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1. Camera you can tweak the parameters of your Webcam You may find it useful in the advanced tab to set the gain to maximum and bring the exposure time down low for more fluid movement You will need to tweak the exposure so as to not pick up any other bright spots other than the LED s on your headgear r Camera Properties E3 Camera Properties ES Device Settings Advanced Device Settings Advanced Value Auto Automatic Gain Control Brightness J 5000 Conai sp I Exposure d 1730 s Hos y soon Gain 10000 Saturation 5000 Sharpness 4 6000 fo Image Mirror White balance 3125 M Mirror Horizontal Gana 2200 D Mirror Vertical Backlight Comp o Fr Image Enhancement Anti Flicker Defaut Low Light Boost E Off Color Boost e 5D Hz European olor Boos z 60 H2 North America owes omes Note Due to the vast amount of different Webcams out there with different capabilities some of the options shown here may be grayed out not visible or unadjustable Now click on start and you should see a screen similar to that below fmFreetrack BAX Stop Settings Level Response Invert Keys Debug Image Rotation Translation l x 11 y 93 Yaw 2 7 7 2 6 0 395 1 ae ugs Pitch 5 2 1 Y 28 5 1873 x 11 y me 24 Rf EE Roll 0 8 0 Z 1 5 5052 O Center Display Realhe
2. Keys Debug The Keys tab allows you to select which keys you want to use to center and activate deactivate your head mid game Level Response Invert Keys Debug Cente Center F9 Alt Control Shift Enable Actvate F 1 IM To select a key click on the button and press the key you would like to assign You can then tick Alt Control or Shift if you wish to have say Shift Control F1 to activate The Debug tab is there to verify operation and for testing It will most likely disappear in future versions of FreeTrack When you minimize FreeTrack it minimizes to the system tray There it can have one of three icons representing its current state FreeTrack is running but no image capture is enabled FreeTrack is running but cannot see all of the LED s FreeTrack is functioning perfectly Note Sometimes the virtual head in the interface window can disappear however if the numbers below the virtual head window are changing Free Track is still functioning perfectly This happens when a game is launched and it uses the directX resources Image Rotation Translation xd y 9 Yaw 7 9 6 Az 12 3p 9003 ca is Pitch 45 1 f 10 3 680 M alice 4 462 iS ses Roll 4 4 1 Ze A 4524 You can start and stop tracking with the start and stop menu item or press your assigned start and stop key It is highly recommended to minimize FreeTrack before starting your game in order to to
3. Windows XP SP2 or Windows VISTA DirectX 9 0c installed Processor with SE instruction set Webcam 4 diodes IR ref OSRAM SFH485P or equivalent failing this 4 bright red or orange diffused LED s can be used 4 120 ohm resistors A standard baseball style cap A rigid wire of 30 cm length to make a frame to hold the LED s an old wire coat hanger is ideal for this 2 batteries 1 5volts in series to power the LED s or optionally a cable and a USB type A plug to power the LED s from a spare USB port Insulation tape to insulate electrical connections and to fix the diodes to the frame A switch if using batteries to switch the power on and off to the LED s some small electrical wire to wire it all up An IR Filter to block out any external light to the camera The end of a film negative can be used Flat nosed pliers to cut and bend the wires A soldering iron and solder some string and glue to fix the frame together A small piece of fine grain sandpaper Note Correct operation of Free Track depends on the precision and quality of your assembly Take care particularly in respect of the symmetry of the frame and LED position For more information see the diagrams in the following section 3 Head Gear Construction Figure 3 Frame dimensions 1 1 Figure 4 1 1 scale of frame parts Figure 5 schematic Figure 6 LED details Start by making the wire frame Print out figure 4 and make sure your frame pieces l
