Newbie and TrackIR questions

[salilsurendran 10]

Had some newbie questions with regards to ARMA II commands:

1. I am just going through the basic training but after going through the firing range my gun no longer lowers while running it is alway up slowing down my running. How do I lower my gun?

2. When I am at the tank range, I can change from M136 to SMAW by clicking enter but from there I am unable to change to Javellin to destroy the long range target. Even after I click on 'G' the screen comes up and clicking on the Javellin etc. doesn't work. The enemy comes up and kills me before I rearm while I am on the 'G' screen.

3. How important is it to buy TrackIR to enjoy the game? Are there other options probably cheaper? Will TrackIR work with other games that ARMA II?

[Tankbuster 1747]

3. Google search for Freetrack. In terms of pure value for money, Freetrack is the one to get, but if you can afford it, TrackIR is excellent.

[sparks50 0]

Doublepress shift to turn on/off ready walk mode, doublepress W to sprint.

I don't consider TrackIR to be important unless you fly a lot of planes or helicopters. Some find trackir in infantry to be more disorienting than useful.

Also this is the Arma 1 section of the forum, you may have noticed its a bit dead here..

Edited December 30, 2010 by sparks50

[North_Wolf 10]

I had issues with TrackIR at first when using it with infantry, but after going through some settings and disabling the leaning via TrackIR then its nothing short of awsome.

Once set up right it adds alot of immersion and makes it much quicker and easier to keep tabs on your squad (glancing to see who got hit etc.).

I would recomend it for both Arma 1 and Arma 2

[Tankbuster 1747]

It's a shame because using lean would be cool, but it doesn't work well.

Ideally, we'd be able to lean by tilting head, and perhaps, with a lot of profile tweaking, it could be made to work.

What happens is that the merest head tilt means the character leans a little and he can't run or reload. What SHOULD happen is slight head tilt movements are ignored, but bigger tilts result in a character 'snap' lean to full extent.

For someone of my advanced years, big head tilts are quite uncomfortable, so a properly tweaked profile is important.

[stk2008 14]

It's a shame because using lean would be cool, but it doesn't work well.

Ideally, we'd be able to lean by tilting head, and perhaps, with a lot of profile tweaking, it could be made to work.

What happens is that the merest head tilt means the character leans a little and he can't run or reload. What SHOULD happen is slight head tilt movements are ignored, but bigger tilts result in a character 'snap' lean to full extent.

For someone of my advanced years, big head tilts are quite uncomfortable, so a properly tweaked profile is important.

Im sure in Free track ya can set a dead zone and it WILL ignore any movement you set within the dead zone.

then to make it snap ya can adjust a graph and just make the graph rise instantly instead of gradually.

Last time I used it it worked for me.

[Tankbuster 1747]

Yes, I'm sure it's about having a bigger deadzone, then a steeper slope on the profile graph. Not got round to doing it yet though.

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I even had prone/stand/kneel working using head rise and fall in Armed Assault. Was really cool in game, but made my back hurt. :)

[stk2008 14]

Hahaha yeah I could imagine tbh bugger that.

[North_Wolf 10]

Even with lean set so it doesnt trigger randomly as you walk, then its still a bit to weird to use.

Try leaning your head as you read this!

It just makes you feel uncomfy and is disorienting RL when looking at a monitor. That was my issue with it and why I turned it off.

Leaning forward and backwards I keept in, but I hardly ever do it. Being able to look around is the star attraction of using TrackIR with Arma.

[Tankbuster 1747]

Lean doesn't feel as natural, it's true, but I wonder if I should persevere with it and see if I can get used to it.

I always use zoom, especially as infantry. Sometimes, it saves me that half second where I can zoom in quickly without taking optics and get a shot of a tiny bit before the other guy.

[dmarkwick 261]

Instead of having lean mapped to head tilt, map it to head movement left or right, with an appropriate dead zone. That way you literally lean in your chair and get a much better experience, and you don't have the disorientation that tilting causes.

[Tankbuster 1747]

AHA! Good idea, that makes so much more sense. Will try and report back.

[stk2008 14]

Instead of having lean mapped to head tilt, map it to head movement left or right, with an appropriate dead zone. That way you literally lean in your chair and get a much better experience, and you don't have the disorientation that tilting causes.

