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- Ultimate Guide to Opentrack for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 - Mastering Head Tracking!
Learn how to utilize Opentrack effectively in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 to enhance your immersive flying experience. In this comprehensive tutorial, we'll cover the best settings and tweaking options to achieve rock-solid head tracking performance and precision. Say goodbye to lag and discover the full potential of Opentrack to take your virtual piloting to new heights! This is a great alternative for those just getting into flight sim and are on a tight budget and can also be useful for the advanced user as a stepping stone to VR. In any case this will provide you an extra layer of immersion in msfs2020 bringing you closer to being in the cockpit and looking out the window.
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00:00 start
00:49 Clip of the tracking in use
01:14 Todays video contents
01:43 download and install
02:56 Application setup
09:07 Tips and tricks
20:13 Mapping section
27:35 Credits
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After using OpenTrack for years I thought I knew everything I needed to know. Turns out I knew nothing 😅. Can’t thank you enough…. Superb tuning.
We all learn everyday .. thanks for the comment
Finally...somebody who knows what they're talking about. Lot's of videos on the subject and most have either incomplete information or are just plain wrong about how to make Opentrack work correctly. Thanks for a great tutorial.
your welcome im happy it helped.. Thanks for the comment
I have been searching for something like this that actually explains the settings! THANK YOU!!!
Your welcome .. thanks for the comment 👍 😀
Pure Gold!! Thank you so much, I purchased a headset with customised OpenTrack that is heavy and never seems to work properly. I'm going to try vanilla OpenTrack thanks to your crystal clear explanations - you are probably the most helpful RUclipsr out there 🙂
Thank you so much .
Always Always A good watch from educational to entertaining thank you
Glad you enjoyed it thanks Mike !!
Great video as always, thank you!!!
thank you for the comment ,,Your welcome
I am from Argentina, a great explanation you have given about open track...My level of English is not very high but the way you explained it (paused) I was able to follow you throughout the tutorial, understanding everything you said. Thank you very much and it has been very helpful.
Nice video and tutorial.
Thank you so much for the comment. I'm so happy you were able to follow the video . I try my best to keep a slower pace for everyone.
Really comprehensive. Thanks so much.
Your welcome thanks for the comment
Great support , great explanations ..Thank you for your time and hiend tutorial.
You're welcome thanks for the comment
Thank you so much!!! I’ve been using this software for about a month now and had no idea how to configure everything.
Your welcome thanks for the comment .
Oh boy, i will have a look at this. Thx for this video and all the explanation.
Your welcome I did a lot of testing for this . Hope it helps you 😊 thanks for the comment
@@2020fsers i follow your channel for a long time, since you posted hotfixes for graphic problems in MSFS. Was a great help which i still use today (intelligent standby list cleaner). Even if my PC is not the best one, i have no problems whatsoever with stuttering, everything runs smooth. That said, you helped me A LOT! Thx!
Very informative! Thank you very much!
Your welcome .. thanks for the comment 👍
My friend... this one helped me sooo much.. Ty
Your welcome thanks for the comment
Excelent video, thanks 👍🏻
You're welcome thanks for the comment
I've been trying to setup opentrack serveral times and i never managed to get it to a point were i liked it. i hope this video will get Me to a point were i can enjoy head tracking and not get frustrated about it. thx a lot 4 explaining it so well (again)
Your welcome thanks for the comment
Thank you, was very helpful to set up opentrack, although i use it for farming simulator it does still work flawlessly
Thanks for the comment 👍
I’ve had Trackir for 10yrs. It worked very well with the exception of some light conflict from time to time. I just got tired of wearing a hat or clip on my headset. I switched to Tobii eye and head tracking. What a game changer with the new software update…
Yes they definitely needed an update the hardware is great but the software wasn't up to par .. glad they fixed it .
@@2020fsers From what I have seen they are very good, but I use a 49” ASU’s ROG monitor and I have been told that they are not very good wide ultra wide monitors. Would be interested if anybody can advise me otherwise.
When I launched Opentrack after following the set up instructions I got an error message telling me to install FSX/Prepare3D SimConnect SDK, but I followed the directions in the thread below and it works like a charm. Thanks for another great video and for the suggestions for helping with the installation.
Ok.good you downloaded the simconnect from the website I posted in another comment . Glad it's working for you . Thanks for the comment .
