Oculus Dummy - 1.1.0

Happy New Year!

Here's to a year full of opportunity and bugs! (Lots of bugs)

Here's to another fresh-start; see you in 2024!

"Why should I use this?"

Here are some reasons why you should use Oculus Dummy and some reasons you shouldn't use Oculus Dummy.

In summary, it just depends on what you're looking for, if you're looking for a less resource hungry replacement for the Oculus client, with all the features of the official client, stop being picky you're outta luck.

But if that isn't important to you, you don't mind switching between the two, or you don't care because you don't use Oculus Killer, this might be what you've been looking for!

Installation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Rename the app.asar file to something else, I prefer "app.asar.bak" for clarity, though it doesn't matter.

3. Download this, and move it to the same folder.

4. Enjoy the extra bit of performance! 😊

Uninstallation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Delete the app.asar file.

3. Rename your backup file (app.asar.bak) back to "app.asar".

4. Make sure to give Oculus Dummy a kiss before you leave it, it'll miss you! 😔💕

Changelog

• Now a lot less annoying maybe!™
• Back to using around 20mb of ram!
• You can now restart the OVRService in the tray menu instead of using the Oculus Debug Tool!
• You can now switch to the Oculus runtime without having to switch to the official client!
  • This requires some extra setup.

Full Changelog: 1.0.3...1.1.0

[Prerelease] Oculus Dummy - 1.1.0

!!! Important Warning !!!

This build is primarily for public testing, here be dragons!

Installation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Rename the app.asar file to something else, I prefer "app.asar.bak" for clarity, though it doesn't matter.

3. Download this, and move it to the same folder.

4. Enjoy the extra bit of performance! 😊

Uninstallation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Delete the app.asar file.

3. Rename your backup file (app.asar.bak) back to "app.asar".

4. Make sure to give Oculus Dummy a kiss before you leave it, it still loves you! 😔💕

Changelog

• Back to using around 20mb of ram????
• You can restart the OVRService in the tray menu now :)

Oculus Dummy - 1.0.3

Reasons to use Oculus Dummy

• When you use Link, the Oculus Client opens whether you like it or not, Oculus Dummy makes it a little less annoying, running as a tray application in the background.

• The Oculus Client runs on Electron, meaning ALL UI uses system resources, even if it's the 1,000th time you've opened a page.

• The Oculus Client uses system resources that could be use for more important things:

  • It uses your GPU for a bit on startup.
    • This is more of a nitpick than anything impactful if I'll be honest, especially if you have an iGPU and have it set to use that anyway.
  • Sometimes it randomly decides to use your CPU.
    • This is just stupid, especially if you're playing a CPU intensive game like BaS or Bonelab.
  • It can use an average of 200mb of memory, even in the damn settings menu.
    • Personally, I've seen it use as low as 158mb, up to 267mb of memory.

• The Oculus Client, with Oculus Dummy installed, loads faster, doesn't randomly use your CPU or GPU power, and uses around 40mb of memory when idle.

Installation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Rename the app.asar file to something else, I prefer "app.asar.bak" for clarity, though it doesn't matter.

3. Download this, and move it to the same folder.

4. Enjoy the extra bit of performance! 😊

Uninstallation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Delete the app.asar file.

3. Rename your backup file (app.asar.bak) back to "app.asar".

4. Make sure to give Oculus Dummy a kiss before you leave it, it still loves you! 😔💕

Changelog

• Accidentally deleted 1.0.2 (Dumbass)
• Cleaned up update notifier
• Added tray menu with option to open debug menu, refresh rate setting is in the works
• Now uses around 40mb of memory (Fuck Electron)

Full Changelog: 1.0.1...1.0.3

Oculus Dummy - 1.0.1

Removed due to bug (This is why we test shit before releasing)

If you can't close the Oculus Client from the tray, do it from your Task Manager or just restart your computer.

Full Changelog: 1.0.0...1.0.1

Oculus Dummy - 1.0.0

Reasons to use Oculus Dummy

• When you use Link, the Oculus Client opens whether you like it or not, Oculus Dummy makes it a little less annoying, running as a tray application in the background.

• The Oculus Client runs on Electron, meaning ALL UI uses system resources, even if it's the 1,000th time you've opened a page.

• The Oculus Client uses system resources that could be use for more important things:

  • It uses your GPU for a bit on startup.
    • This is more of a nitpick than anything impactful if I'll be honest, especially if you have an iGPU and have it set to use that anyway.
  • Sometimes it randomly decides to uses your CPU.
    • This is just stupid, especially if you're playing a CPU intensive game like BaS or Bonelab.
  • It can use an average of 200mb of memory, even in the damn settings menu.
    • Personally, I've seen it use as low as 158mb, up to 267mb of memory.

• The Oculus Client, with Oculus Dummy installed, loads faster, doesn't randomly use your CPU or GPU power, and uses around 20mb of memory when idle.

Installation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Rename the app.asar file to something else, I prefer "app.asar.bak" for clarity, though it doesn't matter.

3. Download this, and move it to the same folder.

4. Enjoy the extra bit of performance! 😊

Uninstallation

1. Open your file explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Oculus\Support\oculus-client\resources.

2. Delete the app.asar file.

3. Rename your backup file (app.asar.bak) back to "app.asar".

4. Make sure to give Oculus Dummy a kiss before you leave it, it still loves you! 😔💕

Changelog

First release, clean slate.

Minor last-minute update:

• Added latest readme contents to release page
• Added LICENSE to packaged file

Full Changelog: almost-ready...1.0.0

Special Thanks

Thank you to @CodTheFish for helping test this, I probably wouldn't have gotten this far with this project if it wasn't for him lmao