MSFS | IMPROVE YOUR VR PERFORMANCE | More FPS | OpenXR Toolkit

the program we're looking at today is freeware it's been developed by matt who works for microsoft as part of the openxr development team but this program is not linked to microsoft and he's released this in his personal capacity it's the open xr toolkit an application designed to improve performance visuals or both in vr for any headset that uses the open xr interface for vr welcome to the sim hanger my name's mark thanks for watching and let's get started to save us both time let's cut to the chase since the release of microsoft flight simulator there's been innumerable recommended tweaks and adjustments that you can make to improve your vr performance most of them have negligible if any impact on the reality in the headset i haven't done a vr settings video for what i don't know three or four months and why because fundamentally nothing's changed within microsoft flight simulator and vr we're all aware microsoft and a serbo's attentions have been elsewhere much to the frustration of vr aviators such as you and i but what i can say is the open xr toolkit it's definitely worth a look it can improve your performance and for those with low to medium spec machines and if you're struggling to get a good performance with vr then for now the openxr toolkit could be just what you're looking for on initial release originally called the nis scalar but now we're in beta 2 and it's called the openxr toolkit if you want to know more about this application and how it works including vr rendering then check out my previous video link in the notes below as i've already covered the basics in my earlier video today we're going to focus on what's new i've been using this application for a few days now and as always i've put it to the test and i'll share my results opinions and views with you linked below will be where you can find and download the openxr toolkit if you've previously installed the nis scalar please note you need to fully uninstall that before installing the toolkit not only has the program been updated but there's now a wealth of information available to you on the site to help you get started including detailed install on a step-by-step basis currently this application is designed for microsoft flight simulator and there is now a guide taking you step by step through the different factors and explanations including a number of guides that can help you with your settings and the process to follow there's also notes on how the program works and it does a much better job at explaining the rendering process than i did in my previous video there's also guidance on how to disable in-game sharpening if you want to do so some users have said they get better clarity when doing this i was happy enough with the results that i got so i haven't tried this but in all honesty i have an aversion to playing around with core files within the simulator so i've opted not to do so if you were happy to do it well there's plenty of guidance here on where to find the file and what changes to make for reference these are my vr settings in the sim my system is a rtx 3090 graphics card and a 10 900 k cpu with 32 gigs of memory for testing it's recommended the in sim render scale is at 100 and the render scale in your open xr development tool for windows mixed reality is also at 100 with the box checked with adjustments being done in the open xr toolkit only and certainly initially until you establish settings that suit you under the system status tab you can also check that the open xr toolkit has been installed correctly it will indicate under api layers as indicated having a strong system you'll note that my settings are fairly high with things such as terrain level of detail and pre-caching and texture resolution set to ultra with the balance being set mainly too high or medium i'm sometimes asked can't i run everything at ultra well yes i can but it degrades performance and why would i want to i'm in vr and my headset resolution is 2160 by 2160 per eye with the possible exception of clouds the difference between high and ultra well i just can't see it i want set and forget settings i have neither the time nor the inclination every flight to come in and change the settings if i had a vargo aero well things may be different but i don't i've got a hp reverb and high is good enough for me one of the major changes with beta 2 is when you activate the program now you have the option to change a number of settings but no longer do you have the slider bars because now you can do everything in vr with a vr menu this makes it much quicker and much easier let's take a look we're in vr in the mixed reality window so you're seeing what i'm seeing you bring up the toolkit menu by hitting control f2 you also use this key to move down and to change the parameters positive or negative use ctrl f1 or control f3 my menu selection is currently on overlay and using control f3 i'm going to select fps so my fps counter shows so we can see here i'm getting 36 frames per second i should mention i have motion reprojection off in my open xr development tools for windows mixed reality because this gives me a better performance however depending on what system you have you should experiment with both motion reprojection on and off if you are going to have motion reprojection on then you need to ignore the fps counter as it can't read the interlaced frames i'm not going to cover all the items here but let's highlight the more important ones firstly the upscaling using the nvidia nis or the amd fsr but here's a note you can try fsr with the nvidia card and vice versa for the amd cards you should try both i found nis worked best for me fsr actually gave me an extra frame or two but there was the odd micro pause here and there the factor is where you decide on how much to down scale the native resolution and this has the biggest positive or negative impact on performance sharpness is a very important part of this application and some time needs to be spent in getting the settings just right although you're downscaling the resolution by adjusting the sharpness you can get a much much clearer image both inside and externally but you should also note that sharpness is a bit of a frame hog the higher you go the bigger the penalty world scale does what it says on the tin it can make your cockpit a little smaller or a little larger you may find it advantageous to use this with some third-party aircraft but the default aircraft in my opinion they don't really need it scaling is about right prediction dampening is an interesting and useful option this is particularly relevant to something like the hp reverb g2 some people feel that the movement is far too sensitive i haven't really experienced this but some people say they even feel that the headset is moving in time with their heartbeat must be a tricky landing then but anyway you can turn this down and according to the notes anything between minus 20 and minus 40 seems to have helped the settings that you're seeing on screen now are the settings that i've settled on i'm using the nis upscaler with a factor of 85 percent sharpness is at 30 gives me a nice clear image and i don't suffer from all the shimmer problems as soon as i go over 30 percent i start getting that shimmer coming back in again not sure if that's going to be my final setting but it's certainly going to be somewhere between 20 and 30 percent if you're using fsr you may find you need to turn up that sharpness level a little higher i tested out the prediction dampening but i can't really see much of a difference to be honest the rest of the items here are fairly self-explanatory and we won't delve in those today regular subscribers will be familiar with my standard stress test in the g36 with the g1000 panels depart makes field and then overhead downtown chicago through the buildings through the towers and then climb out i won't inflict the whole two and a half minute flight on you here are just some screen grabs with the fps counter showing to indicate the level of performance i achieved which was smooth stutter-free with a slightly better frame rate than i've had before and better clarity the toolkits worked for me as i've mentioned before those with lower to medium systems are likely to get the most benefit out of this app because of my stronger system well the benefits that it gave me while they're there they're not massive but good enough for me retain it on my system and use it regularly oh by the way if you're wanting to test for shimmer i suggest you fly over water midday and clear skies thank you as always for joining me i hope you found this useful and informative stay well look after yourselves i'll see you all again very soon and bye for now you

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Id: SzEfvMZALIw

Length: 9min 55sec (595 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 08 2022