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Keymapping question
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:48 am
by Banco
Hi, sorry if this has been posted in the wrong forum.
I am considering purchasing a TrackIR and have been unable to determine if head movements can be translated to key strokes - is this possible?
I am specifically looking at using up and down head movements to map to the keys I would use in a FPS for stand up / crouch. I know the mouselook function can be used on the TrackIR but can I program looking up, down, left, right etc to specific keys that would be translated to an in-game keystroke?
Many thanks for your help.
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:58 am
by Crewecut
I can only say, that the mouselook has too much lag to be effective in a FPS-game, unless you�re sniping.
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 1:27 pm
by Banco
[quote=Crewecut]I can only say, that the mouselook has too much lag to be effective in a FPS-game, unless you�re sniping. [/quote]
Thanks,
was wondering though if the head movement can be translated into keystrokes?
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:27 am
by Seth Steiling
A community member created the
TrackMapper utility, which will allow you to map to keystrokes, but unfortunately, it's only compatible with 3.x software, which means that you won't be able to use it with TrackIR 4. We can add this capability to our feature wish list for our next software version. That doesn't mean it will make it in, but we'll give it a serious look.
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:07 pm
by Banco
Thank you for your post Seth,
I think I really need to have that functionality so I'll keep an eye out for future developments and will hopefully get one then.
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:58 pm
by electrikcar
[quote=NaturalPoint - Seth] but unfortunately, it's only compatible with 3.x software, which means that you won't be able to use it with TrackIR 4[/quote]
works fine for me with TIR4
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:48 am
by Seth Steiling
[quote=electrikcar][quote=NaturalPoint - Seth] but unfortunately, it's only compatible with 3.x software, which means that you won't be able to use it with TrackIR 4[/quote]
works fine for me with TIR4 [/quote]
Really? What version of the TrackIR software are you running?
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:21 pm
by electrikcar
Latest; version 4.1 Build 36
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:08 am
by Seth Steiling
Yep, just confirmed it. It does work with TIR4. Good news!
Re: Keymapping question
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:54 pm
by Banco
Thanks a lot Seth and Electrikcar for all your help, I will definitely be ordering one now.