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I have been fiddling around the whole evening now, but I cant get it to work on W7 x64 and DCS Black Shark. Runnig FTNIR as admin, uninstalled anti-virus, double checked location of dll. But the C:\FTNoIR_ED_HeadTrackerLog.txt just doesnt appear, and facetracking just doesn't work. I am running an older version of DCS:BS, to run the training missions. Could that be a problem?

Already bought BS on Direct2Drive, but just went ahead and purchased A-10 on Steam...

This post provided the final solution for me. Almost same setup (1600*1200+1280*1024), many tnx!

Hi, I don't know if this was discussed before, but would this work with Black Shark too?

Sorry, got to excited when I saw the news on Steam this morning. Immediately went here to check things out, but indeed did not read properly. I will buy Black Shark on Steam as well on the next round of sales. I like the convenience Steam gives.

True, but as ridiculous as it sounds, € 10,- matters to some people (like when you have a wife who shops a lot and leaves you almost no pocket money... darnit that &*... uh wait, I'm going off-topic here.... :D )

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Steam still allow own DRM for games? So wouldn't that mean that Black Shark isn't necessarily without Starforce? That said, I think it's a great move. Steam definately has a large audience, and a lot of people use Steam almost exclusively. I just bought Black Shark through Direct2Drive, but perhaps DCS:A10 and/or FC2 will be bought on Steam.

Don't know the current conversion rate to Canadian dollars, but Direct2Drive offers FC2 for $29,-.

Wine does a good job at running DirectX under Linux already. Especially because DCS uses DirectX 9 at most, this part shouldn't be the biggest problem. Like a previous poster, I'm guessing it's mostly starforce which will not like Wine/Cedega/etc.

<- SAAF = South African Air Force

I think 40m is a little low to have auto rotation?

The forum on ACIG.org.

I cannot read Chinese, or find pics. Could you post pics and maybe translate a little?

DCS:BS seems to retail for about € 39,- here in the Netherlands. According to an online currency converter, the $50,- for an online purchase converts to about €39,- as well. So the price for me would be roughly the same. I guess I will ask around for someone with a credit card.... ;)

Since I don't own a credit card, buying it retail is the easiest option for me to buy DCS:Black Shark. But should I consider the percentage that ED will make from a purchase? I guess I could ask around at work if somebody has a credit card and is willing to buy DCS:BS online for me. How substantial is the profit difference between online purchase and retail? I'd like to support ED the best I can, but I'm also a lazy b*stard with little people skills.... :D

Knowing how much need Lockon and DCS:BS have for a powerfull CPU, and considering your budget, I'd advice you to go for a system with Intel Core i7, 6GB DDR3 kit and Radeon 4870/Geforce GTX285 class videocard.

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192 cores to be precise... :)

If some translations are needed, just ask... there are dutch people around... :)

TripleHead2Go digital edition supports 3x 1680 x 1050 when connect to a dual-link DVI port: Matrox TripleHead2Go website. But I think most 24" monitors have a 1920x1200 resolution....

Don't get me wrong, I didn't say or mean I agree with NP's request, it is just not that surprising seeing a company trying to hold on to its market share by any means necessary.

When I read , then I read that a generic HeadTracker interface, to be used with any device that can communicate with that interface, is canceled at the request of NP. That leaves only NP's TIR, joystick hat, keyboard and mouse to look around with. It is understandable that NP makes the request, but as to why ED has complied with it is another matter. Perhaps it is indeed included in the NDA? edit: Just read the reply from asso. I guess there will be at least some form of FreeTrack support. That'll be better then joystick hat I guess... :) Asso: could you maybe give more details why NP requested the original intended interface to be removed? Or have you said what can be said and rest is classified?

If the wikipedia page holds any truth, shame on NP....

2. Then why didn't anybody besides 3dFX use Glide, and why does AMD have agreements with Intel to use the x86 instructionset? 3. Where did you read this? Could you give a reference to this information? 4. Agreed, and besides NaturalPoint and FreeTrack, there are other companies with head tracking solutions on the market.

Well, I guess if you use the NaturalPoint interface, it might be some kind of IP breach, but Freetrack supports more protocols then NP's. If ED wants to, they could have made FreeTrack work in the english version as well, even without using NP's protocol. However, no FreeTrack support would not be a reason for me not to buy the western version....