HP Reverb g2 possible in openXR?

[Grondolf]

Cant launch elite dangerous in VR without steamVR. The tools for openXR (composite, tools, etc.) are installied and switched to "opencomposite VR". Is ist possible?

[malorob]

open XR is what keeps our drivers upto date . this is a extra software needed for windows mixed reality.

and from i know of you still need steam VR to run the windows mixed reality games in steam.

[Boris P.]

Hello, you can run steam's games without steamVR, but Elite dangerous can't run with open composite... only with steamVR

[Elitch]

Why wouldn't you want to use Steam VR?

[Grondolf]

I probably didnt understand it right. A tutorial said you get better frame rates when using openxr; install openxr, opencomposite , active openxr (instead of steam vr) and start the Game. But i cant start Elite without steam vr. Maybe i just uninstall openxr. It doesn t seem to have any effect anyway,

[Strewth]

I use OpenXR in IL-2 Sturmovik with my G2.
Massive difference in frame rates and imagery/stability all over. Very happy with the change.
I was hoping that I could use it with Elite Dangerous, but I am not having much luck.
But Reverb G2 plus OpenXR when possible = Great!

Cheers

[BloodOfMe]

You should give it another try. It works now. i can confirm.

[Den Maskerade Daskaren]

Originally posted by Strewth:

I use OpenXR in IL-2 Sturmovik with my G2.
Massive difference in frame rates and imagery/stability all over. Very happy with the change.
I was hoping that I could use it with Elite Dangerous, but I am not having much luck.
But Reverb G2 plus OpenXR when possible = Great!

Cheers

Hi!
How did you get this to work exactly? I just got the G2, but IL2 runs awful. War Thunder and FS2020 runs great without SteamVR.

[EdgarFriendly]

Reverb G2 here. I am using OpenXR with Elite as well as other titles. I'm seeing slightly better performance versus using Steam VR, but not as much as I see in other games.

https://gitlab.com/znixian/OpenOVR/-/tree/openxr

I'm using the Per-Game Installation 64 bit version (Link is down the page)

This will download a new openvr_api.dll that you then place in the game's folder.
For Horizons something like:

C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous\Products\elite-dangerous-64\Openvr\win64

For Odyssey something like:

C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Elite Dangerous\Products\elite-dangerous-odyssey-64\Openvr\win64

Note: make a copy of the existing openvr-api.dll in the folder before overwriting it in case you need to go back.

In the same folder create a new file "opencomposite.ini" and give it this line:
supersampleRatio = 1.0

This sets WMR OpenXR supersampling to 100%. Adjust the settings to suit your hardware. With my RTX 3080 I can set this to 1.0 in Horizons and 0.6 or 0.7 in Odyssey.

Then you just start the game as you normally would. In my case in Steam when I hit Play I then choose Play in Steam VR and instead of it starting Steam VR it will now start WMR OpenXR.

If you want to go back to using Steam VR just delete the openvr-api.dll you added and replace it with the original one.

[Strewth]

Originally posted by Den Maskerade Daskaren:

Originally posted by Strewth:

I use OpenXR in IL-2 Sturmovik with my G2.
Massive difference in frame rates and imagery/stability all over. Very happy with the change.
I was hoping that I could use it with Elite Dangerous, but I am not having much luck.
But Reverb G2 plus OpenXR when possible = Great!

Cheers

Hi!
How did you get this to work exactly? I just got the G2, but IL2 runs awful. War Thunder and FS2020 runs great without SteamVR.

This latest youtube video is a great help:
*Note: OpenXR is now 1.2.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXy80MNHgO8

[Coltangent]

i remember using open composite a year or so back before i got my pico. i tried this and it just doesnt load and crashes. stating dll . when i chose to load with open composite making it default for ED. i had it working before