How do you guys tweak your head tracker for 109?

[dreamofire]

Hi folks. I know a lot of you guys are using head trackers like trackIR, freetrack or facetrackNOir.

My trackIR works okay with Spitfire or Hurricanes, 'cause they have the aligned gun sights. When I try to use the same configuration with Bf-109, it just doesn't work that well. I can't see my crosshair the most time, you know how bad it feels when you finally get the window to shoot but you just can't find the god d*mned crosshair

I tried use the magical Shift+F1, but it cause more trouble than benefit, I lost my SA everytime simply after just one switching.

I'm trying to tweak my X, Y and Z axis movement speeds to set a trap for my head where the output of movement slows down within. I'm just wondering if there's a bette solution to this.

Thanks

[VO101_Tom]

I use a TrackIR. It was very unusual initially – as if the pilot's head would be too heavy – but i got used to it by today.
Try it: lean a little bit leftwards, reset TrackIR, you lean back then and the revi will be in the middle.

[Ze-Jamz]

Just tone down your axis in the profile settings and move your head forward n slightly right to align with the crosshairs?

Its really not that hard..sounds to me your profile is too sharp for this Game...my IL2 profile didnt work here it was much to strong for this game..

Whatever you decide to do it IS tricky when your pulling high G's and have head shake enabled etc..

[White Owl]

I use the smooth profile, only slightly tweaked to shrink the dead zone. No issues at all looking at the 109's sight. Just move my head about a half inch and it lines up perfectly.

[JumpingHubert]

the trackIR software is very easy to adjust. My good old TrackIR3 works without problems too.

[flyingblind]

Adjusting your TIR settings will certainly help but there are other issues at work that have been extensively discussed in other threads.

I think you have to ask yourself how real do you want the game to be. Most people who play this game seriously would say as real as possible. In which case they should use the 30 deg FOV. The manual states the correct field of view to use is 30deg. But, you might say, this restricts my view and SA and puts me at a disadvantage. I think it might be worth having a look at the Utube videos of Gp Cptn Paul Day's appraisal of both the Spitfire and the 109 although I expect most have already seen them. They demonstrate just how small the cockpits are and how restricted the view in actual fact really was.(Search 'Spitefire the legend the facts and its opponent' and 'Cockpit of Messerchmitt 109'). So in real life the gunsight would be much more in your face than most people like.

The other big issue is that the gunsights do not behave in quite the same way on a computer screen as in real life because in real life you see 3D objects with two eyes. Look at your monitor and then cover one eye with your hand. You will not lose half the monitor you will still see the whole monitor, just a little less clearly because you cut out half the light. And that is what happens with the gunsights - you only need to look through the sight with one eye with both eyes open and the cross hairs will appear to float outside of the glass screen. In the game this does not happen as the crosshairs can only be seen on the screen which, coupled with the way most people prefer flying at larger field of views than 30deg makes the gunsights more difficult to use. This holds true for both Spits and 109s it just so happens the Germans exploited this phenomenon more than the British by offsetting thier sights to give the pilot a less obscured forward view, they didn't actually have to move or tilt thier heads to take aim. It has been suggested that a better representation would be to allow the crosshairs to float outside of the screen in the game but there are plenty of others who would disagree.

[huckster]

i just lean to the left a bit and center, works for me, you lose a little bit of the cockpit though but its a trade off i'm comfortable with.

[Krt_Bong]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

I use a TrackIR. It was very unusual initially – as if the pilot's head would be too heavy – but i got used to it by today.
Try it: lean a little bit leftwards, reset TrackIR, you lean back then and the revi will be in the middle.

Exactly, though at the moment I cannot reset within the game since last patch, you can still?

[335th_GRAthos]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I rarely use the gunsight mode, just prefer to line my head up with the Revi and pray!

LOL! yes, I may try that but, it is generaly bad mixing religion where common logic should be into play...

All they needed to do is to disable "head movement restriction" in gunsight mode, just like the original IL2FB

But you can post your request here
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=23405

~S~

[lensman1945]

Originally Posted by huckster

i just lean to the left a bit and center, works for me, you lose a little bit of the cockpit though but its a trade off i'm comfortable with.

+1..the simple elegant solution