Poneybirds

Sounds like you have a hardware issue. Did you remove the lens? If you take away the film, does the camera still work and is it focused?

Hi FN Have you tried talking to ED Support? There is no point in discussing this in a public forum, is there.

That's just too much HDR applied. Makes light look very unnatural.

Have you tried steam? It will handle all the installing for you.

Aren't there multiple weather conditions? What you see might be two different conditions, so it can not be compared that easily.

I am using a filter that blocks less light than a film strip. That way removing the IR filter is not needed. The film strip I was testing removed a large amount of IR light as well as all of the visible light. However, it does not need much to blind a webcam from visible light as they are not that sensitive. I can easily see through the filter I use now with my eyes, but the webcam goes completely dark when it's attached. There's pictures of my setup in the hardware forum if you're interested to see it. I use a new "bad" ps3 cam and it works great, I get a solid and big enough image of all 3 IR LEDs at all angles < 90 degrees.

Wow, I didn't know what I was missing. Is there a workaround?

Hi Damar I'm neither a good pilot nor have I used tacview before. But your screenshot shows only a 2D projection of a 3D Flightpath. Can you provide a vertical projection or a complete track?

Du musst die Taste auch dauerhaft drücken während du lenkst. Es ist kein Umschalter so wie bei der A-10. ich halte beim Taxiing die ganze Zeit den Knopf gedrückt und das klappt gut.

Got that today with DCS 1.2.8. The HUD is twice as big and the gun pipper is not located where the bullets end up. Pressing 0-5 on the keypad does not help (second screenshot). When I kiss my screen I can see all of the HUD (third screenshot). Any ideas?

The flood lights in the cockpit are pretty expensive in terms of fps. At least they are for me when in the A-10C. The biggest hit for me however is looking at an airport. Somebody suggested it might be caused by the static models of bigger airplanes and such standing around there. It's like they are not scaled down in detail even though they are very distant. Maybe somebody else can shed some light on this?

Next DCS version is 2.0.0 Sorry, I forgot to mention that this is actually a quote and not my own words. It's from the FAQ section of the other big Nevada thread.

Will EDGE/ Nevada cost anything? EDGE is rendering engine, so no. It has been stated that the plan is still for the Nevada map to be free for users who pre-ordered DCS: A-10C Warthog beta.

So, Hallo zusammen Ich finde der Thread driftet gerade ordentlich vom eigentlichen Thema weg. Bitte beherrscht euch ein bissel. Zunächst einmal möchte ich meinen Dank gegenüber Heisenzwerg aussprechen. Durch seine Idee, hier einen Thread zu eröffnen, bin ich darüber informiert worden, dass ich betrogen wurde. Ich habe an den selben Betrüger Geld überwiesen, und zwar 170 €. Die Kontoinformationen des Verkäufers sind die selben. Der erfundene Name ist sehr ähnlich. Die beiden eBay-Kleinanzeigen-Annoncen kann man im Google Cache einsehen und sind tupfengleich. Eine Anzeige in diesem Fall hat sicher mehr Erfolg, wenn klar ist, dass es sich nicht um einen Einzelfall handelt. Bei Einzelfällen muss ja erst bewiesen sein, dass es sich um Betrug handelt, und nicht um einen sehr langsamen oder sonstwie verhinderten Verkäufer. Da macht die Polizei erst mal nichts, und der Käufer muss dem Verkäufer eine Frist setzen usw... Anders sieht es bei einem Massenbetrug aus. Wenn es ausreichende Indizien dafür gibt, muss wohl kaum mehr auf irgendwelche Fristen gewartet werden. Ich denke der Schlüssel ist also, sofort belegen zu können das hier etwas nicht stimmen kann. Ich schlage also vor: 1. Möglichst viele Leute finden, die beim selben Nepp angegangen sind. die Kontoinformation und die E-Mail Adresse des Verkäufers sind starke Hinweise darauf. 2. Der Polizei klarmachen, wie viele Personen betroffen sind. Natürlich ist das kein Erfolgsgarant. Aber zumindest ein ernsthafter Versuch. Hat jemand noch eine Idee, wo andere deutsche Warthog Hotas Käufer in online Foren lesen? Vielleicht bei FSX, IL2 und X-Plane mal posten? Welchen Foren sind da gut besucht? Falls hier betroffene mitlesen: Schickt bitte mir oder Heisenzwerg eine private Nachricht (PM). Vielen Dank.

