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Ryanality
Honored Contributor
February 15, 2024

PTC v63 Release Thread

Thanks everyone for all your feedback on our previous builds, several bugs were identified in PTC v62 and the solutions for some have shipped, while others are on the way!

The Public Test Channel (PTC) for Quest v63 is starting to roll out soon for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 3. 

If you're seeing an issue or bug after updating to PTC v63 jump on over to our Get Help board and search for any existing thread, if you don't find one, make a new thread. Please add the tag "PTC v63" to the thread and in the title. This way everyone can look for just PTC v63 issues too.

It's best if you can post each bug you spot in its own thread, to keep track of individual issues separately.

Share your impressions and let us know if you see any issues. Please make sure to also send in bug reports along with posting on the forums if you notice anything going wrong. 

We know it's tough when you run into a problem on a PTC build and want to thank you all again for testing out PTC and sharing your feedback! This feedback is extremely helpful to our engineering teams. We appreciate your interest and persistence in testing out the core functionality of software as we develop!

321 replies

March 2, 2024

On the Meta Quest 3, there is a new PTC v63 update

NicoEng
Up and Coming
March 2, 2024

I got an update to PTC v63 to the above this morning. So my comment about 6e was based on the previous version.

New Participant
March 2, 2024

i could play poker vr, watch youtube video, using whatsapp in the same time (multitasking) ..no more multitasking  since v63

Up and Coming
March 3, 2024

Hi, can I ask you if v63PTC have fixed this error message? It occurred since tonight on my Quest3 when connected with the official cable to a powerbank. I never had this error message before with Quest 3 and Quest 2. 
this error message: https://communityforums.atmeta.com/t5/Get-Help/V62-USB-C-Debris-Water-Warning/td-p/1148154/emcs_t/S2h8ZW1haWx8dG9waWNfc3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ufExTVkhGRFZYTE5WMVVafDExNTUyMDF8U1VCU0NSSVBUSU9OU3xoSw

 

reported to be a urgent problem also on Reddit for both Quest 3 and Pro: https://www.reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/comments/170zoar/quest_pro_detects_debriswater_in_the_usbc_port/

New Participant
March 3, 2024

I know this will be a controversial topic, but there has been a enormous modding scene on Quest 1, 2 and 3 with people installing Nexus/Other mods into their games without needing a phone or computer.  And the introduction of Scoped Storage in V51 slowed modding for a month with the blocking on /Android/data, but a work around was eventually found with Scoped Storage that allowed access to all the juicy game/files/Mods folders.  But the V63 update has stealth updated Scoped Storage without notice and imposed additional restrictions that are more strict then Android 13.  This update will stop the average of 20k users a day from installing mods on a device they own without needing a computer or phone.

Just to state, if I point Scoped Storage to /Android/data, in the past, it would allow the user to grant access to the folder.  But after V63 it and all children are blocked due to privacy concerns.

Now still, a user can plug into their computer and access the the /Android/data content, which kind of makes locking it up from itself a weird flex of requiring a PC to mod their games.

New Participant
March 3, 2024

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New Participant
March 4, 2024

bro here's my honest opinion ur gonna get rid of everyones ability to import mods to games iike bonelabs beatsaber and games that don't have a mod loader but what i think u should instead do is oh here are some things to focus on like an exclusive game that will be a banger a emulator with classics a free or paid marvel/dc online comic book reader have a presitation about how the women get rights or teach us about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities like u give us educational stuff about women and black people but not disabled and there are alot of disabled people in vrchat improve he batterey life on the quest 3 or the quest 2  fix the glitches that actually have been around for months partner up with epic games  to make fortnite vr possible fix the bullying problem fix the child preditor problem and one more update try to add a cloud streaming service for pcvr so we can play pcvr games without a good pc but u decide to get rid of the ability for users to import mods hey look im not trying to be mean hateful or angry but im just being honest and telling u what the people want 

Up and Coming
March 4, 2024
Quest 2 device
Version
63.0.0.205.363.570757052
 
runtime
63.0.0.241.363.571393191
 
Meta Quest Link App Version 63.0.0.216.361 (63.0.0.216.361)
 
After getting these versions Qirlink no longer works well.
Stuttering that makes everything unplayable and constant disconnection from airlink.
 
Obviously I have no idea if these problems are related to this firmware update, but my hardware/software configuration has not changed and the problems started immediatly after receiving the latest firmware update mentioned above.
Meta Quest 2 256GB, GC Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, Intel 12th Gen Intel i5-12400F, 16Gb RAM, Windows 11 home 22H2. Connected with dedicated router via ethernet cat 6 with pc and to Quest 2 on wifi 5 ch 36
New Participant
March 4, 2024

I wanted to share that a MAJOR issue for me was resolved by this PTC v63: The rainbow/flashy/sparkles that occured with Virtual Desktop on high resolutions and bitrates are resolved by this update. This was a huge deal to me as a Virtual Desktop user and highlights that Meta is listening and does fix things. A sincere Kudos to their team for tackling this issue. Apparently the decoder was goofing up or getting overwhelmed by the Virtual desktop decode. This is completely resolved for me with PTC v63. Thank you so much Ryanality  

New Participant
March 4, 2024

BRING BACK MODS BRING BACK MODS BRING BACK MODS BRING BACK MODS