I always find it more fun to watch the pilots POV than the gunner POV when it comes to choppers. You tend to hear a lot more comms and its just a cool perspective to see them flying.
i actually know how to do this! i dont use trackIR, but i do use a face tracker called opentrack, and it can convert my head movements into mouse movements. make sure that with whatever software you use, your mouse emulation is set to "directinput" and NOT "legacy". now from there, you can go in squad, and go to the helicopter axis binds. theres a small tickbox that says something like "freelook always on", and you turn it on. in short, mouse freelook is always on, and your trackIR is controlling the mouse, so wherever you look, the mouse follows, and in turn, your pilot's view follows. i hope this helps, feel free to ask if you need more help with it!
Damn, that turn brake at min 6.33, pure skill. I am learning to fly one in squad so I know it takes practice. It's harder than warthunder 4 example, when you brake you can easily crash at low alty in squad.
Squad flight model is the worst thing I've ever experienced. It used to be doable for me but after the V2 change I just lost it, stopped flying in what's otherwise a great game.
@@RedDogDragon i had just learned to fly the old model about 2 months before the update came with the new model, so it wasnt super hard for me to learn the new model.
I agree. It got worse with V2. It is both unrealistic and unforgiving. The worst of both worlds. Rising Storm did this far better (and with a better damage model too) in UE3.
I recommend trying DCS since you have hotas and trackIR . i dont know if you know about DCS but its a high detail Combat flight simulator where there are high fidelity aircraft and low fidelity aircraft. Low fidelity aircraft means that the buttons in the cockpit dont work but its much easier to learn. you have to have shortcuts on the hotas. high fidelity aircraft means all the small buttons in the cockpit work while its much cooler its also much harder to learn as it is one of the closest to true life aircraft simulators.
The thing is even tho the flying experience is wayy better in DCS, flying in a game like squad where you are transporting actual players and supplies for those players just gives a sense of purpose which I often miss in DCS.
@@SkeeNnN right, I love DCS with all my heart but it only scratches the itch of military aircraft sim. The closest thing you could get that bridges the two is playing Arma 3 and getting a good functional cockpit aircraft mod, as well as having a server to play on..whoever makes a game with the fidelity and realism of Arma 3 and DCS, with the ease of use of squad (don't get me wrong squad is realism too) would be a millionaire in no time
@@ReaperPLUR The problem is that developing an actual game with in-depth mechanics comparable to something like DCS would be quite expensive. The only ones capable of allocating that amount of resources are the big Tripple A companies who have long ago realized that developing games with dumbed-down mechanics will have a larger reach and thus be much more profitable than these niche games with large learning curves. But maybe with the recent rise in popularity of militray sims, the audience will hopefully reach a point where developing a game like you talked about would be worth someone's time.
Not DCS but rather IL2-Sturmovik. WW2 setting is way better to unlock the potential of TrackIR. But if you have RTX3070 or better then buy HP Reverb G2 VR for extreme immersion!
Videos cool, but there is no information on what we all wanted here. How did you get Track IR work? It's like showing off your car to friends and then saying nah you don't get to ride in it lol Even the comments are not being answered. Is there a Squad ban on this information?
Hellow I love this video and I wanted to ask if you maybe could do a tutorial for the hotas and head track because I cant get it to work :(( Greetings from Germany xd
@@ascendiath Ich glaube dass es irgendwie mit der Maus-Emulation gemacht werden muss aber ich komme nicht dahinter. Das nervt tierisch wenn man sieht wie perfekt Arma 3 mit Joysticks und TrackIR umgeht und Squad kann einfach fast gar nichts.
th-cam.com/video/dIAIuhqefVQ/w-d-xo.html I made a video on this. Don't know if any of the latest updates have any effect on this. But this worked for me and others.
If you are using a warthog hotas like i have, can you please either do a vid on your settings and how you use the or post the settings, please please please?
@@skull6740 absolutely true. 13 year Helicopter Pilot here. At the higher ends of your speed ranges, your TR loses its authority over the wind stream against your tail itself. the faster you fly, the less authority the TR has and relies on pitch and roll to assist it in yaw authority.
same thing i said, id like to know which HOTAS he is using, only 2 or 3 of them have a single USB Input. if you use one that has multiple inputs, it causes axis conflicts.
how did you get HOTAS to work? my X-56 refuses to utilize the throttle as it assigns the AXIS 1 ( as the throttle ) but AXIS 1 is already occupied as Stick Pitch. so it causes them to conflict. I eventually had to force the throttle to use the rotary dial on my thumb as the collective axis, but that is janky as fuck!