4. reduce processor usage It is possible to reduce jitter of your virtual view in FreeTrack by modifying the Average value of the section Defaults of the FreeTrack ini file To reduce the amount of stray light picked up by your Webcam fit an IR filter over its lens This filter can be something as simple as a film negative However for optimum performance visit a local photographic supply shop and purchase an IR filter Lee Filters in the UK can provide a IR filter gel that can be trimmed to nicely match your camera Visit www leefilters com for more information Filter type 87 6 FreeTrack ini FreeTrack ini is the configuration file crucial to correct operation of FreeTrack This section will explain the various parts of it to allow you to customize and tweak FreeTrack to your liking YawCfg Pitchcfg Ro ICfg These three parameters are configured by the Yaw Pitch and Roll controls in the FreeTrack user interface so these three need not be adjusted Defaults Average This value enables you to smooth your movements and possibly reduce any jitter of the image in your games Focal This parameter influences the sensitivity to your movements It allows you to widen the angle of rotation of the game head but in doing so reduces the precision If it is increased movements increase as well as instability If this value is modified it is necessary to click on the Center button to reset your view to center keep
5. 55 Led_1 x 75 Led_1 y 0 Led_1 z 0 Led_2 x 0 Led_2 y 15 Led_2 z 50 5 x Led 3 y 20 z 0 5 Setting up and tweaking FreeTrack Make your first test in the dark so as to avoid FreeTrack picking up any other light sources Position your cap with the headgear on your head and launch FreeTrack Pull down the devices menu select your Webcam E i fmFreetrack Jag Start Devices Settings v Logitech QuickCam IM Connect Level Response Invert Keys Debug Image Rotation Translation Center m Display fe Real head Game head Threshold To select the resolution and the video quality of your Webcam use the Settings gt Stream menu E fmFreetrack UO Start Devices Settings Camera Level Response Invert Keys Debug Stream Image Rotation Translation Center oO Displa ind Hu Ae 0 led Real head Game head Threshold dhorah Here in the Capture Properties window you can select the frame rate the higher the frame rate the more fluid the movement compression and Resolution Its best to set it for a compromise between the highest frame rate and resolution Capture Properties Stream Format Video Format Compression Video Standard None Frame Rate 30 000 Frame Interval Di z Color Space Compression RGE 24 Output Size Quality 320 x 240 m HEFUN P Frame Interval A In Settings
6. FREETRACK MANUAL June 2007 by Babasior With the participation of The target English Translation by Gweeds Manual Version 1 2 1 Introduction 2 Materials and Equipment necessary to the operation of FreeTrack 3 Head gear Construction 4 Installation of FreeTrack 5 Setting up and tweaking FreeTrack 6 FreeTrack ini 7 Mouse Emulation 8 Joystick Emulation 9 Keyboard Emulation 10 Profile Creation 11 List of Games and their possible movements Note TracklR is a registered trademark of Natural Point Inc Windows XP and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation 1 Introduction FreeTrack is software which simulates movements of your head within a game hence increasing realism and the pleasure of game play To achieve this FreeTrack uses a standard Webcam and head mounted markers which consist of four Infrared LED light emitting diodes mounted on a standard baseball cap FreeTrack uses the Webcam to see the LED s and so it can calculate the position and movement of your head and feed this information to your game FreeTrack functions in the same way TracklR does and is compatible with the majority of games using head tracking technology The latest version of FreeTrack is available at this address http n camil chez alice fr index php Or on the site of Didja at this address http freetrack online fr 2 Materials and Equipment necessary to the operation of FreeTrack a PC running Microsoft
7. FreeTrack behaves differently for each game therefore it will become necessary to have a profile for each of your games you wish to use it in You will find predefined profiles on line at http freetrack online fr REE mE Hw a EN di Mi E i AY a om E TE hee AE cn VEE US Th Try setting the curves Yaw Pitch and Roll all in a nice straight line as shown below The further they are to the right the more the movements of your head are amplified Level Response Invert Keys Debug 40 all 20 10 i 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100110120 13014015 40 30 20 10 t AL 30 20 10 J 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10011012013014015 J 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100110 12013014015 You will note that your head movements react very quickly and in manner consistent to the way in which you move your head This is the ideal theoretical curve however you will notice that when you hold your head still that the virtual FreeTrack head seems to jitter and tremble There are a few ways to resolve this problem First you can increase the average value in the FreeTrack ini file however this will add a delay to your movements Level Response Invert Keys Debug 40 30 20 10 2 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1001101201301401 I 40 30 20 10 oO 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10011012013014015 a 0 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10011012013014015 Another and more desirable solution is to smooth the
