Freetrack interface use in IL-2:CoD

[Wolf_Rider]

by the sounds of it, you already have the TIR software though

[vicinity]

Actually yes, I do - and no, i'm not taking about some dll file that came with freetrack. I downloaded it from the NP website to see how it compared. There was no awesome skull which obviously means freetrack is better.

[Wolf_Rider]

primary colours and shiny things, eh?

[Immermann]

I have a TIR, but I don't mind if there's support for Freetrak. I mean, why should I?

[W32Blaster]

Originally Posted by swiss

You forgot the I don't care option - which applies to all of the current TIR users.

I´m TIR user and I do care!
TIR is only one kind of a headtracker. If there is a cheaper but also working solution it makes sense to provide an access to it.

The immersion is much hígher while playing with a headtracking device. With more player gaining benefit from it the more stable the community will be.

Plus your point just sounds a little selfish.

[DD_crash]

TrackIR owner here, BUT I voted for FT to be inluded. I mean why not????

[Wolf_Rider]

I don't see that FT, or any other headtracking, shouldn't be included in principle... the sticking point is the files FT and some other headtracking needs to use.

I don't believe Swiss made a selfish point there, W32Blaster. Swiss, and others, did however point out the shortcomings in the way the poll was set up, which perhaps may be being read out of context. In any case, the poll forces a for or against, which doesn't really reflect what the poll should be all about.

Of course headtracking offers much higher immersion levels, there's no doubt about that though the community seems to be unstable/ split basically over what appears by some, on what they feel should be the right to hack software, and to others the right to have software protected.

[Blackdog_kt]

W-R, let's not regurgitate the other thread here. You know, the one where we reached a consensus that if more games offer native support for alternative head trackers in the form of a generic 6-axis interface, then the alternative trackers won't need to use "hacked" naturalpoint dll files.

This poll might be wrongly worded in that it only mentions freetrack, but please let's all use it as an indication for the community's wish to include support for alternative head tracking in general, instead of as a stepping stone to sidetrack the discussion into what constitutes hacking.

This poll should be about extra options, it shouldn't be about "freetrack rules/sucks" or "are you a hacker?yes/no".

[swiss]

Originally Posted by W32Blaster

I´m TIR user and I do care!
TIR is only one kind of a headtracker. If there is a cheaper but also working solution it makes sense to provide an access to it.

The immersion is much hígher while playing with a headtracking device. With more player gaining benefit from it the more stable the community will be.

Plus your point just sounds a little selfish.

See, the fine thing about democracies is: People can have different views.


How could anyone be against something the get for free?*
(I don't care about the piracy thing, I'm guilty of that myself)
I was forced into the "no" answer - the whole thing is so rigged I refuse to help him prove his point. Whenever I feel one comes up with the wrong arguments I switch sides, which often results in finding myself fighting on the side of the enemy. Sometimes confusing - but always great fun.

Also:
If OM made a deal with NP and got desperately needed cash for it - great.

*Unfortunately, there is no such thing as free lunch.
Well, in the IL2 community maybe - then again I think this is wrong too.
We get all this updates and mods for free; UP, 4.xx, you name it - yet the servers are struggling for survival because the (majority of the)community is to greedy to donate once in while.
What kind of "community" is that supposed to be?

[MadBlaster]

Originally Posted by swiss

See, the fine thing about democracies is: People can have different views.


How could anyone be against something the get for free?*
(I don't care about the piracy thing, I'm guilty of that myself)
I was forced into the "no" answer - the whole thing is so rigged I refuse to help him prove his point. Whenever I feel one comes up with the wrong arguments I switch sides, which often results in finding myself fighting on the side of the enemy. Sometimes confusing - but always great fun.

Also:
If OM made a deal with NP and got desperately needed cash for it - great.

*Unfortunately, there is no such thing as free lunch.
Well, in the IL2 community maybe - then again I think this is wrong too.
We get all this updates and mods for free; UP, 4.xx, you name it - yet the servers are struggling for survival because the (majority of the)community is to greedy to donate once in while.
What kind of "community" is that supposed to be?

Sir, given Switzerland's long history of neutrality and your line of reasoning, I put forth the propostion that you should withhold your vote on this matter. Just something to consider. Good day.