@John - noticed setting it up as a "Private Network" does not seem to work unless you have an established Private Network (which makes sense). For those are connected via WiFi, these are generally set to public upon setup, so many may have issues connecting.

@epaga

3 жыл бұрын

Any ideas what they could do in that case?

@chasenthehype

3 жыл бұрын

John Goering Yeah I had to pick mine as Public - worked like a charm. Network Profile -> Public

@superhans85

3 жыл бұрын

Just to add to the conversation I have also used mine as Public and works without Issue. Great bit of software btw Mr Goering. Well worth the money! Thank you.

@jeremythompson8697

3 жыл бұрын

And don't forget to turn off your VPN on your Phone (and maybe PC), also don't expect the 3 XYZ axes to show (as per video) instead the octopus in OpenTrack will move/turn as soon as you press start, run the app and toggle Paused to Running.

@chasenthehype

3 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Thompson Geeat point with the ‘octopus showing only’ on the computer! It’s and absolutely shut off VPN. Excellent addition.

This is looking really promising, John. I might not even get to use the app all that much, but I have bought it as a sign of support. Keep it up!

Thanks a ton for your app John, it's been a huge addition to my sim experience. And thanks especially for releasing it on Android too!

Purchased the app today after seeing a FB advert (which I normally avoid those products like the plague), which then lead me to Polygons review. All I can say is wow, it really adds a lot to Arma 3. Very impressed, can't wait to see what you have in store in the future.

Oh, boy... This just gave a whole new life to my sim. It's amazing how real it seems and how smooth it runs, Some of the best 10 USD I ever spent. Congratulations, this is beyond perfection.

@nawimnategaming5555

2 жыл бұрын

Do you own fs2020 or use gamepass? Im trying to get opentrack to work but I do not have permissions to let opentrack select the .exe file because I do not actually own the game.

This is gonna be dopeee. Just bought the app, need to test it later (if my newborn is behaving ;) ). Wanted to drop a comment cause it's rare that you get to talk to a dev directly. Best of luck on this release - I think you have a big chance now to sky rocket on launch. I've already shared it with a few friends who have the game. Great work on this idea. Stay safe out there.

@malkuth1974

3 жыл бұрын

Still going strong? Still happy with smooth track?

@mcshakycheese7396

3 жыл бұрын

@@malkuth1974 yeah I love it. I have had no issues with it.

@nawimnategaming5555

2 жыл бұрын

​@@mcshakycheese7396 But do you own FS2020 or you have it on gamepass? Trying to figure out if I need to buy this because i have already purchased opentrack for $2 and its not letting FS2020 recognize the software. So I either buy the full game which is currently like $50 or I purchase something else that works. which IDK how its going to work because the app needs permission from the .exe file and you dont have permissions to use the exe file.

I just bought this app and I am so impressed. Thank you!

Just got the app (iOS) and it works great with FS 2020. This tutorial is on point and it worked after a 5 minute setup. Recommended!

This is a brilliant app thanks so much for making it. I have head tracking hardware and software already and while I found it very useful it takes up too much space on my desk and is tedious and some what buggy. I'm very impressed with what you've been able to achieve with an app on a phone. Well done!

Just purchased this app and thank you for doing this video it helped me install Smoothtrack

Just purchased the app on iOS. Works really well, no wires or hardware anywhere, just place the iPhone under the screen, centre and go. Brings DCS world alive. I love the lack of hardware: no webcam, no LED clips, no headsets or special caps. Really useful, thanks.

OMG, I would have had NO chance of setting this up without this video! After this, I had to do a ton of profile tuning - turning slight twists of the head into 360 degree movements is no easy task,

thanks so much mate! tried for hours wondering why it wouldnt connect to the app! but i had to open the udp port on firewall and this video showed me how!! thanks so much!

Amazing! Thanks for the detailed tutorial with firewall and proxy settings. I would never figured out that myself. I have just made it work with my samsung note 9 and MSFS2020. It is great!