8. PPortJoy sys To C WINDOWS system32 drivers PRCELELEELELEELELELLELELLELELLLLU PPJoy Joystick and Gamepad configuration utility v0 EY A EX s r Er Configured joysticks PRPJoy Virtual joystick 1 Select 6 axis the other options can be left as they are Click next check that all axis are setup for Analogue Click next again and click finish Define the number and type of axes buttons and POV hats CI This utility allow you to configure and remove joysticks and gamepads connected to parallel ports PPJoy is E Copyright Deon van der Westhuysen 2002 2004 vi Axes 116 Buttons 2 POV hats Yas 0 AZA v Aws4 Z Rotation v Axis 5 Slider 0 v Axis 6 X Rotation Axis 7 Y Rotation sl Axis 8 Dil sl Select the number of axes and buttons co CD C amp Gh co Also select the axis type to be reported for each axis lt Back Cancel Your virtual joystick is now setup Now launch TIR2Joy TrackIR2Joystick e status lt 000 O00 c 2004 eter Dikant peteridik ant de The numbers should change when you move your head Now comes the fun part You need to calibrate the virtual joystick This is done the same way one calibrates any joystick Go to the control panel Select Game controllers properties and Calibrate You will need to move your head for each of the individual axis click next when done and hold your h
9. Simulator X TrainZ Simulator 2006 ou 2007 for Grand Prix Legends it is necessary to use the patch file GPLShift version 7 3 2 as well as to re elect freetrack exe in TrackIR exe and to have the NClient dll file in c program files V naturalpoint V TrackIR4 it is also necessary to enter the following key in the registery HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software NaturalPoint NATURALPOINT NPClient Location Path C Program Files NaturalPoint TrackIR4 Roll axis must be inverted Joystick emulation must be used Note Babasior The target and Gweeds cannot be held for responsible for any damage loss of data or personal injury caused by the use of the FreeTrack product and or information contained in this handbook The use and handling which you carry out are at your risk
10. ad f Game head Adjust the threshold slider until you have 4 red dots representing your LED s visible with no other red spots anywhere Level Response Invert Keys Debug Level Response Invert Keys Debug Level Response Invert Keys Debug Threshold too low Threshold correct Threshold too high Clicking the center button will center the virtual head in the window and your game Click on the Game Head radio button to see how your movements translate to the game FreeTrack exaggerates the movement of your head so that you can keep the screen in view Next you can adjust the response and sensitivity of the 3 axis Level Response Invert Keys Debug 40 30 Yaw looking left and right O10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10011012013014015 ni 4D 30 20 10 D 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 10011012013014015 Pitch looking up and down 30 20 10 k Roll tilting your head from side to side n 10 20 30 40 50 60 zn 80 sn 10011012013014015 The vertical axis corresponds to the movement of your head You can adjust the parameters by clicking and dragging the black blocks Experiment with each to get just the right feel and movement to suit you and your game For some games you may need to invert one or two of the axis the invert tab allows you to do this Just tick which ever axis need inverting Level Response Invert
11. curves in order to remove jitter You can adjust the curves with FreeTrack in action Keep your head still and adjust the first and second point on the curve until you are happy with the jitter and the deadzone The third point on the relates to how far the game head reacts The further to the right the more it reacts For example set the third point midway on the Yaw control and your game head will swing about 180 degrees for about 45 degrees of your head Set it all the way to the right and it will swing about 270 degrees allowing you to look behind yourself in games for about the same 45 degree real head movement Due to the nature of FreeTrack a perfectly jitter free head is near unobtainable but it can be reduced to being barely noticeable Keep an eye on the numbers shown below the virtual head Image Rotation Translation 4 b p 90 aw 0 1 0 1 6 103 7 io Pitch 2 3 tJ 0 9 60 y ai E NET Hol D 2 0 0 1 160 The more these stable these values are the less jitter in your game Keep in mind other factors that affect stability of the virtual head The higher the focal value in the ini file the more instability but it gives more movement of the virtual head in relation to your real head The lower the average value in the ini file is the faster your movements are but more jitter will be introduced The more you raise this value the smoother the movements will become however you ll end up with the
