VaM 1.x DLSS 5 in VAM2 + DLSS 5 Experiments in VAM1

[geo_gan]

SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL

3 passes?? Surely that's overkill... you are applying the DLSS5 three times over each frame. No wonder it looks so overdone.

 

[Ladiesman217]

RTX4090 I can confirm it works in VR with uncle burritos BepinEX plugin I cant detect any artifacts issues or bugs so far. Curretly working on the settings I can get at least 30fps but thats by decreasing the render scale in vam and then upscaling with dlssr which is not quite perfect because it affects the hair but still a good result, in desktop I get high 50s to low 60s there or there abouts . People talk about the settings the settings maybe someone can tell me what you can actually switch off thats gonna result in some kind of setup that makes DLSSR 5 worth the trade off in VR.

1) It's worth checking your GPU temps with CPU-Z I noticed mine is higher than usually it is in vam averaging 81 but once touching 89 and occasionally 85 in GPU-Z 68 with it off but using max settings natively in VAM
2) the effect is technically amazing it really improves the appeal of some, but not all models the effect on the default model for example technically is good but if anything shes less appealing with dlss 5 added while i have some others they look much more appealing with dlss 5 on.

 

[Dezibelio]

Funciona perfecto y es una pasada, diría que estamos ante VAM2 directamente, aunque es necesaria una gráfica potente para moverlo. Yo tengo 5090.

 

[VaMToon]

SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL

That kinda looks scary.

I always try not to overuse DLSS5 - NR, I want to keep my characters original as possible, but I only want to have realistic lighting + ambient occlusion to create more "depth". I don't like how Neural Rendering also tries to generate make-up on female characters. They always end up with heavy lipstick for example. I wish we had more possibilities to control Neural rendering and what we might like the generate/change. Like I said, I just want to use it only to improve lighting, create more realistic feel in materials, and have a better ambient occlusion. The problem with Rasterization is also the light bleeding, and the "glow" on skins. Neural Rendering kinda fix this. Just want to use it as a tool to compensate where VaM lacks in, not to change my characters to a more realistic character.

 

[RedPassenger]

Managed to make it work in VAM1 using a working DLSS upscaler mod that someone made in arca.live virtamate channel and had to use a modified reshade addon to get dlss5 working, peformance gets cut in half which is expected but the quality is insane, im not really good at lighting and this is the best example i tried to give a difference. Ran it at 2560x1440 DLAA,

chracter used in the screenshots? <3 PP Can I has?

 

[Fuchsschweif]

I wonder why there's so little talk here. Does DLSS5 yet not run well in VAM? Especiallly in VR? Or can I use it in VR with a RTX 5080 and have smooth fps?

 

[krizzy]

I wonder why there's so little talk here. Does DLSS5 yet not run well in VAM? Especiallly in VR? Or can I use it in VR with a RTX 5080 and have smooth fps?

Fps drops considerably in VR, you can enable it in desktop mode, and it'll stay on when you boot it in VR. Personally I use/make passthrough scenes, and the "light bleed" on the outside of the Person atoms takes away from the immersion. I have a 4070ti super, so your miles may vary if you don't care for passthrough.

 

[ldog]

I wonder why there's so little talk here. Does DLSS5 yet not run well in VAM? Especiallly in VR? Or can I use it in VR with a RTX 5080 and have smooth fps?

I just tried it. It looks a little bit better but destroys fps so good luck using it in vr.

 

[seacanman]

I have had reasonably good results in VR. My biggest issue is a bug where the menu completely disappears in many scenes (about half). I load a scene and the menu is gone and cannot be accessed with VR controllers, or even the keyboard. Forced to reboot the game to try something else. It doesn't seem to be an issue in Desktop mode.

 

[MuffinMan2769]

I have had reasonably good results in VR. My biggest issue is a bug where the menu completely disappears in many scenes (about half). I load a scene and the menu is gone and cannot be accessed with VR controllers, or even the keyboard. Forced to reboot the game to try something else. It doesn't seem to be an issue in Desktop mode.

You got the menu to work in VR? I have to switch to "click" out to my virtual desktop and then make adjustments. It for some reason really fucks with the resolution on the upscaling and really messes things up sometimes.

 

[FoxVR]

Neural Rendering for VaM VR — Project Progress

I’ve been developing an experimental integration of NVIDIA Neural Rendering into VaM’s VR rendering pipeline. It is already working locally, and I’d like to share the progress and current capabilities.

The project supports:
- One or two NR passes, with separate temporal histories for each eye and pass.
- Scene depth and motion data, including additional skin motion tracking for multiple characters. Characters are automatically included or excluded based on whether they fall within the NR processing area.
- An adjustable processing area per eye. You can set its width and height instead of processing the entire VR image. A smaller area reduces the GPU workload of NR, while VaM continues rendering the full scene normally.
- Three visual styles, with controls for tone, structure, skin detail, color mode, and white point.
- Optional history and scene depth, with workload reductions where those calculations are no longer needed.
- Menu protection, keeping VaM’s interface readable within the NR processing area.
All settings are available directly through Session Plugins → NRSceneProbe → Open Custom UI. There is no separate overlay or F10 panel, and settings are saved between sessions.

The current implementation is VR-only. Installation includes native components alongside the session plugin; adding the script alone is not sufficient. Once installed, VaM can still be launched through its normal executable.

The visual improvements can be substantial, especially with two passes. However, NR adds GPU workload, and performance depends on the scene, processing area, and pass count. Development and testing so far have been carried out on an RTX 5090, so broader hardware compatibility and performance are not yet established.

There are still limitations. Long hair can show temporal artifacts, and certain styles can produce different shading between the two eyes. Protecting menu pixels also does not completely prevent an open menu from influencing NR’s treatment of the surrounding scene.

This is an experimental community project, not an official NVIDIA or VaM integration. For now, I’m sharing progress and discussing possibilities. No download is being published yet.

Screenshot: NR settings integrated into VaM’s Session Plugins UI, with two-pass rendering selected and a 1920 × 1080 processing area per eye.