[Suggestion] Auto-Start TrackIR Software

[Nybble]

Just a simple suggestion a friend and I came up with.

 

Like many of you I rely on my TrackIR for view controls while playing DCS. Opening is the software up manually is no big deal, however I feel having it launch automatically could have its benefits.

 

Here's a good example :

 

The two of us are having a good DCS session on a server hosted by me, and are a few hours into a mission of some sort. Then out of the blue my computer crashes and I have to reboot. I log back in and in a hurry I start up DCS forgetting to launch TrackIR. I get the server up and running and we both load in good to go, or so it would seem. Once I unpause the server and realize that my TrackIR us not functioning and I have to kill the server and load the game again.

 

Now as I said, not a huge deal, but it would be simple to add an option in the settings to check for TrackIR.exe on launch, and if it's not detected to show a warning and / or launch the software.

 

So there's my idea, feedback appreciated :D

[sslechta]

I was thinking about that too. I could probably toss together a .BAT file tonight that could be launched as a desktop shortcut. In it would code something like:

 

- Start Track IR

- Wait 10 seconds (or whatever time)

- Start DCS Multiplayer

 

Track IR can also be started on Windows boot but we don't always need to fly when the PC is rebooted.

[HiJack]

My TrackIR is always ON, starts with Windows and idles without any problems.

[MTFDarkEagle]

Or you can have your trackir to start at windows startup ;)

[cichlidfan]

My TrackIR is always ON, starts with Windows and idles without any problems.

 

Or you can have your trackir to start at windows startup ;)

 

Why on earth would you have it set up any other way?!! My TIR has been running for at least two and half years (minus a week here and there).

 

EDIT: In my case, 99% of the time I sit in front of the machine I am going to fly. Anything else gets done through Team Viewer.

Edited December 6, 2013 by cichlidfan

[sslechta]

HiJack/MTFDarkEagle - I'm a micro manager on my PC and can't stand having other processes running when I'm not using them... even if they take minimal resources.... :) So TrackIR startup with Windows doesn't work for me.

 

 

Nybble,

 

Here's the script I came up with between the dotted lines. You'll need to change the directories of your TrackIR and DCS if you have them in different locations than me. After testing, 5 seconds was about the lowest sleep delay that would allow TrackIR to load before DCS starts. Just put the code into a Notepad window and save the file as whatever name you want with a .bat on the end. You can then set a shortcut from that to your desktop or pin to start menu.

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c:

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Accessories\TrackIR5"

start TrackIR5.exe

sleep 5

cd "C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin\"

start DCS.exe --net-mode gui

exit

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P.S. - If you receive an error that 'sleep' is not a recognized command, it's not on your PC. Hit the following link and download sleep.exe to your C:\Windows directory. For some reason newer versions of Windows don't include it by default.

 

http://www.computerhope.com/dutil.htm

[Nybble]

Nice responses!

 

I am also using a .bat at the moment, however I feel little features like this are what really make a solid game. For me I won't be having this issue anymore, It was more of a suggestion to help out others who don't access the forums as much.