Setting your Pimax 8kx up for Steam Gaming

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  • @shadowcloaksimulations1015
    @shadowcloaksimulations1015 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for that! I have an 8kx out for delivery now, and I am preparing to set it up. This was very helpful. One tip I have for your IL-2 flat screen rendering is that you can edit the startup.cfg and change or_render_eye from 0, to 1, or -1 in order to render just right, or left eye to the monitor. That may give a little bump in frames to your HMD. I also set the in-game resolution to 640x480, which also helps a bit. Thanks again.

  • @mikegoldenGames
    @mikegoldenGames 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a great video and love the voice! LOL Keep up the great work! I finally got my Pimax 8K X set up. Been working on my room for 10 days now, and pretty much doing update vlog livestreams along the way. I'm still having issues with the headset being blurry and a bit wonky over all. Been using a Rift S since December until now

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you got both the thin and thick face foams? Try both of them and experiment with IPD offset in Pitools. Mine was a bit blurry until I tried the thin foam and got my eyes closer to the lenses. Others find the reverse to be true. Unfortunately, it does take some tweaking. It’s worth the effort though!

  • @michaelcornacchio2811
    @michaelcornacchio2811 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m here for it!

  • @VIKNG137
    @VIKNG137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Setting a Pimax at 1.5 is 1.5x render quality. So if your at 100% in steam thats where you get 5752x4760 their is no need to upscale with an 8k Pimax - Both eyes are 4k so run the 1-1 ratio for better performance. At Pimax 1.0 you should get your true render quality or close 3840x2160 resolution. By the way IL2 is amazing. Nice video

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the tip Chuck! And IL2 really is awesome. I wish I had more time to fly!

  • @locked01
    @locked01 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am the eleventh watcher. Thanks a lot. It is recorded in mono audio... But thanks anyway

  • @Jimml1
    @Jimml1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you know if Pimax VR Experience is available for download anywhere? Everywhere I try to download it the file is no longer available.

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  ปีที่แล้ว

      ok... hm. I don't work for Pimax, but SweViver mentioned in an interview with Sebastian that the Pimax Experience was not abandonware but had been put on hold because everyone is so busy with the new generation of headsets. I think you might find a link to it on OPenMR forums. Check here: community.openmr.com/c/pimax-hmd/26

  • @stevoskop0015
    @stevoskop0015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thx for your explanation. I cant go with 90 Hz with my 8k X. Do you think that has to do with my RTX 2080 super? Maybee this card is to low for this Mode.

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t think your GPU is the issue. Do you mean you can’t get 90hz to work at all? Or that you can’t get it to work at a decent frame rate? If you can’t get it working at all, you most likely have a firmware issue. Check the forum at Openmr. I don’t have the exact address, but if you google openmr and Pimax it should pop up. Join the forum and we can help you more with links to specific versions of the firmware etc.

    • @Ryuuken24
      @Ryuuken24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to lower the resolution, and maybe change game settings. Rtx2080S is not strong to run 4k 90hz, it depends on the game and settings.

  • @TitaniumDR1
    @TitaniumDR1 ปีที่แล้ว

    You sound exactly like Brian Cranston. 👍🏼😆

  • @paulsheather7657
    @paulsheather7657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    have you ever had any issues with fs2020 not detecting the headset?

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sorry to be late with this... I don't seem to be getting email notifications of comments. Yes, sometimes the headset is not detected by steam VR. Generally what I do is re-boot (cold) and then restart pitools, or these days, the Pimax client. It make take up to a minute for the program to find your headset. I find picking up the HMD and putting in the line of sight for the base stations will help it for some reason. At least it also helps ensure that your base stations are picked up. If you can see them as connected in Pimax client, you should see them in Steam FS2020 as well. However... sometimes Steam makes you reset a crucial setting. you may have to go to settings for the game, right click on it, select manage settings (i think) and make sure that Pimax is allowed. Steam will disable game controllers and the headset access when SteamVR fails to find the headset.
      Check out the Pimax community forums at: community.openmr.com/
      There are a lot of folks there who can also help.
      Cheers
      finn

    • @paulsheather7657
      @paulsheather7657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@finndoessims3214 thanks for getting back to me.

