Free-track IR 2 DOF?

[julian265]

My settings
Small soft response curves on all rotational axes
Translational axes depend on the sim - with an optical HUD, linear, with ring and bead, small soft.

also (for IL-2):







This might be useful for anyone new to electronics, who is thinking about making their own:

[albx]

thank you julian265, i'll try your settings

[SEE]

I have Freetrack working in IL1946 with 3 point 6DOF (mod required) and find that having a small reduction in sensitivity on the axis profile curves (as described in the FT user manual) makes a big difference! I am amazed at the difference using head Tracking makes. I used to fly in virtual view but now I am hooked into cockpit view only and re- starting all my favourite campaigns/missions.

[Avimimus]

Originally Posted by swiss

BOP - WOP, sorry my bad. I thought it's called "Birds of..."

I'm pretty sure that BOP is the console predecessor to WOP.

[SEE]

BOP - the unfinished console version that the publishers abandoned!

WOP - the unfinished PC version that the Devs abandoned!

Thank gawd for IL1946............and its stable......

[Splitter]

Not the thread jack, just a quick review on a similar free product:

I downloaded FaceTrackNoIR last night and spent a few hours getting it set up. Today I had the opportunity to fly offline combat with it. Here are my impressions:

It has IL-2 support. All that really means is it is recognized by IL-2 and there are ready made sensitivity settings for this sim.

Unfortunately, those settings only really get you in the ballpark. I found that I had to made the "yaw" settings pretty high to be able to look over my shoulders. The 'pitch" settings (look up/down) also had to be set high.

It has taken a LOT of tweaking to get it to run.

And when it runs, it runs WELL. It's s totally different combat experience when the view changes as you move your head.

Unfortunately here again, it loses tack of your face on a regular basis. My view control then defaults to the HAT switch on my stick, which is ok.

But, it is a bit of resource hog. Really, it's just a CPU hog. As it searches again for your face, there is a noticeable slow down in performance.

So now I am betwixt and between. I now feel I NEED such a system for simming, but this one is not quite ready (it is a WiP too LOL). TrackIR may be in my future, I just hate giving my wife any more ammunition to use against me for my gaming geekiness.

Splitter

[SEE]

Have you not tried Freetrack? It certainly exceeded my expectations. I run in 'Perfect' and no problems whatsoever with performance issues or checking my 6. Never tried the Natural Point Track IR to make a comparison but at the moment I am more than happy with Freetrack and would rather spend the dosh on a Saitek X52 stick!

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by SEE

Have you not tried Freetrack? It certainly exceeded my expectations. I run in 'Perfect' and no problems whatsoever with performance issues or checking my 6. Never tried the Natural Point Track IR to make a comparison but at the moment I am more than happy with Freetrack and would rather spend the dosh on a Saitek X52 stick!

May I assume that I could buy the TrackIR cap to use with Freetrack?

I really don't want to go through the trouble of building a cap for the game.

Splitter

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by SEE

I have Freetrack working in IL1946 with 3 point 6DOF (mod required) and find that having a small reduction in sensitivity on the axis profile curves (as described in the FT user manual) makes a big difference! I am amazed at the difference using head Tracking makes. I used to fly in virtual view but now I am hooked into cockpit view only and re- starting all my favourite campaigns/missions.

The downside of headtracking software is once you have got used to it you simply do not bother flying at all if its unavailable The other problem is you develop this frustrating habit when watching things like youtube clips of trying to look around by turning your head.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Splitter

May I assume that I could buy the TrackIR cap to use with Freetrack?

I really don't want to go through the trouble of building a cap for the game.

Splitter

The trackIR cap is simply a set of reflectors whereas I suspect the freetrack design uses active LEDs (a technique the very early trackIR used but seems to have abandoned years ago)

To use the TrackIR cap you would probably need to get some sort of bright infrared light source and point it at it.