FaceTrackNoIR

[Troll2k]

Fake TrackIR is the game protocol.In version 1.5 you have some preset ini profiles to choose.I tried Over Flanders Fields thinking it would be similar.

After poking around some more when I click on settings for faceapi it just says initializing under engine state.

I am using the PS3 Eye,W7 x64 FaceTrackNoIR V 1.5.

[AndyJWest]

I've just tried it with a Logitech C270 webcam. It seems to 'almost' work, but crashes CloD -there are known issues with i5/i7 CPUs, which should be fixed in the next patch. I'll carry on testing, to see if I can get this version (1.5) working.

Ho hum... It seems to work better with the 1.3 version, though I've had this crash too.

Doh! Am I an eejit or what? Setting FaceTrackNoIR to use the same keys to start/stop that CloD uses to exit the game is bound to cause problems.

This needs further looking into, but I'm optimistic...

[engadin]

If you have a kinect device it looks like you'll have a TrackIR substitute more sooner or than later:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaEosZ_dld4

More details here:

http://www.vg247.com/2011/06/01/kine...hown-in-video/

Engadin.

[CharveL]

Originally Posted by engadin

If you have a kinect device it looks like you'll have a TrackIR substitute more sooner or than later:

More details here:

http://www.vg247.com/2011/06/01/kine...hown-in-video/

Engadin.

Kinect will suck for this. Great idea in theory but in practice it won't be anywhere close to accurate enough imho for subtle head movements despite everyone hyping out about it.

TrackIR is still the best way to go, or something like this FaceTrackNoIR for those on a budget.

Look at the lag response for when the guy moves his head in the video to when it reacts on-screen. It might be a consequence of too much smoothing but I'm thinking all the processing the Kinect has to do to figure out where your head is, when it's moving and translating that into accurate and responsive tracking is a bit beyond the device.

[AndyJWest]

Just to confirm that FaceTrackNoIR version 1.3 seems to work with CloD and a with a Logitech C270 webcam on my PC, though 1.5 doesn't. Hopefully the next version will have sorted the problems. I'm still experimenting with the profile, but when I get it sorted I'll post it here.

I'm not used to head-tracking, and am finding the whole thing a little difficult to get used to - the landscape seems to bounce up and down!

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

I'm not used to head-tracking, and am finding the whole thing a little difficult to get used to - the landscape seems to bounce up and down!

Huh? It shouldn't 'bounce'. It should be quite a natural thing. You move your head to look around, you move the joystick/pedals to control the 'plane (sorry if this sounds patronising!).

When mates have tried mine, granted it's a genuine TrackIR, they seem to confuse the two, having been used to a hat switch, and also move their head too much, which results in loss of FoV altogether.

I have to say that I need to press F12 to centralise the view more in Cliffs of Dover than in any other sim however.

It might be easier to experiment in IL2 first, it is definately easier to get used to without 6DoF.

Hope this helps!

[AndyJWest]

Yeah - it is probably partly me not being used to it, and partly the profile still needing tweaking.