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MHCP Member

16 days ago

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What is GOING ON????

Ever since I got v85 I've been having the black flashing screen. It's gotten to the point where I can't play any games because I keep having to restart my headset and I lose all progess.

Is there a fix coming? Has there even been an acknowledgement of the issue from META???

Update: I followed the advice of someone on a different thread and took out the bobovr cable when it happened and it stopped immediately. It now hasn’t happened since. Whether that was the fix or they’ve patched something on their end, I don’t know.

Happyshortcircuit
12 days ago
I followed the advice of someone on a different thread and took out the bobovr cable when it happened and it stopped immediately. It now hasn’t happened since. Whether that was the fix or they’ve patched something on their end, I don’t know. I did read yesterday that there has been a patch so that’s probably it. I don’t use a link cable.

12 Replies

steve_40
Expert Consultant
16 days ago
Maybe opt out of PTC? v85 is beta, afterall, so it's guaranteed to have bugs. They haven't even published the release notes for it yet.
- Happyshortcircuit
  MHCP Member
  16 days ago
  People without v85 are having this issue as well. I may stop the PTC in future but I shouldn’t have to expect a “bug” that makes the headset nearly impossible to use.
  - Maccyb123
    Expert Trustee
    16 days ago
    I'm on v83 and don't have it. I've noticed a lot of complaints from people on v85, but that's buggy obviously. v83 has been out for a long time now so it's very unlikely to suddenly affect a stable version. I think some are trying to jump on the bandwagon to some extent, as there is no logical reason that a v85 ptc bug will suddenly infect a working v83 version. There might be some specific factors related to some games or apps people are using on v83 causing some confusion maybe.
steve_40
Expert Consultant
13 days ago
Interestingly, since the Link update yesterday, I haven't experienced the display blinking glitch at all when playing standalone games (haven't tested PCVR). Weird, I know. Was the Link PC sending weird triggering signals to the headset, even when not using PCVR 🤔?