Sluggish in game

[Skarden]

hey sparky,I'v had the same problems and I'v tracked it down to that on my rig the trackir is not getting enough power since i upgraded to X1950 pro which requires an ungodly amount of power,and of cause add to that my x-52 which is drawing juice as well and my little ol 480w supply just couldn't keep up,which caused all sorts of problems including getting sluggish after a few minutes of playing any game(IL-2 and lock-on)

not sure if this is whats causing your prob but its something to check out.

good luck

[sniper]

im sad to hear about your prob Sparky

im a new user of trackir4 pro have not had any probs out of it

i dont know if this will help but my comp specs are

op sys win xp
mb ECS/KA3MVP
cpu amdx2 5000+
vid ATI 1950xtx
ram 4 gig of crucial balistics pc 6400
power suply 700 watt gammer extreem
game il2 1946
joystick X52 saitek

again its probly just somthing so easy its just eluding you and everyone else and me also
again i would like to say that i think this is a amazing product and i dont see how i flew without it
best buy i ever made for il2 and lockon

[Chivas]

Hello Folks
I just had the same problem as Sparky. I recently had to clear my computer and reload Windows. After everything was setup I ran IL-2 1946 for the first time and Track IR was very erratic and sluggish. Out of the game everything looked good, tracking, heads, and gauges. Track IR also worked fine when used in BOB WOV.

Before my system reset I had Default Profile box checked and edit to my liking. I notice I didn't have any of the Profile boxes checked after reloading my system. This time I checked the Combat Flight Profile, and edited it to the profile I liked. Then tried the game and everything worked great. I don't think it matters which Profile you have checked, as long is one of them is checked and the settings you like edited.

Maybe Sparky's long gone but it may help someone else.

[Chivas]

edit last post.

I'm not sure how Track IR loads different profiles when different games are launched. While playing around with the Profiles I set the two games that I use Track IR with to the Default profile and edited my default profile to my requirements. I'm able to use the same profile with BOB WOV and IL-2 as IL-2 only uses the first two (Yaw,Pitch). Anyway I did not need a check mark by the Default profile in this case. I think maybe the most important thing is having your game pointing to the right profile.

[AstroCat]

Was this ever fixed? I have Track IR 3 pro with the latest drivers/software. I have it installed on an XP partition with IL 1946. Sometimes it will just get sluggish and if I move my head out of the the field it will often pop back in as not slow.

Is the Track IR v4 any better. This is very annoying.

Thanks.

[VincentG]

[quote=AstroCat]Was this ever fixed? I have Track IR 3 pro with the latest drivers/software. I have it installed on an XP partition with IL 1946. Sometimes it will just get sluggish and if I move my head out of the the field it will often pop back in as not slow.

Is the Track IR v4 any better. This is very annoying.

Thanks.[/quote]

1 - Which version of the TrackIR software are you running?

2 - Looking at your TrackIR profiles, located here by default (C:\Program Files\NaturalPoint\TrackIR4\Profiles), what is the file size of each profile listed here?

3 - What other applications do you have running in the background? Any firewall/anti-virus applications?

4 - Have you disabled the the periodic news check, under Options?

5 - Have you tried turn off any kind of power save feature for your USB ports?

In the "Device Manager" you can right click the "USB Hub"(s), that show, and then select properties. On the power management tab, uncheck the box that allows the computer to turn off the USB port to save power (i.e. uncheck the box). Sometimes that has an impact on the connectivity of the devices.

6 - What version of Windows are you runing?

7 - Are you conected dorectly to the PC, or using a hub?

[AstroCat]

[quote=AstroCat]Was this ever fixed? I have Track IR 3 pro with the latest drivers/software. I have it installed on an XP partition with IL 1946. Sometimes it will just get sluggish and if I move my head out of the the field it will often pop back in as not slow.

Is the Track IR v4 any better. This is very annoying.

Thanks.[/quote]

1 - Which version of the TrackIR software are you running?

[color:#000099]Version 4.1.036 - Final[/color]

2 - Looking at your TrackIR profiles, located here by default (C:\Program Files\NaturalPoint\TrackIR4\Profiles), what is the file size of each profile listed here?

[color:#000099]2KB - 5KB. The one I am using is 5KB[/color]

3 - What other applications do you have running in the background? Any firewall/anti-virus applications?

[color:#000099]Nothing like that. It is a clean XP partition just for "older" games.[/color]

4 - Have you disabled the the periodic news check, under Options?

[color:#000099]Yes[/color]

5 - Have you tried turn off any kind of power save feature for your USB ports?

In the "Device Manager" you can right click the "USB Hub"(s), that show, and then select properties. On the power management tab, uncheck the box that allows the computer to turn off the USB port to save power (i.e. uncheck the box). Sometimes that has an impact on the connectivity of the devices.

[color:#000099]Done[/color]

6 - What version of Windows are you runing?

[color:#000099]XP Pro sp3[/color]

7 - Are you conected dorectly to the PC, or using a hub? [/quote]

[color:#000099]Directly to PC[/color]

Basic System Stats:
CPU: E8400
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6 DDR2
Mem: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 1000 (Running 800 1:1 4-4-4-12 2.1v)
PS: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX
DVDR: SAMSUNG DVD�R SH-S203B
HD1: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB
HD2: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB
OP: SAMSUNG 20X DVD�R DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S203B
Case: P182
HS: Thermalright Ultra-120
Fans: 5 x 120mm S-Flex Scythe
TC: Arctic Silver 5
Vid: EVGA 9800GX2
Sound: X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series
OS: Vista64/XP

Thanks for the help.

[VincentG]

Could the hotkey for precision mode be accidentally pressed, when this occurs?
(default F7/F8)

[AstroCat]

No, it's not that. But after messing around a little bit I think I've got it fixed!

Played for a while tonight in IL2 and it seemed much more solid. It was probably a combination of all the above.

Thanks for the help. I'll report back if it acts up again.