Originally posted by hitech
Has anyone tried the mouse snap pan mode with the Track ir?
Hitech
Yes. And like Cavalier, I found it extremely disorienting. Some tweaking of the mouse sensitivity might ease that ... but it seems in no way like a 'normal' way of looking around the cockpit ... unless I was setting it up wrong.
The only way I've been able to use TrackIR effectively (eg in Enhanced Mode) with AHII is the same way I'm using it with AH ... and that's with that neat little application jorgi found called tir2joy. I use it in conjuction with DM Pan view, so scanning the skies has quite a natural feeling to it. And I've mapped my TrackIR's CENTER button to be the same as HOME in AH. This brings me right back to my centered dead-zone for shooting with the flick of a button (a hat on my throttle) and a fresh, centered start for scanning the skies again.
To get the neck-craning effect needed to look around the headrest for six views and around cockpit struts, I've mapped the arrow buttons and page up/down to my hotas. (Actually they were already there before TrackIR). They move a little slow for my likeing, tho. It would really be kewl if there was a combination between TrackIR's view system and the custom head positions of AH. Kind of like the way padlock works in AH, now, you know?
As for JNOV's question about the limitation ... yeah, it's a trade-off. Unless HiTech can marry the customizable views with free panning rotation (ala current padlock) you lose the functionality of saved positions. I haven't missed it this week, tho. And I always thought it was kind of gamey to be able to set up views where the back of your head is pressed against the gunsight or your noggin spins 360 like Linda Blair.
But that's just me.
Splash1
