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Oculus question
« on: May 21, 2024, 12:23:08 AM »
I’ve been thinking about getting an Oculus 2 and I’m not to savvy about VR.
so I have a few questions.
Do you do you use your existing controls or do you need to use the paddles that come with the
oculus? Also can you still use the key board to type messages.
Also is 128GB good or do I need to go to 256 GB?
Thanks for any advice and help in this.
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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2024, 06:31:23 AM »
I’ve been thinking about getting an Oculus 2 and I’m not to savvy about VR.
so I have a few questions.
Do you do you use your existing controls or do you need to use the paddles that come with the
oculus?

Yes you can use your joystick, throttle, and pedals

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Also can you still use the key board to type messages.

Yes you can but it is difficult. If you have the headset set right there is enough space to look near the bridge of your nose to see the keyboard. If your a typist it is much easier because you dont need to look at the keyboard.

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Also is 128GB good or do I need to go to 256 GB?
Thanks for any advice and help in this.
Goat

If your referring to the quest 2 size 128 is good for most games AH included, if your playing some of the bigger high tech games the higer memory will help you out better.

Typing is the biggest issue I have. Im more of a hunt and poke typer so I have trouble texted in game so chatting is a problem. On the other hand you can use a program called "Voice Attach". Small program and worth the $10. You program voice commands and the program types them out for you. So if your in a bomber and want to calibrate for a drop, instead of hitting F6, then "o' to open the doors, then "U" to enter calibrate mode, then press "Y" and hold to calibrate "U" to finish the calibration, I just say "calibrate" and it does it all for me. So for any key presses you need for flight /game controls you can setup a voice control to handle it. So chatting is the only problem I have left.

Lots of players use VR these days. If you have any questions ask away!

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2024, 08:20:47 AM »
Thanks for the info Fugi.
 
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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2024, 10:02:41 AM »
The storage aspect is only for having games on the headset. If you're just playing AH using the link cable or airlink, the storage is irrelevant FWIW.

To echo Fugi - Voice Attack is great, I don't use it for AH but I do for IL2 and it's a godsend. I too can see through the nose bridge area just enough to have an idea of where my hands are and most importantly pick up my beer/cocktail. :)

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2024, 10:08:35 AM »
Thanks Spikes, the ability to drink beer while playing is an
important aspect for me.

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2024, 03:25:43 PM »
Must used bottled beer, Goat! Very easy to lose track of your beverage of choice and knock it over on the keyboard!   :cheers:

Voice Attack is very handy. I use it to raise and lower the gear, stop engine, set autopilot climb, change ordinance and drop bombs. Etc. I got bailed out accidentally about 3 times, before I took that command out.

VR is the way, Goat1!

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2024, 09:41:13 PM »
Thanks for the beer tip Hollywood  :cheers:

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2024, 07:08:14 AM »
I drink Gin and tonics, so a long straw works out well for me  :devil

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2024, 08:06:08 AM »
Must used bottled beer, Goat! Very easy to lose track of your beverage of choice and knock it over on the keyboard!   :cheers:

Voice Attack is very handy. I use it to raise and lower the gear, stop engine, set autopilot climb, change ordinance and drop bombs. Etc. I got bailed out accidentally about 3 times, before I took that command out.

VR is the way, Goat1!

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Maybe I'm just clumsy or I might have been drunk. I managed to spill a bottle of beer all over my keyboard and had to give it a shower. I would NOT recommend drinking beer and using VR if you are playing on a laptop.  That could turn out poorly.

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2024, 08:28:12 AM »
Must used bottled beer, Goat! Very easy to lose track of your beverage of choice and knock it over on the keyboard!   :cheers:

Voice Attack is very handy. I use it to raise and lower the gear, stop engine, set autopilot climb, change ordinance and drop bombs. Etc. I got bailed out accidentally about 3 times, before I took that command out.

VR is the way, Goat1!

 :rock

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Yeah, forgot to include that. Bottled beer or cocktails that have a straw, or a highball lol.

Cans or rocks glasses do work but I have to tip my whole head back for a drink. :)
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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #10 on: July 01, 2024, 01:00:57 AM »
Well I got my Oculus and the learning curve is pretty steep.
Just a couple problems: how to select functions on the clip board?
The only way I’ve been able to select planes or view the map is to
take the oculus off.
Also how do you  center your view? I keep having to move my head to center the
gun sight.
Thanks,
Goat



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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #11 on: July 01, 2024, 05:17:36 AM »
Assign a controller button to "center tracker" and another one to "left mouse button".

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #12 on: July 01, 2024, 06:18:16 AM »
Using the jstick views with vr helps..especially your 6 view

Aces high is the only sim with this ability and foresight

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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2024, 08:29:39 AM »
Assign a controller button to "center tracker" and another one to "left mouse button".


How do I assign controller buttons?
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Re: Oculus question
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2024, 08:50:02 AM »
goto map controllers in the game. double hit the button you want to map (most of the time it highlights the button you hit) find the action "center tracker", left mouse button", "right mouse button", click on the action and click OK to save it.

So when your in the game with your headset on you will have a dot/ball that you can point to things in the game. Point the white dot/ball at the plane selection button, and click the "left mouse button" that you mapped.

You can still use the mouse if you can find it with out taking your headset off. I can look down the side of my nose between the headset and my nose to look around on my desk, grab the mouse, then looking at the screen in the headset again, point the ball at what you want to click on and click the mouse button. A bit more pain in the @zz.

For VR I added the center button to my joystick, but I dont use it much, I just try to stay centered in my chair and not bounce all over the place. I already look pretty silly wearing the headset I dont want to add in dancing in my seat. My wife would never let me live it down. I did add both left clcik and right click buttons to my stick to make that easier.

Also get Voice Attack. Only $10 and it takes a lot of the button pushing load away.