I'm a little skeptical of the performance loss discussed on their discord channel before I take the plunge. My rig is a Ryzen 97900X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 4070, Samsung 980 PRO 2TB. Anyone with a similar system that noticed considerably loss of performance?

5 minutes ago, B777ER said:

I read on their Discord that they are still implementing a feature whereupon when you pause the headtracking within TrackIR, it will not reset the view but keep it in place where you paused it such as working inside the FMC, etc...

Yeah, I've read that too. It's something I haven't been missing personally. For me, the current logic is okay. I guess having options is the best way to go.

5 minutes ago, SN737 said:

I'm a little skeptical of the performance loss discussed on their discord channel before I take the plunge. My rig is a Ryzen 97900X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 4070, Samsung 980 PRO 2TB. Anyone with a similar system that noticed considerably loss of performance?

I have a 7950X3D and a 4900 w/64GB and am not noticing anything bad.

I use Tobii with FaceTrack NOIR and it works fine with Chaseplane for me, including "locking" a view in place at a specific head location.

Edited May 4, 20251 yr by Joe L

3 minutes ago, SN737 said:

Anyone with a similar system that noticed considerably loss of performance?

Not yet absolutely sure on that one as I've done only very few flights. This was also a main concern for me. The impact (if it is there) can't be huge. At first, I thought head tracking has a lower polling rate compared to without using Chaseplane. But I was playing around with the Chaseplane window open. With it closed, I think the performance is not much impacted. But I need more flights to be sure.

50 minutes ago, SN737 said:

Anyone with a similar system that noticed considerably loss of performance?

No performance loss at all - that I have noted, at least. Been using CP on every flight since it became available om 14 March.

57 minutes ago, SN737 said:

I'm a little skeptical of the performance loss discussed on their discord channel before I take the plunge. My rig is a Ryzen 97900X3D, 64GB RAM, RTX 4070, Samsung 980 PRO 2TB. Anyone with a similar system that noticed considerably loss of performance?

Just started using it, just a few flights in, but no performance loss whatsoever.

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thanks for the input guys, will buy!

12 hours ago, B777ER said:

Thank. I read on their Discord that they are still implementing a feature whereupon when you pause the headtracking within TrackIR, it will not reset the view but keep it in place where you paused it such as working inside the FMC, etc... Once they come out with that feature I will purchase it. 

You can already do something similar to this with smart view.  I have it set up so that for example in PIV view, I look at the FMC (already set up as a smart view camera), and click a joystick button and the view changes to that view, for which the head tracking is disabled, so is static.  Then when finished, press the same joystick button again and the view automatically changes back to the previous PIC view with head tracking enabled.  I find it very slick indeed.

Edited May 5, 20251 yr by kevinfirth

So far it's been a great experience....can't fly without it now !!!

is this for msfs 2024?

I am still waiting for it to work with Tobii then I will purchase it.

1 hour ago, tmholopa said:

is this for msfs 2024?

2020 for now 

Absolutely worth the asking price.

You'll spend quite a bit of time coming to terms with how it all works but the end results justify every minute dedicated to making it work the way you want to view the sim and the aircraft.

Am I right in thinking that this add-on also renders other addons, like FSRealistic, useless, because it recreates the head movements (if you don't care too much about the additional sounds that FS Realistic provides)?

I'd prefer to use a tool that runs as part of the simulator rather than yet another add-on tool I need to start up each session.

Also — apologies if I missed it in the previous 25 pages — what's their policy on eventual MSFS2024 support if I buy now?

 

17 minutes ago, Redge said:

Am I right in thinking that this add-on also renders other addons, like FSRealistic, useless, because it recreates the head movements (if you don't care too much about the additional sounds that FS Realistic provides)?

Basically yes, its a lot better since it moves the actual camera rather than the aircraft like fsrealistic does.

18 minutes ago, Redge said:

I'd prefer to use a tool that runs as part of the simulator rather than yet another add-on tool I need to start up each session.

Chaseplane still runs a tool but it automatically starts through MSFS and hides in the tray. There is no interaction needed with this tool whatsoever.

 

19 minutes ago, Redge said:

what's their policy on eventual MSFS2024 support if I buy now?

FS24 support for current owners as shown on the product page, however, FS24 support is currently being worked on. It seems at a certain point they will start to charge for each sim based on the wording on the product page.