. One causes the freezes, and when you select the other every time you do a driver update it reverts back to the funky option.

So, I tried a TON of experimenting last night to fix this, and when I switched the mic to the Oculus [loopback] option, no one could hear me. I'm still scratching my head on how to fix it. Methinks it's something to do with SteamVR conflicting with the Meta Oculus / Horizons app on desktop. Still no joy on a fix.

@Diaster, did you figure anything out to resolves the freezes and stutters?

[diaster]

@Diaster, did you figure anything out to resolves the freezes and stutters?

I noticed that the freze was my pc "going to desktop" for updates and such. Click on the task bar and game is back
so now isetr focus to ignor everything while in game.... so far it only happens rarely still i wont get into a 262 or 163 while in vr unless they r super cheap, tired of losing them. oh and gv'n in vr  SUcks Sucks

[twitchy]

I had all kinds of issues with my Rift S, seemed to go away once I started using the Steelseries headphones, the sound quality was vastly improved and I didn't have nearly as many issues with the VR. I still occasionally get the rotating hourglass that pops up at the worst moments, but I figured out it was mostly other VR games updating in the background that was the primary culprit. There was one called RecRoom I had gotten for the old lady to try so she could enjoy VR without getting nausea, that &@#^ game updated every couple of hours it seemed like. I quietly uninstalled it, and got her into Cosmotic Blast instead.