Choose suitable locations for mounting the base stations in your play area. It's important to place them securely on stable surfaces or use compatible mounting accessories.

The Valve Index Base Stations require a power source to operate. They come with power adapters that need to be connected to a power outlet. The rear right Base Station had a lit up B displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to C When I do want to play games that use the controllers, how do I update firmware? I connected the USB cables to give the controllers a charge, I presume I connect the USB cables and find some kind of setting in Steam VR to update firmware?

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I hear what you're saying regarding the adhesive maybe not being strong enough, those Vive base stations are quite heavy!

Unlike the Oculus Rift CV1 (my previous headset) it would seem that the only software I need is Steam VR, is this correct? Thank you all for taking the time to read through all of this, please post any hints or tips below, it is much appreciated! If I can find something similar in the UK then that might be a good option for me, then I can have 1 base station mounted on the wall in front and to the right and one tripod behind me and to the left. I did a solo spawn on the Kuban map at Adler in the South East region of the map where the mountains are, I had 80 fps except when I was skimming the ground at treetop height where I was getting mid 70's fps. Like I said I run IL-2 graphics settings on Ultra, I took the shadows quality down a notch from Ultra to High and disabled the MSAA x 2. I tried the flight again and it stayed at 80 fps even at very low level over trees and towns. Thanks for your lengthy and well articulated reply Fenris_Wolf. I will write of my experiences this evening before replying to your post...

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During the setup process, ensure that the base stations are within the recommended play area and their positions are accurately registered in the VR system. Yep those were the tripods, they worked out great and very easy to set up. And like I said previously have not touched them since. To start with I will only be playing seated games, but might try Half Life Alyx or something similar at a later date. When I was using my Oculus Rift CV1 with Oculus Home environment I really enjoyed using the hand controllers to aim the Ray-gun and bow and arrow!

If your base stations aren't working correctly, make sure they are properly set up for optical sync.I just found Valve's own guide for setting up the Index. For anyone else who is new to the Index, here is the link... https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9140-EYIL-0086 I won't be using my Hifi system whilst flying, so there won't be vibration whilst I'm in VR but it's a good point that I hadn't thought of. The vibration whilst blasting out Led Zep on my Hifi might move the base stations. the set comes with two base stations which is all you need but the HTC ones work fine they just dont come with extra mounting hardware if you want a 3rd base station I am thinking of mounting one of them in front of me to the wall above a window and it will be 150 cm from my headset when flight simming, is this enough distance?

I was giving to buy a valve index in August but after seeing so many people having problems, I decided to go for the oculus quest 2 which is wireless and trip free. It has done me good for nearly 3 months The front right Base Station had a lit up A displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to B Each base station needs to be positioned securely and mounted on a stable surface or a compatible mounting accessory. bro, I've seen a lot of people act like their VR headset is objectively the best, but this is on another level. It's enough for them, they're happy with it, so let them enjoy it. I'm finally getting round to setting up my second hand Valve Index with controllers and HTC Vive base stations. Unfortunately the kit didn't come with an instruction manual, and whilst I will search the internet for a guide to set up my gear, I would still appreciate some advice from those who have experience with the Index.Ensure that the base stations have an unobstructed line of sight with the VR headset and controllers. Learn more.For a full set of product specs and additional information, please visit https://www.valvesoftware.com/index. dburne's work fine for him, but note that he said that has them above his head and uses "seated playspace". I got 2 cats, a wife, a kid, and thus pods were impossible. Might as well drill proper holes.)