Help with TrackIR

[hughesyman 0]

Hi, need urgent help with trackIR pro 4, finially purchased TrackIR4 pro last week largely due to playing so much OFF that i wanted to experiance it with head movement. So its arrived and i've set it all up, got it working, everything looks ok... But it wont work while im playing OFF? No blue LED is lite when i launch/playing the game. it works with other Sim games ok i.e first eagles, Grid etc but it wont work with OFF? what am i doing wrong? is there something im missing? i've got upto date natural point drivers so im not sure why this isnt working in OFF? please help anyone, any advise will be much appreciated! im really looking forward to playing this game with TrackIR.

Thanks

[Check Six 2]

Hughseyman,

 

Don't know if you've seen it, but I seriously recommend Homeboy's great set-up guide here: http://snomhf.exofire.net/trackIR.html (sorry Forum Moderators if posting an URL is a no-no...I don't know how to make it go there with just an underlined comment like in Homeboy's thread).

 

Start with that. I have TrackIR5 so I'm uncertain whether I can be of too much assistance. If youve got it working with other games, that seems to me that you've got it partially right.

Did you get TrackIR up and running, checking your head movement etc. before launching OFF?

 

Have you tried (as a last resort) copying the default set-up, not necessarily adjusting it YET until you have actually got it up and running with OFF, and then you rename this copy of the default to "Over Flanders Fields" or "OFF", then make sure THAT copy of the default version of TrackIR is running (with head movement etc) before launching OFF.

 

Once you have OFF up and flying, do you see a virtual cockpit, or are you in a "chase" view? Have you tried hitting F3 (cockpit view)? Next you could try pausing the game whilst on the aerodrome. Go to the drop down menu, select "Controls", then looking at the window provided. Scroll down all the key assignments until you get to the key assignment for "Virtual cockpit". You'll see it is unassigned. Try assigning it an unused key (I'm using "v"). Don't forget to save this new assignment as "Mine" (without the quotation marks of course). See if that works. Next you could try profiling your joystick with a Virtual Cockpit-type view (either with the key assignment set-up I've described or another assignment - F4 cycles through views...sure it's "messy" but you might just figure out what the problem is in running TIR4).

 

Like I said, spend a bit of time reading Homeboy's excellent guide. If you still can't get it working, get back to us...maybe someone with the same version as you has also had the same trouble.

Edited June 15, 2009 by Steve Drew

[hughesyman 0]

Hughseyman,

 

Don't know if you've seen it, but I seriously recommend Homeboy's great set-up guide here: http://snomhf.exofire.net/trackIR.html (sorry Forum Moderators if posting an URL is a no-no...I don't know how to make it go there with just an underlined comment like in Homeboy's thread).

 

Start with that. I have TrackIR5 so I'm uncertain whether I can be of too much assistance. If youve got it working with other games, that seems to me that you've got it partially right.

Did you get TrackIR up and running, checking your head movement etc. before launching OFF?

 

Have you tried (as a last resort) copying the default set-up, not necessarily adjusting it YET until you have actually got it up and running with OFF, and then you rename this copy of the default to "Over Flanders Fields" or "OFF", then make sure THAT copy of the default version of TrackIR is running (with head movement etc) before launching OFF.

 

Once you have OFF up and flying, do you see a virtual cockpit, or are you in a "chase" view? Have you tried hitting F3 (cockpit view)? Next you could try pausing the game whilst on the aerodrome. Go to the drop down menu, select "Controls", then looking at the window provided. Scroll down all the key assignments until you get to the key assignment for "Virtual cockpit". You'll see it is unassigned. Try assigning it an unused key (I'm using "v"). Don't forget to save this new assignment as "Mine" (without the quotation marks of course). See if that works. Next you could try profiling your joystick with a Virtual Cockpit-type view (either with the key assignment set-up I've described or another assignment - F4 cycles through views...sure it's "messy" but you might just figure out what the problem is in running TIR4).

 

Like I said, spend a bit of time reading Homeboy's excellent guide. If you still can't get it working, get back to us...maybe someone with the same version as you has also had the same trouble.

 

 

Thanks for the tips steve, will try what you've suggested when i get home. i tested the head movement etc before launching the OFF game and everything is ok, i also assigned virtual cockpit key command but does nothing in game when i press it.

I just had a thought, i dont think i can remember seeing the OFF profile in TrackIR 4 profiles? i saw combat flight sim 3 and just pressumed that was what it needed to work in OFF? i ran the game profile update in trackir 4 program but i dont think OFF is in the trackir 4 profile tab? do you think that could be the problem? that it doesnt have a profile for OFF?.. should there be a profile for OFF exe spicifically in TrackIR 4 program? Was thinking i should manually download the game profiles from Natural Point and try that?

[Check Six 2]

 

 

Hughseyman,

 

This is a screenshot of the set-up for TrackIR5. On the left hand lower panel you can see Advanced Settings > Profile > "Over Flanders Fields". This is a profile I've added. This is set to "Default Profile" at start-up. To the right of the "OFF" profile is a "+" which allows you to add a profile. Rename this to "OFF". Then you can either tweak the handles and adjust the curve as you like, choose "one:one" or "smooth" profiles, and save it as "OFF".

 

Try running that one, then launching OFF and see if that works.

 

Good luck.