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AleX71
2011-10-29
2013-04-17
  • AleX71

    AleX71 - 2011-10-29

    I made a little tutorial for "FlightGear" but it is in French
    I tried to translate it this weekend

    http://www.checksix-forums.com/showpost.php?p=1214848&postcount=50

     
  • Wim Vriend

    Wim Vriend - 2011-10-29

    Hi thunderalex71,

    Thanks for your feedback and your tutorial.  I'm glad you like FaceTrackNoIR!

     
  • mhab

    mhab - 2013-04-05

    Hello

    I used Google to translate the french in the above link to english, but with FTNOIR 1.7 everything is different. There is no "headtracker.xml" as described in he FTNOIR installation.

    So I failed to get it to work with FlightGear 2.8.0.5

    Can anyone tell me what I get wrong, or is FlightGear not possible to use yet ?
    Is it a thing with the INI file ?

     
  • Wim Vriend

    Wim Vriend - 2013-04-07

    Hello mhab,

    You are perfectly right: the ClientFiles that were in the v160 distribution are not included in v170. I uploaded them to the Files-section, so anyone can download them from there.

    I hope you can get it right with this help...

     
  • mhab

    mhab - 2013-04-14

    Hello

    Thanks for the uploaded files. I was able to use FTNOIR now with FlightGear, but it was still quite troublesome.

    1) I think the BAT file is wrong for the last parameter which should be --config="C:\Program Files\FlightGear\data\Nasal\headtracker.xml"
    and it needs to be adapted to the actual installation path

    Remark: I didn't use it anyhow, and set all the parameters in the advanced settings in FG startup GUI as described in the (french) link on top of this page

    2) I had enourmous problems with axis shifts, which were way to big at FG startup. Only after I changed the curves for x,y,z almost to 0, i.e. max input results in <10 output I was able to stay within the aircraft.

    In the beginning a head movement of 5cm sent me 20m behind or in front of the plane, so I barely was able to find the cockpit. ;-)

    Where this excessive movement come from I don't understand.

    Also I didn't understand how to use the FG dialog (headtracker browser) and if I could have used it to tweak the behaviour.

    Thanks anyhow
    Michael

     
  • Wim Vriend

    Wim Vriend - 2013-04-14

    Hi mhab,

    Sounds like a conversion problem from metres to centimetres...

    I'm glad you got it working in spite.

     
  • mhab

    mhab - 2013-04-17

    Hello

    The hint about conversion factor was very helpful.

    I found a slightly improved version of "headtracker.xml" on the web (http://tinyurl.com/blogj2z) and changed the conversion factors. Now I can use FTNOIR with FlightGear as expected, also with "normal" curve settings.

    A very helpful addition with this "headtracker.xml" is also, that a hint pops up during FlightGear startup about the "=" equal sign which initializes the headtracker from within FlightGear.

    The combination of FTNOIR Shortkey "Center" AND the FlightGear "=" (initialization) up to now always brought me back to where I wanted the display to be.

    For convenience I add the "improved" headtracker.xml to this message.


    Edit:

    A helpful Hint (added after orig. post):
    I you get bored about the "headtracker settings" dialog popping up in FG and want to get rid of it then: just don't use the browser settings desribed above and leave that parameter setting empty ;-)

    Thanks
    Michael

     

    Last edit: mhab 2013-04-23

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