HP reverb steam VR settings, reprojection, IPD, cursor fix tutorial

[@carlosa.avalle528]

After experimenting a bit with these settings, here are my results: I opted OUT of the Beta program but did enable re-projection as per your video (very useful suggestion BTW). There are 2 lines with the "//" (comment lines) as you pointed out. The first one enables re-projection, the second one enables a "reprojection indicator" which shows up on my display so I know re-projection is working. The colored indicator appears in the upper left corner of the visuals as a small colored square. It is hard to see if you try looking at it directly but it is there with averted vision. This indicator is kind of annoying so I disabled it by editing the second comment line and put the "//" back in. So, it appears that Beta is not needed for re-projection, just as I thought. As far as the Beta thing, my philosophy is that if the game or app works fine without it the better. If anything breaks after an update in SteamVR software then it might be useful to enable Beta so that hopefully you get the fix much sooner than you would without it, and once the Beta that fixed it becomes the official update then turn Beta off again. Also, enabling Beta in the SteamVR software and re-projection make absolutely no difference in the quality of the image or resolution, so don't look for improvements in that area by enabling it. And if there are any differences due to changes in the Steam software then I believe it is better to wait for the official update rather than run your games and hardware in an unstable mode. More than 2 cents worth but free of charge :)

[@2Old4Forza]

Thanks for the testing and reply!

[@bengelman2600]

My Reverb is on the way thanks for covering all the stuff I am worried about. Bookmarked and liked.

[@Creep.-]

lol, i saw this just after i sent you that message on the IL2 forums. please disregard and thanks for this great video!

[@jackadams99]

Mate! your a lifesaver! Ive been struggling to get Assetto Corsa to run smoothy but now with reprojection i can survive the start. Im still in the 14 day return window and this has helped sway me to keeping it. You got a new subscriber!

[@2Old4Forza]

Nice. So glad I could help a fellow AC driver join us on discord for AC lobbies discord.gg/u7eCYgB

[@jackadams99]

@@surfwidow using a 2080 mate.

[@jackadams99]

@@surfwidow I think a 1080 will struggle in sims, Imy 2080 is not even really fast enough some times on certain multiplayer servers. The Reverb has great image quality compared to my old rift but the trade off is that you gotta drive essentially what is a 5k monitor at 90 fps. Id buy a 2080 Ti but they are too expensive. I dont want to discourage you from getting one cause it is excellent for sims and it may work ok with a 1080 if set up right. 2old4forza has a discord community that may be able to answer more questions relating to your hardware limits. Good luck mate.

[@davidwhitehead4901]

This answered so many guestions

[@oznemur]

Dude you make some of the most helpful vids, thanks!

[@2Old4Forza]

thanks I really appreciate that. I try to make stuff that no one else has covered and add value in a crowded space.

[@Badger_S197]

Awesome, within 10 minutes I had the whole setup running. Thanks for sharing!

[@Rnicky01]

Hey just wanted to say thanks... I had followed all those damn tutorials to get started and none had said how to make steam work with the mixed reality app.. Turns out i needed that same app from steam ... .... On a second note: I had upgraded my version of windows 10 today and when i went to use my VR set it would not work ... Also steamVR-beta had an update too... Well long story short. I disabled beta updates on steamVR and still did fix the issue so reverted windows back to its previous version and everything works fine now.... Just in case someone runs into the same issue these days. ;)

[@2Old4Forza]

Thanks for the heads up

[@pilothound1582]

Cheer bro solid helpful vid 🤘 I’m going to try this tonight as I’m 2 days away from sending Reverb back under the 14 day return policy as not overly stoked so far but maybe this will help 👊

[@2Old4Forza]

What's your biggest let down about it?

[@pilothound1582]

2Old4Forza hey dude it must not suite my IPD or specific eyes or something as I’ve tried CV1 Odyssey plus Reverb 1080TI 32GB 7700k And just haven’t been stoked or able to get the clarity that others are experiencing. I’ve organised return to HP. Appreciate the vid and damn I want to have VR to a level I’m stoked with but can’t get it right for me yet. I’ll keep trying 🤘

[@42Hoggy]

Thank you for this guide. I just picked up a used Reverb and was doing my head in thinking I needed to spend big on a new GPU Assetto corsa competizione was unplayable on my 2070 it's still not brilliant but at least it's playable. AMS2 on the other hand works great now.

