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darklight	#1 22/12/2009 - 00h38 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 3 Registered on : 21/12/2009 Off line	Hi, I've started using freetrack with FSX, but it is very laggy. It does work fine initially, but after a couple of minutes the virtual cockpit head movement in FSX starts to lag way behind my actual head movements. While troubleshooting this problem, I kept the freetrack & fsx windows both visible, and I could see freetrack was tracking my head movments perfectly smoothly, no lag, and 3 points at all times. So I think this problem may be with FSX itself. My FSX install is only a couple of months old, FSX gold acceleration, no modifications or additions. Has anyone else had or solved this problem? I used to use freetrack with IL2 no problems...
darklight	#2 22/12/2009 - 00h51 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 3 Registered on : 21/12/2009 Off line	I meant to add - I kept task manager open at the same time - freetrack only takes up between 1% - 3% of cpu usage, whereas FSX takes up between 70% - 99%. However the lag doesnt seem to correspond to periods of high cpu usage by fsx - it always takes several minutes for the lag to kick in, and when it does it is there to stay (or at least I get bored of flying while looking down at my feet so I kill fsx). Also, when I pause FSX, the lag dissapears, even though the cpu usage remains pretty much the same. If I un-pause it, the lag takes several minutes to appear again but it always does. Its almost like there is a buffer freetrack is writing to, but fsx is having problems reading from the buffer in real time. Everything else in my FSX works find - controllers & keys work as expected, immediately.
darklight	#3 24/12/2009 - 14h13 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 3 Registered on : 21/12/2009 Off line	Well after more experimentation I belive this is due to the smoothing parameters in the freetrack software, but it seems to only affect FSX. If I turn all the smoothing (in profile & in global) then it seems to fix the problem. Of course now I have a nasty jerky viewpoint. Does anybody have a suggestion on how to fix this?
Smiler	#4 10/01/2010 - 20h45 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 2 Registered on : 09/01/2010 Off line	Hi, Yes I have this problem too using Wiimote and home made IR cap. Sometimes it lags 5 or 6 seconds behind screen view and then just snaps to realtim, a minute or so later the lag starts again. I'd be grateful for any advice on this as when it works, it transforms FSX. Jeff
AveMetal	#5 21/06/2010 - 15h14 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 1 Registered on : 18/03/2009 Off line	I´ve tried lots of solutions that i found, but none worked for me until I went to Windows Task Manager, Aplications, right-click FreeTrack.exe and Set Priority in Realtime, et voilá, no more crappy lag. I also choose one core in the Set Affinity option, but i think this is not neccesary. My specs: Win7 64, PS3 Eye and Rambo´s ribbon with 3 leds Hope you solve the problem, regards! Edited by AveMetal on 28/06/2010 at 13h09.
slaver1	#6 22/06/2010 - 12h01 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 49 Registered on : 08/02/2010 Off line	Problem solved? If yes darklight should edit topic tittle and add "[SOLVED]". ps3eye CLeye driver FIX for FreeTrack 2.2.0.279
enemykill3	#7 10/08/2011 - 01h55 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 1 Registered on : 10/08/2011 Off line	slaver1 @ 22/06/2010 - 12h01 a dit: Problem solved? If yes darklight should edit topic tittle and add "[SOLVED]". slaver1! This topic never gonna resolved.
Devrim	#8 29/11/2011 - 04h53 Top
Class : Apprenti Posts : 14 Registered on : 26/11/2011 Off line	Hi. I think I have the same problem. But I'm very confused about this. When I fly with BlackShark (while FT is working background of course), suddenly the FPS drops to ~14 or 15 (normally it should be going around 38-40). Two or three seconds later, everything is allright. And after a few minutes, it's again! FPS drops for 2-3 secs... When FPS drops down, I immediately hit the shortcut key to pause FreeTrack, and FPS raises normal level. But that happens to me when I fly over the city - very very low alt. At 500 m or higher I have no problem with FPS.

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