TrackIR4 Pro + ArmA2 = NO 6DOF???

[toby23]

My TrackIR works fine with ArmA2.
I can look left, right, up, down and zoom in and out, 6DOF as advertised.
There is however no roll, no side to side and no vertical up and down.
Would be great to see this added in a patch.

Edit
I am confused... I cannot get 6DOF working, I am missing X and Y axis. (Yes, they are checked in the trackir options)

[galzohar]

What you're describing is not 6 DOF.

6 DOF = movement along X, Y and Z axis, and rotation around X, Y and Z axis.

Defining X as left/right, Y as up/down and Z as forward/backward:
Looking left/right = 1 DOF (turning around the Y axis)
Looking up/down = 1 DOF (turning around the X axis)
Zoom in/out = 1 DOF (moving along the Z axis), though it's not really a DOF since it's really, like said, zoom in/out, and not actual head movement back and forth. You wouldn't get so much zoom difference if you really just moved your head back and forth.

Doesn't turning around the Z axis (or is it movement along the X axis) get used for leaning? That would be a "4th DOF" (though the 3rd one doesn't really count).

[toby23]

What you're describing is not 6 DOF.

6 DOF = movement along X, Y and Z axis, and rotation around X, Y and Z axis.

That's what I was thinking Galzohar.
I am used to full freedom of movement with my trackIR in sims like FSX or Black Shark.
I was a bit dissapointed that I can only move left, right, pitch up and down and zoom in and out.... I'm really missing the other degrees of movement.
I know this isn't a flight sim but it would be great if (X and Y axis) the developers could include this soon....
As advertised on the trackIR website, ArmA2 is sold as using all 6 axis... Perhaps this will be added...hmmm

[EDcase]

At the moment ArmA2 does NOT support all 6 Degrees of Freedom.

BUT...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSmzAoXEhU

This guy got them all to work in ArmA1 using Kegetys Armalib addon so it shouldn't be long before its available for ArmA2 (hopefully)

[Raggz]

Hmm that looks sweet. Hope they fix it soon

[Jorge.PT]

You really should consult natural point on this, the 6DOF advertise it's in their website and you only have yaw, pitch, roll? and x axis in ArmA2.

[Cross]

My TrackIR works fine with ArmA2.
I can look left, right, up, down and zoom in and out, 6DOF as advertised.
There is however no roll, no side to side and no vertical up and down.
Would be great to see this added in a patch.

Edit
I am confused... I cannot get 6DOF working, I am missing X and Y axis. (Yes, they are checked in the trackir options)

you may be needing to upgrade the TIR software to the latest one.

[MadDogX]

Arma2 only supports 4DOF. There is no vertical head movement or Z-Axis rotation.

[galzohar]

More like 3.5 DOF, since the Z axis movement for zooming in/out doesn't really count imo, since it's not really head movement but rather a zoom feature tied to your trackIR axis.

['Winder]

My TrackIR works fine with ArmA2.
I can look left, right, up, down and zoom in and out, 6DOF as advertised.
There is however no roll, no side to side and no vertical up and down.
Would be great to see this added in a patch.

Edit
I am confused... I cannot get 6DOF working, I am missing X and Y axis. (Yes, they are checked in the trackir options)

I would love Y to be integrated into the infantry model, so you could subtlely move up and down from any stance. But, I think the main problem is related to animating the skeleton. If they don't have the animations for this kind of movement already created, the world view model would tear, which would look very crappy. Still, with some time, it definitely *can* be animated. I mean, it's programming. With enough time, you can do pretty much anything.