Soooo... the question everyone has been asking since the video was posted and never was answered: how? I even asked in the Squad subreddit and was told it wasn't possible.
Yeah man. Squad flight model is fuuuuuckin weird. Even RS2 does way better, and that's using an older engine of unreal. For example. flying in high alpha turns is somehow faster than flying straight, so it's almost like air strafing from CSGO to go faster.
@@WarfighterGroupMilSim Dude thank you so much. OMG you have changed this game for me. I avoided flying because of this even tho I have an X56 and pedals. not being able to look around was KILLING me. you just saved this for me thank you so much!
@@mr_fraggle2880 id like to know which HOTAS he has. Mine is the X-56 and it binds Axis 1 as the throttle Axis, but repeats Axis 1 as Pitch also. so they conflict. SQUAD still does not support multiple controller inputs.
How did you get the joystick and throttle to work together? for me the stick and throttle are both X and Y inputs and they interfere with each other when playing
How are you able to place multiple observe marks so quickly? I can only place one every second or so. Also how can you see your marks in game? I can only see them on the map and on the compass indicator. Did OWI change how map markers work?
@@lonewolfgaming584 No, figured it out. OWI has restricted it with rate limits. So you will only see this on videos that was recorded in a previous patch of the game.
@@Schimml0rd But yeah, I don't know. But you could probably make it work. To squad, it is just a mouse input. I recon you'd use FreePie. There is some info on the wiki.
I drink diet Pepsi and the Track IR sees the can cause it's a reflective silver color and goes fucking nuts while flying in ARMA and other games. It has actually gotten me killed before, the cost of nourishment.
@@KaoticMando63 I agree - I'm pretty good at flying heli's nd use TrackIR all the time but my problem is the settings ....hard to get them to work properly.,
![[SQUAD] WHEN A 4K HOUR PILOT LANDS THE HELI IN STYLE](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uBdCzfXK3Rs/mqdefault.jpg)
![[SQUAD] - When the 3.8k hour squad heli pilot pretends to be new...](/img/n.gif)
I always find it more fun to watch the pilots POV than the gunner POV when it comes to choppers. You tend to hear a lot more comms and its just a cool perspective to see them flying.
This is the most enjoyable gameplay of heli in squad I have seen. I hope you continue to do this sort of thing it was really fun to watch.
Id Like to see the TrackIR setup. Please make one. thank you!
agreed. I haven't been able to figure out how to get my Trackir working with squad
@@McGuire2778 me to, do u find how make it work ?
The setup guide will be up shortly!
Cool upload man, Nice flying & great team work.
OMG IVE BEEN WAITING A YEAR THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD :) your uploads brighten my day.
i wait too.
Can you post a video on how you got TrackIR working on Squad? I never figured out how to do it to this day!
please.
Denied
i actually know how to do this! i dont use trackIR, but i do use a face tracker called opentrack, and it can convert my head movements into mouse movements. make sure that with whatever software you use, your mouse emulation is set to "directinput" and NOT "legacy". now from there, you can go in squad, and go to the helicopter axis binds. theres a small tickbox that says something like "freelook always on", and you turn it on. in short, mouse freelook is always on, and your trackIR is controlling the mouse, so wherever you look, the mouse follows, and in turn, your pilot's view follows. i hope this helps, feel free to ask if you need more help with it!
@@-bravoechodelta255-6 Wow, thanks!
Soon
Man, this would be SO good with DCS level helicopters....I find more realistic flight models easier to fly than this approximation.
Damn, that turn brake at min 6.33, pure skill. I am learning to fly one in squad so I know it takes practice. It's harder than warthunder 4 example, when you brake you can easily crash at low alty in squad.
Squad flight model is the worst thing I've ever experienced. It used to be doable for me but after the V2 change I just lost it, stopped flying in what's otherwise a great game.
i didnt used to like v2 but i find it really enjoyable once i've learned it. its not very realistic but i think its fun.
I hear you. Used to fly a lot in the old model, but I could never get a grip on the newer model so I haven't touched one in a long time.
@@RedDogDragon i had just learned to fly the old model about 2 months before the update came with the new model, so it wasnt super hard for me to learn the new model.
I agree. It got worse with V2. It is both unrealistic and unforgiving. The worst of both worlds. Rising Storm did this far better (and with a better damage model too) in UE3.
I wasn’t playing when they used the older flight model. What did they change?
Haha. Hey that's me. 😂
Somehow I knew you were trolling so I just jumped to grab a truck. Ended up waiting for yall to respawn again anyway.
