Aluminum Donkey Posted June 26, 2018 Posted June 26, 2018 Just as the title says! I don't own a TrackIR, but in the past I've used Opentrack with a webcam. Haven't used it recently. When I disable my Asus Z170 motherboard's Ethernet adapter to try to get around some stuttering, it gets reported as "TrackIR Disconnected" in DCS World (upper-right corner of the sim screen). I always wondered why the Controls setup menu in DCS always says TrackIR, even though I don't own one... Now I know it's the blinkin' Ethernet adapter :) Anyone have any ideas about this? Could it be a Windows problem, or a bug in DCS? Thanks! AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
Ironhand Posted June 29, 2018 Posted June 29, 2018 Just as the title says! I don't own a TrackIR, but in the past I've used Opentrack with a webcam. Haven't used it recently. When I disable my Asus Z170 motherboard's Ethernet adapter to try to get around some stuttering, it gets reported as "TrackIR Disconnected" in DCS World (upper-right corner of the sim screen). I always wondered why the Controls setup menu in DCS always says TrackIR, even though I don't own one... Now I know it's the blinkin' Ethernet adapter :) Anyone have any ideas about this? Could it be a Windows problem, or a bug in DCS? Thanks! AD My money would be on it being a DCS issue. This is the same sim, after all, that automatically assigns view and launch commands to my rudder pedals. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB.
Aluminum Donkey Posted June 30, 2018 Author Posted June 30, 2018 My money would be on it being a DCS issue. This is the same sim, after all, that automatically assigns view and launch commands to my rudder pedals. That's really funny :) hehehe I just wonder where DCS World gets the 6 degrees of motion from the network adapter :) AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
Ironhand Posted June 30, 2018 Posted June 30, 2018 ... I just wonder where DCS World gets the 6 degrees of motion from the network adapter :) AD It does make one wonder... Seriously, though, I wonder how the sim checks for peripherals and decides which are appropriate and what the assignments should be. This sort of thing has been going on for years (odd rudder assignments, etc.). It frustrates newbies who saddle up, jump into the pit for a quick flight and suddenly find themselves in a steep bank for no apparent reason or have no throttle response because of multiple mappings in odd places, etc, etc. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1...CR6IZ7crfdZxDg _____ Win 11 Pro x64, Asrock Z790 Steel Legend MoBo, Intel i7-13700K, MSI RKT 4070 Super 12GB, Corsair Dominator DDR5 RAM 32GB.
Aluminum Donkey Posted June 30, 2018 Author Posted June 30, 2018 It does make one wonder... Seriously, though, I wonder how the sim checks for peripherals and decides which are appropriate and what the assignments should be. This sort of thing has been going on for years (odd rudder assignments, etc.). It frustrates newbies who saddle up, jump into the pit for a quick flight and suddenly find themselves in a steep bank for no apparent reason or have no throttle response because of multiple mappings in odd places, etc, etc. It's suspect the way the sim does it is by... pulling it out of its arse :) DCS has a generic control scheme that's intended to be used with any controllers, commercial or homemade. The only consistency I've ever noticed is that it seems to use the right 3 axes for pitch, roll and throttle. That's fine for getting going. How on Earth it figured out that my Ethernet adapter is a TrackIR is beyond me. So be it :) AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Asus ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti Super 16GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Aviation is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money!
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