Author Topic: My eyeballs hurt, I'm motion sick, and I LOVE IT :) (Read 538 times)

JCLerch · « **on:** February 04, 2005, 01:16:43 PM »

SWMBO got me the TrackIr3 Pro + Vector support as a Birthday gift, and WOW!!

While using TIR is very natural, I nearly puked after my first few sorties, and I had to take a break..

The next day I fly a few more sorties, while the nauseua isn't so bad, I feel like my eyeballs are going to pop out of my head. TIR made my eyballs do weird things. For instance, when you move your head left (to pan left), you have to move your eyeballs to the right to keep looking at the screen. Consequently I use my eye muscles more than normal now, and for some reason, I get after effects (my eye's feel funny) for several hours after playing.

Today, (after tweaking the TIR settings to get a little more sensitivity so I don't move me head so much) things are much better. No nauseua, but my eye's still feel a little 'odd'

With that said, I absolutly LOVE this product! The immersion factor is intense. The abily to keep a track on a con durring intense ACM is absolutly amazing.

While I'm still a newbie to AH (1.5yrs or so) I am amazed at how well the brain integrates with TIR and AH2. The brain figures out, somehow, where your 'looking', which way the aircraft is oriented, and which way to move the stick, all at the same time, without even having to 'think' about it. It is in a word "stunning"

OH, and one last thing, with the new Cloud model + TIR = Incredible SA! (the clouds are now unique, and seem to really help me keep my orientation)

Anyway, I'm now re-addicted to AH

Balsy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2005, 01:41:49 PM »

Lerch!

Ditto for me...

The only thing I find hard now is multiple cons, and my aim has gone to sheet.... (well what there was of it anyway).

Congrats you vector freak!

Octavius · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2005, 02:11:36 PM »

Hehehe, the nausea was very light for me, but I certainly had it

Not close to puking, lol!

I think it's a lot like driving a car, being able to 'fly to where you're looking.' Left turn, you look left, keep your eye on hte spot you're heading to until you complete the turn. It's so natural even from the first time you use it.

The only thing you need to get used to is gunnery - force your way through it. 1v1 seems like no problem, but in a multiple con situation, I still find myself using the numpad for quicker SA. I'm getting better though

slimm50 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2005, 03:16:34 PM »

BALSY!!!
Nice to see a familiar name from yesteryear.

Magoo · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2005, 03:45:42 PM »

What is this TrackIR thing you speak of?

Magoo

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2005, 03:59:35 PM »

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

Considering theres a bigprettythang BANNER on the Aces High webpage before you come here to the BBS, I'd think you'd have at least heard of it lol.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2005, 09:36:54 PM »

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Originally posted by StarOfAfrica2
http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

Considering theres a bigprettythang BANNER on the Aces High webpage before you come here to the BBS, I'd think you'd have at least heard of it lol.

Why would you go to the Aces High webpage if you were coming to the BBS?

Sancho · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2005, 02:03:09 AM »

<- got a little woozy the first few hours of using my trackir, but it passed. I love my tir3.

Seeker · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2005, 08:29:22 AM »

I'm learning that the trick to gunnery is to look at the gunsite and fly the target into it; instead of looking at the target and flying the gunsite onto the target.

It's a bit like getting used to padlock.