Hey! I have the exact same issue. Some msfs forum told me to go into dev mode, go to help and install the SDK from there. I have it installed. it still doesn't work. Could you maybe reply to this... Please just instruct me on how to install the Simconnect SDK
great tutorial, I am now subscribed - thank you
Your welcome thanks for the comment and the sub 😀
@@2020fsers i am having a weird problem and not sure where to look. If i use the msfs link whenever i try to toggle int/ext view it flashes as if it is going to change view and instantly reverts back. E.g. if i am in cockpit view and select external view it flashes the ext plane view then reverts back and visa versa.
If i use freetrack v2 everything works as it should.
@billfletcher9761 ok use what works best for you .
@@2020fsers ok i thought there might be something i was doing wrong - thanks
Some output methods seem to work for some better than others
Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much glad it helped you . 😊
Thanks! My ps3 camera was crazy jittery. I got it pretty stable now, but FS2020 trees and buildings shimmer. I do have a 10700k and 3060 along with the DLSS mod. I don't have any sort of extra textures. I found Accela to be the best.
Great to hear . The filter option will vary on user. The shimmer on trees isn't from the tracking. Probably the fsr mod or nvidia panel settings
Thanx alot! Your videos are always first class. I'm just wondering, what head tracking can actually be good for? (I most times fly in VR) If I move my head in front of the monitor, how can I keep an eye on the scene anyway?😅
Your welcome thanks for the comment . Head tracking is good for people not using vr . Allows you to move around without a mouse.
Thank you for this video. I have tried to set up the various axis with mapping and this is too complicated for me. I just became too frustrated. I can literally look around using the hat switch on my joystick and that works very well. I may try down the road. Thank you!
your welcome thanks for the comment
“Y axis in this application is not what you are thinking. It is up and down.”
Of course Y is up and down. Y is always up and down. In everything.
Yeah I found that out the hard way lol
@2020fsers Thanks for all the technical helps. I got the Cessna 152 profile tuned to a point I can take off and landed. This is a great way to fly in MSFS. Nonetheless, when opentrack is running, the mouse clicks to control the knobs & dials in the cockpit did not work, and the END key won't toggle cockpit and outside view. Am I missing a setting somewhere to enable the cockpit mouse clicks and restore the default keyboard END key & perhaps other key functions?
for the cockpit knobs make sure to use legacy mode for cockpit interaction
Glad you got it working
Excellent Tutorial. I will be following start to finish when setting up. What quality webcam do I need? I got an inexpensive Logitech 720p to start with
Thanks for your comment honestly. That inexpensive camera will probably do just fine..
I have seen some others using a combination of TRACK IR and OPEN TRACK. You only use Open Track. Is there a difference. I will be working on mine shortly and might be prepared tp purchase a better webcam
@cwood7240 track ir has its own software and works very well. However you can use opentrack with tobii and bypass the in sim settings which give way more control over it.
It seems that the Simconnect output method causes MSFS to switch into a different mode which causes the shimmering if you have DLSS enabled and also needs the legacy control mode enabled. If you switch output to freetrack 2.0 enhanced it works much better, keep everything else as per this video
Ok great tip I do t use dlss so I didn't notice that funny however I tried free track and that doesn't work at all on my pc . Lol
@@2020fsers I think you need to enable TrackIR support inside MSFS
Oh ok
Thanks very much, works great. Maybe you can help me with 2 questions: 1 keep getting these 2 pilot Avatar pilots by default in the cockpit. How to turn them off? Ther is quite some shimmering inside and outside around objects. Any idea how to improve? (DLSS active - Quality setting) Thanks!!
The pilot issue you possibly can adjust the weights to remove them . With shimmering use the new dlss dll file 3.6 using the dlss swapper tool. Also check out my nvidia panel settings that will help also.
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I have this one already running@@2020fsers
Brilliant Tutorial. I understand things a lot better now. Thank you. My only problem is that when I'm sitting in the Fenix 320 looking at all the screens ready to setup my flight - I then start the opentrack app, and suddenly I appeared to have moved forward around 5 feet as if i'm sitting outside the cockpit - and that is now my default view. When i turn the app off, i'm left in that view until i reset the cockpit view via the Camera setting on MSFS. Any ideas?
Set your camera center in the opentrack software . I showed that on 1 of the pages . That should correct the issue or try freetrack output .
