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How to get DK2 to display on headset and not monitor
Got my Oculus Rift yesterday wasn't able to get games display on my Oculus headset. Went online found a bunch of solutions with too many steps. So as a user of Windows for many years, found out an easy solution.
This is a fix for the Duplicated Desktop Mode and the game would display on the Main monitor instead of the Oculus Rift.
Go to OculusUtilConfig, Set as Extended Mode.
Go to screen display properties in Windows.
Set Oculus Rift as the Main Display. Go to Apply.
Turn Off your Oculus Rift headset. Your main window should be your monitor now.
Turn On your Oculus Rift headset after you have launch a game. Turn Off after you finish your game.
Problem solved!
This is a fix for the Duplicated Desktop Mode and the game would display on the Main monitor instead of the Oculus Rift.
Go to OculusUtilConfig, Set as Extended Mode.
Go to screen display properties in Windows.
Set Oculus Rift as the Main Display. Go to Apply.
Turn Off your Oculus Rift headset. Your main window should be your monitor now.
Turn On your Oculus Rift headset after you have launch a game. Turn Off after you finish your game.
Problem solved!
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- lol
im on multi-gpu so I have to enable oculus as main otherwise I will have no multi-gpu
if I do extended mode with oculus I have to disable multi-gpu which is like 3 softwares to close everytime - You know, that solution is so simple I never even thought of it. Kudos, Tam. Just got my Rift today, I'll give that idea a whirl tomorrow.
- What about windows key + left or right arrow
- I tried that. That method only works with windows mode and doesn't display properly on the rift. When you alt+enter to get full screen, it goes back to the monitor.
- Seriously !? Why hasn't anyone else discovered this ? Does it work for all/any PC system regardless of monitor/vidcard ?
"tam404" wrote:
Got my Oculus Rift yesterday wasn't able to get games display on my Oculus headset. Went online found a bunch of solutions with too many steps. So as a user of Windows for many years, found out an easy solution.
This is a fix for the Duplicated Desktop Mode and the game would display on the Main monitor instead of the Oculus Rift.
Go to OculusUtilConfig, Set as Extended Mode.
Go to screen display properties in Windows.
Set Oculus Rift as the Main Display. Go to Apply.
Turn Off your Oculus Rift headset. Your main window should be your monitor now.
Turn On your Oculus Rift headset after you have launch a game. Turn Off after you finish your game.
Problem solved!
BLESS YOU !!!!!"blanes" wrote:
Seriously !? Why hasn't anyone else discovered this ? Does it work for all/any PC system regardless of monitor/vidcard ?
Hmm it's mentioned on the forums elsewhere. But hard to do a generic search for. I rarely use extended mode anyway (Direct mode UE4 junky here) but when I do use it and leave it that way for a while (Weekends checking out unity demos etc(, this is what I do.
