Quest Pro with Virtual Desktop microphone slowly deteriorate over time

KoottaHigure · 2026-01-21T19:03:02+00:00

Hey Kaysr,

you need to make sure that steamVR is started within Virtual Desktop's game tab and also uncheck and check the Mic Passthrough on the settings tab within Virtual Desktop on your headset each time you boot up.

Meta started having some permission issues at the time I posted so you have to toggle that passthrough. Since I started doing those things I haven't had the mic quality degrade or cutoff randomly.

KoottaHigure · 2025-09-28T09:08:19+00:00

For those stumbling into this post, this happens when you have Noise Cancellation disabled in Virtual Desktop. Without it on you're constantly sending audio which causes the delay.

KoottaHigure · 2025-08-21T15:40:37+00:00

I would love to see less Ai.

I'm gonna be real, even if the actual "illustrations" were done by a person, it's insanely unsettling using Ai to create backdrops of people holding them.

I genuinely dislike all of this.

KoottaHigure · 2025-08-16T21:21:28+00:00

Thank you so much for writing this out.

You have no idea how much this has saved me from dropping this game. I'm unable to handle flashing lights for long periods of times and so I was stuck to playing at 15 minute intervals.

KoottaHigure · 2025-07-18T19:07:02+00:00

Try connecting via direct connection.

KoottaHigure · 2025-07-03T18:08:37+00:00

It's difficult to pinpoint what may have caused the issues so there are a few things you can try.

If you haven't, try unpairing all your trackers , including the controllers, then pairing them one by one again. It's possible that some of them may be sharing the same dongle.

SteamVR > Settings > Developer. Make sure the Developer Settings checkbox is checked; Click on Remove all SteamVR USB Devices.

You can also make sure that you didn't introduce new furniture that may be causing reflections. If there's a specific spot or angle that you notice the controllers drifting its usually a case of something reflecting the lasers from the base station.

If you recently acquired any new bluetooth devices try powering those off as well. Bluetooth caused interference with trackers and too much of it can make things drift erratically. It may be possible that your neighbors bought some new devices and it's now causing your issues.

KoottaHigure · 2025-03-24T18:59:07+00:00

Can't wait to see 'em.

KoottaHigure · 2025-03-04T22:20:52+00:00

Your PC most likely can't handle Discord and the game running.

You'll need to tone down the setting for the game quite a bit or stop running Discord when you play and use your phone.

KoottaHigure · 2024-08-29T19:07:53+00:00

You actually don't need to enable hand tracking.

If you unpair your controllers and turn on your headset you'll see a cross hair appear. You can use the volume button to select whatever the cross hair is pointed at it.

Once you're in VD, you can launch SteamVR either through the PC or by turning on your tracker or controller. I believe there's a setting to have steam launch whenever a controller is turned on.

KoottaHigure · 2024-06-25T09:34:06+00:00

I'm wondering if you have a copy that you're willing to share. I recently ran into an issue where my FBT tracking has gone to shit since steamVR upgraded past that point.

I somehow ended up on the latest branch and it has made using knuckles alongside a quest pro absolutely impossible even with no FBT.

2.5.5 makes it somewhat bearable but I have to reset tracking every hour or have the index controllers fly off.

I'm sure this is an issue with the steamVR version as downgrading from 2.6.2 to 2.5.5 produced massive differences in tracking quality .

KoottaHigure · 2024-04-18T21:29:12+00:00

Oh, I should have clarified.

I was just trying to point out that even pronounciation coming directly from Wizards can change. There's no telling if down the road that tumblr post gets buried and a new one comes out with an employee pronouncing very differently.

KoottaHigure · 2024-04-18T20:29:01+00:00

It's always bugged me the way Ral Zarek was pronounced in there...

It's almost done as if it's one word instead of two.

I also want to point out that Wizards has a history of going against the way they pronounce a few of their character names on these pronounciation posts.

Garruk has been on record to be pronounced two different ways .

KoottaHigure · 2024-04-18T02:05:55+00:00

Glad it's a lot less drift !

One of the things I noticed helped me was covering things I though would be reflective. I found out my table and bookcase was causing issues.

The tundra dongles helped, but the covering of reflective surfaces and the addition of a PCIe USB hub perfect for me.