[@2Old4Forza]

ACC is by far the worst performing and looking sim racing title in VR IMO. Dont trip out! check out original AC with SOL and Custom Shaders Patch it looks amazing

[@42Hoggy]

@@2Old4Forza I'll have to check it out. Unfortunately for me my non VR friends love ACC which is fine I just can't go back to a normal screen.

[@2Old4Forza]

@@42Hoggy same here space goggles for lyfe

[@js_filming7701]

Great. My IPD is 57,5mm. The smallest I can set is 59mm..... AWESOME

[@s.paulguillory6122]

Can you update this video? as my steam vr settings page looks nothing like whats in this video. the tabs are different. I'm wondering if this is still relevant. mixedrealitydriver isnt listed in my steamapp common folder. did i miss a step?

[@AaronShumaker]

I'm confused about 5:46 you say to choose the "#3 Only use win+Y" key option, but you say out loud this makes it where we do NOT need to use the win+Y key. So how is it changing the behavior? What will we do instead of WIN+Y when we want to use cursor?

[@vik3877]

awesome i have one of these due anyday because of yours and others videos. i'll be using your guides Thanks mate :)

[@2Old4Forza]

You will love it. Mine has been flawless so far

[@vik3877]

@@2Old4Forza for the sake of feed back ,my headset came and i agree with your review spot on, i set up the hp house thingy and then i followed your video. restarted pc and everything is perfect. coming from a CV1 this is a massive step up in resolution and exactly what i was looking for. i give it 4 star overall because the cable is alittle stiff(im thinking support it over the back of the rig with an old rode mic boom i have maybe, to take some weight off above top middle head)) and the tracking skips a tiny bit here and there when your agressive but not as bad as an old track ir setup or anything like that. Thanks again for your review and video mate:)

[@2Old4Forza]

@@vik3877 I pinch the cable behind my left side of my back on my rig and cable is less of an issue. Glad u are happy

[@captainwealthy]

Hi, this seems a great video tutorial! Unfortunately, we only came across this after spending SIX HOURS trying to set up a borrowed HP Reverb G2 (version 2) for Microsoft Flight Sim 2020 (MS FS2020) yesterday. Sadly, we are no nearer so the guy had to take it back. As you rightly point out, this is hardly 'plug & play' stuff. To date, we have yet to find ANY help on how to set up a HP Reverb G2 within MS FS2020, using Steam (which accounts for all me simulation stuff). I am a tad confused where all this Steam VR 'Beta' comes from? Our biggest problem yesterday was not getting the on-screen visual of the left and right eye to actually show in the VR headset itself. All we kept getting was blank screenview (black). We are really screaming out for a step-by-step guide on what order to open certain programs (including MS FS2020) and the additional bits like Windows Mixed Reality (WMR). And is there now a difference between WMR for Windows and one for Steam?

[@2Old4Forza]

you need to use WMR and Steam. start WMR then fire up steam VR

[@captainwealthy]

@@2Old4Forza I have a program called 'WMR for Steam VR'

[@2Old4Forza]

​@@captainwealthy yup thats what you need in steam to make WRM and Steam vr "talk"

[@DerekSpeareDSD]

HA! That's my thread on the DCS forums!

[@2Old4Forza]

Your thread rules man!!! THANK YOU

[@2Old4Forza]

Your thread rules man! THANK YOU

[@stockriderman]

Thanks for the video. Mine was set at 1700pixels wide by default... What is the reason of supersampling? you mentioned you shouldn't do it as it will effect game performance. My understanding, it tells the PC you are running a higher "screen size" than you actually are. But why would anyone go above the native resolution? What about in VR videos. Is it all the same?

[@2Old4Forza]

Great question. Super sampling will use a form of anti aliasing to actually increase resolution in a VR headset above the native resolution. It's not necessary on the reverb but the index responds very well to super sampling in the 100+ to 150% range

[@hangar4851]

Great tips, thank you. But could you speak a little bit more slowly? This would rise the educational quality even more 😊

[@2Old4Forza]

Just for future reference you can play YT videos at slower or faster speeds.

