Freetrack

Thanks Kestrel for posting this at UBI..

Does anyone out their use this? (I know their must be someone...maybe I should ask if their is someone who uses FreeTrack that will answer my (thoughts) questions...lol).
Does this application use a lot of CPU? Does it have a fairly steady CPU load or does it spike at times?
What is your general experience with the program?
good? bad? simple? is it what you think it would be?
I love free application alternatives...and really respect the people who take the time out of their lives to tackle projects like this....thanks!

I use TIR4.. I have no clue... but I know that some folks just cant afford it right now.. so it is always gfood to have options.

I used it before I made the TIR4 purchase. It worked but I think the particular camera I was using had issues. It definitely worked but due to my cameras limitations I never got a good chance to try it out.

I'll say if you have a newer camera that meets freetracks specs try it out. You may not like the software but I think it will give you a better idea of how much TIR4 kicks @ss! At least this way you can kind of test out the technology without having to commit to the TIR4 purchase.

Thanks for the feedback I really must give this a try...I feel like I'm missing something. C

I have to wonder what it would really take to get a 6DOF patch for IL2? It amazes me that a game of this calibre falls behind older games in that respect.

I dont think 6DOF was out when the Aces Exp./Forgotten Battles was released and considering the fact that Maddox would have to pretty much re-code the game to get it to work. Thats asking way too much and if you still dont think so I'd think your being unreasonable!

On my AMD 3200+, using RGB24 compressor, window minimized I have this :

I don't think I can do much better now the video processing is written en SSE assembler.

you welcome

cu

fyi - Il2 will support 6dof easily. The reason they will not enable/allow it is that the cockpit models were designed for viewing from a fixed viewpoint and if you were allowed to move the viewpoint around there would be a crapload of anomolies (see through engines, etc...).

A guy called Kegetys came up with a hack that enabled 6dof (in the past, he never released it, just did some demos- try youtube). It worked quite well in some of the newer cockpits, but many il-2 pits date from <2000, and too much effort to be updated- considering that BoB will have full 3d cockpits. It's a shame, as planes like the FW-190 really needed it. Still I can wait...