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December 23, 2016
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Oculus TrayTool - SuperSampling profiles, HMD disconnect fixes (hopefully)

Oculus Tray Tool  
current version: 0.87.3

What is it?
In short; It’s a free application that helps you get the most out of your Rift. It is developed by me, ApollyonVR, with the support of the community for beta testing. Please note that this application is not an official piece software from Oculus, I am not affiliated with Oculus in any way. Any issues you
have with this application should be reported to me and not Oculus support. You can reach me here on the forums or by contacting me at *REDACTED*

Oculus Tray Tool (OTT) has many features that will hopefully help you get the very best VR experience. It has options that help you automatically switch audio and microphone to the Rift and back, handle the Oculus runtime service, voice commands, batch import Steam games (added to OTT by the awesome headkaze over at http://headsoft.com.au), replace icons for your games and more.

It’s primary feature however, is the ability to create “Profiles” for you VR Games and apps.
Within these Profiles, you set how Asyncronous SpaceWarp (ASW) should act, increase the perceived resolution by using Supersampling and increase the CPU Priority of a given app to get the most juice out of your system for that specific application.
Once a Profile has been created for a game or app, OTT will detect when it is started and apply the
profile for it, without the need for taking your headset of.

If you want to have a peek at all the things OTT can do for you before installing the application, check the User Guide pdf. The latest version of this application will always be right below this intro, but the app also checks for available updates on startup.

Enjoy, have fun and please report any issues, suggestion or feature requests to me using the above mentioned methods. Oh, and feel free to buy me a coffee by using the PayPal button in-app. 🙂
 
The very nice people over at Guru3d.com have been kind enough to host some mirrors for the setups, so make sure to pay them a visit!
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UPDATE 03/08

Hi all!
It's been a while since i released a new version, but now the time has come! 😃
I'm looking for ppl who want to test the new version before public release.
There are primarily changes for the Quest but anyone is welcome to test it.
Just drop an email to *REDACTED* and i'll get you a download link
and some instructions. Also include what type of headset (Rift or Quest)
that you are using.

 

Also, i now have a proper domain for the website, so swing by www.ApollyonVR.com
and check out the new Forum! If you have questions, comments or suggestions

that is the place to post them. 😃

 

Below are the release notes for the new version. Please note that this is a Beta version

for testing the new features. If you just want to use a stable version of OTT then head

over to www.apollyonvr.com and simply download the latest version.

 

Version 0.87.7
* Oculus Dash will now use the same CPU Priority as what you set for OVR Server.
* Added a "Comments" option to Profiles.
* Implemented Paolod29's code for a permanent AirLink (https://github.com/pd29/oculus-airlink-enabler).
* Added more choices to the Quest Link settings for "Bitrate" and "Encode Resolution".
* Added option for "Force Mipmap generation on all layers" on the Game Settings tab.
* Added option for "Offset Mipmap bias on all layers" on the Game Settings tab.
* Added option for "Force Mipmap generation on all layers" to Profiles.
* Added option for "Offset Mipmap bias on all layers" to Profiles.
* Added option for "Encode Dynamic Bitrate" on the Quest Link tab.
* Added option for "Dynamic Bitrate Max" on the Quest Link tab.
* Added "FOV Multiplier" to Profiles. Setting this to a value lower than 1, for example 0.8,
will increase FPS due to less pixels being drawn at the expense of lower FOV.
* When creating a brand new Profile, the current settings from the Game Settings tab will be used.
This will make it even easier to create a new Profile! Simply experiment with different settings
on the Game Settings tab, and when you have found the perfect combo for a given game those
settings are copied over when you click "Create new Profile".

* Added option to Disable profiles.

* Redesigned the Profiles window a bit.
* Fixed some bugs.

 
Cheers!
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Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
Sorry if I missed this somewhere, but I just upgraded to Win Creators 1709 as my trusty build 1607 is end of life and I want to make sure I have the latest security stuff.
It seems that even with the OTT option to not need Oculus Home to be open AND changing the Oculus Home app to 'Administrator', the Oculus Home app insists on starting every time I use the Oculus.
Is this something new, and is there any way around it? It's a waste of resources to have the Oculus Home app open when I really don't need anything except the runtime service.
Up and Coming
March 6, 2018

RedRizla said:

Can someone help me out because I'm not sure if the Oculus Tray Tool works to disable ASW properly. Can you please read through the thread below because a guy in the thread seems to think there is a problem disabling ASW. I know the thread talks about Nvidia drivers at first, but it changes to the Oculus Try Tool when I ask a guy to use the Oculus Tray Tool. I'm just trying to find out if the guy is right and that ASW cannot be disabled? Cheers!

https://forums.oculusvr.com/community/discussion/62547/latest-nvidia-drivers-to-be-avoided#latest

Personally, I haven't found a good reason to upgrade beyond 385.69 - this was a major update and fixed a lot of things.
In addition it has been the best performing driver I've seen since 375.95 in terms of performance and lower temps.

