@Tomcattwo
Hey, sorry I never got around to this. I’ve been helping with some other stuff and so haven’t much been playing with settings for 4.36.3. I’ve also upgraded to a 4070 because reasons.
That being said.
Step one - Buy yourself a good router and Virtual Desktop and ditch anything related to linking in oculus. The performance is crap IMO. My current settings allow me to run VD in godlike mode and let me tell you, when it comes to pixel count, “quantity has a quality all its own”.
Nvidia settings are generally Max Quality with the changes of:
Ambient Occlusion -> Performance
Anisotropics -> Application Controlled (I think .3 runs this at like 16 anyway)
AA Mode - Application Controlled
Max Frame Rates - This one will depend on you. If you cant handle variable frame rates, set it according to the instructions below. Otherwise leave it off.
Negative LOD Bias ->Clamp
Texture Filtering Quality -> High Quality
VD Settings
I think the important ones here are:
CODEC = AC1 (might depend on whether you have a 40xx or 30xx)
Streaming Quality -> Godlike
FrameRate -> See below
VRBitrate ->Max
Sharpening => 0
SSW -> Kill it with fire
Video Buffering on, Other advance option as desired.
BMS Internal Settings
HDR stuff off, all other graphics settings on max, AA off.
BMS config settings
set g_fVRResolution 1.0
set g_bVRParallelRenderThread 0
set g_bEnvironmentMapping 1
set g_bWaterEnvironmentMapping 1
set g_bShadowMapping 1
On Setting Frame Rates
This one depends a bit on your personal preferences. Some people can handle variable frame rates, and how that is shown in the headset, others will get sick from that and need a constant FR that is a factor of the headset refresh rate. It can also depend on what missions you fly, as they can have different compute loads.
Typically, to dial in the best FR settings I’d suggest that you set the VD Frame rate as high as possible (120) and leave locks off in Nvidia settings. Then load a standard mission type that will be indicative of what missions you tend to fly. Once you’ve loaded in, hit Alt C then F to bring up the frame rate counter.
Fly around and keep an eye on where your frame rate bottoms out, and what your average performance is like.
For me with the above settings I typically get about 60-ish FPS with dips to high 40’s. I could do better, but I’m hooked on resolution.
Now its the personal preference stuff. If you are mostly sitting just above any of the refresh rates (72, 80, 90, 120(what???)) then lock your FPS in NVIDIA to that setting and set it in VD. Otherwise pick the previous closest half refresh rate and set this as the FR lock on Nvidia. So for example if you are averaging 42 fps, lock the Nvidia setting to 40 (32 if you really cant handle jitters) and 80 in VD (or 72 if you cant handle jitters).
If variable frame rates dont bother you , just leave the nvidia locks off and set the VD setting to whatever. I believe higher FPS so factor that into your decision.
Disclaimer: Your results may vary. I’m also a hack and don’t really know much about stuff.