Elite:Dangerous works w OR runtime 0.8 and Windows 10

[pinckneyb]

Maybe this is old news or too far off-topic for the FI boards, but it's new to me: just finished playing Elite: Dangerous (not Horizons, the original) on my Rift DK2 after months of its only being compatible with OR runtime 0.6. My tech knowledge is spotty, but it seems to show up on the Rift via Steam VR (though I did not have Steam VR running). Frame rates seem a bit lower than they were in Rift extended mode, but it's definitely playable. I dropped out of the game after the switch to Win 10 and Rift direct-mode-only, and it's fun to be able to play again in a (relatively) elegant fashion, without elaborate version-switchers and extended mode hassles and so on. FWIW, my main monitor is not capable of running at 75Hz, and the HMD is showing up as running at 59.95 Hz in-game, with no other option available, but there's little stuttering except inside stations so far. If you're an Elite: Dangerous fan, give it a try.

[Tony]

Thanks for the heads up been waiting for this to work on runtime 8 and hope it works with win 7

Tony

[pinckneyb]

Hi, Tony. Did you get to try it? Does it work on Win 7? E:D is one of the few things I missed when I switched. Still not sure how/why it works with the Rift now, but I'm choosing just to be glad.

[Tony]

I don't have the steam version of ED and spent last night downloading the update and............no it didn't work for me

Tony

[pinckneyb]

Dang. Be sure you have Steam VR installed, though it should not be running. That's how E:D communicates with the Rift, as I understand it. And Reddit seems to indicate that you don't have to have the Steam version of E:D. Sorry if all of this is already known to you. Took me a few tries to get it running, but it works a treat now.

[Tony]

What steamVR Beta should be running ? I get the music but nothing on my rift or monitor and mine is a 60hz monitor also.

Tony

[pinckneyb]

I installed the vanilla SteamVR from the Steam Tools menu, so whatever version that is. I ran it once to go through the setup (most of which does not apply to the Rift, but you need to help it locate the headset or the game display will be off-center--just ignore and click through the stuff about base stations). The setup took place on the monitor for me, I think. Then turn SteamVR completely off, run the launcher for E:D, and run E:D from the launcher. For me, it runs both in the HMD and on the monitor (which is what the 59.95Hz and other display stuff in the options menu seems to refer to). It's counter-intuitive, but running SteamVR while you're running E:D doesn't work. I don't know what difference there might be between Win 7 and Win 10.

[Derek Speare]

You have to install SteamVR. I have ED Horizons. The frame rates are rubbish. Frontier needs to optimize this thing for Direct-to-Rift in order to have good frame rates. I don't see that happening as it appears Frontier are leaning towards the Vive.