I recommend trying DCS since you have hotas and trackIR .
i dont know if you know about DCS but its a high detail Combat flight simulator where there are high fidelity aircraft and low fidelity aircraft.
Low fidelity aircraft means that the buttons in the cockpit dont work but its much easier to learn. you have to have shortcuts on the hotas.
high fidelity aircraft means all the small buttons in the cockpit work while its much cooler its also much harder to learn as it is one of the closest to true life aircraft simulators.
The thing is even tho the flying experience is wayy better in DCS, flying in a game like squad where you are transporting actual players and supplies for those players just gives a sense of purpose which I often miss in DCS.
@@SkeeNnN right, I love DCS with all my heart but it only scratches the itch of military aircraft sim. The closest thing you could get that bridges the two is playing Arma 3 and getting a good functional cockpit aircraft mod, as well as having a server to play on..whoever makes a game with the fidelity and realism of Arma 3 and DCS, with the ease of use of squad (don't get me wrong squad is realism too) would be a millionaire in no time
@@ReaperPLUR The problem is that developing an actual game with in-depth mechanics comparable to something like DCS would be quite expensive. The only ones capable of allocating that amount of resources are the big Tripple A companies who have long ago realized that developing games with dumbed-down mechanics will have a larger reach and thus be much more profitable than these niche games with large learning curves. But maybe with the recent rise in popularity of militray sims, the audience will hopefully reach a point where developing a game like you talked about would be worth someone's time.
Not DCS but rather IL2-Sturmovik. WW2 setting is way better to unlock the potential of TrackIR. But if you have RTX3070 or better then buy HP Reverb G2 VR for extreme immersion!
watching this old video now i see how much the new colors look so much better
I had TrackIR for few months, now im using tobii and man let me tell you tobii is different level.
Sick bro!
hello, i have a question, how did you set the joystick and throttle in squad to fly the helicopter? I tried to set it up but it doesn't work well
NICEEEEEEEEEEE.....Guess they finally added an alarm, when taking damage in the helicopters!!😎
Now that is cool asf
Videos cool, but there is no information on what we all wanted here. How did you get Track IR work? It's like showing off your car to friends and then saying nah you don't get to ride in it lol Even the comments are not being answered.
Is there a Squad ban on this information?
Working on the video now!
Also going to ask for a vid on how you got your track ir to work, I cant figure it out at all.
It is coming bröther
Hellow I love this video and I wanted to ask if you maybe could do a tutorial for the hotas and head track because I cant get it to work :((
Greetings from Germany xd
Hallo, danke! I will be making a tutorial eventually outlining how to set this up, and one on my recommendations for flying with a HOTAS in general.
Did you meanwhile find a solution how to set trackir up in squad?
@@thomas_ger4098 nope ich zumindest nicht
@@ascendiath Ich glaube dass es irgendwie mit der Maus-Emulation gemacht werden muss aber ich komme nicht dahinter. Das nervt tierisch wenn man sieht wie perfekt Arma 3 mit Joysticks und TrackIR umgeht und Squad kann einfach fast gar nichts.
th-cam.com/video/dIAIuhqefVQ/w-d-xo.html
I made a video on this. Don't know if any of the latest updates have any effect on this. But this worked for me and others.
I didn't think there was HOTAS support? How'd you get this setup?
If you are using a warthog hotas like i have, can you please either do a vid on your settings and how you use the or post the settings, please please please?
I still love how rudder does nothing in forward fligth
because thats how it is in real life... why even make this comment?
@@mirkywater8635 not true
@@skull6740 the faster youre going the less your rudder will effect your yaw movement. true
@@mirkywater8635 does nothing =/= the faster you're going the less your rudder will effect your yaw movement
@@skull6740 absolutely true.
13 year Helicopter Pilot here.
At the higher ends of your speed ranges, your TR loses its authority over the wind stream against your tail itself. the faster you fly, the less authority the TR has and relies on pitch and roll to assist it in yaw authority.
The flightmodel is still ass, it doesn't properly bind axis on extra joysticks and pedals.
same thing i said, id like to know which HOTAS he is using, only 2 or 3 of them have a single USB Input. if you use one that has multiple inputs, it causes axis conflicts.
Hey man, how do u use Track IR on Squad? I tried but its not implemented thought
th-cam.com/video/dIAIuhqefVQ/w-d-xo.html
This video explaines how to get a HOTAS to work, but you can also use it to get TrackIR to work.
@@gerlagerweij Thanks man
@@OjitosArt Did you get TrackIR to work? I ordered it and hoping to set it up
Magic. JK, guide coming soon.
ERMAGAWD, IT'S A CWAR VIDEO!