I thought that was how its done any way? it was all ready like that for me by default with free track.

[Peter_Bullet 0]

always use zoom, especially as infantry.

Hi! Just to make sure: are you saying it's possible to use TrackIR for zooming? Is it implemented so that if you move your head closer to the screen it zooms? Does this also work in arma? Is there something else it can do? (in addition to looking around and leaning) I'm planning on buying one, and would like to know what it can do.

Thanks :)

[Tankbuster 1747]

Hi! Just to make sure: are you saying it's possible to use TrackIR for zooming? Is it implemented so that if you move your head closer to the screen it zooms? Does this also work in arma? Is there something else it can do? (in addition to looking around and leaning) I'm planning on buying one, and would like to know what it can do.

Thanks :)

Yes, that's exactly what I mean. It's set up for that as default.

[liquidpinky 11]

Instead of having lean mapped to head tilt, map it to head movement left or right, with an appropriate dead zone. That way you literally lean in your chair and get a much better experience, and you don't have the disorientation that tilting causes.

I prefer the leaning method, more accurate and I don't have to try and slide my chair from side to side. You can set up the movement strength so your in game character leans at the exact same angle as yourself, which makes it a bit better to use than just selecting the lean on it's own.

[focher 15]

TrackIR is da bomb. And I play almost exclusively as infantry, but love it. I have disabled zoom and set a fair deadzone for any head movement.

[walker 0]

Hi all

I use TrackIR all the time infantry, aircraft, cars, boats, and tanks when turned out. It is a massive improvement in situational awareness and stealth both against AI and PvP in MP.

Contrary to what others who do not use it say: In infantry mode you do not get disoriented by it other than for the first 10 minutes, after that your brain adjusts and immediately misses it; if you do not turn it on. Forgetting to turn it on is very disorientating like you are wearing a neck brace or something.

It was great when BIS added the function to hot-switch and turn controllers on and off as I no longer had to restart ArmA if I forgot to turn on TrackIR, now if I forget to turn it on before ArmA I have no worries as I just disable and re-enable TrackIR in the Options, Controls, Controllers: console.

So I never do without TrackIR.

Being able to turn your head as Infantry without moving your body to look at enemy while concealed is so much more realistic. I can hide frozen in a Forrest in the deep undergrowth spotting enemy then shooting them when they are looking the other way. And the graduated lean in CQB is a massive boon especially in PvP.

Can not think how I played before, without it.

Kind Regards walker

Edited April 28, 2011 by walker
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[Joseph Archer 10]

If you get track IR, try the Seth FPS profile from the support forums link below

http://forum.naturalpoint.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=38618#Post38618

[dmarkwick 261]

Hi all

I use TrackIR all the time infantry, aircraft, cars, boats, and tanks when turned out. It is a massive improvement in situational awareness and stealth both against AI and PvP in MP.

Contrary to what others who do not use it say: In infantry mode you do not get dioriented by it other than for the first 10 minutes, after that your brain adjusts and imediatley misses it; if you do not turn it on. Forgetting to turn it on is very disorientating like you are wearing a neck brace or something.

Yeah, if I forget or otherwise run ArmA2 without TIR, I still turn my head about and expect to see movement. It only takes an hour or so to get used to the TIR method, the worst aspect is the head flapping that goes on when you're flying a helo and need to use the keyboard or if something surprising happens etc, but an appropriate deadzone sorts that out.

It was great when BIS added the function to hot-switch and turn controllers on and off as I no longer had to restart ArmA if I forgot to turn on TrackIR, now if I forget to turn it on before ArmA I have no worries as I just disable and re-enable TrackIR in the Options, Controls, Controllers: console.

So I never do without TrackIR.

Being able to turn your head as Infantry without moving your body to look at enemy while concealed is so much more realistic. I can hide frozen in a Forrest in the deep undergrowth spotting enemy then shooting them when they are looking the other way. And the graduated lean in CQB is a massive boon especialy in PvP.

Can not think how I played before, without it.

Kind Regards walker

Being able to aim & cover down one street while looking down another for danger is a great benefit.

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

Will TrackIR work with other games that ARMA II?

Several