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Couch knights available for download

dusty44
Honored Guest
http://www.theriftarcade.com/couch-knights-available/
Woo hoo we have a something for dk2 when they arrive.
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OculusRiftRocks
Explorer
any clues as to when it will be recompiled in the new SDK, is it not just available for any subscriber and thus someone can open the project and recompile it?

really want this as the main tech demo when i get my rift.

jackhuang89
Honored Guest
I tried it on DK2 with sdk 0.4.0. It doesn't work.
Wait for updating.

9of9
Expert Protege
Don't need to uninstall the runtime, actually. I found this nice set of instructions on the Elite forums and this works for Couch Knights too:

1. Download the runtime and (optional) SDK
2. Set up the Rift by following the instructions ...

http://static.oculus.com/sdk-downl...ion_Manual.pdf

3. Make sure you update the firmware.
4. Test using the small room demo and / or oculus world using direct mode.
5. If they work, calibrate your IPD and tracking zone using the config app and small room. I find putting the camera on the back wall and moving the desk forward allows for more wiggle room.
6. If everything is cool, switch to extended mode inside the config app. For the moment keep the monitor set to primary.
7. Not sure about AMD, but for NVIDIA cards you will need to change the orientation of the screen, so that it appears the correct way round. This can be done in the NVIDIA control panel. Whilst you are in there, create a 3d settings profile for ED and set antialiasing and triple buffering to on.
8. Lastly in the NVIDIA control panel, set the Rift refresh rate to 75 hz.
9. Ok now open up the oculus config file again and hit Ctrl , Alt and Del. in task manager, close wscrip.exe and ovservice.exe in processes.
10. If its NOT Elite Dangerous Couch Knights you are wanting to play at this point, you will need to set the rift now as the primary monitor. If its Elite Dangerous Couch Knights you want, just open the game.
11. In options / graphics make sure the refresh rate is set to 75 hz and v sync is on. Switch to oculus mode and set display to secondary monitor.
12. Once in game, lean back in your chair and hit F12 to reset the rift and avoid clipping. If you are still not happy, move your desk away from the wall and reset again. (Assuming you have the camera mounted in the wall behind the desk.)

13. Done


Afterwards, when you want to launch another application the Oculus service should restart either when you restart your computer, or you can go to D:\Program Files (x86)\Oculus\Service and launch either the x64 or x86 executable to get it running again. After that just load the configuration tool - you might need to toggle it to Direct HMD Access, then back to Extended Display before it works properly, but then you'll be back to normal.

No installing/uninstalling! 😄