TrackIR and saved F10 headposition?

[Randy1]

I find that the TIR position (at least for forward) is slightly different than the saved position and the difference seems to vary between aircraft.  The TIR position puts the reticle slightly higher in the gunsight than the saved position.

That is the problem.  On the P-38L, I spent about and hour trying to get the head position right then finally gave up.

[Wiley]

I was able to get it close enough just by turning TIR off, moving the head a bit below where I wanted it, then saving it with F10, then turning TIR back on to see what I had.

It took some fiddling, but generally only a couple minutes.

Wiley.

[Randy1]

I was able to get it close enough just by turning TIR off, moving the head a bit below where I wanted it, then saving it with F10, then turning TIR back on to see what I had.

It took some fiddling, but generally only a couple minutes.

Wiley.

i got the 47 right quick but the 38 is a real pain.

[FLS]

That is the problem.  On the P-38L, I spent about and hour trying to get the head position right then finally gave up.

That's odd that you can't set it. I plugged my TrackIR in, started AH without VR and the gunsight was slightly low. I pressed my "tracker center" button and the gunsight was centered in the glass. I took off the headset and the gunsight was still centered in the glass.

If you need to restore defaults just delete the P38L hps file.

[Wiley]

That's odd that you can't set it. I plugged my TrackIR in, started AH without VR and the gunsight was slightly low. I pressed my "tracker center" button and the gunsight was centered in the glass. I took off the headset and the gunsight was still centered in the glass.

If you need to restore defaults just delete the P38L hps file.

Easy, quick test.  Follow these steps:

Start the game with TrackIR
Pause TrackIR (F9 is default button)
Move the head position up a bit, 1/4" should be enough.
Hit F10 to save position.
Unpause TrackIR (F9 is default button)

What happens on my machine is, the head position jumps up a bit.  If you keep TrackIR enabled and hit F10, every time you do it the head position will jump up a bit more.  Makes it tricky to get your head just where you want it.

It doesn't have anything to do with TrackIR losing center, it's where the game is recording the center position of the head.

Wiley.

[FLS]

It jumps up because your head is above the saved position. If your head was below the saved position it would jump down.

[Wiley]

Do you mean above the default position?  If so, that's how it seems to me.

It also seems like the further you are from center the more it jumps at a time.

Wiley.

[FLS]

Leave trackir on, move to the position you want, press F10.

Sit normally, press "tracker center".

[hitech]

Leave trackir on, move to the position you want, press F10.

Sit normally, press "tracker center".

This is the prescribed method.

[Traveler]

i got the 47 right quick but the 38 is a real pain.

Have you tried firing up the TrackIR software outside of AH3 and ensuring that you are zeroed out and able to turn your head in all directions.  That if the headtilt down thing is a problem.  I use TrackIR and my wingman uses TrackIR and we use it out of the box, no changes to the default profile.  It works fine, have no issues.