solved DCS TrackIR column missing.

[Tengah]

Hi,

A very good friend of mine has recently encountered a problem with Head Tracking in DCS.

After recently purchasing the DelanClip Fusion (as all of our Flying team have without issue) and running it perfectly within DCS until two days ago when he discovered DCS was no longer recognising any head movement. Further investigation showed that the TrackIR column in the options/controls/All but Axis Commands, and AXIS Commands sections are no longer present when they had been there previously.

The Webcam is plugged directly into the PC upon advice after this issue arose, however, the user had unplugged the Webcam from a USB Hub previous to the loss of the Head Tracking in DCS.  The DelanClip Fusion appears to be working perfectly via OpenTrack software and is showing full and free movement. 

DCS has been uninstalled and reinstalled twice, with no resolution to the issue.

Is there anyone who has experienced or is aware of the issue who may be able to shed any light on this problem for us?

[Flappie]

Ask him to:

1. Click "Disable hot plug" in DCS Controls panel.
2. Delete bin/headtracker.dll then run a DCS cleanup and repair.

[Tengah]

6 minutes ago, Flappie said:

Ask him to:

1. Click "Disable hot plug" in DCS Controls panel.
2. Delete bin/headtracker.dll then run a DCS cleanup and repair.

Thank you for replying so quickly.  We are on Discord voice and are trying what you have suggested as I type this post.  Will let you know the results.

[Tengah]

15 minutes ago, Flappie said:

Ask him to:

1. Click "Disable hot plug" in DCS Controls panel.
2. Delete bin/headtracker.dll then run a DCS cleanup and repair.

Hi Flappie,

I hope I am correct in assuming that we are looking in (for instance) C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin for the DLL you have highlighted.   Neither my friend nor I have that DLL in the bin folder.  My DCS and Delanclip are working perfectly despite not having that DLL...  He is now trying to run a DCS cleanup and repair regardless, which will obviously take a while.

[Flappie]

Check this out.

Maybe your friend accidentally disabled the TrackIR column. He should try deleting this file: "Saved Games/DCS.../Config/Input/disabled.lua"

[Tengah]

1 hour ago, Flappie said:

Check this out.

Maybe your friend accidentally disabled the TrackIR column. He should try deleting this file: "Saved Games/DCS.../Config/Input/disabled.lua"

Hi Flappie,

 

Ok, are a considerable amount of detective work, Discord screen sharing, and more than a fair share of swear words... This is where we are at...

It would appear that the gentleman did not uninstall Natural Point TrackIR software before installing Opentrack, having "upgraded" to Delanclip just recently from TrackIR.  Now, Opentrack is not being recognised by DCS but, if he opens up the Natural Point TrackIR software DCS recognises this and the TrackIR column is present.  He has now uninstalled TrackIR software, etc and this is as far as we are up to at present.

[Tengah]

2 hours ago, Flappie said:

Check this out.

Maybe your friend accidentally disabled the TrackIR column. He should try deleting this file: "Saved Games/DCS.../Config/Input/disabled.lua"

TrackIR Software has been uninstalled, PC rebooted.  Opentrack started, DCS started, no joy.  There is still no TrackIR column, no head movement.  Opentrack software uninstalled, PC rebooted, Opentrack reinstalled, PC rebooted... DCS booted... No TrackIR column, no head movement.  We are at a loss as to why DCS is insistent on the Naturalpoint Software running and is ignoring Opentrack.

As a follow up to your previous suggestion, Flappie, the gentleman had reinstalled DCS so everything was in a "clean" state, whilst the config folder you mentioned earlier was present the input folder was not.

We are both very grateful for your help with this. 

[Flappie]

You're welcome.

Please try this:

 

[Tengah]

7 hours ago, Flappie said:

You're welcome.

Please try this:

 

Flappie, thank you very much.  The issue is fixed.  My friend followed your last reply and hey presto it worked.   So all is good with the world again.  Thank you so much for your help there, top bloke.

[Flappie]

You're welcome.

Thanks for your precious feedback.