Just followed your tips and worked amazingly!! Impressive head track, this is incredible! Tested on MSFS2020 and DCS! I can tell you that my experience in DCS was quite better and had smoother movements and less vibrations. Thanks a lot for your work man, Regards from BCN Mike ✈️

@nawimnategaming5555

2 жыл бұрын

Do you own fs2020 or use gamepass? Im trying to get opentrack to work but I do not have permissions to let opentrack select the .exe file because I do not actually own the game.

@miketheavgeek

2 жыл бұрын

@@nawimnategaming5555 I own the MSFS. I used this until I bought VR glasses and worked fine :)

Just purchased your app and it works great. Thanks!

Excellent video even after 2 years!

Thanks for this in-depth easy to understand tutorial! I really appreciate it. 🙂

Thank you so much , it works, now i try it on a Testflight greetings from Switzerland

This program is amazing... totally bought the game to life!! You can even lean out the window which is handy at times! Thanks for listening and fixing that download link too. I'll do a video review soon.😉

You bloody beauty! A top notch app that's now even better with usb connection. Cheers to you John.

Thanks for a great app/program. Works pretty good in both DCS and MF2020... still playing around with maping... 👍👍

Thanks, followed the video and it was easy to setup, thank you. Works really well with FS2020👍

Just downloaded,working well so far.Thanks :)

Hello! I've been playing Flight Sims for the past year. I've tried many headtracking solutions. I currently use a DIY IR leds clip + a ps3 eye camera and I have to say your app truly amazed me! I have a full beard, which I though was going to be an issue, but no, it's all working perfectly. I followed this setup tutorial and was up and running in less than 10 minutes. Just came here to say thank you! I'll be testing SmoothTrack for the next weeks. o7

@buikhan

3 жыл бұрын

Does the app use the front camera or the back camera of phone?

@sebastianilabaca3295

3 жыл бұрын

@@buikhan front camera. I haven't tried to use the back camera but I believe it's not supported. Using the front camera is useful, though, because you control the app from the phone screen

im a Iphone 11 user having no problems, and the tutorial helped out immensely

super job John

despite the slightly noticable input delay this software was amazing!

Great piece of software. Very easy to set up following your video and I'm not the most tech savy person.

Got it working in 5min. 10 or 20 times cheaper than anything else out there. Tested in War Thunder and really liked it. Still working on mapping charts to improve angles and such. Highly recommended.

Thank you so much for this app!! I was thinking about getting a trackir setup and found this app "by accident". I was a bit suspicious about the android app (being still labeld beta on msfsaddons.org) but decided to give it a try. I regret nothing. It works soooo well and after a few test flights to tweak the mappings and deadzones it even exceeds my expectations of trackir. So for everyone thinking about getting a head tracking setup for msfs2020 or in general. Support this man an and give it a try! It's worth it.

Massive thumb up for your app and this tutorial!! This is a game changer for MSFS2020 !!

John, I got to install the app and mess with it tonight. Absoutely brilliant work. The set-up you described here was perfect and I grabbed sample curves from another KZread just as a baseline. With minimal tweaks this was a seamless experience. It is truly game changing to use as you can crank up the graphics and not feel the stutter, because your head movements "feel" smooth to you as a person versus dragging the mouse to look around. The fact that this is achieved without a wearable is even better. My wife was a bit freaked out when I leaned forward in my chair and physically looked out the window of the plane as the game emulated my actions. I will drop you a fantastic review on the Google play store and make sure I mention this as a must-have to all my friends. Hats off to you, sir.

@epaga

3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate it, man! Thank you.

@mcshakycheese7396

3 жыл бұрын

@@epaga No problem!! I saw SmoothTrack also get featured today in a video put out by ObsidianAnt, so hopefully you'll be getting a well-deserved influx of users shortly :)

@epaga

3 жыл бұрын

@@mcshakycheese7396 Wow, thanks for letting me know, that is super exciting.

@bronney

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, bro. I stuck my head out the window of the Cessna during flight like doggo in a car lol.

@kbnsalem

3 жыл бұрын

post the link of sample curves, please.

@John: This is my first KZread comment ever. I started playing dcs a few days ago and yesterday i was close to buy the trackir 5 for over 200 Euros. Then i ran over your app. Bought it and tested it today. All i can say is : Awesome! Best 10 Euros i spent for a long time! Thank you.

