TrackIR compatibility of freefalcon patch

[al21]

Hey guys,
Does anybody using TrackIR for F4 experience serious 'shaking' in the 3D pit? The shaking is so intense that I have to abandom the TrackIR enhanced mode(using the TIRF4 mapper) to play.
Any suggestion to fix that?

One more question---It says the freefalcon patch need an 'unpatched' F4 SP3 and I have installed the 512x512 texture as well as the 1280x1024 pit patch before, would these cause the problem?

Thx for any suggestion in advance!!

[snake122]

No, I haven't had that problem yet but then again I still haven't fully tested the TIRF4 since there is no 2_d cockpit solution. I have teh hi-res 3D cockpit installed too. Did you try turning off the Dynamic head movement through the SPconfig editor?

[al21]

Yup, that's exactly where I tried and I got it. The weird thing is there is no such problem even with this item on before the free falcon patch.
Thx for yr suggestion anyway!

[snake122]

I'm confused, so did you or did you not try to disable the dynamic head movement? The Dynamic head movement causes your pilot's head to move slightly with your planes movement, it's also been know to cause some strange head movement. Does your TrackIR track ok without strange movement in other games?

I haven't install Free Falcon yet. Does the TIRF4 program come with the Free Falcon patch?

[al21]

I meant I disabled the dynamic head movement and the shaking is gone. I got the TIRF4 from the forum here, it's not with the free falcon patch.
My TrackIR works fine in other games, even with F4 before the free falcon patch with dynamic head movement enabled.

[snake122]

So that did fix it! Glad it's working now.

[gromualdo]

You folks seem to have solved the F4 TIR compatibility issues but still can't get it to run on my Windows XP system. I thought I would give you the steps I have tried..

1.run Track IR and place in enhanced mode (F8)
2.Run falcon4sp.exe -head or even used the F4patch w the dynamic headmovement off then minimize it (Alt-Tab)
3. run TIRf4
4. go back to F4
5. get into dogfight and hit Sht 2--wide cockpit and press F9 to enable--nothing happens with the Track IR led on and no view changes;
6. retried it again with the mouse cursor enabled by hitting the R mouse button--cursor appears but again no view change or cursor movement
7. tried hitting F9 again--no change
8. escape from the dogfight mission, minimize F4, fiddle around with the settings in Track IR--again same results wether I am in mouse emulation or enhanced IR mode and even made sure the tracking was active (F9) before I go back into F4--again no view change

Help!!!! I have run this hardware in Strike Fighters and think its a great adjunct for SA but as a sim Strike Fighters leaves a lot to be desired..I rahter be plaing F4...

Do I need to create a profile before hand? If so how do I do that or is there somewhere that I can download the file?

Thanks