{"id":3766,"date":"2015-04-15T14:56:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T11:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2015-04-15T15:37:02","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T12:37:02","slug":"unity-5-build-directtodrift-not-starting-oculus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/unity-5-build-directtodrift-not-starting-oculus\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity 5 build: DirectToDrift not starting Oculus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/15\/unity-5-build-directtodrift-not-starting-oculus\/oculus_dk2_blue_light\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?fit=680%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"680,628\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oculus_dk2_blue_light\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?fit=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?fit=680%2C628&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3767\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?resize=680%2C628\" alt=\"oculus_dk2_blue_light\" width=\"680\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?w=680&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/oculus_dk2_blue_light.jpg?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Struggled few hours trying to run oculus exe, Oculus wouldnt turn on (no blue light) when DirectToDrift exe was run.<br \/>\nUsing Unity5.0.1 (64bit), win7 and Oculus 0.5.0.1-beta unitypackage.<br \/>\n<strong>Solutions:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Disable &#8220;[ ] Show Unity splash screen&#8221; from Player settings \/ Splash Image *If its enabled Oculus just doesnt work<br \/>\n&#8211; Disconnect 2nd monitor<br \/>\n&#8211; Connect oculus to different port<br \/>\n&#8211; If you have 2 graphics cards, connect oculus to same card as the main monitor<br \/>\n&#8211; Check that Oculus display mode is [x] Direct HMD access from Apps<br \/>\n&#8211; Test if Tuscany demo works: <a title=\"https:\/\/share.oculus.com\/app\/oculus-tuscany-demo\" href=\"https:\/\/share.oculus.com\/app\/oculus-tuscany-demo\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/share.oculus.com\/app\/oculus-tuscany-demo<\/a> *At first it kept crashing with error &#8220;there is a problem with your rift configuration&#8230; nvwgf2um.dll&#8221;, Oculus was plugged to different graphics card, or different port.. Also killed all nvidia tasks from taskmanager<br \/>\n&#8211; Check from the &#8220;OculusUnityIntegrationGuide.pdf&#8221; for correct build settings<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other problems:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; Stuttering image when turning, going to test disabling hyperthreading: <a title=\"http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/oculus-jitter-in-unity-5.307359\/#post-2018453\" href=\"http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/oculus-jitter-in-unity-5.307359\/#post-2018453\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/oculus-jitter-in-unity-5.307359\/#post-2018453<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; DK2 Troubleshoot list : <a title=\"http:\/\/cymaticbruce.com\/DK2Troubleshoot2.html\" href=\"http:\/\/cymaticbruce.com\/DK2Troubleshoot2.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cymaticbruce.com\/DK2Troubleshoot2.html<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Tried installing this platform update for win7 (was mentioned as solution for some threads), but had it already installed : <a title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=36805\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=36805\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=36805<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; Some topics say that adding &#8220;-force-d3d11&#8221; to the exe helps, as in &#8220;..DemoScene_DirectToRift.exe -force-d3d11&#8221;, didnt try it yet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Struggled few hours trying to run oculus exe, Oculus wouldnt turn on (no blue light) when DirectToDrift exe was run. 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