How to play in VR

[kaeladran]

Hey guys......so two days back i got Oculus Rift S.......now i decided i will go try Squadrons in VR......problem is i cant. I start the game thru steam app in VR, game starts......i go to VR setting and hit toggle to VR......It says to look forward and hold (key) to calibrate headset......i did that but nothing happens, cant trasfer the game into my vr.........the only thing how i was able to see the game in VR is thru Virtual Desktop but that is just another looking at the monitor......Does anybody know how to make it work? because i have no idea........funny is that Elite works superbly but Squadrons i cant get to work........... FYI that key i need to hold for calibration i tried both....on keyboard and on hotas.....it does nothing :(

[kaeladran]

ok so i have my headset on my head, i go to steam and hit play.........now on PC (not in VR) it asks me if i want to play in steamVR, i hit yes........game loads and there is nothing in my vr, just virtual desktop.....

[kaeladran]

i just restarted Oculus VR and Steam VR.....went to steam VR virtual home and started the game from there......i hit play in VR and it says Oculus Rift S is not supported by game and its just stuck on (up next - SW Squadrons).......game launches on PC as normal but on vr.......there im stuck in up next

[kaeladran]

Originally posted by Roger Longkoch:

Launch from Steam and select launch in steam VR and it will launch in VR on your Oculus. The toggle VR thing is buggy.

that dont work,

[Bloodyangel]

Allow Oculus to use Apps, that not from Oculus .. i can start the Game over Oculus Home, over Steam on Flatscreen via normal mode OR VR Mode, i can switch inside the game without Problems .. everything works fine for me.

[kaeladran]

Originally posted by Bloodyangel:

Allow Oculus to use Apps, that not from Oculus .. i can start the Game over Oculus Home, over Steam on Flatscreen via normal mode OR VR Mode, i can switch inside the game without Problems .. everything works fine for me.

I have sources allowed. everything should be working but its not......was trying to do something about it for maybe three hours now :( and im getting more and more frustrated :( game just wont load into vr googles

[Pulverdings]

Oculus Home -> Settings -> General -> Unknown Sources.

After enabling it you can start the game in flat screen and use the "Toggle VR" button in ingame settings or you can use the start in Steam VR mode. AFAIK the game now uses Oculus Api, so Steam VR isn't needed.

Also be sure that Oculus Home is running.

[kaeladran]

Originally posted by Pulverdings:

Oculus Home -> Settings -> General -> Unknown Sources.

After enabling it you can start the game in flat screen and use the "Toggle VR" button in ingame settings or you can use the start in Steam VR mode. AFAIK the game now uses Oculus Api, so Steam VR isn't needed.

Also be sure that Oculus Home is running.

yeah i did all that.....i could not playmost of the vr games i have if it would be on.........im going to work, will continue trying later. Thanks a lot for replies :)

[.deX]

I had issues getting this game to work through SteamVR on my Oculus Rift S , I had perspective issues at long distances (text and ships appear as double in my vision), the only way I could get the game to work correctly was with the method stated above by enabling unknown sources in Oculus Home and then launching it directly through Oculus Home.

[kaeladran]

SOLVED...............Start Oculus VR, Start Squadrons in NORMAL way, not with Steam VR and then in-game toggle worked :) i was always trying to start game with Steam VR on PC and from Steam Virtual Home..........that was the problem.........you need to start game as you would start it without VR and then toggle VR in options.........thanks a lot to everyone who replied :)

[AbuMahmood]

I have the following issue with my Oculus Quest 2: after booting up the Quest, I go to Oculus Link and then enter Steam VR. I then start SW:Squadrons through the SteamVR app while in the Quest using the controllers. This results in SW:Squadrons actualling starting to run from Steam on my desktop. Meanwhile in SteamVR in the Quest I enter a void where the SW:Squadrons game is running, but it only shows its symbol with the text "Next up" underneath it. Meanwhile the SW:Squadrons has booted on the desktop (with sound coming from the Quest, not the desktop).

However, when I subsequently try to toggle to VR mode either in the SW:Squadrons menu or in-game during a mission, I get asked to "Look forward and hold "-" to recalibrate your headset". However, this is where I get stuck, because nothing happens. There's no response at all in the Quest view, and in the desktop view it just reverts to the menu and nothing changes.

Any ideas how to solve this?

[.deX]

Originally posted by rutgervanm:

I have the following issue with my Oculus Quest 2: after booting up the Quest, I go to Oculus Link and then enter Steam VR. I then start SW:Squadrons through the SteamVR app while in the Quest using the controllers. This results in SW:Squadrons actualling starting to run from Steam on my desktop. Meanwhile in SteamVR in the Quest I enter a void where the SW:Squadrons game is running, but it only shows its symbol with the text "Next up" underneath it. Meanwhile the SW:Squadrons has booted on the desktop (with sound coming from the Quest, not the desktop).

However, when I subsequently try to toggle to VR mode either in the SW:Squadrons menu or in-game during a mission, I get asked to "Look forward and hold "-" to recalibrate your headset". However, this is where I get stuck, because nothing happens. There's no response at all in the Quest view, and in the desktop view it just reverts to the menu and nothing changes.

Any ideas how to solve this?

As stated by myself and others above , do not use SteamVR while using a Oculus headset for this game , the game already has native Oculus support and SteamVR conflicts with it , try enabling allow apps from unknown sources in your Oculus software and then launching the game directly from Oculus Home.

[AbuMahmood]

Sorry, interpreted that as having SteamVR run in background, but not use it to launch game. Thanks for clarifying!

[kaeladran]

Originally posted by rutgervanm:

Sorry, interpreted that as having SteamVR run in background, but not use it to launch game. Thanks for clarifying!

Dont play the game from Oculus VR, atleast that did not help me........What helped me - Plug in googles and check if they are on. Now on PC start SW Squadrons as normal as you would start/play it if you would not have VR. In game go to options go to controls and find where you have reset/recalibration position for VR and bind it to any key/hotas you know how to use with googles on........go back to option main page - VR options - hit toggle VR and game will play in googles, then when prompted hold button for recalibration and you are good to go :)

[Sid Longwei]

Originally posted by kaeladran:

SOLVED...............Start Oculus VR, Start Squadrons in NORMAL way, not with Steam VR and then in-game toggle worked :) i was always trying to start game with Steam VR on PC and from Steam Virtual Home..........that was the problem.........you need to start game as you would start it without VR and then toggle VR in options.........thanks a lot to everyone who replied :)

For anyone else reading, this is a specific scenario. I'm on the Index and have only ever launched the game through SteamVR home.

[sosanacho29]

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