index_brightness.exe

Set SteamVR/OpenVR headset brightness (likely only for Valve Index) from the command line.

Contains both python and C++ versions.

Usage

1. Download and extract index_brightness.zip from Releases to somewhere (or compile yourself with the instructions below).

2. Right click the index_brightness.exe, open properties and click unblock to disable warnings:

3. Go to Desktop, create shortcut with parameters index_brightness.exe 0.2 for night, for example:

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4. Create shortcut index_brightness.exe 1 for day

5. Make sure SteamVR is running before executing (otherwise no effect)

For Python Users

1. Run pip install openvr

For C++ Users

1. Install https://www.msys2.org/
2. Open 64 bit shell, run pacman -Syu
3. install pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-openvr
4. Run make in the directory