08-06-202404:25 AM - last edited on 08-11-202412:13 PM by TheAntiSocializer
Hi. Whenever I enable ASW in a game such as X-Plane, parts of the screen, such as the sky and any water, flash rapidly; objects like the tops trees flicker too, where they get 'caught up' in the zone that is flashing. If I disable ASW, that issue goes away; but then any moving objects leave ghost images of themselves.
So, I can either in effect see double or triple for all moving images (apart from very slow ones), or put up with the awful flickering. Not much of a choice... in fact, it's a bit of a 'deal breaker' and very depressing, pretty much preventing me from using VR in the games at all.
Well, I went ahead and bought a Quest 3 - and exactly the same problem with that!! No comment as to my feelings required, I think.
Has anyone, please!, a solution to this? How come Meta have not fixed this ASW flashing issue with an update? It is referred to in many threads in many forums. Just one example:
08-25-202401:01 PM - last edited on 08-25-202401:03 PM by KaminasWife
I don't think there is a solution. I think it's a bug which Meta need to fix but won't. It seems that it only happens with RTX40 series cards. Are you using an RTX40 card?
Yes, I am; and that would explain why I didn't notice this with my old RTX2070S! I now use an RTX4070Ti Super. Thanks for the heads up - Meta are currently corresponding with me on this and have asked me for logs etc., so maybe an update will fix it one day.
I only use VR for flight simulation XP11/12, MSFS and in every program I have perfect sharpness and fluidity of simulation, but only with ASW enabled - and then these disgusting artifacts appear in clear sky.
When ASW is disabled, the simulation is still very smooth, but then I have disgusting ghosting effect.
All you can do is submit a bug report and hope that Meta receive enough to make them do something about it. Sadly I don't think Meta care about PCVR so they probably won't fix it.
Unfortunately unless Meta fix the problem there's nothing you can do. I fly with a few clouds in the sky which stops the shimmering but if you want to fly with a cloudless sky you'll need Meta to fix it
Yes, I also use this trick with clouds (and possibly with waves on a calm sea), but the problem is that 99% of the time I have always flown in real weather.... and spring and summer are coming, so there will be more sunny weather 😉
PS. Just my loose observationin XP11/12 ...
With ASW enabled (45) I can move the XP11 settings sliders almost to the right (except AA = 2xSSAA+FXAA) and I have a super smooth simulation even when performing acrobatics in demanding city scenery. If it were not for these artifacts in the clear sky/water, I would be more than happy...
I noticed by accident that if I place an open window of any open plugin (e.g. X-ATC-Chatter or VR_Tools, etc.) in the cockpit window view, then the artifacts in the sky become almost invisible. If I could create a simple lua script that would be just a transparent empty window, maybe that would be a temporary workaround. But I'm too stupid for that 😉
What is interesting is that some people using Q3 with ASW mode off achieve good impressions - i.e. no ghosting effect ... (???) I thought that maybe my goggles were faulty, so I borrowed another one, but the effect is the same... I am also considering the possibility that my cable is damaged, but on the other hand USB 3 tests show 2.6-2.9 GBps ...
I think some people notice things like ghosting and stuttering and others don't. I doubt there's anything wrong with your headset or USB, you probably just notice the ghosting more than some people
