by kihew » Sun Aug 20, 2017 7:01 pm
NickNike,
My first post here.
I have never tried FlyInside because I only got my first Oculus Rift two days ago. I have FSX and P3D V4 installed. I've only tried VR in V4. And WOW.
I know many say that native VR in P3D is poor but even so, it's good enough to make me think I don't want to go back.
I own a bellow specs GTX 960 and still I was able to test fly, albeit with a few stutters now and then (ORBX scenery, rural area in Montana and with A2A C172).
Basics: Start Oculus (start the Oculus app, which will switch the Oculus on). Start P3D. Select or create a scenario. You might want to put the display settings on minimum first, so not to put too much strain on the video card and your eyes.
Load the scenario. Put yourself inside your aircraft's virtual cockpit. Right click on pc screen/P3D window and on the menu that appears click on VR line and then "VR in virtual cockpit" option (or simillar looking). And off you go. P3D world will appear in your Rift lenses and you are now in virtual reality.
You may see a white cross in front of you - it's the mouse cursor. You can move it with your mouse and use it to click on the cockpit switches. But it is hard to use - needs practice. For best results, close your right eye when you want to activate a switch and position the white cross slightly to the left of the click-spot. With practice it becomes easier.
If you change your view, P3D exits VR. If you want to be able to exit the aircraft in avatar mode and see the scenery in VR do this:
Assign a key or joystick control to the command "attach/Dettach avatar". When you activate avatar mode, VR exits but right-click on the P3D window again and chose again VR virtual cockpit again. Now your back in VR and free to roam the scenery in avatar mode.
Also, in the key Assignements look for "HMD - Recalibrate Origin", assign it to a button, so that when you leave the plane and stand up press this button, when you enter the plane and sit down, press it again. It puts your head position in the virtual world in the default location - for example, places your head in the default position inside the cockpit. When i start Prepar3D and enter the plane in VR Cockpit, i sit down, relax and look straight then pressing the HMD - Recalibrate Origin button, and it's done.