Jet-Blast

I uninstalled and reinstalled everything but now, the web cam won't even come on. I think I'm coming down with the flu too. I'm going to bed. I'll try to get it working later. May look into system restore. Thanks for all of the help.

V 1.6 is the only version that I have ever installed. I'm certainly willing to uninstall and reinstall. I just want to make sure that I do it right. I have already uninstalled the facetracknoir program itself. Is this the othe program you mean to uninstall? Since this says it's an installer, I just want to make sure.

The facetracker program itself, or the 32 bit .ini file? In either case, no. I installed the 32 bit files and it said it was overwriting the existing files.

OK...I tried the ctrl-alt-del thing. Man....this Win 8 is strange. It looked very weird, but there was no *32 mentioned there. I'm assuming that I am running the 64 bit version as Joey45 said. To eliminate the ossibility though, I downloaded the 32 bit version of the .ini file and tried that. It still didn't do anything with the game. The facetracker program works well. I can still see it tracking my face and I am starting it before starting the game, but once the game is running, it's not interacting with the facetracker at all. I gota take a break from this for a while. I've been at it all day. LOL! Thanks for the assistance.

Is there a way to tell whether or not I have a 32 or 64 bit version of the game? I can tell what release version it is, you know version 1.1.1.1 etc, but I can't find if it's 32 or 64 bit. I purchased it over a year ago and really don't remember. I'm guessing that since I was using a bare bones laptop back then, I may have the 32 bit version.

OK...back from the school. I plugged everything in and it still does not work. I've loaded the A-10C profile and configured everything as you mentioned. I can see the facetracker program running. It's tracking my face. It's just not interacting with the game. I wonder if I need to un-assign the POV buttons in the game, that I had before..... I also wonder if I have a version of A-10C that isn't compatible. I got this version over a year ago. It wouldn't run on my old computer, but I have a new one now. I installed A-10C right after Christmas on this machine. It's version 1.1.1.1 or something like that. I wonder if I have a 32 bit version. I'm not sure how to tell. My computer IS 64 bit. Any other ideas?

Well, I couldn't stand it. I had to try before going to go get the kids. I followed your instructions and found the files exactly where you said they'd be. I configured it exactly like you said and the profile was there. I ran facetracker and could see it working. Then I opened A-10C and started it, but nothing happened. I could move my head all around and it did nothing. Now, I have my controls unplugged and have carried the computer upstairs to do some other things. Maybe I need to carry it back down to the game room and plug it back in to more fully try it, but that's where I stand right now. OK....gotta go get the kids. Thanks!

AHHHHH! That 64 bit .dll file may be what I'm missing. The DCS A-10C profile isn't there. This is what I have so far. It's time to go get the kids from school, but I'll try to find that additional file that you gave me the link to when I get back. HOEFULLY, I can take it from there. I'll write back if I get lost again. Thanks so much! I owe you a beer!

OK....I found the folder. I've extracted all of the files into it and run the program, then the A-10 sim and it doesn't do anything. I've seen some instructions online that say that I need the correct .dll or .ini file for this game, but it's not in the list of profiles in the facetracknoir program. I got v.160 from the page that Maachine listed, so it should be the latest and greatest. Am I missing something?

Update: I found this site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/facetracknoir/files/Special%20support/ED/32bit_games/ It seems fairly straight forward, but I have searched for 20 minutes and I can't locate a bin folder. I found 3 .bin FILES, but they are not in a folder named anything similar to what they suggested in those instructions. I'm running Win 8, which is a pain in the rear so far. It may be in a different location, but a search of the computer finds NO bin folders.

OK....I got the camera working but I'm having issues with getting it to work with the game. I'll start a new thread about that. Thanks for all of the help with this one!

I just downloaded and installed FacetrackNOIR. I'm trying to use it, but can't find anything in the "options" of A-10C where I can assign it to POV. I only see my flight controls and associated buttons and axes. I see NOTHING in reference to Facetrack or my web camera. I presently use the china hat on the throttle for a POV, but it's clumsy at best. I really want to try this FacetrackNOIR. I know that I will probably spend a lot of time tweaking it and getting everything just right on it, but I have to at least make it work with the game first. I've googled it, but everything that I can find is about how to tweak it and change the .ini files etc. I can find nothing about simply making it work with the game. Where do I begin?

I have downloaded FacetrackNOIR. I'm trying to make it work, but it keeps saying that I have no video capture device installed, yet I'm LOOKING at one, right there on the laptop. Once I have this sorted out, I will work on configuring that hat switch on my throttle and learn what it does.

WOW! Thanks for all of the great advice. I will look into that facetrackNOIR. I'm not even sure if the laptop has a camera. I have 2. One definitely does, but it's the old one. The new one that I play the sim on is so new to me that I can't remember and it's not sitting here with me right now. I'm definitely going to get a TrackIR eventually, but until then I'm getting by with a POV hat. Oh, and yes yurgon, I can afford one. I'm just tight. LOL! Getting ready to take the whole family skiing in Utah for a week, so I'm watching my spending right now. I seem be figuring the Mavericks out, thanks to all of your advice. I've completed the first level several times since then and used all of my mavs. I've also gotten pretty good with the bombs. I'm having trouble figuring out how to change my SPI once I have it set in a target area, I kill everything in that group and try to move to the next set of targets but pressing long V slews all sensors back to my previous group of targets. It's a learning process. Thanks everyone for the help!

I'm not even sure what active pause is, so I'm doubtful that I've used it. I HAVE used pause. I can pause it, scroll POV around to where need it, put the cursor on the button I need and take it off of pause for a second to click the button,the scroll POV back to where I need it. I'm guessing that this is not the same. Yeah, that TrackIR 5 looks awesome. It's a bit pricey, but I'm thinking that I'm going to have to bite the bullet and get it. I think that would solve a LOT of my problems. I'll then need to finish configuring my controls. I have MOST things working properly, but not all. One thing that I think I am not SURE is configured properly is the slew control. I have assigned the axes to vertical and horizontal, but the cursor won't move diagonally. I have a lot of work to do.