12. ead in a central position and click next when it says to center the controller and push a button Once done all that is left to do is configure the appropriate axis to the appropriate movements in your game Note Not all games will support this function 9 Keyboard Emulation It is possible to emulate keystrokes for games which support look mode via keystrokes For that you will need to download the utility TrackMapper v1 1a which you will find here http kaf tri6 net trackmapper Lauch FreeTrack and then TrackMapper exe If all is well you will see the dot in the middle of the TrackMapper screen move You may need to adjust your sensitivities for the pitch and yaw to enable you to move the point over the entire Trackmapper map You can then go ahead and map the keys for each marked zone Once mapped save the profile for recall later See the TrackMapper web site for more information PIO N Es ue MaturalPoint Software version 4 00 n d S PS pa iene wee fs i Tracking Settings DataRate 30 polls sec oneMode Circular Deadzoni _ Forward S Backwarc i Fullback Keymap on Right Forward ion Ky1 Loo X Cen Key 2 Key 3 ora Profile AT EEUU SSH Emulation MEN Gaye dave ag j lo Note This technique is not supported by all games 10 Profile Creation
13. ine up exactly with those in Figure 4 To join the two frame pieces in a cross tie string around the joint and cover it with glue to set the string in place and provide a strong joint Filing a little notch into one of the frame pieces will aid in the location and strength of the joint If you are using clear lens LED s it pays to give the entire LED body a bit of a sand with the sandpaper to frost the LED This gives a more even light dispersion and allows FreeTrack to see the LED s better from an angle Next mount the LED s and resistors as per Figure 2 and Figure 3 then connect them electrically as per the schematic Figure 5 If using batteries connect the positive of the batteries to Vbat and the negative to the ground Make sure you get the polarity of the LED s correct as shown in Figure 6 The resistors are not polarised so they can be mounted which ever way around If powering your head gear via USB connect Vbat to pin 1 red wire of the USB plug and Gnd to pin 4 black wire of the USB plug Pins 2 and 3 green and white wire are not used and should be left unconnected ype A aaa Type A Receptacle Plug EXT ase D Caution If powering from USB you must plug into a powered USB socket Do not use a USB hub unless it is a powered USB hub The developers of FreeTrack and writers of this manual are not responsible for any damage to your computer or loss of data caused by misuse misinterpretation or incorrect infor
14. is is where we configure our Virtual Joystick for use by FreeTrack to translate your head movements into joystick movements A window will pop up listing the configured joysticks as there are none configured please click on the Add button Then in the window that pops up select Virtual Joystick in the Parallel Port option and Controller 1 in the controller number option _ Configure new controller m Controller configuration Parallel port Virtual joysticks m Controller type Vy m lal iovstick Interface type Virh al joystick n EE Controller number Controller 1 Controller sub type Cancel E will respond by finding new hardware and bringing up the new hardware wizard Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Parallel Port Joystick 1 If your hardware came with an installation CD 22 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Select the Install Software automatically and wait until windows is finished this make take a little time It will then also want to install a HID compatible game controller Do this as well Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software agg Parallel Port Joystick 1