Would you be able to share your track ir profile?
how did you get HOTAS to work? my X-56 refuses to utilize the throttle as it assigns the AXIS 1 ( as the throttle ) but AXIS 1 is already occupied as Stick Pitch. so it causes them to conflict.
I eventually had to force the throttle to use the rotary dial on my thumb as the collective axis, but that is janky as fuck!
SQUAD even still has the "Multiple Controller Input" is still being worked on and unavailable at the top
@@CapStar362 Yup. Dissapointed to find out I couldn't use my rudder pedals together with my joystick.
please show us how to get Track IR going!
The video will be up soon!
Soooo... the question everyone has been asking since the video was posted and never was answered: how? I even asked in the Squad subreddit and was told it wasn't possible.
Editing the video now!
@@WarfighterGroupMilSim awesome, thanks
I'll be honest, I think flying helicopters in DCS is easier.
Yeah man. Squad flight model is fuuuuuckin weird. Even RS2 does way better, and that's using an older engine of unreal. For example. flying in high alpha turns is somehow faster than flying straight, so it's almost like air strafing from CSGO to go faster.
nap of the earth flying in helicopter
Wait!!!! How did you get your TrackIR to work with squad!?!?! Please teach me your ways!
I've got a tutorial on how I set it up on my system :)
@@WarfighterGroupMilSim Dude thank you so much. OMG you have changed this game for me. I avoided flying because of this even tho I have an X56 and pedals. not being able to look around was KILLING me. you just saved this for me thank you so much!
How do you control your thrust? At my joystick it goes only 0 or 100
@@OriginalKanyeTPain do you know wich joystick I use?
I believe you need to decrease the sensitivity for the throttle axis. It is different from hotas to hotas
@@mr_fraggle2880 thank you
@@mr_fraggle2880 id like to know which HOTAS he has.
Mine is the X-56 and it binds Axis 1 as the throttle Axis, but repeats Axis 1 as Pitch also.
so they conflict. SQUAD still does not support multiple controller inputs.
Does not work with newest update.
How did you get the joystick and throttle to work together? for me the stick and throttle are both X and Y inputs and they interfere with each other when playing
Please let me know if you figure it out man!
Vjoy + Joystick Gremlin + HidHide
Two years later and there still isn't native support for HOTAS or TrackIR...
i love (and by love i mean hate) that the pilot model has both hands on the cyclic at all times :/
How are the flight physics compared to arma these days?
Squad has terrible flight physics. Both unrealistic and unforgiving.
@@dogboy0912 So nothings changed, gotcha.
how do you zoom in?
There's a setting for it in Squad. May have also been some editing Adobe to add some more.
How are you able to place multiple observe marks so quickly? I can only place one every second or so. Also how can you see your marks in game? I can only see them on the map and on the compass indicator. Did OWI change how map markers work?
Basically u bind the one order to a button and then u can press it really fast
@@lonewolfgaming584 No, figured it out. OWI has restricted it with rate limits. So you will only see this on videos that was recorded in a previous patch of the game.
how the f do I get my hotas to work in squad it doesn't even recognize it!
does trackIR work on foot too? o:
I was really confused, I thought "no, it has to be on your head" 😂
@@JaxiPaxified >.>
@@Schimml0rd But yeah, I don't know. But you could probably make it work. To squad, it is just a mouse input. I recon you'd use FreePie. There is some info on the wiki.
TRACKIR SETUP SETTINGS
PLEASE
Check back on the channel in the coming days
when do we get landing gear up and down xD
2 helis have landing gear that goes up and down but its automatic
I drink diet Pepsi and the Track IR sees the can cause it's a reflective silver color and goes fucking nuts while flying in ARMA and other games.
It has actually gotten me killed before, the cost of nourishment.
You should be able to free look and fly in the first place! Sucks you have to install a mod for that
Hold alt... you can freelook lol
Oh is that why I keep crashing I thought flying with a joystick was easier but nvm
my clan mates told me trackir didn’t work in squad 🤯
Well from operator drewski pretty sure he said it also did not work months ago but i guess it does now lol
It's not directly integrated, but you can make it work. With Python, all things are possible 😉
@@WarfighterGroupMilSim Thats cool OperatorDrewski should do that as i think he likes flying lol
@@WarfighterGroupMilSim A tutorial on getting it to work would be great!
@@KaoticMando63 I agree - I'm pretty good at flying heli's nd use TrackIR all the time but my problem is the settings ....hard to get them to work properly.,
😌 P R O M O S M!!!
Flight model in this game is absolute trash. HOTAS is better reserved for DCS.