Unless I'm missing something, I cannot get head tracking to work with AF2. That's a real disappointment for a flight sim. I'm using TrackHat OpenTrack, which emulates both TrackIR and FreeTrack protocols. It works fine with P3D, but I can't get it to work with AF2. I see in the TrackHat forums, that I'm not the only one. Does AF2 support FreeTrack?
No FreeTrack/TrackIR?
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I am in the same situation with edtracker+opentrack. Tryed to get help here and on steam forum, but no response so far. Very sad...
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I am in the same situation with edtracker+opentrack. Tryed to get help here and on steam forum, but no response so far. Very sad...
Since AF2 works with TrackIR, it should work with Opentrack, but it doesn't for some reason. I think the problem could be solved if ipacs would add support for Freetrack as well, since Opentrack can emulate both TrackIR and Freetrack. Still, it's strange that it doesn't work now. Every other game that I know of that supports TrackIR also works with OpenTrack (FSX, P3D, DCS, etc.), so there seems to be something odd with how AF2 and TrackIR are interacting.
Do the devs have any input?
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The strange thing is that when I go in config screen I see edtracker AND trackir on the devices, if I click on edtracker I cen see the axis moving correctly, on trackir nothing moves. I have set the edtracker axis in VIEW config panel to PAN and I can see moving, but as soon as I jump into the plane nothing happens when I rotate my head. All of this I have not tested with the new update, since I am still downloading...
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With OpenTrack, I can see TrackIR as an input device in AF2, but that's it.
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So seems that only the devs can answer. We hope soon.
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Out of curiosity, I tried FaceTrackNoir as well. Using PointTracker as the protocol and TrackIR as the emulation, it doesn't work either. Same problem as OpenTrack in that AF2 recognizes TrackIR as an input device, but isn't picking up the motion. Indeed, only the devs can solve this.
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Can you please tell us the exact hardware components that you are using? We want to add support and therefore need to know exactly what to purchase so that we can replicate the issue on our machines. Purchasing links would be appreciated, thanks!
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Thanks for the interest Jet-Pack.
This is my trackir setup:
edtracker pro as tracking device (http://www.edtracker.co.uk/shop/my-basket/edtracker-pro)
opentrack as tracking software (https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases)Thanks again and wait for sure an update of this beautiful sim.
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The issue doesn't seem to be so much with hardware, but rather with software support. As far as I can see, from several YouTube videos and other posts on the web, Aerofly FS (v1) supported the use of any headtracker that utilised the Freetrack 2.0 protocol, e.g. FacetrackNoIR. However, Aerofly FS 2 doesn't seem to support it in the same way.
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The issue doesn't seem to be so much with hardware, but rather with software support. As far as I can see, from several YouTube videos and other posts on the web, Aerofly FS (v1) supported the use of any headtracker that utilised the Freetrack 2.0 protocol, e.g. FacetrackNoIR. However, Aerofly FS 2 doesn't seem to support it in the same way.
Agree. My guess is that if AF2 can add Freetrack protocol like in AF v 1, that would solve it. Both OpenTrack and FaceTrackNoir provide dual protocols for FreeTrack and TrackIR, with the ability to use either or both in the sim. Strange that the TrackIR protocol doesn't work, but perhaps if the devs add Freetrack that would solve it.
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Can you please tell us the exact hardware components that you are using? We want to add support and therefore need to know exactly what to purchase so that we can replicate the issue on our machines. Purchasing links would be appreciated, thanks!
My hardware is TrackHat Clip and software is TrackHat OpenTrack (http://www.trackhat.org/trackhat-opentrack), which I think is just a customized version of the generic OpenTrack. The hardware shouldn't be the issue (it's just a web cam and LED lights), so if you would like to test with a cheap web cam, you could do that using FreeTrack or FaceTrackNoir. OpenTrack should work fine if FreeTrack works.
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We have contacted the developers of TrackHat OpenTrack and try to resolve this issue with them.
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Thank you IPACS for looking into supporting this.
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Thank you, this is reall a great news!
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According to the company that manufacturer the TrackHat, they have released a new software update that should add compatibility with Aerofly FS 2. Please, can anybody try that and report back to us?
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I don't use Trackhat's software normally, but I can confirm that after downloading it and installing it, I have tested it with Aerofly FS 2 and it does work. I am experiencing crashes of their software, but that may not be anything to do with Aerofly.
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Yes! Latest version works, although I only had time to test for a couple of minutes. Thank you!
Edit: Just flew for 20 minutes. Working great!
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The latest version of opentrack seems to work even for me, but it's always shaking, while in others sims works great.
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