15. mation contained in these instructions Double check your connections and if unsure please use battery power If you are using batteries it is recommended the batteries be mounted in a small battery box and that a switch be mounted so as to be able to turn the head gear off when not in use The end results of your efforts should resemble the head gear pictured below 4 Installation of the FreeTrack software To install the FreeTrack software just unzip it to the directory of your choice eg C Program Files Free Track The registry is updated automatically If a registry key does not exist or it does not point to NPClient dll of FreeTrack a dialog box will open asking you to point to the location of NPClient dll This file will be in the directory you installed FreeTrack into Look ir C3 freetrack amp t cJ 1 NPClient dll Hecent Desktop My Documents My Computer 7 File name My Network Files of type MPClient dl Cancel Places Open as read only Use Notepad to modify the Freetrack ini file and adjust the figures in the LEDs section according to the position of your LED s on your head gear Note The leds1 and 3 should never go up higher than 0 when you turn the head The four LED s SHOULD NOT be coplanar If you built your head gear following the above instructions exactly then please enter the following numbers into the Freetrack ini file Leds Led_0 x 0 Led_0 y 105 Led_0 z
16. ons They can be found on the following web sites TIR2joy http www dikant de index php option com remository amp ltemid 12 amp func select amp id 7 PPJoy http Awww geocities com deonvdw PPJoy htm Run Free Track Then install PPJoy whilst installing this you may Windows Software Certification error just click continue anyway lt is recommended that you install it in the prompted location Software Installation AN The software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows amp P Tellme why this testing rs Important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway STOP Installation After installation a window will pop up Select Configure Joysticks Q Parallel Port Joystick File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Au Le i Search le Falders Address C Documents and Settings All Usersistart MenulProgramslParallel Port Joy Mame File and Folder Tasks ne Configure Joysticks ca TES NM RI PPJoy documentation PPJoyvcoMN gd Publish this Folder to Ehe ae d ue se PPJoyDLL kJ Share this Folder afl PPJoyKey cala PPJoyMouse SB Remove Parallel Port Joystick EL ee oo ath Th
17. parameters between 5 and 50 All axis X Y and Z will be amplified or reduced Leds This section informs FreeTrack of the position of your LEDs It must be properly setup for correct use of FreeTrack Each parameter is in millimeters and referenced from the crossover point of your LED mounting frame So if your top LED is mounted 95mm up from the cross bar then you will want to enter Led_0 y 95 etc Mapping This section refers to the keys assigned in the Keys tab of the interface Hence it need not be adjusted Note Any errors in the FreeTrack ini can result in software malfunction It is advised to back up the ini file before modifying manually 7 Mouse Emulation It is possible to emulate mouse movement with FreeTrack for games which do not support FreeTrack natively To do this you will need to download and install the TrackIR software and then copy the file TIRMouse exe to your FreeTrack install directory v TIRMouse exe Run FreeTrack and then TIRMouse and select which two axis you would like to emulate E TrackIR Mouse Emulation X Asis Auto Panning 50 Once setup run your game Note Mouse emulation does not work for ALL games that have a mouse look function 8 Joystick Emulation It is possible to emulate a joystick with FreeTrack as well for games that do not support head tracking natively To do this you will need to download two utilities and configure them as per these instructi
18. virtual head lagging behind your movements It is this essential to find a compromise between all these parameters something that will take a bit of time and experimentation Once you have finished your adjustments close FreeTrack write the changes to freetrack ini and then copy the ini file and rename it as a desired profile Eg profile ini To activate different profiles just copy your chosen profile ini and rename it to freetrack ini To simplify this you can create a batch file with the notepad saving each one by profile name You will then just be able to double to click activate profiles you have created wished Profile saving and loading may be incorporated in future FreeTrack releases Example Batch file Qecho off Copy profile ini freetrack ini y Note In case you corrupt your ini file and FreeTrack fails to function just delete the ini file from the FreeTrack directory and run Free Track again It will create a new ini file and you just have to re enter the position of your LED s 11 List of Games and their possible movements The following is a list of games tested with FreeTrack and lists the Degrees Of Freedom possible in each game This list is by no means complete and there are many more games compatible with FreeTrack Aces High II v2 10 patch 2 rFactor v1 250 Grand Prix Legends GPLShift 7 3 2 Live for Speed S2 W47 ou sup rieur Nascar Racing 2003 Future Pinball Flight Simulator 2004 Flight

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