TrackIR 4 help

[murdoc311]

Ok, just got my Trackir in today... :D

 

Question; how do you adjust the sensitivity? It feels like the camera is way to sensitive to my movements, a little twitchy even.

 

Second, when I look down at the cyclic area the camera jumps around a little making it hard to flip switches. Is this do to background light or is this a sensitivity issue as well?

[Feuerfalke]

In the TrackIR GUI choose the Profiles tab and click new profile. Name it "BlackShark" or something to distinguish it from other setups.

 

Then in the list above search for the entry "Black Shark" and and click "Default Profile" in the next row and select "Black Shark". This way each time you start BS this profile is loaded.

 

Now edit the profile by doubleclicking it in the lower window.

 

In the Motion-tab you can see axes and some basic settings. First check "Tracking"-Preview window. A small black window will oben, that represents what the TrackIR-camera is detecting. Your TrackClip or whatever you use should be clearly visible and marked in green. Red dots are other IR sources or reflections. If there are any visible, especially when moving your head click the settings-tab on the lower right of the tracking window. (This is important, if you have glasses, for example, as they reflect the IR light, too.)

 

Click Light Filtering and set the bar to the left and right to get the lowest possible value to minimize the red areas without one of the tracking reflectors being blocked out (becoming red, too)

 

You can also locate possible IR-sources in the background with this view and remove them.

 

Another thing to check here, is wether you "aimed" your TrackIR right. The closer you get to the border of the visible area, the more likely the camera won't be able to track resulting in an unsteady ingame view.

 

 

Now you can close this tab and click the "gauges" preview window. A new window will open, showing you all axes of your TrackIR. Doubleclick the blue area with the lines next to "Yaw".

With the "Curve Editor" you can adjust the sensitivity as a whole, for different range-bands and you can also copy them to other axes. At this point, it's rather trial and error. My suggestion: Run BS in windowed mode, start a simple mission where you sit on the ground and switch between this window and BS back and forth to test your own best settings.

 

I personally prefer a linear acceleration setting. You can choose that in the "Curve Editor"-window with the pull-down-menu "Acceleration". I then shift the entire curve to a value of 8 for pitch and yaw, to 14 for X, Y, Z. I recommend to switch "Roll" off or put in a low value for the beginning.

 

 

If the camera is still shaky, try changing the smoothing-factor and disable "TrueView".

 

 

Hope this will help you.

[murdoc311]

Wow…

 

Excellent post. I think you Sr.

 

I'll give this a shot as soon as I get home

[Feuerfalke]

You're welcome.

 

 

Please let me know if it works out for you. :smilewink:

[Tbag]

One question: The head in the game is always oriented upright with reference to the horizon (except if you counter it with head-roll input of course). Is it possible to change that so that it is always upright with reference to the cockpit?

[Shrubbo]

Alt + f1 if I remember correctly but you lose any feel of g-force if that is the way to put it.

[Feuerfalke]

One question: The head in the game is always oriented upright with reference to the horizon (except if you counter it with head-roll input of course). Is it possible to change that so that it is always upright with reference to the cockpit?

 

If you have roll disabled in TrackIR, the horizontal orientation of the roll-axis is always relative to the cockpit, not of the horizon. It just slightly adapts with the natural view in the game enabled (Windows-Key + F1 IIRC).

[Tbag]

Thanks a lot guys, that does the trick!