TheoBouw64 Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Hi everyone, My Name Theo i am 58 years old and i am from the Netherlands, in 2019 i wass hit by a major stroke and from 2020 i am not be able to work anymore. To keep mine brain and right arm working a bit i started to try to fly in DCS at the end of 2020 and i enjoying it very much. I have the F\A 18 Hornet and the terrains NTTR, Persian Gulf and Sirya. I fly mostly single player because i think that multipllayer is way to hectic for mine brain. I watch a lot of the one on one trainingvideos of Spudknocker on Youtube wich i very like. I learn a lot from these videos. I am using Trackir 5 also but setting it up is difficult, it's works but i see on youtube people setting up trackir and start DCS and they adjust by alt tab to go back to trackir software to make adjustments. i try to do the same thing, but on my PC when DCS starts, the trackir icon dissapear from the status bar below. I can not open the trackir software aswell because another program is ussing it, after a reboot of my PC i can open the software again. I stil havent find the solution for this problem but i keep searching. If ennyone had the same issue, please react to my topic. PS, apologies for the type faults, i try to do best. Greetings, Theo 2
rob10 Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 I hope you can follow along as I assume your Windows may not be in English. I'll try and point out which item it should be in a list to give you a general idea where to look if it's not English. After you boot your computer, run Track IR. Then right click on an open area of the bottom bar of your window. Pick "TASKBAR SETTINGS" (should be the bottom item and have a gear next to it). Go to taskbar options (should be bottom left). In "NOTIFICATION AREA" (about 1/2 way down), pick the 1st option - "Select which icons appear on taskbar". Set Track IR to on and it should show up in the taskbar. Alternatively, if you click on the up arrow to the left of time/date icons (circled in red below), you should find the Track IR icon in the bunch of icons that that show up above it. Note that you'll need to RIGHT CLICK on the icon and pick "minimize/maximize to tray" to get it to open. 1
TheoBouw64 Posted February 23, 2023 Author Posted February 23, 2023 Hi Rob10, First many thanks for reacting on my topic. I have done what you wrote and indeed trackir shows in the bar, after a few attemps i finnaly got it. Now i haven't got the time to connect mine Proclip to test some adjustments at the same time as running DCS but i will try it tommorow. Again many thanks for your help, i realy appreciate it. 2
Rain Posted March 16, 2023 Posted March 16, 2023 Theo my friend, would you be interested in joining a squadron?
salsantana Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 TheoBouw64 if nothing else I learned some important stuff prior to my pending purchase of a TrackIR.......... I've always wanted to fly the formation missions and am finding out the TrackIR is absolutely essential for that alone. Given your physical challenges, I wish to share a suggestion you might consider....... ever tried acupuncture? My father suffered a number of strokes, severely compromising his career as a jazz bassist. Acupuncture nearly completely reversed the damage; he was blessed with full recovery, from pain and numbness in arms and hands to the timing between brain and hands. I myself have experienced incredible therapeutic effects of acupuncture on serious nervous system issues. It's certainly worth a try. Best wishes to you from Chesapeake Bay, USA
TheoBouw64 Posted April 26, 2023 Author Posted April 26, 2023 On 3/16/2023 at 10:54 PM, Rain said: Theo my friend, would you be interested in joining a squadron? Rain, many thanks for your reaction a d sorry for the late reply. The last two months i havent visit this forum and i was flying with someone else ho also offert to fly with me and try to teach me some stuff wich i really appriciate. The one on one training is was looking for and i am very happy with it. Thank you for the offer but for now i am not interested in joining a squardon. Thank you very much.
TheoBouw64 Posted April 26, 2023 Author Posted April 26, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 8:00 PM, salsantana said: TheoBouw64 if nothing else I learned some important stuff prior to my pending purchase of a TrackIR.......... I've always wanted to fly the formation missions and am finding out the TrackIR is absolutely essential for that alone. Given your physical challenges, I wish to share a suggestion you might consider....... ever tried acupuncture? My father suffered a number of strokes, severely compromising his career as a jazz bassist. Acupuncture nearly completely reversed the damage; he was blessed with full recovery, from pain and numbness in arms and hands to the timing between brain and hands. I myself have experienced incredible therapeutic effects of acupuncture on serious nervous system issues. It's certainly worth a try. Best wishes to you from Chesapeake Bay, USA Salsantana, thank you for the reaction, sorry for the late reaction, i was flying with another person who wanted to help me learning to fly. I haved not tryed acupuncture yet but wil do some research here in the Netherlands. Thank you for to nice tip. 1
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