[@stephenc6814]

any idea why my sound keeps switching from headset to tv? pls help its realy doing my head in now

[@scottkeeney9911]

Thanks for the video, I found it very helpful. I have a couple of questions. First, your tutorial said that you achieve 88 fps in IL2, could you post the video settings you use in the IL2 game? I'll post my system specs below but you seem to get better fps than my similar system albeit I haven't clocked any of my components. Second, with reprojection turned on is it suppose to lock your fps to 45 all the time or just if your fps drops below a specific threshold? I'm new to sim gaming so I would appreciate any help you can provide. i9-9900KF (water cooled) MSI RTX 2080Ti 32 GB RAM 970 EVO SSD ASRock Z390 m-board

[@2Old4Forza]

If you delete the // in front of auto asw kicks in only when fps is low enough to trigger it. If you delete the // infront of motion vector asw is always on. My IL2 settings are essentially balanced over all, shadows low, grass medium, clouds medium and AA on 2. The rest is less important, and is generally turned down. HDR and SSAO is off. Make sure you are using that KF and are at 5.0 ghz or higher anything over 4.9 makes a huge difference. I have an IL2 cpu / ram overclocking video here 38% average fps increase from cpu and ram OC for me!!!

[@scottkeeney9911]

@@2Old4Forza Thank you for the help and quick response. I'll let you know how it works out.

[@TheTrumanZoo]

what is the reprojection for???i also dont get the win mixed vr folder while i do have it installed.. not the same in common folder... maybe its fixed already hmmm

[@SURG3NT]

Good vid mate, nice one for the info... 1 thing tho is why do you choose to use the re projection mode? does it work better than Oculus ASW? i hated that thing and used to disable it? so I'm unsure whether to take the last steps in your video??

[@2Old4Forza]

Best practice is to tune graphics so you don't need asw. But if you need it it's better than having a low frame rate. That being said since I made this video 60 fps mode has supposedly been fixed and offers a solution for people with lower end PCs

[@SURG3NT]

@@2Old4Forza cheers mate, I run a 2080ti, i'm mainly playing ACC at mo it runs great on my Reverb when hotlapping but racing drags it down... will try the 60fps mode now.. thanks for advice .

[@2Old4Forza]

@@SURG3NT please let me know how it goes. I would love to run ACC. Even a 2080ti cannot run ACC at 90 in race conditions as we all know but 60 should be no problem

[@SURG3NT]

@@2Old4Forza Hi mate I just tried it and it holds a solid 60!! even in online races lol nice one! defo better than the infrequent frames wen set to 90hz... topmann!!!

[@2Old4Forza]

@@SURG3NT nice!! What are your pixel density and in game settings approximately? You have inspired a new video from the channel!

[@firstlast9134]

You legend! Thank you 👍

[@laraibmaryam2023]

Your video is very helpful... thnx alottt

[@2Old4Forza]

Happy to help

[@mycockpitsforflightsimulat7114]

Great help thankyou I have a question when using p3d if I move forward the dash moves with me any idea or is that it can't move forward to see gauges

[@2Old4Forza]

i dont know what p3d is but if your tracking is off this happens in driving sims. usually because there is not enough light. however in flight sims that can happen when you physically do not have room to move you head much (such as the FW 190 which is a supery tiny canopy cockpit) try turning on more lights.

[@mycockpitsforflightsimulat7114]

i will give that try not the brightest room sounds like a plan thanks for you advise and great help on the videos awesome step by step idiot proof must be i did it lol

[@Deathbatman]

Does this work for oculus link while using steam vr?

[@JuiceSkyy]

If you have iRacing does this same procedure work with iRacing exactly the same, reason why i ask this is because im running iRacing through the chrome browser, although i do know that i need Steam and Steam VR to run the Reverb

[@2Old4Forza]

good question, i am not an iracing guy so sadly I cannot help much. I recommend reaching out to RTA Motorsport here on YT as I believe he had done some testing on the reverb on iracing and seemed to have it working.

[@JuiceSkyy]

@@2Old4Forza Cheers fella

[@dragondal1318]

Awesome thank you windows mixed reality is crap. Typical windows crap. Thank you I just got my reverb g2 hope it works with this version. Much appreciated.

[@2Old4Forza]

I imagine the G2 will not need any of this stuff since it is developed as a gaming head set. the "G1" is an enterprise tool so it took more fiddling...

[@dragondal1318]

@@2Old4Forza Hey thanks for the reply,heads up still needs everything same as G1,also as soon I plug the headset usb in my Icue cooling software just crashes,I frigin hate windows software.they screw up everything.I don't know why HP chose windows mixed reality.I had issues with my oculus but nothing like this.I can't even stream while in VR.When I go to my desktop I can't use my controller or my mouse to select anything on my desktop .It is an absolute joke.I almost going to send the headset back.Yeah visual quality awesome but not worth the headache of all the other issues.

[@2Old4Forza]

have you done the "win+y" fix , or hit win+y to use the mouse on your desktop when the headset is on?

