One problem I'm having in AH, with Track5 IR, is head movement relative to sight post. On a real airplane the sight would be fixed on the post itself but in the OL gaming world, with TrackIR, the sight moves relative to head movement right off the post and into nothingness and causes disorientation.
Right now I'm messing with settings trying to find sweet spots with settings.I turned off pitch to see if that helps with all the motion I'm getting, "doing stuff like that".
Any little tidbits or secrets would be much appreciated. I know I have heard from players who said the tracker was a pain at first but eventually couldn't live without it. I hope thats true. Already I can track cons with almost impossible views thanks to IR. I just hope I can get past this disorientation thing.
Hello
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In real lie the gunsight of the plane would stay fixed on the post and stay there. For instance, in a real plane if you moved your head left, not turn but move, the sight would stay at its fixed location on the sight post.
In AH when you move the post stays where its connected but the sight itself moves too and then you have to hit the "center" key to get it back where it belongs in the middle of the post. Its like a floating sight connected to you where'as the rest of the plane isnt.
Anyway I find that disorientating. In Battleground Europe the sight stays pretty much where its supposed to. Maybe its due to BGE only having yaw and pitch mapped to IR.
In AH when you move the post stays where its connected but the sight itself moves too and then you have to hit the "center" key to get it back where it belongs in the middle of the post. Its like a floating sight connected to you where'as the rest of the plane isnt.
Anyway I find that disorientating. In Battleground Europe the sight stays pretty much where its supposed to. Maybe its due to BGE only having yaw and pitch mapped to IR.
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The sight is doing the right thing, because it's not a physical sight ring, it's a projection. In a reflector gunsight, the gunsight reticle is projected upward onto an angled glass reflector to put it in the pilot's line of sight, displayed 'at infinity' (meaning that it is in focus when the pilot is looking at distant targets). When the pilot moves his head, the geometry of the reflection shifts the image he sees in the same direction, keeping the center of the reticle in the same position, indicating the boresight of the aircraft's weapons.
If the sight reticle stayed in one spot, the gunsight would be useless if you moved your head. To understand why, close one eye and hold up your index finger midway between you and your monitor, lined up with the SmartNav icon at the top of the page. Now, holding your finger in one position, shift your head sideways; your finger won't be pointed at the SmartNav icon any more. If your sight was a fixed-ring sight, and your head wasn't perfectly centered behind it, using the sight to aim with would make you miss. The A-20 has just such a fixed sight, but it also has a post out on the nose of the plane; when you move your head so that the tip of the post is centered in the ring sight, you're looking down the same line that your nose guns fire.
To get a little understanding of why the reflector sight image moves, close one eye and look at the SmartNav icon at the top of the page, then hold your hands up with your thumbs and forefingers touching to form a ring centered on the icon. Holding your hands in place, shift your head left and right; the icon will appear to move -- relative to the ring formed by your fingers -- in the same direction as you shifted your head, just as the sight image does in a plane equipped with a reflector gunsight.
If the sight reticle stayed in one spot, the gunsight would be useless if you moved your head. To understand why, close one eye and hold up your index finger midway between you and your monitor, lined up with the SmartNav icon at the top of the page. Now, holding your finger in one position, shift your head sideways; your finger won't be pointed at the SmartNav icon any more. If your sight was a fixed-ring sight, and your head wasn't perfectly centered behind it, using the sight to aim with would make you miss. The A-20 has just such a fixed sight, but it also has a post out on the nose of the plane; when you move your head so that the tip of the post is centered in the ring sight, you're looking down the same line that your nose guns fire.
To get a little understanding of why the reflector sight image moves, close one eye and look at the SmartNav icon at the top of the page, then hold your hands up with your thumbs and forefingers touching to form a ring centered on the icon. Holding your hands in place, shift your head left and right; the icon will appear to move -- relative to the ring formed by your fingers -- in the same direction as you shifted your head, just as the sight image does in a plane equipped with a reflector gunsight.