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I have access, through my grad school, to a 3d printer. I'm toying with the idea of 3d-printing a Black Shark collective grip, and attaching it to a simple collective using one of the many joystick I/O usb boards.as part of a simpit build. Challenge: finding good, dimensioned (or at least dimensions-recoverable-from) illustrations or photos of the Black Shark's collective. Anyone have anything handy? Google has not been kind to me thus-far today. If I end up building this thing, I'll be glad to share the CAD files..

The rudder pedals (and the rudder) gives you control over your aircraft's yaw axis. You use the rudder to counteract adverse yaw and coordinate your turns (http://www.howcast.com/videos/22907-Rudder-and-Adverse-Yaw). This helps you avoid spins, among other unpleasant things. I'm not sure how much the flight model and typical flight regimes for FC2 or A-10 require you to be aware of this, but, that's what the rudder pedals are helping you do.

I just tried following the instructions in your other post. Neither 64-bit nor 32-bit versions of the head-tracker DLL appear work, in the path you specified. There's no error message, and the simulator runs fine either way, just sans-headtracking. I guess if I really want headtracking I should just break down and buy a TrackIR (since it is the officially supported solution) but I'd like to have a credible go with FreeTrack/FaceTrackNoIR first before I go that way...

I'm trying to get the HeadTracker API distributed by FreeTrackNoIR working with DCS: Black Shark, as purchased through Steam. I posted this in the FreeTrackNoIR thread, but it seems like the problem I'm having relates more to how DCS loads the headtracker.dll than the specific headtracker dll distributed by FreeTrackNoIR. In input.lua, the script tries to load the DLL from "./bin/headtracker/headtracker.dll". For the Steam-based game, where is ./ relative to? I tried placing the files so that they ended up in c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\blackshark\bin\headtracker\headtracker.dll but the headtracker doesn't seem to load -- the FreeTrackNoIR version is supposed to place a text file in the root of c:\, but this doesn't appear after I run the game. I believe the Steam version of DCS is x86, but not positive (is there a way to check easily?). I've tried both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of FreeTrackNoIR's headtracker DLLs in that path, with no luck. Other relevant thoughts: 1) Using DCS: Black Shark 1.0.2, purchased through Steam. 2) Using FaceTrackNoIR 1.5.0. 3) OS is Windows 7 64-bit. 4) Hardware is a Macbook Pro, 2009 model, i7 quad-core w/GeForce 330M. I can run FaceTrackNoIR and it successfully tracks my face, and can communicate with ArmA II using fake-TrackIR, so I'm pretty sure the issue is somewhere on the DCS side, possibly with the DLL loading. Any thoughts on diagnosing this issue?

Apologies if this has been covered before, but I can't find any reference to it in the thread. I have: -DCS: Black Shark 1.0.2, purchased through Steam. -FaceTrackNoIR 1.5.0 -The 32-bit ED API zip. -A MacBook Pro running Windows 7 x86_64 (yes, 64-bit version of the OS). I am able to start FaceTrackNoIR and get a good track (yellow outline of the eyes/mouth). Problem #1: The directory structure of DCS: Black Shark, in the Steam common apps directory, does not match what the readme for the 32 bit ED API suggests -- my Black Shark files are installed in: c:\program files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\dcs black shark\ There is a bin subdirectory, but it has only other subdirectories in it, no files. The directory structure looks like \bin -\stable (no files in this dir) -\x86 (no files in this dir) --\stable (tons of DLLs here) In desperation, I tried putting a copy of the headtracker folder from the 32bit_headtracker_ed zip in each of the subdirectories. No joy within Black Shark. I've also tried using the 64bit_headtracker_ed files in the same way. No joy. In both situations, the c:\FTNoIR_ED_HeadTrackerLog.txt file is not created. Has anyone got this working with the Steam version of DCS: Black Shark? What's the magical incantation I need?