Author Topic: For those who own the new Track IRs... (Read 700 times)

Octavius · « **Reply #15 on:** December 31, 2004, 10:27:47 PM »

Hey Redd, I got a hold of Fraps and put together a small 1 minute video of some [crappy] flying/gunnery in a SpitV.

In .rar format, it's under 6mb. If your e-mail can take it, I'll send it to ya.

octavius at hitechcreations dot com

Redd · « **Reply #16 on:** December 31, 2004, 10:57:22 PM »

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Originally posted by Octavius
Hey Redd, I got a hold of Fraps and put together a small 1 minute video of some [crappy] flying/gunnery in a SpitV.

In .rar format, it's under 6mb. If your e-mail can take it, I'll send it to ya.

octavius at hitechcreations dot com

Thanks Octavius,

redd at Bordernet.com.au

guttboy · « **Reply #17 on:** January 04, 2005, 08:37:37 PM »

Redd,

I had an 8 way hat switch with the pinkie for upward looking views on my throttle.

LEMME TELL YOU there is NO COMPARISON...its not simply immersion.

You can change the speed of your "PAN" and you are not regulated at the speed that the pan mode makes you do in ah....also simply and smootly tracking an enemy is SOOOOO much better.

As far as looking backwards....you simply turn your head slightly to one side or another and your view moves towards the back.

The films online dont do it justice...trust me. My SA has gone up 100 fold and I thought I had pretty good SA anyhow. What is super nice is when you are in a slow turning dogfite you can simply raise up a bit as if you were trying to do so in the cockpit and look down over the cowling....hmmm you gotta be a stick magician to do that and if you can and are happy with it...then stick with it.

I will never go back.....I thought it was all hype til I got one right before Christmas.....IT IS SIMPLY AWESOME.

Anyhow....regards....

guttboy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 04, 2005, 08:40:49 PM »

jpeg,

I also still have my hatswitch running. You can refine all of your viewswith the trackir while using the hatswitch...for example....

If you want to look backwards but think that there is a bogie slightly off of where your mapped view is...hmmm just raise up an inch or less look slightly left and right pull back a bit....you can see ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING there would be to see...you cant do that with a mapped view.

If you are happy with what you have now then keep it but you would not be disappointed one bit if you were to get one...it is amazing plain and simple.

Bino · « **Reply #19 on:** January 04, 2005, 11:14:55 PM »

The TrackIR3 pro with the new Vector thing is amazing, flat-out *amazing*. Once you get used to it, it is so much better than either a keypad or coolie hat that it will blow you away. Some folks take days or weeks to acclimate. I guess I was lucky: it took me only a few hours.

Moving your head just 15-20 degrees can turn your point of view in the game through 180 degrees. It's kinda like mouse acceleration, and you have full control of the scaling. I don't believe that it can work with either snap or padlock in-game views, but then, I never used those before, anyway. I was initially concerned about peering out of the corner of my eye at the monitor (through glasses) while turning the in-game view all the way around to six o'clock, but that has not proved to be a problem for me, at all.

With the Vector, you can move around very realistically in a 3D cockpit. For example, the canopy frames are no longer an issue: if one is in the way, just lean around it!

And no, I do not work for NaturalPoint!