Freetrack interface use in IL-2:CoD

[Wolf_Rider]

we're not talking about Windows game controllers, Julian, the subject at hand is the inclusion of alternative headtrackers to the TIR


@Lobi

So, on top of the demands, intimidations and what are tantamount to outright lies concerning FT, you also don't understand how it works?

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

we're not talking about game controllers, Julian, the subject at hand is the inclusion of alternative headtrackers to the TIR


@Lobi

So, on top of the demands, intimidations and what are tantamount to outright lies concerning FT, you also don't understand how it works?

1) HT devices aren't "controllers"... Well, for me all are input devices...

2) I know! I want that YOU start to talk about HOW YOU believe Freetrack works, and why it's totally OK into ArmAII!

Let´s go...

[Wolf_Rider]

@ loBi...
well, that's what I'm asking... does the FT hook into the mouselook? (to be clear, I see mouselook as a defacto generic interface, that's why I keep mentioning it )

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

@ loBi...
well, that's what I'm asking... does the FT hook into the mouselook? (to be clear, I see mouselook as a defacto generic interface, that's why I keep mentioning it )

I use mouselook into ArmAII to move my gun and shoot at enemies. To look around in another direction, lean and zoom, I use Freetrack hooked into Freetrack Interface...

Do you have ArmAII and Freetrack installed in your computer, W-R? You can try here and see how it works!

[Wolf_Rider]

@ Lobi..
yes, you've said that before about the FT interface, but the bit I (for one) be curious about is; how does the interface interact with the ArmAII/ other game?

[LoBiSoMeM]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

@ Lobi..
yes, you've said that before about the FT interface, but the bit I (for one) be curious about is; how does the interface interact with the ArmAII/ other game?

Maybe it's hard to discover... Can I have some time?


/************************************************** **********************
* freetrack_c_interface.c
*
* A simple command line application which reads the data from FreeTrack
* using the FreeTrackClient.dll interface.
*
* Assumes that a copy of the FreeTrackClient.dll is in the same folder,
* thought this does not necessarily have to be the same folder as the
* FreeTrack application itself.
*
* Based on code from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic-link_library
*
* Alastair Moore, December 2007
*
************************************************** **********************/

//#include <iostream>
//#include <tchar.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>

typedef struct
{
float yaw;
float pitch;
float roll;
float x;
float y;
float z;
int dataID;
}FreeTrackData;

// DLL function signatures
// These match those given in FTTypes.pas
// WINAPI is macro for __stdcall defined somewhere in the depths of windows.h
typedef bool (WINAPI *importGetData)(FreeTrackData * data);
typedef char *(WINAPI *importGetDllVersion)(void);
typedef void (WINAPI *importReportID)(int name);
typedef char *(WINAPI *importProvider)(void);


int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
//declare imported function pointers
importGetData getData;
importGetDllVersion getDllVersion;
importReportID reportID;
importProvider provider;

// create variables for exchanging data with the dll
FreeTrackData data;
FreeTrackData *pData;
pData = &data;
char *pDllVersion;
int name = 453;
char *pProvider;


// Load DLL file
HINSTANCE hinstLib = LoadLibrary("FreeTrackClient.dll");
if (hinstLib == NULL) {
printf("ERROR: unable to load DLL\n");
return 1;
}
else
{
printf("dll loaded\n");
}

// Get function pointers
getData = (importGetData)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "FTGetData");
getDllVersion = (importGetDllVersion)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "FTGetDllVersion");
reportID = (importReportID)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "FTReportID");
provider = (importProvider)GetProcAddress(hinstLib, "FTProvider");

// Check they are valid
if (getData == NULL) {
printf("ERROR: unable to find 'FTGetData' function\n");
FreeLibrary(hinstLib);
return 1;
}
if (getDllVersion == NULL){
printf("ERROR: unable to find 'FTGetDllVersion' function\n");
FreeLibrary(hinstLib);
return 1;
}
if (reportID == NULL){
printf("ERROR: unable to find 'FTReportID' function\n");
FreeLibrary(hinstLib);
return 1;
}
if (reportID == NULL){
printf("ERROR: unable to find 'FTProvider' function\n");
FreeLibrary(hinstLib);
return 1;
}

// Print the address of each function
printf("FTGetData is at address: 0x%x\n",getData);
printf("FTGetDllVersion is at address: 0x%x\n",getDllVersion);
printf("FTReportID is at address: 0x%x\n",reportID);
printf("FTProvider is at address: 0x%x\n",provider);

// Call each function and display result
pDllVersion = getDllVersion();
printf("Dll Version: %s\n", pDllVersion);

pProvider = provider();
printf("Provider: %s\n", pProvider);

reportID(name); //not sure what this does - I guess it tells the dll that I am using it.

system("pause"); //wait till keyboard is pressed before entering main loop
while( kbhit() != 1)
{
system("cls"); //clear screen
if (getData(pData))
{
printf("Record ID: %d\n" , data.dataID);
printf("Yaw: %5.2f\n" , data.yaw );
printf("Pitch: %5.2f\n" , data.pitch );
printf("Roll: %5.2f\n" , data.roll );
printf("X: %5.2f\n" , data.x );
printf("Y: %5.2f\n" , data.y );
printf("Z: %5.2f\n" , data.z );
}
else
{
printf("Nothing returned from getData\n");
break;
}
}

// Unload DLL file
FreeLibrary(hinstLib);

return 0;
}


Now, drop dead, please... When I said it's EASY to devs to put Freetrack suport, it's open, have SDK, I didn't think that Oleg will not have time to create a dynamic campain...

Get a life now, please! And I still waisting my time in all this nonsense...

[Wolf_Rider]

@LoBi...

That may or may not be what the interface itself is Lobi (it is also a copy/ paste from the FT site). Perhaps you could explain it to us? ... you know, put it into layman's terms?


I would suggest (based on your comments) that you don't use the FT Interface at all, LoBi

[julian265]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

we're not talking about Windows game controllers, Julian, the subject at hand is the inclusion of alternative headtrackers to the TIR

I don't care what you were talking about - if you quote a post and agree or disagree, then that is the subject at hand. And as the meaning of game devs "allowing access to the head control axes" is perfectly clear, it's obvious that you've used the straw-man argument trick again, disagreeing with a point that I never made.

It's not surprising that people don't use such a method face-to-face.

[Wolf_Rider]

none of that, however, has anything to do with the subject at hand, Julian.
The subject at hand, is the inclusion of alternative headtrackers to TIR, is it not?

now... I believe we're waiting for Lobi to get back to us (I mean if you're going to push a product, it should be understood how it works )