You my friend are a freakin' genius! Thank you!

Looks great gonna get this once my pc can actually run MS Flight sim

@teufeltuna1956

3 жыл бұрын

Declan Ruhle I used it when i had only a GTX 1050 Ti and it still worked very well, it did not lower FPS at all.

Thanks for this , saved me a ton of time.

Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial!

very helpful. Thanks a lot for your efforts and this crisp video

Sir, thanks for your tutorial. Based on my experience, the APP works as advertised.

thanks for the tutorial (and the app) I bought the app, now its time to test in MSFS2020

Just bought it today! Still figuring out the “smoothness”

@reignman40boozer5

3 жыл бұрын

Lighting plays a big roll. At night my lighting comes from the right, makes it a little twitchy the further I look left or right.

This just made me enjoy fs2020 and fsx so much moreee!!!! Thanks for developing such a nice app, now to charge my phone :)

@johnmaguire2185

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I have FSX-SE I can get the octopus to move, but not the camera in FSX. Did you need to do anything in FSX?

Hiii John ! I'm the Guy Who e mailed you recently, the one who had a problem during the purchase on google playstore due to region's restrictions, guess what ! I MANAGED TO BUY IT FINALLY, can't wait to try it !! I'm sûre it'll add immersion and let me enjoy msfs2020 even more ! I wanna thank you sincerly, that's the first time i buy an app on Android , and i think that's the best 5$ i spent so far !

amazing... it works quite good! The rest is fine tuning.

I just got it and used in MSFS2020. It works. Because it connects to your PC your phone and PC have to be on the same network. On routers make sure it allows the WIFI network to access the LAN network if your PC is wired. Also, the phone needs to pass through the firewall setting on the PC (if on) to get to the Opentrack service.

Works perfect! I'm amazed.

Works exactly as described, well worth the $16 (NZD). Just need to figure out how to mount my phone.

@MuffinStuffer

3 жыл бұрын

Right! Where tf can you mount it and how?

@HarisMalik

3 жыл бұрын

@@MuffinStuffer get a cheap phone holder with tripod

@MuffinStuffer

3 жыл бұрын

@@HarisMalik i have on. A nice one actually. Still gotta proper it up straight to the face and not far away. I found an alternate that uses a Webcam and I use a mirrorless so it works quite well.

@bronney

3 жыл бұрын

I put the TYLT Qi charger resting on my keyboard numlock led light and the back leg resting on the box beneath my monitor stand. Works perfect. So psyched! :D

Tried it out today - works surprisingly well! I did have some issues with latency that was starting to make me feel ill but that's probably due to running it over wifi (I believe my phone is powerful enough so that's not the issue). I noticed some other comments asking about a wired mode, so definitely looking forward to that implementation some day. Otherwise it's not too bad, and I imagine it'd be just fine for flight simming - sim racing, on the other hand, requires a bit less latency so I'll keep my eye on this project for updates :)

@ellonysman

Жыл бұрын

Are you available for help? Cant wait to get mine up and running? Does John do support for smoothtrack?

Thanks for this! very helpful!!

It works! It is great. I am in idiot in installing things like this but even I managed it. Thanks!

Set up was great, good instruction. Made me nauseous after 5 mins of using it. Bought 2 extra monitors for side views, it was worth it.

I bought it and I can say it's worth the money. Works well. I think some things should be improved, such as being able to install it on older cell phones, because the battery consumption and heating were not so worrying on an older cell phone, but the ones I have can't install Google Play Services for AR. Another thing I noticed is that I have to constantly center the image. Otherwise it works very well and in wireless mode it has very little lag, almost unnoticed.

Hey john, just got the app, so far so good, and coming from a trackir user I can tell you this feels no different, just without a clip on my headset or a camera on my monitor, which is great! Would you mind doing a tutorial on adjusting then sensitives and such though? looking right seems to be a bit of a bother for me at the moment!

Wonderful app, thank you so much!

