Dashboard windows show as black in VR

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

• When you press Right Alt + Left click to create a popout window of a screen, the windows are black in VR and do not display the window

[PC Only] Did you remove all your community mods/add-ons? If yes, are you still experiencing the issue?

• Yes, there are no addons, issue still persists

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

• All the time

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Start in non-VR with a VR headset connected to the simulator
  2. Use H-125 helicopter for this example, but works with anything with popout windows
  3. Press Right Alt + Left click to popout window, such as the GPS in the dashboard
  4. Note that it shows the GPS on the popout window
  5. Press Ctrl + Tab to enter VR
  6. Note that the popout window for the GPS fades to black and does not show the GPS anymore, the windows are no longer interactable as well
  7. this happens with all popout windows in all aircraft
  8. Pressing Ctrl + Tab again to leave VR mode, and the window will fade back in.

YOUR SETTINGS

What peripherals are currently plugged in, as well as your VR headset? Please name all of them as there could be a potential conflict.

• This is not a conflict with any peripherals, happens with them unplugged as well.

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

• No dev mode

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

• 4090

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

• Issue also exists in 2020, which worked until update 10, which broke popout windows for mixed reality players. POP OUT panel stop working in VR - #46 by emflys3

MEDIA

FlightSimulator2024_No VR
FlightSimulator2024_No VR919×612 45.3 KB

FlightSimulator2024_In VR
FlightSimulator2024_In VR844×603 33.6 KB

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Same issue here. Pop out windows stop working in VR. Mixed reality therefor unusable. Same issue as in MSFS 2020 after one of the SU’s. I hope they are fixing this issue asap.

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It would be really nice to have this for mixed reality.

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I have the same issue with the black screen in VR

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Same issue. I was really looking forward to mixed reality with the Quest 3 and using the G1000 while in VR. Disappointing!

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MS, please fix this!!!

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Same as others - Would like to use pop outs for the PMDG using a Quest 3 and Passthrough. No issues in P3D haha!!!

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Won’t also work in 2024… missed opportunity to make a great mixed reality experience…

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If you are moving to 2024, I made a new one in the 2024 bug report section, that points back at this post to shows that it has been an issue for years. Please make sure to add to it.

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The FS2024 has the same graphic and VR settings as I have on FS 2020. Both Running on the same hardware. FS 2024-VR worked only once. Whenever I try to switch to VR mode it crashes.

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For those of you interested in the MCDU not disappearing when in VR (so you can use it on your PU air Korea or other similar,) here is a workaround: use the remote MCDU feature in fly by wire or fenix to open a browser window with it and take it to the virtual monitor in the MCDU (usually to the right of your current monitor) eliminate the frame (F11 in edge) and make it full screen of that little monitor on the MCDU so the menus fall exactly next to the adequate buttons. You will need to zoom it in and adjust it which is a challenge although I hope it is a solution for some of you while Microsoft implements bringing back the pop out windows in VR mode

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I know another post was created for 2024, but can a 2024 tag be added for this one as well since it has more visibility and votes?

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Thanks for confirming this. I was neively hoping it’d be fixed. I already got a refund on MSFS2024 after the installation debacle. Reports of slow VR don’t help either. I’m going to have a play around with X-Plane, I’ve gotten tired of waiting for Microsoft to fix the basics

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A link to that other post would be useful!

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Let’s be honest, they’ll probably never fix it. You can see how long the post has existed without anything happening. VR and MR have a very low priority at Asobo

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

Yes

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Pop out windows are frozen in VR and do not update

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Do you have the same issue if you follow the OP’s steps to reproduce it?

Yes, also in 2024

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Image seems to freeze and gets darker than it was before

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n/a

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Thank you for the bug report.

We have created an internal ticket to see if our team already has this logged, and if not they will attempt to reproduce the issue and create a new bug report. This item is now marked as feedback-logged. If there is an existing bug report or one is created, we will move this thread to bug-logged.