TrackIR and Mouse Emulator

[am128256]

Hello,

I am currently trying to use the Mouse Emulation program that comes with TrackIR in order to control the looking/viewing in a game/simulation on which I am working. The Mouse Emulation works fine in my operating system and I have tested it on games like Half-Life 2 and Counter Strike, also works perfectly fine.

For some reason, when I run my simulation, the Mouse Emulation program is not working. The program does accept mouse-looking as that is how I currently have it setup.

In my program, I believe that I am using the virtual mouse to look instead of the raw mouse. Should I be using the raw mouse instead of the virtual mouse? I prefer to ask before trying as it involves ripping my code apart.

Thank you for your time.

[VincentG]

IS your software using DirectX?

[am128256]

Technically, it uses DirectX and OpenGL. I am using the Panda3d which uses both.

[Birch]

The application needs to be using DirectInput for the mouse emulation to be compatible.

[am128256]

Thank you very much Birch.

[am128256]

Is there another way to emulate the mouse without the provided mouse emulator?

I assume it is possible to write code for this, but could you give me a good place to start?

[VincentG]

[quote=am128256]Is there another way to emulate the mouse without the provided mouse emulator?

I assume it is possible to write code for this, but could you give me a good place to start?[/quote]

In what way?

I'm just looking to get an idea of what your looking to do.

[am128256]

I need to be able to read input from TrackIR in order to look around the world that I am creating.

I am using the TrackClip Pro and TrackIR to track head movement. If I can get the readings of the Roll and Pitch from TrackIR, it would be perfect.

Since the NaturalPoint website tells non-commercial game makers to use the OptiTrack SDK, I assume (though maybe I should not) that a program can be written to read the input of the TrackClip Pro and TrackIR with OptiTrack.

[VincentG]

The TrackIR4, and the standard TrackClip (non pro) can be used with the OptiTrack SDK, but be aware in advance that we no longer provide technical support for that functionality.