IR camera control and tracking bug

[Mispunt]

2.8 Open Beta, MP (Hoggit Persian Gulf)

Cold start

No mods

SRS installed

Cleaned and repaired installation before test

Gunfighter MCG stick plus CM3 throttle, T rudder pedals

Reproducable

 

1 Cold start M variant

2 Rearm with TOW, IR and sand filter + change livery

3 Turn on camera and operate, trying to fire at targets.

 

Result:

Camera shows erratic behavior.  Does not want to rotate consistently, laser range finding seems to help get it unstuck briefly

Camera does not ground track consistently and always temporarily

Auto Slave does not work consistently as there is no stable ground track.

 

 

[Ramsay]

9 hours ago, Mispunt said:

Camera shows erratic behavior.  Does not want to rotate consistently, laser range finding seems to help get it unstuck briefly

Camera does not ground track consistently and always temporarily

Auto Slave does not work consistently as there is no stable ground track.

Couldn't reproduce on Caucasus map, can you share a track/video ?

Detail

In testing I thought I saw similar behaviour (auto slave not ground stabilising) but it turned out it was due drift/input from my main joystick (as "use 2nd Joystick" had been disabled in special options - perhaps by the 2.8 update ?).

Once my main stick was disabled (by selecting "use 2nd joystick") - slewing using the keyboard arrow keys was flawless.

You might need to set up a small dead zone on the stick/axis used to slew the camera ?

Tested in DCS Open Beta 2.8.0.32066

Edited November 1, 2022 by Ramsay

[Mispunt]

Hey Ramsay, thanks for that! It was the "Use second stick" being disabled.

I reinstalled DCS and went through all special settings, spotted that checkbox. Figured I don't use a second stick for my camera so I unticked it.

If you hadn't pointed this out I don't know when I would have made that link, and that would have sucked because I really like the Gazelle.