Joystick readings drop to 0 when HMD is worn

Unity Engine
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Dear community,

I’m working on a VR flight simulator. The VR output device is an Oculus CV.

For the time being, I want to use a conventional joystick (instead of the Touch controllers) as input device. I read the axis data with

float inputH = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

etc.

When starting the app in VR mode, this at first works. I receive meaningful inputs from the joystick.

As soon as I wear the HMD, the readings are constantly zero. It does not recover if I put the HMD off.

Unity version is 2018.4. Oculus app version is most current. Tested with two different joystick types/vendors, different USB ports.

Any hints at why this happens?

Best regards,

Thomas

2

Turned out that the “problem” seems to arise from open configuration windows (Lighting Settings, Input Settings). Those windows have to be closed before the app is started.