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Resets

Trackers drift. Not a lot, but enough that after 20-30 minutes of play, your virtual feet might be facing slightly to the side of your real feet. Resets fix that.

The three resets

Full reset

Re-zeros all tracker rotations to your current pose. Stand straight, face forward, trigger it. Everything snaps back to neutral.

Use when: drift has built up, or after a session pause where you sat down and got back up.

Yaw reset

Re-zeros only horizontal rotation (left/right facing). Faster, less invasive than a full reset — useful as a “just fix my heading” tweak.

Use when: your avatar is facing slightly off but vertical alignment (feet on the floor, etc.) feels fine.

Mounting reset

Re-runs mounting calibration for all trackers. Use if a tracker shifted on your body or you put it on the wrong way around mid-session.

Use when: one specific tracker is acting weird and you don’t want to take the headset off.

Binding resets

By default, you trigger resets from the SlimeVR Server window. That’s fine for setup, but in VR you need them bound to controller buttons or keyboard shortcuts.

SteamVR bindings (PCVR users)

  1. Start SteamVR with the SlimeVR Server running.
  2. SteamVR menu → Settings → Controllers → Show Binding UI → Show More Applications → SlimeVR-Bindings-Provider.
  3. Click the + next to the button you want, and set one of its inputs (click/touch, or long/held) to Full reset.
  4. Bind another to Yaw reset.
  5. Optionally bind Mounting reset to a longer chord.

Common bindings: a long-press of a face button, or a double-tap. Upstream reference: SlimeVR — Setting up reset bindings.

Keyboard shortcuts

The server has built-in global hotkeys, which work on any platform and are the usual route on standalone headsets when the server runs on a nearby laptop:

Default hotkeyAction
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+YFull reset
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+UYaw (quick) reset
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+IMounting reset
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+OPause tracking

Change them under Settings → Keybindings in the SlimeVR window (or in vrconfig.yml). Tools like OVR Advanced Settings or OVR Toolkit can fire these hotkeys from a controller if you’d rather not use the SteamVR binding UI.

Tracker button

A single press of any powered-on tracker’s button also triggers a reset, which is handy when you don’t have a controller in hand.

Reset etiquette

  • Stand straight when you trigger a full reset, back straight, legs parallel
  • Feet 5–10 cm apart, pointing forward — not an A-frame
  • Face the direction you want to be “forward”
  • Don’t trigger a reset mid-motion — you’ll zero against a weird pose
  • If you can’t stand, a kneeling reset with a straight back works too

Reset posture: legs parallel with knees and feet 10 cm apart (good), legs in an A-frame (bad), keep a straight back, and a kneeling alternative

Feet spacing for resets and FBT calibration: 5 to 10 cm between the feet

Infographic by Spazzwan, used with permission.

How often should I reset?

  • Yaw reset: depends on how much you move — every ~10 minutes if you’re dancing hard, around an hour or more if you’re walking and socialising; bind it to an easy button either way
  • Full reset: once per session start, then as needed
  • Mounting reset: rarely — only if something feels actively wrong

If you find yourself yaw-resetting constantly, turn on Stay Aligned — it auto-corrects yaw drift while you play. See Stay Aligned.