i dont understand why the FF777v2 is being so difficult.
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Can you move the camera?
I can’t use the arrow keys in the default view, if that’s what you mean. That’s normal for TrackIR.
If you're using X-Plane's trackIR implementation, you need to scrap that and use X-Camera.
X-Camera allows you to integrate trackIR into planes that have custom cameras (Like the Challenger 650, or the 777v2) by making a button able enable and disable the TrackIR function. You can switch back and forth between the trackIR camera and the custom camera.
I believe the basic X-Camera addon is free.
Can you elaborate on that last bit about switching between the TrackIR camera and the custom camera? I want to be able to use TrackIR throughout the flight in the left seat. Is that not possible because of the custom cameras set by FF?
In XP11 you can only use one...I guess like... feature-set at once. If someone makes a plane with a custom camera, you cannot use it at the same time you use something overtop like trackir.
XCamera allows you to set a button to turn on and turn off the trackir function.
In the HotStart Challenger 650 which has a custom walk-around camera, you cannot move when you use trackIR. When you turn it off, you can walk around with the HotStart system as per normal. When you turn it back on, you're stuck in place again with your trackIR active. So you walk yourself to the pilot seat, turn your trackIR on, and you do not lose immersion.
In the 777v2, the system is not as advanced. You have to fly the camera around. You cannot fly around with TrackIR on. You need to turn it off, move, and then turn it on when you're in-place.
So will the position hold once i set it to the captains seat and turn TrackIR on? When I disable TIR in XP I sit in the seat but turning it on resets the seating to the center. Does X-Camera keep the origin at the captains seat while TIR is active?
I don’t really care or want to do the walk around stuff and I disabled a lot of that additional stuff. I just want to sit in the seat and have TrackIR work.
If you have XCamera, you define your cameras yourself. It will teleport to where ever you left the camera. If your #1 camera is the pilot seat, it'll go there.
Does X-Camera keep the origin at the captains seat while TIR is active?
Yes
I don’t really care or want to do the walk around stuff and I disabled a lot of that additional stuff. I just want to sit in the seat and have TrackIR work.
Get XCamera. XP's native trackIR implementation is just a camera hack.
Sweet! Thanks for the help. Cheers!