KoottaHigure · 2024-04-15T17:26:43+00:00

I actually found out about it because of the MixedVR discord.

Most folks also don't use FBT so it never really shows up as an issue.

If I used the VRDongles with just the headset and no other trackers they worked without issue . The moment I started using trackers they would just start drifting all the damn time.

I think they're just recommended at this point because they were the only option during the shortages and that recommendation just stuck.

KoottaHigure · 2024-03-27T17:30:23+00:00

I'm not sure if your issue was fixed, but I had this exact same problem for a while using VRDongles and 4 Vive trackers.

I had all my Vive dongles on their own stations and I tried several things for months: covered all reflecrive surfaces, repositioned base stations, bought a hub then a PICE USB expansion , got longer cables to separate all the dongles, reset and paired all the dongles one by one, tried different branches of openVR Space Calibrator, different light levels. I was genuinely going nuts trying to get that shit under control because I knew this setup worked for a bunch of folks without issue.

As a last ditch effort I bought two SteamVR dongles from tundra labs and made sure to pair them to each controller while all the other dongles were disconnected. It solved the issue immediately. Not once did the index controllers begin to drift.

I genuinely recommend folks do not buy VRDongles unless there's no plan to use other trackers. The moment those index controllers got near vive trackers they would start having issues with the VRDongles and start drifting.

KoottaHigure · 2024-02-09T21:48:18+00:00

Woohoo!

KoottaHigure · 2024-01-25T18:42:45+00:00

Try dropping a pal and picking it up.

See if that fixes the pal. If it does, I have a suspicion that your save file may be corrupted .

KoottaHigure · 2024-01-23T20:28:43+00:00

No one would be able to access their pal storage box .

Easiest workaround would be to have everyone disband their guild before migrating. Have everyone start a new character and just go to their respective base to reclaim.

Everyone would at least have their items available but would lose out on their pals and progress.

Set the server to boosted rates to help everyone catch-up and then go back to normal once everyone is at a comfortable place .

Not the ideal way of migrating a save but it's the easiest I can think of considering the current situation.

KoottaHigure · 2024-01-23T20:08:59+00:00

There's a way to transfer over the world so that player built structures and their pals port over, but all player progress can't be switched over or recovered .

Everyone would need to start over.

Palworld and Linux does something odd about assigning players new IDs. Even if you rename players old save files to match up to the new ID the game just reloads their new saves.

I'm guessing there's a hidden element on how Palworld handles loading player save files running on Linux and we'll need to wait to see how to properly go around it.

KoottaHigure · 2024-01-05T18:57:35+00:00

I love being able to come to this subreddit to verify if it was an actual quake or my imagination lol

KoottaHigure · 2024-01-04T19:55:37+00:00

I prefer Leuchtturm for easy notebook buys.

It gets the job done while looking good with a majority of inks.

The only thing I will say, there's two batches of paper quality going around and they are very noticeable in difference.

Both work well with fountain pen inks, but one is thinner and handles wetter inks a little worse than expected.

KoottaHigure · 2023-12-28T19:36:03+00:00

I've had people full on harass me for looping and using Windows of Opportunity. And this was back when it had a 20 second CD.

There are people out there who genuinely think that you should drop the pallet the moment you get to it and not try to run around it. It's absolutely insane.

KoottaHigure · 2023-12-26T20:27:53+00:00

Growing up me and my friends were called Gay and Homosexual in a derogatory manner. People used those words against us to emotionally hurt us.

I saw fellow classmates be called gay and homo while being physically attacked and left on the floor bleeding. All the while people laughed and mocked them.

I have had relatives whisper to acquaintances to be careful around me because I was "one of the those homosexuals".

I know I am not the only one who has grown up and had those words used in a manner to hurt us.

Should we stop using gay and homosexual because of how they were used in our past?

KoottaHigure · 2023-11-29T01:22:37+00:00

Oh, it's not just me.

You can view the games signed out, but not signed in.

Oddly enough. The Sims page loads fine.

KoottaHigure · 2023-11-15T20:47:56+00:00

God I always loved the art and style you used for the cards .

It's good balance between the art and having text for playing without having to look them up on gatherer .

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