Thanks for the vid.... greets from germany

Setup is pretty straightforward. Worked the first time out. Now I just need to play with sensitivity, but so far so good. It has to make taxiing a tail dragger in FS 2020 easier. Thanks.

Just bought this and it works perfect! No lag on il2 1946 and il2 bos runs pretty good, shit thunder runs great too!

Definitely worth it, thank you for your impressive app and comprehensive tutorial.

@john Congratulations on making a fantastic head tracking app this is what I’ve been looking for I’ve been trying to make a head tracking clip on the cheap with very little success this is absolutely fantastic works first time out of the box absolutely Awesome love it long may it continue

i buy that tool for android yesterday and fallowing the tutorial = perfect work !!!!!!!!!! thx much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

I recently started playing DCS and needed some way to look around at my surroundings and cockpit handsfree. THIS. IS. PERFECT. I don't need to buy a pricey VR set, don't need to drop $150 on track IR, don't need to buy a trackhat... just this. This is amazing. It took ten minutes from download to gameplay to get everything set up. Well done.

Bought it. Works as good as my old trackir5, altought it reinforces that head tracking are not for me, and that´s the reason I sold it. Just tried for xplane11 and worked as it should, for much cheaper. For those interested in trackir you can go for it with no doubt.

Amazing! Tested in flight simulator 2020 with Iphone Xr

perfect, just bought :)

Thanks. It worked fine with FS2020.

amazing. This man is a hero its working

This is awesome. I wanted to buy track IR but I have been in Korea since 2011 and it would cost more than 300usd to get it here so I never tried. Thank you for making this head tracking so easily available!!!

Hey John, great video! Was just wondering if you could do one on mapping? Am struggling a little bit.

Love it! Works great with Elite Dangerous :).

This works on F1 2020 really well

John, I absolutely love your software, it is amazing. I had some problems, which had no guide on the internet whatsoever. I have a wifi adapter but the connection is always poor so I would rather not use it, instead I opted out for ethernet cable. But, basically my ISP blocks port forwarding (tried to call them to enable it to no avail). I managed to make a set up through a virtual network using Hamachi. It is a bit finicky since you have to mess around and set the by default Hamachi connection from public to private through powershell. If anyone has troubles with port forwarding, please reply to this and I will make a guide for the workaround. By the way, I did this in windows 10, I have no idea how to do this under other systems. I am pretty sure win 11 is similar.

This is genius! I own TrackIR Pro but hate having to attach things to my head with wires hanging around your body. I'm gonna try this solution. Question: Will the TrackIR camera work with this (without using the TrackIR clip)?

NEW PHONE EXCITED!

Wish I could like this video 50 times. Saved me $180.00!

Hi John Thanks for developing this worthwhile app. I notice that my Smoothtrack interface on my android phone looks very different than yours. For example I don't see the colored lines in front of my face. Also the offset buttons are just sliders. Is this correct?

Hi John: I installed your app late last night. I think I did everything your excellent tutorial advised and the app seemed to work on my first and only test flight. However, there were a couple of issues I wanted to clarify to be certain I didn't overlook anything from your tutorial: 1. The main app screen on my I-phone differs from the screen shown in this tutorial. I have a grey rectangle on-screen that has Sensitivity / Offset controls in the form of six white circles. One each for X, Y and Z and one each for Yaw, Pitch and Roll. In the upper right hand corner of this rectangle is a Reset button. I expect you have simply revised your screen design from the initial app, but I wanted to be sure I didn't overlook some setting from your tutorial. 2. In the video image of me on the app screen, there are no red x, green Y or blue Z axes projecting from my nose! Everything seemed to work fine in my test flight but feel there may be some benefit to "centering'" by having those axes visible. Again, did I miss an installation step? I would appreciate your validating that my two issues are OK or suggestions on what I need to do to correct for them. Thanks. Nifty app. I will be testing it more completely today.

@ellonysman

Жыл бұрын

SOmeone said if the lines arent showing its ok but I wish John would respond. Where can we get support for this app? Any idea's?

