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Title: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 02:39:35 AM: ... try going the other way, back to hat views after 5 years :lol :cry
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Nurminen on January 17, 2011, 03:20:54 AM: Quote from: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 02:39:35 AM
... try going the other way, back to hat views after 5 years :lol :cry

:)

:aok
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: dhyran on January 17, 2011, 03:29:42 AM: without trackir i would stop flying...... i am so addicted to trackir, hopefully it will never break, o my god :pray
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 03:30:46 AM: Quote from: dhyran on January 17, 2011, 03:29:42 AM
without trackir i would stop flying......

I'm basically back to bombers & tanks only. :uhoh
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: zack1234 on January 17, 2011, 03:49:40 AM: I use both hat and track ir :old:
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Ardy123 on January 17, 2011, 03:51:58 AM: Quote from: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 02:39:35 AM
... try going the other way, back to hat views after 5 years :lol :cry

first your pedals, then your tracIR?

it sounds like a 'snailmare'!
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 03:55:56 AM: Quote from: Ardy123 on January 17, 2011, 03:51:58 AM
first your pedals, then your tracIR?

and my new TFT, so that I'm back to 17" crt too :uhoh
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Ardy123 on January 17, 2011, 03:57:37 AM: Quote from: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 03:55:56 AM
and my new TFT, so that I'm back to 17" crt too :uhoh
a situation this rough, deserves a graph....
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: guncrasher on January 17, 2011, 04:12:42 AM: I would rather give up my pedals than trakir.

semp
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Ruah on January 17, 2011, 04:52:42 AM: I am afraid to get trackir. . .
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: zack1234 on January 17, 2011, 05:11:48 AM: Be afraid be very afraid :old:
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: JimmyC on January 17, 2011, 05:22:06 AM: is the lady snail slowly breaking you down ?
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Noir on January 17, 2011, 06:07:36 AM: getting used to a saitek X65-F is not too shabby also... :joystick:
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: lengro on January 17, 2011, 06:32:35 AM: Quote from: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 02:39:35 AM
... try going the other way, back to hat views after 5 years :lol :cry

Ouch - I tried starting up w/o trackir after a long break from AH... not possible - after a few days I gave up. No way back once I was used to trackir.
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Harp00n on January 17, 2011, 07:42:37 AM: Quote from: Ardy123 on January 17, 2011, 03:57:37 AM
a situation this rough, deserves a graph....

(http://www.vectorstock.com/composite/29889/financial-graph-vector.jpg)
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: CAP1 on January 17, 2011, 07:43:55 AM: i just ordered my trackir...should be getting it, and setting it up hopefully next week sometime......
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: lulu on January 17, 2011, 07:56:17 AM: Sometimes when i drive my little car to watch back I start to think as it has a trackIR system on :O :bolt:

:salute
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: zack1234 on January 17, 2011, 09:01:56 AM: Quote from: Noir on January 17, 2011, 06:07:36 AM
getting used to a saitek X65-F is not too shabby also... :joystick:

How you getting on with new stick?
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Lusche on January 17, 2011, 10:14:12 AM: Quote from: lengro on January 17, 2011, 06:32:35 AM
Ouch - I tried starting up w/o trackir after a long break from AH... not possible

I had never though it could be THAT bad. Going from hatview to TrackIr took me about 1 hour to "get it", and about one additional week to tweak the controller's settings for best performance.

The other way round is much more difficult. Pushing different buttons in different combinations is much less intuitive than simply looking into any direction. It's like playing the piano during a fight. I'm not only unable to keep track of any enemy during combat, it even has a profound impact on my spatial awareness - suddenly the game has become two-dimensional and I'm constantly stalling, hitting the ground and unable to pull smooth & tight turns. Not to mention the suddenly appearance of a lot of blind spots in my view that simply hadn't been there when using the TrackIr.

A funny side note: I used Lake Furball in the DA to test & get used to the new setup. Several times I got a "good fight" while in reality I was flopping around like a fish out of water, stalling in my turns and giving out proxies by falling out of the sky. Seems the standard is bot very high there ;)
Title: Re: If you ever thought getting used to a TrackIR is hard...
Post by: Noir on January 17, 2011, 11:31:03 AM: Quote from: zack1234 on January 17, 2011, 09:01:56 AM
How you getting on with new stick?

not bad actually, took me a week to stop being a shame to the squad :lol We'll duel sometime and you'll find out :t