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Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Icer on June 22, 2004, 11:44:09 AM: The TrackIR hardware/software has gotten refined to the point where it really works quite well in games that support it (IL2-FB, LOMAC, FS2004, Falcon 4.0 (3D pit), and even Bore-Birds), even where you can emulate "mouselook".

Any chance of this being built into AH2?
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: 214thCavalier on June 22, 2004, 02:10:18 PM: Quick somebody Gag him !
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Wotan on June 22, 2004, 02:18:50 PM: Please I hope it comes soon...
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: SKurj on June 22, 2004, 03:40:15 PM: I asked HT about it in the MA yesterday, and he replied...

It is on the list, just not at the top.

SKurj
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Wotan on June 22, 2004, 04:27:00 PM: Whats it take to get it to the top :p
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Kweassa on June 22, 2004, 05:11:32 PM: How about of bottle of 12year Scotch?
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: ALF on June 22, 2004, 05:29:11 PM: Im in on that scotch if it gets me Native support :D
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Icer on June 22, 2004, 06:30:41 PM: Quote
Originally posted by 214thCavalier
Quick somebody Gag him !

Hehe..

I just did the PPJoy/TIRJoy dance.. FORGET it! Compared to IL2 I felt like I was on a friggin carnival ride!! Not only that but somehow PPJoy porked my sound up.. Its gone and all is well but I STILL WANT TIR Support!!

:D
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: SunKing on June 22, 2004, 07:31:14 PM: ** Jumps on the bandwagon ** :cool: You know you want one Hitech and Pyro.
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Icer on June 23, 2004, 01:22:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by SunKing
** Jumps on the bandwagon ** :cool: You know you want one Hitech and Pyro.

I'll BUY Hitech a TrackIR3 Pro if he makes this a priority, hows that?
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Westy on June 23, 2004, 01:36:39 PM: "I just did the PPJoy/TIRJoy dance...."

Out of curiosity what the heck is that? :)
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Icer on June 23, 2004, 01:43:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Westy
"I just did the PPJoy/TIRJoy dance...."

Out of curiosity what the heck is that? :)

PPJoy installs a Virtual Joystick Driver, which you can assign the view axises to in AH Joystick setup. TIRJoy, I believe, is an interface between TrackIR and this virtual JStick Driver. It DOES work, and you can look (Pan) around in the cockpit but regardless of how I calibrated this virtual stick I could never get it correct in-game. To top it off my SoundMax sound drivrer had a conflict with it for some reason, wasn't worth going crazy over.. I'm going to play with the Mouse panning and see if I can't grt TIR to work using that..
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Westy on June 23, 2004, 01:45:50 PM: Ah. thanks.

And fwiw I'm in the very slow process of trying out "Freelook" using a home made IR led device and my PC's webcam. Was wondering if doing that dance would help me out too :)
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: ALF on June 23, 2004, 05:37:13 PM: There is no comparison between Enhanced and anything else....its like a whole new world. I found the Pjoy thingy to be next to useless and the other area keymap program to be more of a hassle than its worth (Ive already got my hat switch mapped...I dont want to map my head).

Call me crazy....but Im sure HT will get it done in due course. I just hope its close enough to the top to see light:D
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Dennis on June 23, 2004, 06:36:40 PM: Please add my 'please' to the list of pleases, pretty please. It would sure please me to see TrackIR native support in AHII.

How 'bout it HT? Move it closer to the top of the list? Please?

PPJoy/TIR2joy is rather unpleasing compared to TIR enhanced ... and I won't go back to the gamey hatswitch/snap views after seeing the light with IL-2.

Splash1
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Moochie on June 25, 2004, 06:29:30 AM: What does enhanced mode offer over mouse emulation mode (I'm not finding mouse emulation mode very useful or enjoyable)?
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: 214thCavalier on June 25, 2004, 07:48:50 AM: Enhanced mode always returns to the default straight ahead position when you look front.
Mouse mode can end up with you looking left to get the front view etc.

Also in enhanced mode you can configure the TIR response curve.
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: AKIron on June 26, 2004, 11:36:39 AM: While we're on the subject, here's my request for additional irtracker support:

- enhanced mode of course
- ability to disable or freeze the view with keystroke (for those zoomed in views)
- ability to switch (on-the-fly) from look around view control of irtracker to change perspective control. Yes, this could be mapped to irtracker now but the lean your head perspective views change much too slowly for this to be useful with irtracker. Guess this would require a fundamental change in how your viewpoint change is now in effect.
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Icer on July 01, 2004, 07:29:48 PM: Got an email from the guys at TrackIR and it seems that support is coming *soon*...
Title: TrackIR Native Support!
Post by: Edbert on July 06, 2004, 12:28:01 PM: Icer, I was about to bring that up, but you beat me to it. TrackIR offers developers help in getting it done (it only makes sense). That might help get the TIR project higher into that stack of paper on HT's inbox.

I flew for the first time with one of these on this weekend at a friends house, it was the version 3-pro, and the sim was IL2-AEP. It took me a couple of hours to get the hang of it but...HOLY IMMERSION BATMAN!