Thank you. All good. I clearly missed that bit 🤦♂️. 👍
@simonforrister3820 it's cool I did go over that kinda fast sorry .
I know it's been a few months already but I just got a Logitech Brio Webcam to try this. I'm using Freetrack 2.0 as output but couldn't get Z axis to work. All other axis work fine and I've fine tuned all the curves in the settings to my preference. Just couldn't get the Z axis to register when I move my head closer to the guages. Don't know why. Anyway, just want to thank you for all your great videos and tutorials. Keep up the great work.
Thank you ... that is a strange problem. Does it show I the graphs ? When you move around does the slider on the graph move
@@2020fsers No movement at all. I'll try setting the Min Max range and try again. After rewatching your tutorial, I have to recheck a few other settings. Thanks for your response.
@TawichVirangkur also make sure you didn't check to disable any axis in the opentrack software .
@@2020fsers Just an update, I gave up with the Z axis. My workaround is to set up custom camera views instead to zoom in the gauges. On the Opentrack preview page, the raw data shows that Z axis movement is detected but no movement in the game data panel. Don't know what's going on. Thanks for all your suggestions.
Just discover Beam Eye Tracker but it's a payware. Just tried a demo on Steam, works exceptionally well for me.
Great video, gave it a go but it killed my frame rate. Removed OpenTrack and went back to TrackIR and all was fine again. Using a 12700K and RTX3080ti.
Oh if you have track ir use that instead that is the best I have used to date . But a mystery as to why you saw such a frame drop . Thanks for the comment
@@2020fsers The only reason why I was trying it was to see if I could stop wearing a hat with the track clip on. I agree that TrackIR is almost flawless.
@streettripler4751 the other thing you can get it the ir lights that clip on the headset that's what I use but then you have wires to you head lol.
@@streettripler4751Tobi doesn’t require any hat or headset clip to wear
I have spent hours trying to dial in the level of smoothness shown in the opening of the video. No success up to this point. Does anyone have settings that have worked for you?
did you try the 1st filtering method(accela) some others have said that works better for them.
Another great video, what a find this is. Unfortunately when OpenTrack is enabled in MSFS I cannot manipulate any of the knobs/switches with the mouse. Any ideas?
Maybe try legacy mode instead of lock mode .
In accessibility go to cockpit interaction and legacy .
@@2020fsers Genius!, that's it, thanks.
Your welcome
Hola, gracias por el video.
como puedo quitar los avatar del piloto y del copiloto, gracias
Tienes este problema en todos los aviones?
Anyone else getting a error '' Error occurred while loading protocol Microsoft FSX SimConnect
Install FSX/Prepar3D SimConnect SDK.'' ?
You can try the freetrack option instead or check the comments I posted a link for you to download the simconnect
Ahh cheers mate!
Hi 2020fsers, love all of your videos on msfs, but I'm having trouble with this one.
I have done everything up until starting opentrack, once I press the start button the application just hangs, so I press stop and it says that the fsx/prepared3d is not responding.
Any ideas for this please?
Ok try the freetrack option .. some people this works for and others not like myself.
unfortunately this is not working for me. When I start tracking, I get thrown way back in the aircraft. Setting the X Axis value to the maximum of -500 I'm just able to see the cockpit door, but can't move any closer.
I'm not really sure how to correct that . Maybe in the cfg file for the aircraft you can adjust position . But im not certain what to adjust.
I get the same error as others. When I click on start I get the error "Install FSX/Prepar3D SimConnect SDK." Since the launch of MSFS I have un-installed FSX and I have never owned P3D. Does that mean I have to install FSX again to make this work? I tried the Freetrack option but nothing happens when I start MSFS.
No you don't need fsx or p3d. This is strange because simconnect should be running. You may need to install the simconnect sdk.
Try this website click on the simconnect zip and install it.www.fspassengers.com/?action=simconnect
Ok. All of a sudden it started working. The problem is I don't know what exactly I did to get it to work. I am using free track now.