  • @charzy11
    @charzy11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you have to roll back your gpu driver to get the 90hz bud?

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I will have to… I’m using 75hz again. For my sims 75hz is fine.

  • @PythagoreanBall
    @PythagoreanBall 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Refresh Rate set too high in PiTool for Pimax 8K X 1 Headset
    How do i reset delete or change?
    i tried reinstall, restart computer, plug vr to different ports,
    delete settings files
    program Data
    Program Files
    Program Files x86
    User
    Local
    LocalLow
    Roaming
    Pimax Windows Search
    PiTools Windows Search
    Found
    Microsoft
    i have 1,600 hours with VR
    including
    Pimax 4K 2 Headsets
    Pimax 8K X 1 Headset
    Running RTX 3080

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi… sorry to be slow replying we’ve been busy at home with real life.
      I’m not sure I understand what you mean by too high a refresh rate. Do you mean Pitools defaults to the highest refresh (90hz) and refuses to allow you to shift down to 75?
      I’m kind of slow… sorry. If you can explain or show a picture of what pitool shows you, that would help.

  • @adwbkk
    @adwbkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The most advanced, and yet, still unfinished, HMD available. SEE MY EDIT BELOW
    Have had my new PiMax 8KX for about a month now and during that time it has worked for about a week.
    The list of problems just gets longer and longer.
    Can not work with steam - Steam just crashes as soon as it sees the Pimax. Tech support says reload steam, reload Pitool, Reload SteamVR. Try this setting and try that setting. But it still does not work.
    It is even difficult to turn on! Sometime it conects straight away and other times not at all. Sometimes you get a green light (all good), sometime a purple light (reprojection is on) and sometime an orange light (no idea). There is no way to control this behaviour.
    The Pimax was not designed to be used with steam. In fact I would say that the product is not complete and still being tested. And you can be a beta tester for only $2000.
    A serious waste of time and money and I would be happy to get rid of mine for 75% of what it cost me.
    Sad to say that I have not had the same experience with tech support as you. Pimax is just not ready for the average VR ready computer competent consumer.
    I have just spent an hour and a half with Pimax support remoting in to my PC to successfully solve the problem.
    I am impressed that any hardwear manufacturer would spend that much time with a single unit buyer to solve a problem.
    Kudos to Pimax!

    • @finndoessims3214
      @finndoessims3214  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hm. I'm sorry it isn't working for you. The 8KX is a bit tricky to set up, but it shouldn't be behaving as you are experiencing! I agree it should be easier- and the next iteration of HMD's will be. But in the meantime, try updating your Pitools and Firmware. Be sure to manually delete ALL pimax files before reinstalling pitools and updating.
      Then check into the OpenXR runtime for Pimax.
      This has made a huge difference for many of us in DCS and FS2020 by eliminating the need to run the games through Steam. I'll posting more on this soon.

    • @adwbkk
      @adwbkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@finndoessims3214 have just spent an hour and a half with Pimax support remoting in to my PC to successfully solve the problem.
      I am impressed that any hardwear manufacturer would spend that much time with a single unit buyer to solve a problem. Kudos to Pimax

    • @Ryuuken24
      @Ryuuken24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This issue has more to do with your usb3 version, motherboard and drivers than the pimax. USB 3.1 is broken, and 3.0 on some motherboards is still unstable.

    • @chadef555
      @chadef555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adwbkk Hey. I'm going to buy pimax 8KX soon and I was wondering if you know what caused the problem? (what was the solution that Pimax support used to solve it?) I'm asking just in case since I don't know if I run into problems or not

    • @adwbkk
      @adwbkk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chadef555 Hi Cha - It was not easy for me to follow all the steps that were carried out by the PiMax tech support guy but I think the biggest thing was starting and using PiMax through PiTools. Up to that time I had been starting and using the unit through Steam.
      You may want to delay your purchase for a few months as the new 12k unit is about to be launched and it looks pretty special. I believe that it will be able to operate "untethered" and for me than would be a game changer (pardon the pun).