Head tracking in BoP on PS3 is possible....

[StiC]

I now have an old mouse donated from my wife's office because it no longer worked. I got it going without much effort (damaged cable) and will begin modding as soon as I get some parts. The mod will allow mouse look to be triggered from my flight stick.

My first attempt at a permanent harness has failed, all materials will be recycled and put to good use in v.2. On the plus side I used a sewing machine for the first time in my life, and managed to stay out of the hospital.

StiC

[draux]

With the kinect and ps eye, I'm hoping we start seeing more head tracking built into these games. The systems are capable of doing it. GT5 has headtracking but you can only do it in arcade mode for some reason.

Brilliant solution in the meantime though.

[StiC]

Originally Posted by draux

With the kinect and ps eye, I'm hoping we start seeing more head tracking built into these games. The systems are capable of doing it.

I hope Anton is reading this.

[bobbysocks]

Originally Posted by StiC

I hope Anton is reading this.

yeah....we are hoping anton is reading A LOT of these posts. if so it will be a kick ass game!

[StiC]

Hey guys, just a little update. I gave up on the idea of a harness because it was too hard to adjust after installing it on my chair. Instead I now have a piece of denim material which drapes over the back of the chair. This is a lot like my makeshift setup as mentioned above only with more stability and it works well, but looks like ass.

I'm still looking for proper buttons to mount in my flightstick and I'm adding right mouse button so zoom will work in custom or pc stick controls

I will post pics and maybe a vid when it is finished.

StiC

[StiC]

I finally recorded some video to share. It's not very exciting because I still suck and you guys don't need to see me getting my ass kicked. I don't have any way to capture video directly so the quality isn't much to talk about but here it is nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QU9aV5f-U0

[winny]

Originally Posted by StiC

Hey guys, just a little update. I gave up on the idea of a harness because it was too hard to adjust after installing it on my chair. Instead I now have a piece of denim material which drapes over the back of the chair. This is a lot like my makeshift setup as mentioned above only with more stability and it works well, but looks like ass.

I'm still looking for proper buttons to mount in my flightstick and I'm adding right mouse button so zoom will work in custom or pc stick controls

I will post pics and maybe a vid when it is finished.

StiC

I had a similar idea but never got round to the actual mod..
Got this with the intention of mounting the ball where the hat switch on my stick is and the mouse buttons on top of the throttle.



When I play sim I currently stick it to the throttle with blu tack. It works but it's hard to use if you're right handed.

[StiC]

Originally Posted by winny

I had a similar idea but never got round to the actual mod..
Got this with the intention of mounting the ball where the hat switch on my stick is and the mouse buttons on top of the throttle.



When I play sim I currently stick it to the throttle with blu tack. It works but it's hard to use if you're right handed.

That's a solid idea, I see we think alike. That's the smallest trackball I've ever seen. I would have picked it up as well.

StiC

[StiC]

Here are some pics of the mouse setup. It's not pretty but it works.

I still haven't found buttons to mount in my flightstick and I may just make some foot switches in the meantime.

An old pair of jeans worked well to support the mouse. I attached the mouse simply by opening up the mouse and clamping it to the bottom edge of the cutaway material before replacing the screws. Running the cord through a small hole and using a paper clamp adds an extra bit of stability.

StiC

[StiC]

I found a group of guys playing sim and I decided to take my rig online. It was rough at first trying to track human players, but by the last match I was getting better. I also crashed a lot because of the low level dogfights and losing awareness of the plane's attitude while tracking, but this also got better. In the last match WalterNowotny reminded me about flaps and I managed to get 2 kills that match. lol Once I got used to it it felt good and the flaps made a huge difference.

Anyway I sent my idea to Ben Heck and he likes it, maybe he'll do something cool with it.

Time to let this horse rest in peace.

THE END?