Phil73805

Eating the Elephant? :megalol::megalol::megalol:

Thank you all for the answers :) ...there will be more questions. I have PPL(A) and a fair bit of glider time (including aerobatics), this is a whole other level!

Frederf, thank you for so clear an explanation. Very much appreciated :) In my defence, I'm working my way through the manual, various guides and watching videos. The learning curve is more of wall :D I just did the runway start version of the same mission and for some reason my TAD was just wireframe with no map. Any idea why?

Is there any way to disable that function? Surely it's purely a Nav thing? Correct me if I'm wrong but it shows aircraft heading vs. track towards a waypoint? Or in other words, it shows what heading I need to fly in order to reach my waypoint with winds aloft?

Hi everyone, I started a thread in the Input & Output section (when I thought it was a TrackIR issue) and eventually the conversation moved over into something that needs specialist A10 knowledge so I've started a thread here in the (desperate) hope that someone can answer. Can someone explain why my HUD pitch ladder and TVV moves off to the left or right of my HUD despite no control inputs or head movement and my being centred in front of my monitor? (and centred in TrackIR) If I turn to a particular heading (apparently random) the pitch ladder and TVV centre but otherwise it's off to the left or the right. This screenshot was taken in the "Free Flight over Black Sea region" Mission and this has always occured in variations of that mission i.e. Ramp Start. On a separate note, where are all the tutorial missions I keep hearing about? p.s. on the off chance that someone here isn't familiar with the term FNG, it used to be a slang USAF (and others) for the Freakin' New Guy aka Noob. (I may have taken some poetic license with the F)

Nope, that made no difference at all...damn! I thought I was onto something. It seems that it reperesents the difference between between aircraft heading and aircraft track based on the winds aloft. If that is the case it’s a rather daft system that’s, at best, counter intuitive. I’ll continue this conversation over on the A10C section of the forum. Thank you all for your help :)

Alrighty people, I think I've solved it... Here's my theory; When my HUD is set as SOI there is a target designation cursor (TDC) that is operated by the Slew on the Throttle. I think that as a default the Total Velocity Vector (TVV) is slaved to the TDC. So when I turn the aircraft without slewing the TDC back into the HUD FoV my TVV tries to follow the TDC. When I was looking through the HOTAS commands I came across "CAGE TDC to TVV" which should solve the problem! (I hope, I really do) I'll test this theory tonight and report back. If I've solved the problem we can add it to the IAQ (Infrequently Asked Questions).

You’re right smallberries, when I turn to a particular heading the pitch ladder does centre. It’s a weird function and I’m not entirely sure of its purpose. Why would the velocity vector also be right on the edge of HUD? That’s not where I’m going! I cannot possibly be the first person to encounter this? Anyone who has flown the DCS A10c must have encountered this and know what’s going on. Does no one fly the A10c anymore? I love the aircraft, it’s the first, and so far only, aircraft I’ve bought.

Highly improbable as I’m using a brand new Thrustmaster T16000m and the rudder is bound to the paddles on the throttle, which I wasn’t touching.

Hi Livers, thanks for answering :) Not sure (Noob here), I just jumped into freeflight (air) to do some setup and calibration of controls (...and didn't check the winds aloft). Why are the HUD pitch bars off to the left along with the velocity vector indicator? Any ideas regarding my second question? (Zoom View center and appropriate FoV)

Gents, I could do with a hand. I've managed to map TrackIR Recenter and Pause to two buttons on my stick. I've got the Track IR setup perfectly and can look around quite naturally. However, I'm still having that HUD to the side issue and I don't think it's a Track IR issue. If I turn the aircraft I can bring it back to center but it seems to have a mind of its own! I'd be so grateful if someone could please clarify this :) Another question if you all don't mind; I have the Zoom View set to the throttle slider on my flight stick (Thrustmaster T16000m w/Throttle) instead of the paddle on the throttle (which I use for Rudder) but I can't figure out the right 'middle' setting that would create an appropriate field of view that would simulate the pilot's FoV when seated in the cockpit leaning back against his seat. Can anyone tell me how to set that up?

When in the TrackIR software, I tried to assign one of the Joystick keys to the View Reset command and it just ignored me. What am I getting wrong? It's weird. I am clearly centred in the cockpit but the HUD view is half off. When I get home I will post the picture to a profile album and link it here so you can see. The HUD is in NAV mode. Is that why it's off centre? Because I am not facing the waypoint heading?

It’s worth mentioning that the Track IR camera is not centred on my monitor. It’s off to the left so that it’s centred with the pro clip on my headset. I thought that’s how it’s supposed to be done? I can’t see why that should be a problem as the sensors are centred in the software.

I know I would forget in a crucial moment and find myself staring at the seat :)

Hi there, thanks for your reply. TIR center does restore my view but the HUD display is still off to the left, half off the HUD. (I wish I could post a screenshot!) In terms of binding a Joystick key for centreing, it doesn’t work in the TIR software.

Bump due to edit :)

Hi all, this is my first post here on the ED forums. I have recently rediscovered my love of PC flight sims and in my absence things seem to have developed a little bit...a lot! I bought the TrackIR 5 with the pro clip and I've discovered an interesting problem. I'd be grateful for any insight you could offer. Edit: Problem solved, I think. I rearranged the Pro clip sensors to a better alignment and the problem appears to have disappeared. For now :) New problem...when I get in the aircraft the HUD display is half off the HUD to the left. If I lean right it seems to centre in the HUD...obviously not an ideal situation as my view of the cockpit also leans right. Does anyone know what might be causing this and how I can fix it? Also can any of you recommend which keys I should use to control the TrackIR without interfering with the Sim? Phillip p.s. How can I go back to desktop while the sim is running to make adjustments to TrackIR software?!