I definitely want to give this a try. Does it happen to work with Star Citizen as far as you know? Going to try this out! Thanks for making it 👍🏻

I can believe this works well in MSFS which is not very demanding but I fly IL2 and use EDTracker because TrackIR sometimes gets lost when I am whipping my head around frantically in a scissors fight. If this worked as reliably as EDTracker plus gave me back full 6DOF I would be very tempted but I don't want to spend £10 just to find it also struggles in combat and I have to return to EDTracker. If there was a 30 day trial I might try it.

nice solution appreciate the work @john Goering

Hey, very nice app, I'm using the Android version since last week, and it is working very well! One question: in the video, there are arrows on your head in the preview image of the app. I assume they help with aligning the offsets, but I cannot find how to turn the arrows on in the Android app. Are they iOS exclusive?

Great vid. This helped me to set it all up, works for me in Microsoft flight sim 2020, Euro Truck sim 2 and American truck sim. Just abit of feedback, the audio in this is not the greatest, after watching it I went on to another KZread vid and nearly deafened myself.

This works damn near perfectly for me in DCS World. I see a lot of people struggling with the app and I don't undestand how. Instructions on this video and in the app were pretty straightfoward and clear. A lot of people talking about the "drawbacks" clearly haven't tried this. I put my phone right behind my keyboard and right below my monitor and its the perfect spot. Easier, cheaper, and a lot more elegant than any TrackIR system I've ever seen or used. 10/10 would recommend and the fact its only 10 dollars amazes me.

Hi John, please consider adding a test app, so we can test how it works. I wouldn't mind an app that runs for a minute or so just to see how it works in my pc and games !

Hi John. Thanks for your time - can you please provide clearer instructions for applying the MFS2020 profile, as it comes up as shaded out when I simply drop it into the open track documents folder. Secondly, is there a way to calibrate the software so I don’t need to turn my head so much to look around the flight deck? Cheers

works great on galaxy s10 and steam streaming. automatically worked once fs2020 was restarted .

thanks!!

Hello ! Seems great ! I was wondering if it could works over internet as well (not private IP like the one in video). (assuming of course that i opened the given port in my router)

John, got the app, etc. load all,setting and worked great. Now I go back in and will not connect open track to smoothtrack.

John, is it possible to bind "Toggle" to the right mouse button? That would be super convenient because typically you are pointing at a switch or something with the mouse and clicking with the left button. Would be great to be able to freeze with the right button.

Hi just bought this and it’s amazingly good. I’m using it on msfs2020 and I do have one big issue, in the setup within the game it recognizes trackir but if I choose that option instead of the joystick I can’t use the joystick, and on the trackir settings in the game there isn’t any options at all. Any suggestions on how to use the trackir AND the joystick? Cheers

Good job and its work very well. Merci :) I dont achieve to have this page setup on my phone at 5:57 Thanks in advance for your help !

@TerryFrenchy

3 жыл бұрын

have you restarted both teh opentrack (PC) then phone app?

@flyingpedal

3 жыл бұрын

@@TerryFrenchy Yes I want just see the arrows setup on android setup. Fs2020 work well dont worry

legend

Great app! The only problem is that the viewing angle does not reach central pedestal. Is it possible to adjust that in the settings?✈

Hi @John Goering, I purchased this app tonight. I followed all set up instructions and I got the Octopus to track my movement. I also followed the instructions for Star Citizen, but when I launch SC, It does not track at all while in game. When I check the open track software it seems to be tracking my head movements still, just not in Star Citizen (patch 3.17.5)

This reminds me why I use Mac for work... an hour trying to get throught the Windows network settings (lots of greyed out options) . etec etc still not able to able to get them to talk despite eventually getting to the allow connection menu :-(

So the game your playing will automatically have the tracking enabled? Or do you have to set something in game specifically? Star Wars Squadrons for instance?

Hey i got question I bought this all and it’s really good from what I see. Where do you think I should place my phone because I use an laptop

Hello I bought it and I very appreciate your tool especially for take off or landing in MSFS2020. The only problem its when I look near of avionic instruments and buttons the camera move a bit too much for clicking some buttons. Do you have an example of mapping setup of Openstrack or your .ini file for msfs2020 ? Thanks in advance :)