Head-tracking while banking?

[Gromyak]

Hi, I'm pretty new to IL-2 and flight sims, and was helping that you guys could help me with a problem I'm having with head-tracking:

 

I use SmoothTrack (iPhone-based head-tracking) with OpenTrack for head-tracking.  I've spent the last few weeks tweaking it (mainly the curves in OpenTrack), and it works quite well while I'm flying upright--I can look up and all around with good visibility.

 

The problem is that when I'm banking or doing other maneuvers (ie, when I'm in combat, when I need head-tracking), the head-tracking seems to suddenly become much more restricted--I can't look very far up or behind, the camera just won't go there.  While my tweaking in OpenTrack has improved the general head-tracking, I have not been able to resolve this problem.

 

Does anyone have any pointers?   Is the head-tracking getting "confused" while banking because the angles are all different?   Could this be a problem with SmoothTrack?  Or OpenTrack?  Or are some of my settings just wrong?

 

For now I've got some quickviews tied to my joystick so that I am not totally blind, but I would really like to fix head-tracking so that I have good visibility all the time!

[Raptorattacker]

Yeah, it's a thing.

If you think, if you WERE in a plane and banking then your view WOULD be restricted wouldn't it?

If you were banking right then your natural movement would be to look up and LEFT to see what was behind you.

[MaxPower]

My head seems to enjoy the same range of motion regardless of the orientation of my body with respect to the Earth's gravitational field. 

 

Anywho I don't seem to have the same restriction with trackir so it might be a smoothtrack thing?

Edited yesterday at 01:29 AM by MaxPower

[BaglanBoy]

If you intend to fly this fabulous combat sim for the foreseeable future , I would recommend TrackIR pro, you can create your own profile which covers all angles from within the cockpit. There is an excellent tutorial on YouTube which will explain the setup,  Good Luck.

[Cardolan]

I am a new user of head tracking and I am very, very pleased with TrackHat. I just have the IR camera pointing at my (beautiful) face and it tracks all my movements without issues. Setup is very easy too.

[ST_Catchov]

2 minutes ago, Cardolan said:

I am a new user of head tracking and I am very, very pleased with TrackHat. I just have the IR camera pointing at my (beautiful) face and it tracks all my movements without issues. Setup is very easy too.

 

I know what you mean. But I use trackir with the camera pointing at my beautiful eyes.

[Cardolan]

17 minutes ago, ST_Catchov said:

 

I know what you mean. But I use trackir with the camera pointing at my beautiful eyes.

 

Don't you have to use a cap with a strange contraption on it? I am under the impression most TrackIR systems need that.

[ST_Catchov]

1 hour ago, Cardolan said:

 

Don't you have to use a cap with a strange contraption on it? I am under the impression most TrackIR systems need that.

 

Yes. It's quite sexy and no wires required. Just a light cap that fits over my beautiful head without messing up my hair. I can't imagine what those VR goggles do to one's hair. It's horrifying and doesn't allow the scalp to breathe.

[Zooropa_Fly]

You don't have to look like a complete knob in a baseball cap just because you have Track IR..

 

Spoiler

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:43 AM by Zooropa_Fly

[Cardolan]

13 hours ago, ST_Catchov said:

 

Yes. It's quite sexy and no wires required. Just a light cap that fits over my beautiful head without messing up my hair. I can't imagine what those VR goggles do to one's hair. It's horrifying and doesn't allow the scalp to breathe.

 

As I am bald, I completely bypass the cap to allow my amazing head to shine in the sun (*)!

 

 

(*) - Even if the cap @Zooropa_Fly is really neat, avoiding to wear anything in my head or otherwise to enjoy the funtion of looking around the cockpit is a big plus for me.

[ST_Catchov]

9 hours ago, Cardolan said:

As I am bald, I completely bypass the cap to allow my amazing head to shine in the sun (*)!

 

So you're saying TrackHat doesn't use a hat? Interesting. Nonetheless a healthy option for your scalp and amazing head.

 

9 hours ago, Cardolan said:

(*) - Even if the cap @Zooropa_Fly is really neat, avoiding to wear anything in my head or otherwise to enjoy the funtion of looking around the cockpit is a big plus for me.

 

Trackir (with the prong thing on the peak of one's cap) also allows complete freedom. The only downside is sometimes if the prong thing (being spring steel) is nudged or bumped accidently it pings off into space at alarming speed. Missed the missus by inches once! You'll have me eye out with that thing darl she said with a laugh. I love that woman.

[BlitzPig_EL]

Just use the Track Clip Pro.  No hat needed, just attach it to your headset.