[@dragondal1318]

@@2Old4Forza yeah I have did, but with VR headset on I don't want to be looking for any keys, may be I cam macro they to one of my mouse buttons. I will try that next.

[@dragondal1318]

Thanks for the help though I appreciate it.

[@peterw8911]

thanks for the vid. Question, why can't you use regular Notepad to edit the confing file?

[@2Old4Forza]

Not sure, but tried notepad and it didn't work

[@_Dibbler_]

@@2Old4Forza Notepad messes up the textfile. You can use "Editor"(it also comes with windows), thats a pure text editing program.

[@wayneshephard]

Good info, well done, cheers

[@larryspider4072]

Hi was wondering if I need to get the bundle with controllers for the reverb g2 because I already have valve index knuckles

[@2Old4Forza]

i would ask HP, given valve was involved in development it would be stupid if they did not work.

[@BikerBoyBilly]

Nice 1, thanks a lot for the video

[@schrittfurschrittzumonline1859]

Well done..THX

[@LJSR07]

So this is old at this time. So nothing looks the same and these options are no longer on the web page. Hahaha, found where you are I didn't have steamvr installed correctly.

[@realtorjim]

I have the rift s and I’m thinking about getting a reverb but I’d like to know if the reverb is worth it. I only use vr for sim racing.

[@2Old4Forza]

at this point I would wait until the new "G2" version comes out. Valve teamed up with HP and it its going to be a more refined reverb at the same price. coming out in the fall I believe.

[@realtorjim]

Thank you!!!!

[@DaveBrown1]

Thanks for the info.

[@MultiMicii]

Hello. Thanks for a great video.. one question. Steamvr updated 2 days ago and there is now a option to enable reprojection in settings but nothing happens for me like that.. do I still need the Fidel with the files before it works in steamvr?

[@2Old4Forza]

yup i believe you do need to still edit the files as per this video even with the new steam VR

[@digitalfighterpilot4060]

do you know if there is a way to enable reprojection for individual games. I use reprojection on the Rift S for DCS, Squadrons, IL2 , and other seated experiences, but for games like boneworks I want as many frames as I can get. Do you have a solution for that or would I need to go back and just keep adding the forward slashes?

[@shneebsful]

Just wondering what your Pc specs are? Good video! Thinking on getting a reverb

[@2Old4Forza]

thanks I also have a reverb vs index video on the channel, check it out! PC is i9900k +2080+16gb @4133

[@carlosa.avalle528]

Question for anyone including the author, how much of a difference in image quality does it make to turn on Beta on this? I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary and if it doesn’t make that much difference then it’s certainly not worth the risk of running on a mode that is essentially experimental until all the guinea pigs have chimed in and the Beta adopted as the official version, which apparently happens in Steam quite often. Has anyone tried it both ways and can report significant differences in image quality? The reprojection does appear to lock the fps at 45 and that might be useful but the beta part Is what I question, but I’ll accept a solid technical argument in favor of it if anyone here knows that much about it and has tested it both ways, otherwise these videos are just propagating myths without any solid evidence for stuff.

[@2Old4Forza]

If u want reprojection you need the beta simple as that. No other reason to use beta IMHO. That being said I have had 0 issues on the beta and need reprojection for IL2

[@carlosa.avalle528]

@@2Old4Forza Now that may be "solid argument" for it, solid enough but I will have to try for myself. Hard to believe that you can't set up reprojection w/o the beta but I will look. Thanks for the reply.

[@carlosa.avalle528]

@@2Old4Forza I've been testing it in X-Plane (reason I bought the Reverb) and I see no difference at all between the default settings without the Beta or reprojection and with those options enabled. What is IL2? Maybe all of this is application dependent, maybe needed for some types of games or maybe months ago with older versions of the Steam software? SteamVR seems to update their software quite frequently and all of the features that were at one point only available in some prehistoric Beta are now in the default version. If you have some explicit reason for needing Beta I would appreciate your feedback as I'm trying to understand the technical reasons for it. I appreciate the time and effort people like you put into these videos but I really think there should be good explanation of what and when these options are needed, because one shoe size does not fit them all.

[@2Old4Forza]

@@carlosa.avalle528 my research said the beta was required for re-projection, but I did not try to enable it with out first updating to the beta, let me know what you find !

[@mymusings5948]

Appreciate the video. Sadly, there doesn't appear to be anything you can do if you have a higher IPD. I have a 71 and WMR doesn't allow for that setting. When I ran this in DCS world tonight, it looks inferior to my Vive Pro... that definitely shouldn't be the case.

