Track IR Stops Working

:rage: I am having the same problem. Yes, I can solve it using the shortcut mentioned above, BUT it gets on my nerves nevertheless and should be hotfixed! Hello MS… please do this quickly.

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This is not a bug!!! :+1:

Why does nobody understand that the new integration of TrackIR is not a bug, but a very helpful function?
Admittedly, Asobo has not really communicated this as much as I have read. But maybe I’ve just overlooked it?
But the fact is that I have always been very annoyed when I have taken a note or tablet during the flight and the cockpit camera has wandered somewhere.
Now I use a button with the function already described here and can read various information in peace without losing sight of the cockpit.
If I want to look around the cockpit again, press the button - done!

In my eyes, this is not a bug, just a poorly communicated but great function!!!

:v: :wink:

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No, it’s broken. You have always been annoyed because you don’t know how to use trackir pause function from the sound of it. You can achieve the same thing with fewer buttons by using the pause feature of trackIR. The entire point of being able to pause trackir in the trackir software is so that you can stop it tracking your head in a position of your choosing so you can interact with the cockpit with accuracy. If the sim decides it wants to then deactivate trackir and centre the view then the purpose of using trackir has gone. Well, half the reason for using it anyway. When bouncing about in turbulence it’s imperative that I can look at my switch or knob wherever it is in the cockpit and pause trackir so the view is no longer moving and adjust the switch or GPS or whatever. I can then unpause it and carry on looking around. This is now impossible because the sim then disables head tracking and adjusts the view forward where you can no longer see where you were trying to interact with. It’s idiotic.

If this is not a bug then it was implemented by someone that has not a clue how trackir is used and needs to be fixed.

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So, it was Jƶrg’s call…

ah ok, of course I know and use the pause function of TrackIR, but I haven’t used it since the update. If, of course, the cockpit view is centred at the same time as the pause function, this is an error. I’ll have to test that right away!

:v: :sunglasses:

That functionality already existed through the TrackIR app hotkeys. It does not need any key in game.

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I’m also concerned Asobo don’t fully understand the functionality of TrackIR. This is further demonstrated by their release notes ā€˜known issues’ statement:
" * TrackIR may sometimes stop working properly during a flight. Press F12 to reset the position."

Of course, once TrackIR ā€˜stops working,’ pressing F12 does nothing.

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Check this out!

you have to bind a button for the function:
ā€œToggle Head Trackingā€
in German
ā€œKopfverfolgung umschaltenā€

:grinning:

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I realize that. I was referring to Asobo’s release notes statement being unhelpful.

As soon as you hit pause on TrackIR flight sim disables head tracking which leads to the view being reset directly forward. Try it yourself. This makes using TrackIR half useless and I can’t fly with it like this. I was getting furious trying to hit the little click spots in the Just Flight Warrior II as I was bouncing around the skies earlier and I will now give up using the sim until they fix this ridiculous problem.

This occurs for me every time the IR lights get blocked for a second. It turns TrackIR off. I have to open the camera options and turn it back on manually.

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Has there been any word from Asobo on when they will fix TrackIR?

I’ve stopped flying MSFS 2020 until TrackIR is fixed. I’m not going back 20 years to my hat switch or turning TrackIR back on hundreds of times during a flight.

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same problem for me. When the game starts it works for a few seconds, than connection between the game and TrackIR drops and doesn’t come back. my brand new TrackIR is now completely useless :frowning: I really hope they fix this

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I completely agree

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Yep, just bind a key to the new function ā€œToggle Head Trackingā€ whenever it turns off or is off, you can hit the button you just set instead of having to go through the top menu in flight…

I got one key set to reset trackir itself… and a button to unfreeze msfs’s version of toggling the head tracking.. Pretty sure in time i’lll have to have about 4 buttonboxes ontop of the 2 i already have now to keep up with all the settings that were unnessesary :wink:

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Steiny

Turning off by itself if not a bug, then a poor design choice. Having to turn it back on manually just because I look too far to the side, or my hand happens to pass in front of the sensor, is not a convenience.

The ability to ā€œpauseā€ the tracking has always been there, enabling you to lean in close to something for whatever reason, pause the view, and go about looking at something else without the view moving. That’s now gone too as it will just recenter.

In my eyes, and 400+ other votes, its most definitely NOT a great function.

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Thank you for your suggestion. I have had ā€œHome Cockpit Modeā€ turned off since I started using this sim over a year ago. I tried assigning a button a few times earlier today and it failed to work. However, this evening I tried one more time and it worked. Not certain what is going on in the game code.

QUICK AND DIRTY WORKAROUND TO KEEP FROM MANUALLY TURNING IT BACK ON

I can’t find a way to this through the sims control options, but if you’re using spad, fsuipc, AnO etc it will work.

Sacrifice a switch and set it to A:TRACK IR ENABLE = 1. Set that switch to repeat. I’ve added a condition on mine to only fire when A:TRACK IR ENABLE = 0 just to keep it from bombarding the sim unnecessarily and is optional.

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Still no word from Asobo? I like others here are not paying or buying reno until this gets fixed. Its very depressing. I only had my track IR for a week and was loving it with the pause feature.

Please address this Asobo. I really hope they are taking this seriously. Ive dumped too much cash into this game

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