In any case, thanks for the video, I didn't know about this and I have to say it's a great addition to my MSFS experience
Glad you got it working 💪 thanks for the update
So, this is working really well except I have lost all mouse control in the cockpit. I can't control anything. Any ideas as to why?
make sure to use the legacy mouse setting not lock mode
Not having the expected result, i cant seem to get a stable image. not even if a crank the position and rotation way up. my image still keeps rocking back and forth ( a bit, but its anoying). Also i cant set my mapping like yours, i cant create the flat line at the end without adding an extra point. and my Z axis is messing up my position in the airplane. i often sit behind my seat or to close to PFD and it randomly changes. Now i bought a second hand Tobii 5 for 80 euros, i hope this will make it more stable. i will arrive in a few days. wish me luck.
when i start to track i see a pilot but i have nothing in the comunity folder thats for a pilot and theres nothing checked in the fbw a230 , also i the mouse not working when im tracking
not sure about the pilot thing but make sure your cockpit interaction is set to legacy. You may need to adjust the default view in the opentrack app check the 6 min mark
🙏🙏🙏
Thanks but i found to many option factors involved. Thought this might be better than no tracker ir but its not. My web cams the same as yours might work for some but for me no tracker ir is much better
Track ir is the best . This is for people wanting to try head tracking at a low cost and still get good results. Not as good as track ir for sure
@@2020fsers iIts called no tracker ir and it works with a web cam just like this version. It used to be free its about 5 bucks now
Oh ok great option I haven't heard if that thanks for the info
When ever I choose Microsoft FSX SimConnect as the output, the POV starts like I'm sitting on the tail of the plane. If I choose Freetrack 2.0 Enhancrd its fine.
Then I would stick to using free track if that's working out better for you
hey! your tutorial is amazing, but my opentrack application tells me that it doesen't recognise a game.. could anyone help me?
Thank you .. I haven't seen that error before
Strange followed the instructions but, I was outside of the airliner in MSFs ?
Yes I went over this issue and how to fix that . Check out 7:12 time mark
For some reason it keeps putting me in the back of the plane, behind the wing. I can't get it to put me into the cockpit. What am I doing wrong? And what do I need to adjust?
You can try to adjust the center position.
I went over that in the video and said You may need to have a separate profile for each airplane. But some airplanes depending on the developer doesn't set up The camera position properly and even the adjustments aren't enough to get it where it needs to be and you would have to adjust the config file for the camera position.
I have issues a jettry movement as I'm using ps3 camera and unable to use Microsoft flight simulator output as it needs to installed fsuipc. Any help plz
You can try the free track output
i do everything as per your video but when i start the tracking it moves me infront of the plane like i am outside the plane , and there is no way of geting inside the cockoit ---dont know what to do , pls help
You can try free track option for output or you need to use the center position section to move the camera
hey when i try to connect FSX sim connect to opentrack, it gives me an error and my camera wont turn on, neither the head tracking
Do you have your camera set up in the opentrack software
I am about to get a webcam but i need to know if it tracks better with 60fps vs 30 fps, or does it not make a difference in the quality of tracking?
Nah the cheaper the better . It will only run about 15 to 20 fps once the sim has started
A 30fps cam will be fine
When using open tracker I find that I am sitting too low in the seat on the C172, can see over the dashboard, how can I increase my seat height
Use the position centering section in opentrack
Hi from Australia. Great video, Thanks. I was wondering if you could help me with an issue i have with the output setting as when I start video on Openntrack I get the following error message. "Error occurred while loading protocol Microsoft FSX SimConnect, Install FSX/Prepar3D SimConnect SDK."
I have installed SimConnect but the error persists. Can you help.
Much appreciated.
Abe
Where did you download the simconnect from?
I have posted a link in a couple comments that had the same issue
You can also try freetrack output.
just a question, does this work with the integrated camera in a laptop? or do you need a webcam?
It should be fine with you in built Webcam
@@2020fsers thanks a lot, will try it tonight after work, by the way excellent work you do
Thank you 😊 🙏
@@2020fsers Hello there, I tried it and everything works with the exception that it doesn’t let me toggle between cockpit and external views, when I press start it sends me directly to an external view and it doesn’t let me toggle to the cockpit view
You have to adjust the default camera position in the open track application.
Hello: I down loaded the Opentrack 2023.3.0, but in the input it does not show the Neuralnet Tracker can you please tell me if I did some thing wrong or how to get it to work. John B.
I'm not sure maybe try to uninstall it and reinstall again I just checked mine and I'm using 3.0
hello, for some reason I am all the way in the cabin rather than cockpit, could you help me with this? thanks.
