Hello,

Is it possible to use a 2nd joystick in place of a mouse when using mouse view please?

If so could this cause the view to always return to the chosen default by self centering?

I can see a lot going for this idea but is it feesable?

Thanks for any help

Phil

Yes, it's possible to map the X and Y axes to "Camera left/right" and "Camera up/down" in the joystick axis settings menu. You can map an additional axis to "Camera zoom" if you have one available.

It seems clumsy to me, compared to using a hat switch on the joystick for those same views, with an additional button programmed to re-center the view. But it should work. 

Edit to add: I haven't tried it, so I'm not sure if Camera Left/Right is the same thing as rotate with the mouse view. 

Edited October 28, 20196 yr by Paraffin

Mouse free looking is also possible with a webcam, a piece of cardboard, a bit of printed paper, a hat and a bit of improvisation regarding the mount.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=opentrack+aruco

Needs some tweaking for the curves and possibly X-Camera (freeware) to switch between mouse and head look (XP's default method sucks), but otherwise works well.

Edited October 28, 20196 yr by Bjoern

Thanks to everyone who's taken time to reply, you've given me some good helpful advice and quite a few interesting things to consider.

Thank you

Phil