If everybody has a fat graphics card, they will increase the price :)

Txmtb, thanks for that detail. That is definitely a reason to use opentrack. Naizarat, once opentrack is configured it has the same level of usability as FTN, I agree. However, when I start FTN for the very first time, all user input fields are filled with reasonable defaults for the most common use case. When I started opentrack for the first time, all the values have been set to zero and I needed to ask for help in this very thread. I ended up copying most values over from FTN to opentrack. Especially the curves would have cost me quite some time to figure out all by myself. This initial work can be a showstopper for new users that just want to get into the cockpit as fast as possible. In my opinion this is definitely a usability issue that can be improved. This is of course criticism on a very high level and supposed to be constructive. Opentrack is a great project and I am very glad that a bunch of people are investing work and time into this and also participate in discussions. Cheers!

If you're serious about this google the file extension .tar.xz to find a command line tool for unpacking the file. No install needed, just click opentrack.exe

... of development I do not recommend opentrack as you have to configure a lot manually. Other tools are more polished and better suited for the casual gamer. They have a more out-of-the-box attitude. I guess opentrack is more like the bleeding edge of development and new algorithms.

Einherjer, you need a special deflating tool. At this stage of development

Hi Mike Thanks for the hints. I noticed recently the author changed two values from milliseconds to nanoseconds, which might be the reason for your erratic behavior. It's in the changelogs. If that is the case, you can try changing the "order" stuff from 1.8 to 1800 and see if it helps.

Hi Mike Thanks, point model dimensions have been missing completely. Now it works and it does seem really smooth. Would have to do a side-by-side comparison though to find out how it's different from FacetrackNOIR, though. Which filter do you prefer? I see 3 different ones have no clue which one is best for which situation.

Hi Mike I tried opentrack but when I press "start", the tracking does not really "lock" and start doing it's thing on the 3 points in the camera picture. This works fine in other tools (FacetrackNOIR and freetrack). I have no joy on the little numbers indicating yaw/roll/pitch and x/y/z. The 3 dots are marked with crosshairs and pointtracker says "3 OK". Anything vital I am missing here?

Hey Mike Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely give it a try.

Hi Rico I run the cam at 640x480@60Hz. My systems runs DCS with 25 to 50 FPS most of the time, so I have not yet bothered with changing anything in that respect. About the price, I was trying to find the best possible compromise of time vs. money invested for me. I have limited time so I'd rather play the game than build a clip by myself. Also my version would have not been as sturdy as the DelanClip and I probably would have ended up re-iterating the design many times before getting the desired result. Tomasz has it all figured out already and is doing a great job. With this approach a headtracking system is about 40 € and about 90 minutes of time to get it to work. With proper tools (all I have is kitchen equipment and two hands) you can do this much faster and better. Safe landings! - Poneybirds

Hi Just wanted to share my experience with a cheap solution for headtracking. I bought a TrackIR 2 a couple of years ago but can't use it as there is no software anymore to support it. So this is what I did: 1. Buy a PS3 eyecam second hand for 7 € 2. Buy a DelanClip for 31 € (25 GBP) 3. Build and attach a filter to convert the webcam to receive IR only 4. Use FacetrackNOIR, which supports DCS without any hassles in the latest release I did not open the webcam to remove any IR-filters. It was just not needed. I tested using a floppy disc to filter out visible light, but it did also dim down the IR light spectrum too much. So I ended up building something myself by using multiple transparent colored foils which are used in photography for coloring flash lights. I got them of ebay for a few euros some years ago but only use the light yellow and green shades for photography. Using some strong colors did the job, even though I can still look through with my eyes. The webcam is not sensitive enough to pick up light dimmed down that much. To attach the foils to the camera I ended up cutting the top 6 or 7 mm of a water bottle and using it's cap. See the pictures below. The result actually works quite nicely and is a lot better than my TrackIR 2, which has no support for 6dof out of the box. I have had no opportunity to compare against TrackIR 5 so far. Maybe this post will inspire a few people and enable them to get into headtracking. Now if only learning to fly would be as easy as this... working on that :) - Poneybirds