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 Ok so got everything set up yesterday evening, however spent a lot of time with it - one controller was giving me grief updating the firmware but finally got it to take."

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 have found the online manual and will answer my own questions in green... for those in the same boat! Thanks for your lengthy and well articulated reply Fenris_Wolf. I will write of my experiences this evening before replying to your post... 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. Take into account that the basestation has moving internal parts and your adeshive could be not enough to keep the base station fixed.I hear what you're saying regarding the adhesive maybe not being strong enough, those Vive base stations are quite heavy! Each base station has a maximum recommended play area of approximately 6 meters by 6 meters (20 feet by 20 feet) when using two base stations. 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.

The rear right Base Station had a lit up B displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to C 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. The front right Base Station had a lit up A displayed on the front, I pressed the button and it changed to B

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One question is if you are going to use this just for seated games or also roomscale. If you plan to play roomscale maybe you would want ot maximize your space to the full room space (not only 1.5+1.5 diagonal but longer distance. Base stations support larger distances). If you need to re-synchronize the base stations or add new base stations, consult the Valve Index documentation for the specific steps required. If your base stations aren't working correctly, make sure they are properly set up for optical sync.

Learn more.For a full set of product specs and additional information, please visit https://www.valvesoftware.com/index.Both Base Stations have a green light in the upper half of the front, 9 red lights in a square on the front and the letter A on the left one and the letter B on the right one. When they are powered down they just have a muted green light. I don't know if this is relevant, I'm just trying to provide as much info as possible to try to get to the bottom of this! Aaaargh! I'm having a nightmare of a time trying to get Steam VR to recognise all of the devices. First it said that the VR headset display cable wasn't connected, when it was, after a while this message went away, then it said : Ensure that the base stations have an unobstructed line of sight with the VR headset and controllers.

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. I set up my Base Stations on a diagonal with both pointing directly at each other, problem is, when I am sat in between the two my head gets in the way of the line of sight. So, tomorrow I try setting up the position of my base stations so that they can see each other. Could it be that my Base Stations are too close together? they are pointing at each other on a diagonal 240 cm 2.4 m apart I would like 100% SS, no motion smoothing / ASW / frame doubling. 80 Hz / 80 fps. I have an i5 9600k @ 4.9 GHz and a RTX 2080 ti 11 Gb graphics card. My rig is in my signature below.

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I have placed my Base Stations each the same distance from where my head will be in VR, with Base Stations about 1.8 metres / 6 feet apart and about 1 metre / 3 feet 4 inches in front of my chair. is this the optimum position? I have read that some people use 1 Base station in front of the VR area (for me, a chair) and 1 behind, which setup is better? 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.