SDK 0.4.1 Released

Dumb question, how do I view FPS under the World Demo? In .4.0 on Win it was just there under the main options window. On the mac it seems to be absent / hiding from me.

Hey iandanforth – If you press spacebar you should be able to view FPS and other info.

Am i right in saying there is no need to update the rift firmware if you has already updated on unboxing? (ie used with 4.0?)

I havent tried yet but from what i have heard on other forums, in terms of performance, not much has changed

is this what you guys are seeing? Apparently much of the stuttering in direct mode was meant to have been fixed I thought?*

*obviously assuming your hardware is up to task

Didn't bother updating the firmware, I just uninstalled the runtime and installed the new one. The service no longer needs the SSE emulation. :mrgreen: Now to wait for E:D to implement the changes...

Good news: per another thread, an Oculus employee confirmed that there is no additional firmware update needed for 4.1.

And an attempt to update existing 2.11 firmware over itself results in, for the moment, a totally unusable device. I'm worried I've bricked it as full restart still results in "Error Writing Firmware" error messages.

If you already have 2.11 installed, don't try to update!!

It sounds like the firmware install corrupted or did not complete. Overwriting firmware on any device with the same version should not result in an unuseable device.. if this is the case with the Rift, that is a very big bug in the code that needs resolved asap.

Have you contacted Oculus dupport yet? If not, do it.

I just submitted a ticket. Hopefully, someone will notice.

Here's the full text for others, below:

With the release of the 0.4.1 runtime and SDK, I went to install the newest firmware as the release notes said to do so.

The configuration utility told me I already had the 2.11 installed, but I thought, well, the release notes say to make sure to update, so I guess I'll install it again.

This results in an "Error Writing Firmware" error and listing the model in the configuration utility as "Boot Rift DK2."

I have restarted multiple times, but any attempt to update the firmware further results in the same "Error Writing Firmware" error, with different address blocks given as the position.

What should I do?

"EvilJordanChiat" wrote:

The configuration utility told me I already had the 2.11 installed, but I thought, well, the release notes say to make sure to update, so I guess I'll install it again.

I guess "if needed" was implicit...

"elect" wrote:
I guess "if needed" was implicit...

I was just following directions! But, to be fair, one shouldn't be able to overwrite the same firmware version, and if one could, it shouldn't result in an error.