[simpits-tech] Cool RAH-66 pit w/EECH + More Facetracknoir comments

[delor lauchang]

Hello,
Just got my MFD Cougar Pack, the select buttons does not work for numeric 1
to 4, is there a way to make select butoons 1-4 for keyboard numeric 1-4?

Thanks,

Delor

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Brian Sikkema <brian at sikkema.us> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Been messing around a bit with Enemy Engaged: Commanche vs Hokum lately.
> Came across this page for a guy building a Commanche pit using the sim:
> http://www.simpit.me.uk/index.htm
>
> He goes by AndyB over on SimHQ, perhaps he's on this list?
>
> For some good pics go to Photographs then click on "Cockpit dashboard"
> and browse through those. You can see he's using the MFD export feature
> to drive a monitor behind the two main MFD's, and he's using some of the
> data extraction capabilities in the latest mods of EECH to drive some of
> the other indicators and lights. In all it looks really cool!
>
> I've gotten the MFD extraction working in EECH to throw some MFD's on my
> second monitor, however so far I've found NO documentation on the data
> extraction stuff. I'm thinking of dropping this guy a line and seeing
> what he used to figure it all out. There's some stuff on the wiki at
> http://www.eechcentral.com/ but it appears to be completely out of date,
> as the data extraction programs have changed...
>
> I also got a chance yesterday to play around a bit with the facetrack
> program, and I like it! I just grabbed a cheapie webcam I've had in a
> box for a couple years, plugged it in and was set up ready to go in a
> few minutes. I did have some issues with it loosing "lock" on my face at
> first, but this was solved by dropping a cheapie LED flashlight next to
> the webcam to illuminate my face a bit better, as my computer setup has
> a lot of light behind me, but not much up front. After I did this I had
> almost no issues with tracking.
>
> My one gripe is that the facetrack API registers your head position
> relative to the camera, which means for it to register 0/0/0 on the
> rotation axis', you have to be looking directly at the camera, which
> means ideally the camera should be right smack in the middle of your
> monitor. Obviously that can't happen, so I had mine set up directly
> below my monitor. However facetrack then registered that I was looking
> up slightly... it didn't make too much of a difference, and with all the
> adjustment you can do with the tracking curves I could probably just set
> the dead zone high enough for it to not register, but what I'd much
> rather be able to do is calibrate it so it register 0 when my head is at
> my normal position, and register changes from there. Of course, maybe
> that is possible and I'm just missing it...
>
> Anywho, anyone looking for a VERY cheap alternative to TrackIR should
> definitely check out facetracknoir. Cost me nuttin but a webcam I hadn't
> used in ages anyway! lol.
>
> Brian
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