TrackIR 2 Joystick Converter

(c) 2004 by Peter Dikant (peter@dikant.de)

What is it?

TrackIR can only work with games that either support the TrackIR device directly or support mouselook. Unfortunatly some games use joystick axes to control the view. The tir2joy utility will convert mouse movements to movements of a virtual joystick device. It will enable the use of TrackIR in games with joystick look support (like Nascar Racing 2003 and F1 Challenge).

If the TrackIR software has the enhanced mode activated, this mode will be used instead of the default mouse movement. This is the prefered operation mode for the converter.

This software uses Deon van der Westhuysen's excellent virtual Joystick driver PPJoy.

Installation

  1. Get the virtual joystick driver PPJ from http://www.geocities.com/deonvdw/PPJoy.htm
  2. Install the PPJoy software according to the PPJoy documentation
  3. Start the PPJoy Configure Joysticks utility, press the "Add..." button and select "Virtual port" in the "Parallel port" input box. Now cklick "Add".
  4. Copy tir2joy.exe and tir2joy.ini into a directory of your choice.
  5. Edit tir2joy.ini and set the keycode of the TrackIR center key (not needed in enhanced mode).
  6. Make sure that in the TrackIR driver on the HotKeys tab, the Center key is NOT trapped (not needed in enhanced mode).

Usage

Just run tir2joy.exe by double clicking on it.

Changes

Version 1.2

Added support for the 6DOF extension.

Version 1.1

Support for the TrackIR enhanced mode.

Version 1.0

Initial release

Software License

Copyright (c) 2004 Peter Dikant

This software is released to the public domain.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

In order to ensure that this software stays free, selling, licensing or charging for the use of this software is prohibited.

Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.