The latest drivers claim a 7% increase in FPS in PUBG - absolute hogwash. 385.69 beats the pants of it.
These 'Game Ready' drivers are nothing but marketing and creating a false sense of performance boosts in a market where gamers are chomping at the bit for the next driver, hoping that it will do something miraculous and their GTX1080 will go into some kind of Turbo-Nirvana mode.
On my 1080FTW using 385.69 I have had a perfectly stable OC that will sit all day long at 2076Mhz/5544Mhz and never go above 63 degrees celsius . I have ran it through every stress test available and it has been rock solid since September 2017.
Unigine Valley Score of 5013, 3D mark combined score of 19347 (not record breaking, but very solid scores)

If it ain't broke.......

Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
@RedRizla Sent you a PM but might as well write it here. The guy is correct in that permanently disabling ASW is not possible at this time. He then talks about it being reset when you start he service, which is also true. ASW can be changed just fine using whatever method you choose, but if you restart the service it's back to default. It has always been like this as far as i know. The registry setting way back in the day simply allowed you to use the numeric keyboard to toggle it. Once the service was restart (like on Windows boot or whatever) it was back to default. I urge ppl to read up on how ASW works and what it does, it's actually a very cool piece of tech. You can change ASW in the middle of a session, using for example OTT, to find the best setting for a particular game. Some might benefit from ASW on auto, some from having it off. It all depends on the hardware you are running, the drivers you are using, the title you are playing and so on. Many factors are at play and no single solution will work for everyone. PC gaming at it's best =)

Cheers!
Participant
March 6, 2018
Hi there ApollyonVR !
I have noticed that in Power Plan Start / Exit settings I have the option between High Performance (performances élevées in French) and Samsung High performance !
Is there a difference between the two choices and if so which setting should be used ?
I have two Samsung SSD drives : C: where W10 OS & Oculus services are installed and F: where most (if not all) VR games are installed.
E: is a standard HDD for bits and pieces, docs & shocks !

Please advise.
GG...
Get a Grasp, get a Grip, get Rifting.
Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
The powerplans are retrived from you computer, so i don’t really know what that samsung plan is. I would guess it was added as part of the driver package for your SSD. And as SSD’s are very different from regular HDD’s, there’s probably a reason to why samsung includes it. I would recommend you find some info on the perticular ssd you have, and you should find some info on what th diff is between the regular windows high perf plan and the samsung one. 
Hope that helped a bit?

Cheers!
Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
@Globespy The "don't require oculus home" option is simply there to have OTT start the appwatcher immediately, instead of only when home is running, as in previous versions. This is so that ppl who have games/apps that don't necessarily need home running can still have ott detect game starts and apply profiles. So the option does not prevent home from launching.

Cheers!
Honored Contributor
March 6, 2018
You can control what programs start up with windows by using msconfig. Just search for it in the start menu in windows or select RUN and type in msconfig. 

Or use CCleaner and use the startup options there. 
March 6, 2018



pecocus said:

Hi there...  

I'm getting an error in the log that I'm not sure if I should be worried about or not.  It says:  Exception in SetActivePowerPlan(): Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!!


Same here.Strange.


Same here for me ..any thoughts?
The power plan setting on start is not working and the setting "set power plan on exit " also not .

Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
@"SYN_G.D" @pecocus  Could you guys PM me with the exact version of your Windows installation? e.g. Start -> type Settings -> System -> About and at the bottom you have Edition, Version and OS Build. If you could get that for me that would be great.

Cheers!
Up and Coming
March 6, 2018
Hey Apollyon.

Mate, you need anymore Beta Testing send me a link when you have a BETA upped. Happy to help.
I don't use ASW anymore (Sure I will) as I got a deal on a 1080ti but it's no prob to help at all,  whatsoever.

This is a great effort mate and it's not unappreciated.

Thx man!