OpenVR-AdvancedSettings-frame/docs/steamframe/PROGRESS.md

Steam Frame port: progress

Iteration 1

Step 1: build fixes, bytecode-only QML (2026-10-07)

Changes:

• CMakeLists.txt:
  • Core5Compat removed (unused, not on the Frame).
  • GuiPrivate requested explicitly. This is temporary, until step 3 replaces QRhi.
  • QT_QMLCACHEGEN_ARGUMENTS --only-bytecode.
  • OpenVR library directory per architecture (linux64 / linuxarm64 / win64), for linking and for the copy next to the binary.
  • RPATH $ORIGIN.
  • libXtst linked.
• overlaycontroller.cpp: d3d11.h and case QRhi::D3D11 only under _WIN32.
• Logging: 8 active easylogging LOG(INFO) calls became qInfo() (overlaycontroller.cpp 6, ChaperoneTabController.cpp 1, MoveCenterTabController.cpp 1). Commented-out LOG lines are left unchanged.
• Only changed lines are formatted (git clang-format).

Results (x86_64, Arch, Qt 6.11.1, GCC):

• The build succeeds, with 1463 compiler warnings, as in qt6.
• objdump -T: 7 Qt_6_PRIVATE_API symbols, all QRhi… (step 3). The QQmlPrivate::AOTCompiledContext symbols are gone (bytecode-only QML).
• libopenvr_api.so is resolved from the binary's directory (ldd).
• Not started: without a running SteamVR the start hangs in OpenVR init (expected; tested on the Frame in step 5).

Step 2: platform option, R7, tick (2026-10-07)

Changes:

• Platform option:
  • CMake option OVRAS_STEAM_FRAME (default OFF) sets the compile definition OVRAS_STEAM_FRAME=1.
  • New src/utils/platform_capabilities.h evaluates it as the only place. It holds k_chaperoneCommitSupported, k_defaultVsyncDisabled and k_defaultCustomTickRateMs.
• Tick (R6):
  • In "vsync disabled" mode, m_pumpEventsTimer runs directly at customTickRateMs (applyTickInterval(), Qt::PreciseTimer); the 1 ms counting is gone.
  • Changing the setting restarts the timer.
  • Setting defaults in settings_controller.h come from the constants: Frame true/11 ms, otherwise unchanged false/20 ms.
• R7: with !k_chaperoneCommitSupported:
  • updateChaperoneResetData() and applyChaperoneResetData() skip CommitWorkingCopy/RevertWorkingCopy. Each logs once per function.
  • The init autosave profile is skipped.

Results:

• Both variants (default and -DOVRAS_STEAM_FRAME=ON) build on x86_64. The definition is only set in the Frame variant (compile_commands.json).
• Not tested at runtime yet (Frame, step 5).

Notes:

• Another commit at start-up remains, but only on opt-in. SetWidget() applies a chaperone profile and commits when "auto-apply chaperone" (autoApplyChaperoneToggle, default false) is on. That's a chaperone-profile feature, so it belongs to R5 (iteration 2).
• clang-format reflows comment blocks next to new comments. Separate new comments from existing commented-out code with a blank line, otherwise the diff grows.