[@2Old4Forza]

that is definitely a limitation sorry it does not work out for you, the index is also a great head set and in DCS perhaps spotting / ID is less important due to radar, ect? (sorry only an IL2 guy here)

[@dariofreschi6432]

hi, is it necessary enable reprojection? Or I can leave as default settings? Thanks

[@2Old4Forza]

I would say enable it

[@iamcliff4351]

Straight to the file... C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\MixedRealityVRDriver esources\settings Ctrl-F and search for motionReprojectionMode and motionReprojectionIndicatorEnabled Nice vid by the way. How about one for Elite Dangerous?

[@2Old4Forza]

that is not a title that I play but it looks WILD

[@mycockpitsforflightsimulat7114]

hi i get as far as clicking the settings nothing comes up also no o[tion to select beta ib steam vr

[@2Old4Forza]

you no longer need steam VR beta. this video is over a year old. Its in the steam store

[@ericclark3115]

Ok this is all well but steam doesn’t see my HMD HP REVERB G2. I don’t get the vr tab on the top right. It was there at one time . The mix reality portal doesn’t show what the headset is seeing. The headset is working in MS2020 only. I can get in the cliff house and browse around and see my two monitors but steam doesn’t see the headset. Any one having this same issue?

[@2Old4Forza]

you need to install steam VR again from the sounds of things

[@ericclark3115]

@@2Old4Forza been there done that 5 times. Even did the portal. Even took steam out and reinstalled it. Same. Each time it gets worse. Thanks for the reply

[@totallylegit4092]

How did you solve the cable issue?

[@2Old4Forza]

the issue thats it is just huge and kind of annoying? I really dont even think about it any more...kinda just forgot about it.

[@totallylegit4092]

@@2Old4Forza No, the cable clip loses connection and then the headset resets.

[@2Old4Forza]

​ @Totally Legit luckily i have never had that issue. perhaps you could apply some electrical tape to the inside of the clip to make it a tighter fit? or start an RMA, I had to deal with an RMA and the HP customer service is good.

[@totallylegit4092]

@@2Old4Forza i had to import it and there is no support for the device in my country. And looking for fixes was how I stumbled onto this video. Lol Guess I am selling a kidney in order to buy the g2.

[@2Old4Forza]

@@totallylegit4092 that is a bummer....

[@bobjackson3237]

i have a different steam vr menu a newer one i cant select assetto corsa to specify the resolution only acc and pcars 2 are in the list can you help??

[@2Old4Forza]

I no longer have AC listed there either. Use pixel density in game to set super sampling (it's the same thing with a different name) it will default to your steam VR SS value. I run that at 106% still

[@bobjackson3237]

@@2Old4Forza did you OC anything? waht reflection setting do you use? 106% 2784*2728 legacy on or off? my spect 7800k 2080ti 16 ram ssd

[@2Old4Forza]

@@bobjackson3237 in my steam VR 106%as = 2208x2164 (or so coming from memory) there is no need to super sample the reverb so I set the resolution as close to native as possible. Here is a video on my AC graphics kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqXZlqOnfcaJlbM

[@bobjackson3237]

@@2Old4Forza reverb on index?

[@2Old4Forza]

@@bobjackson3237 sorry reverb. Index responds well to ss. On a 2080ti 150% should be fine, possibly more

[@Dg-zj6jo]

slow down would be nice so we can follow you a bit better

[@brent4770]

Will a GTX 1080ti FTW work ok with it?

[@2Old4Forza]

As long as u have a cpu to support yes

[@2Old4Forza]

@@surfwidow depends on what title for IL2 I recommend something that runs at 4.7+ on all cores. There is a significant fps increase at 4.9 in IL2. Racing sims are less demanding on CPU. For sim racing 4.3 is ok

[@Heart0rHead]

@@2Old4Forza ACC is very demanding.

[@2Old4Forza]

@@Heart0rHead ACC is not a good VR experience even when its at 90 fps IMO. Looks blurry and just strange compaired to AC / any other sim.

[@BoostedSTIG]

Cap droppin knowledge bombs for the VR world when no one else is

[@2Old4Forza]

I'm just a simple man wearing space goggles in a sim rig

[@peterluxus7382]

Dude, 5:34 I will never download a EXE just for a setting, forget it!

[@2Old4Forza]

i believe the win+y setting is now adjustable from WMR control panel as it should be.

[@jorge_781]

It's not an *.EXE, it is a *.REG, it makes a patch directly into the Windows register, is perfectly safe.