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OVR Advanced Settings Now Live on Steam!

OVR Advanced Settings 5.0.0 Release

This Update is a Breaking change, Please follow instructions below If you have previously installed stand-alone.

This update WILL reset your current settings

  • They CANNOT be trivially saved and updated

This update WILL break your Saved Keybinds

  • They WILL have to be remade

This update WILL change the name from Advanced Settings to OVR Advanced Settings In the Steam Keybing issues.

You MUST un-install the current version before installing the new version.

Automatically

  • Simply run the un-installer
  • delete install directory
  • (optional) delete logs and settings %appdata%/AdvancedSettings-Team[/] by default

Semi-manually

  • Run AdvancedSettings.exe with the command --force-remove-manifest
  • delete install directory
  • (optional) delete logs and settings %appdata%/AdvancedSettings-Team by default

manually

  • go to steam install/config directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config by default)
  • edit the appconfig.json to remove the path pointed to Advanced Settings ("C:\\Program Files\\OpenVR-AdvancedSettings\\manifest.vrmanifest" by default)
  • delete install/setting/log file manually

What's New?

The Major change in this patch, Is some new options for turning your playspace.

  • Auto Turn
    • This Feature automatically rotates you to allow you to walk in a single direction forever in games by rotating the world around you as you near walls.
      • important - This feature does not handle playspaces with wall corners greater than 180 degrees well.

    • There are many options available, and it will require some tweaking to get it how you like it.
    • Read Patch Notes or documentaiton for more information

  • Redirected Walking

    • This Feature automatically steers you away from the edge of your play area by encouraging you to walk towards the middle of your play area.
      • important to give you reasonable additional "length" of your playspace, you will need a very large area or it will be quite a noticeable.

    • This feature is independent of Auto-Turn, and can be used to extend your percieved length of your area, i.e. a 2m x 2m playspace may feel more like a 2.5m x 2.5m
    • Read Patch Notes or documentaion for more information.

Some Things have moved

  • Snap, Smooth, and Space Turn have been moved to the new Rotation Tab
  • In Bindings the simulated clicks have been moved to a new tab called system
  • In Bindings the PTT has been moved to a new tab called system
  • The Prox Sensor, and Haptic Actions have been hidden from end-user
    • They are bound by default, and should not be adjusted.

New Features

  • Rotation Tab feilen UI by ykeara
    • Auto-Turn - Automatically rotates you to allow you to walk in a single direction forever in games by rotating the world around you as you near walls.
      • optionally this feature will also try to direct you so that you will untangle your cord as well.
      • important - This feature does not handle playspaces with wall corners greater than 180 degrees well.

    • redirected - walking - Automatically steers you away from the edge of your play area by encouraging you to walk towards the middle of your play area.

      • Important - This requires a VERY large playspace to be imperceptible, its best use is for extending your perceived length of your play area slightly.

  • Friction - when using Space Drag features. A value of 100% will bring the user to a full stop within roughly 1 second. The max value is 999% and min is 0%. Most useful values should be found within the range of 20%~80%. - kung
  • Push-To-Mute icon - Added another image to show when using PTM, to reduce confusion. - username223
  • Oculus Default Bindings - Added default Bindings for Oculus Touch controllers - ykeara

New Actions (keybinds)

  • Auto-Turn Toggle - Toggles auto-turn feature on/off
    • In motion tab/action set

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a crash When Using QT 5.14.0 (both Windows and Linux) - username223
  • Fixed the issue releated to keyboard showing up "behind" the overlay - ykeara
  • Fixed some error messages caused by badly formed default bindings - ykeara

Linux

  • OpenVR Advanced Settings can now be found on the Arch User Repository for Arch/Manjaro users. - username223
  • Added support for getting switching Mic Devices and volumes in Linux.

Misc

  • Fixed (un)-Installer to remove all files in the install directory (not settings/Logs) - ykeara
  • Updated to OVR 1.10.30
  • Various back-end optimizations/changes

Fixed In Beta

  • Fixed Non-Bool Settings not saving - ykeara
  • Fixed some formatting in Rotation Tab - ykeara
  • Fixed some issues in Rotation Tab from some Text Boxes not taking Direct Input - ykeara reported by open beta testers
  • Temporarily Disabled Chaperone Profiles Ability to Set Floor Bounds always on. - ykeara
  • Updated Action Sets -> New Action Set System, and hid the haptic action set.- ykeara
  • Fixed Default Brightness Settings - ykeara
  • Set Seated Re-Center Button to always show in offsets tab - ykeara reported by reddit
  • Steam Linux Build - username223
  • Steam Linux Manifest Issues - username223 + feilen reported by closed beta testers

Known Issues

  • Some features of Chaperone profiles are not actually saved/set properly
  • disable Chaperone is not properly initialized at startup
  • Some setups will have issues loading chaperone profiles.
  • Direct Text Input in Linux is auto-repeating.
  • Not all audio features are implemented yet in Linux.