[2019] HTC Vive Setup for DiRT Rally (No Oculus Software)

Overview

This guide will show you how to make the HTC Vive work with DiRT Rally without having to install Oculus Home.

Foreword

This guide is a compilation of various advice given by forum members. All posts/comments used to make this guide will be linked in the credits section of this guide.

This is tested working on my system as of 5/25/2019.

My system:
Windows 7 Home Premium
SteamVR v1.4.18
HTC Vive (Standard model)
Revive v1.4.2

Setup

1. Download Revive 1.4.2 from here[github.com]

• Grab the ReviveInstaller.exe and run it. It will guide you through the installation process.
• You MUST get Revive 1.4.2! Newer/older versions may not work.

2. Download Oculus runtimes from here[drive.google.com] (Credit u/XmisterC for uploading the files)

• Make sure to grab both LibOVRRT32_1.dll and LibOVRRT64_1.dll
• Drop them in your DiRT Rally folder (…/steam/steamapps/common/DiRT Rally)
• If you find newer runtimes, they may not work. Use these.

3. Start SteamVR

• After starting you will likely get a message on your taskbar saying Revive did not start correctly. This is OK. This message is appearing because you did not install the Oculus software.

4. Right click Revive on your taskbar and select “Patch…”.

• Navigate back to your DiRT Rally folder.
• Click on “drt.exe” and click open. Overwrite any files if necessary.

5. Close the SteamVR software.

• If you do not close SteamVR before trying to boot DiRT Rally, the game will crash.

6. Launch DiRT Rally from your Steam library.

• This will automatically start SteamVR.
• If you get any warning about launching the game in VR, ignore it and press “yes”.
• You will have to launch DiRT Rally with SteamVR closed every time otherwise the game will crash.

7. Make sure to click on the DiRT Rally game window to focus it.

• Sometimes the game will launch out of focus. If it’s not in focus your controls will not register.

8. Put on your Vive headset and enjoy!

• The game will appear to be in theater mode. This is normal, the game does not switch over to full VR until you are at starting line.
• All controls should be the normal, non-VR controls.
• If you need to reset your view press ctrl, or the equiviilant if you have rebound it.

Closing/Credits

If you have any questions leave a comment and I will try to help.

Credits:

• u/XmisterC on Reddit for the bulk of the guide along with the Occulus runtimes (
  

  Dirt Rally Without Oculus Software Installed. from Vive

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• u/BlackjackDuck on Reddit for finding SteamVR needs to be closed before booting the game (
  Comment from discussion BlackjackDuck’s comment from discussion "Dirt Rally and Revive – How do you make it work?".

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• u/nagromo on Reddit for determining that you must use Revive v1.4.2 (
  Comment from discussion nagromo’s comment from discussion "Dirt Rally Without Oculus Software Installed.".

  )