I'm having problems with 1 led.

I can see it moving but the head of the program also in game doesnt move the way i want.

in-short

Any suggestions?

Wow, this program sounds promising!! I downlaoded it and tried it. However...

Quote from Takumi_lfs :

I'm having problems with 1 led.

I can see it moving but the head of the program also in game doesnt move the way i want.

in-short

Any suggestions?

... I have the same problem. I'm using an old bike lamp. I've covered all but one of the LEDs with black tape, so that shouldn't be a problem. I've also installed the setup file above. However, in game, It only partially works.. for instance, if I look to the left it will work, but then when I look straight ahead again it doesn't align properly. Quite annoying.

I'm thinking it might be because I'm only using 1 LED? Unfortunately I don't have a soldering iron.. I guess I need to be creative and figure out a way.

Remember that I use 4 leds ... haven't tested it with 1 or any other... but it should work

You probley have to create a setup that will work better with 1 led... 4 leds are heaps better tho

It works with one LED just fine for me. One LED might be even more accurate at measuring basic movements as the site says.

Now real question: Who really finds it usefull in LFS. To me its too hard to get used to. I use around 80* FOV and I was going to use it just for glances on the mirrors, but its too difficult to get used for me

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It works with one LED just fine for me. One LED might be even more accurate at measuring basic movements as the site says.

Now real question: Who really finds it usefull in LFS. To me its too hard to get used to. I use around 80* FOV and I was going to use it just for glances on the mirrors, but its too difficult to get used for me

Does your 1 LED setup work such that when you look to the side and then look straight ahead again, you're looking straight ahead in the car again? The problem for me was that it wouldn't keep up with my head movement.

Can you explain why you find it difficult to use? I guess it might be difficult to put into words, but it would be nice..

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Does your 1 LED setup work such that when you look to the side and then look straight ahead again, you're looking straight ahead in the car again? The problem for me was that it wouldn't keep up with my head movement.

Yup, goes back to center perfectly and smoothly.

Is your webcam on the supported list? (my cam is MS VX1000) My threashold bar is almoust fully to the right, maybe that might help.

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I guess it might be difficult to put into words, but it would be nice..

yup, it is hard to explain. Well, I guess its hard for me for the same reason as I quit using "look with steer" option. When the view moves, I loose the feel of the movement of the car. One more difficult thing for me is that I don't really move the head rather than move my eyes when I look onto monitor, so moving the head is a thing I have to think about when driving.

Hm.. I see. It would be very nice to try it out, though, and see for myself.

What LED system did you use? I'm having trouble getting my bike lamp to work, even though I've followed the manual. Maybe my webcam has an IR filter..

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Hm.. I see. It would be very nice to try it out, though, and see for myself.

What LED system did you use? I'm having trouble getting my bike lamp to work, even though I've followed the manual. Maybe my webcam has an IR filter..

I'm using Ear Light LED. Its a white color led, but works just fine for me. I also tried IR LED from a TV remote and it works even better (even tho I didn't took out the IR filther)

I love your cap!

I'll see what I can find. I think my brother might have one of those LED reading lamp thingies laying around. I'll ask him.

Thanks!

Quote from Gnomie :

I love your cap!

I'll see what I can find. I think my brother might have one of those LED reading lamp thingies laying around. I'll ask him.

Thanks!

I've did a quick capture of the way it works for me in LFS. There is a slight jerkiness when looking on big angles, but mostly cause by low sensetiveness I use (33) so when the view jerks my head is about 70* turned and led isn't clearly visible. Still returns to center fast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkSa5pkfBSc

That looks amazing! It's pretty impressive that it can be as good as that with only 1 LED. I mean, three I can understand, but only 1?

I can somewhat understand that it's hard to get the directional stability of the car right when using FreeTrack. But are you sure that it's not just a steep learning curve, and that once you've practiced enough with it you'll get comfortable? Sounds to me that given enough practice it can be a pretty useful tool.

I'm going to visit my brother later this week, and I'll ask if I can borrow his 1-LED reading lamp thingy. Will report back here when I've tried it.

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That looks amazing! It's pretty impressive that it can be as good as that with only 1 LED. I mean, three I can understand, but only 1?

Yep, well on the site it says that it can be even more accurate at capturing simple moves than 3 leds afaik

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I can somewhat understand that it's hard to get the directional stability of the car right when using FreeTrack. But are you sure that it's not just a steep learning curve, and that once you've practiced enough with it you'll get comfortable? Sounds to me that given enough practice it can be a pretty useful tool.

I understand the potential, and it looks great when you are standing still, but when you move....Well, its always hard to get used to something, but I'm not sure I'll get used to it

I got it to work! The LED reading lamp from my brother did the trick. And I definitely understand what you mean.. it will take a long time to get used to. It gets hard to figure out where your car is pointing when you're not looking straight ahead, since in a simulator you don't feel the forces on your body.

I'll play around with it and see. At any rate it's a pretty impressive little thing.