Either recenter the camera on the center position page or try freetrack output option
@@2020fsers done, thanks a lot for the help, fixed it
So, after watching the entire video how do you connect it to MSFS?
I didn’t see that mentioned anywhere in the video.
When you select the output method it connects to msfs
@@2020fsers that was a detailed video otherwise. Thank you
@charlesbreeze6762 your welcome
Added a NexiGo N940P 2K Webcam which produces a good image. I followed your instructions on downloading an installing OpenTrack, but it won't open. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling several times, but I can't get it to open. any idea what's wrong?❓
Maybe it's anti-virus related 🤔 I'm not sure .
@@2020fsers Maybe so. I can't find the .exe file ANYWHERE. Perhaps Widows Defender prevented it from loading.
I get an error asking to install FSX/Prepar 3d Sim Connect SDK, I am unsure of what to do at this point?
Ok try the freetrack option
@@2020fsers tried the free track and the camera lit up with the octopus moving but nothing working within FS2020
Ok try to download the sdk from here
www.fspassengers.com/?action=simconnect
Does it work with another brand of webcam?
It should work with any Webcam
rabbit hole. i cannot install simconnect
If you check some of the other comments Other people have the same issue And I posted a link in those comments to download SIM connect..
You can also try the free track output option
Tried to install but says I am missing simconnect SDL or something like that. ANyone have any clue?
Try the freetrack output
Or try and download the simconnect sdk here
www.fspassengers.com/?action=simconnect
@@2020fsers This worked. Thanks!
your welcome
Just cannot get it to work - simconnect issues.
Switch to freetrack output then
When I press the "Start" as in 9:35, I am getting the following error:
Startup failure
Error occurred while loading protocol Microsoft FSX SimConnect
Install FSX/Prepar3D SimConnect SDK.
I downloaded and installed "FSX/Prepar3D SimConnect SDK", and still getting the same error. Am I missing something?
That's strange I didn't need to download anything for this. Ok try the freetrack option in the output.
@@2020fsers Switched to "freetrack 2.0 Enhanced", I can start the opentrack without errors and completed the Option setup. But there is no head tracking in MSFS!
@@2020fsers I also attempt to run the Config SDK and get this error:
Are you sure you want to update the SDK tool configuration files to refer to the current Lockheed Martin Prepar3D installation path? (Yes/No): y
Unable to find the Lockheed Martin Prepar3D installation path.
Lockheed Martin Prepar3D must be installed and have been ran at least once.
Press any key to exit...
Hmm ok you could also try the fsuipc output method and download the fsuipc app it's free and use that 1 instead . You could also try and bind the eye tracking toggle in msfs and see if that works to toggle on .
Did you try and restart your pc after you installed the simconnect sdk? Just wondering maybe that needs to be done . And then try the msfs output option again
I started the sim and did everything you said. It says I need to install some SDK simconnect and I can't link it with Msfs. headtracker works but not in msfs
Hello you can either try the freetrack output or you can download the sdk from here
www.fspassengers.com/?action=simconnect
I installed it and tried again. It's still not working... Is there any specific steps after installation? or is there anywhere specific I need to install SimConnect? I installed the SP1 since mine is the steam version. Idk what to do and I really want this to work!
Another thing as well. Freetrack can't detect my sim. It says unknown game when I start the tracking
After you downloaded the zip file, did you extract them and then run the installer?
@@2020fsers Ok. I'll explain what happened, so I extracted the files, I opened the SimConnect.dll file, and my computer needs an additional software to open it. Please lmk if i'm doing it wrong. If not, thanks a lot for your efforts to help me!
It’s REALLY sensitive anyway to fix that?
You need to adjust the curves to suite your needs
I try use this in war thunder i need help
I'm not too sure about that game
It wont let you use the FSX output. It wants me to install an SDK
Ok you can also try the freetrack output method. Or install the sdk for simconnect
Try this download for simconnect
www.fspassengers.com/?action=simconnect click the zip file and install the simconnect
MSFS 2020 does not use SimConnect in any way.
works fine for me use the freetrack option if that works best for you
No, bell, no subscribe, and I'll smash that thumbs down button!
Thanks for the comment
I guess everyone is three years old where you have to spend thirty Minutes explaining every little detail within the program. You and this video are simply a waste of time.
thanks for the comment