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[Mike DA Spike]

Anyone has a good solution to mount the kinect v2 50cm above tge backglass ?
Mshaker used a bracket, but added some own stuff to it.
Any help will be appreciated

Duct tape?

And tape it to the ceiling??if duct tape could make it 50cm above my backbox, I will use it

[wiesshund]

 

 

Anyone has a good solution to mount the kinect v2 50cm above tge backglass ?
Mshaker used a bracket, but added some own stuff to it.
Any help will be appreciated

Duct tape?

And tape it to the ceiling??if duct tape could make it 50cm above my backbox, I will use it

 

 

cant really suggest much besides fashioning a mounting bracket

[Mike DA Spike]

cant really suggest much besides fashioning a mounting bracket

 

Yeah, I was searching for a bracket that would fits a bit, but think I go for MShaker his bracket and adjust to get it mounted on the cab and the Kinect as well

[Mike DA Spike]

too bad I wasn't able to buy anything from AliExpress anymore.
But after a long search I found this bracket on Temu.com

it was just 5 euro's including shipping.
It just fits between my backbox and my ceiling 

the kinect can see the screen and my head movement.
X, Y and Z-axis are working, but x-axis is a bit to sensitive and giving me a bit of illness when playing too long

[Junkyerd]

I have problems with 2.0 version SDK.

 

The kinect was not recognized in windows 11 (device manager: XboxNUIMotor)

 

Try to updating the driver doesn`t work, you have to downgrade

 

Xbox 360 Kinect & Windows 10 (pangodream.es)

 

1.8 SDK driver works great for me

[allactiondan]

After a few driver updates I got it running in future pinball and in VPX. My issue is that when I clicked "use head tracking" in vpinball_GL.exe it also seems to turn head tracking in normal vpinball.exe. Normal vpinball.exe it will not load the table because bam head-tracker.exe is not running, so it just sits at a black screen. When i turn off head tracking in normal vpinball, it works normaly again, but now vpinball_GL has tracking turned off too.  Has anyone come across this?

[Junkyerd]

You select Bam headtracking in VPX editor video preferences and all your vpx emulators will have bam headtracking selected.

 

If you have bam headtracking selected you need to activate your camera, otherwise you will se a black screen when launch the table

[allactiondan]

You select Bam headtracking in VPX editor video preferences and all your vpx emulators will have bam headtracking selected.

 

If you have bam headtracking selected you need to activate your camera, otherwise you will se a black screen when launch the table

I figured that part out and got the head tracking working. I was having trouble launching the table in normal vpx (no head tracking) after the headtracking was working -black table like you said.  I want to be able to choose head tracking or normal mode.

I just found the answer on an other site a few hours ago.  VPX 10.8 saves the preferences data in your windows/user/app data/VPinballX\VPinballX.ini file. To have both normal mode and an alt launch mode using head tracking, you need 2 different .ini files and then have vpx use one of them and vpx_GL use the other .ini. 

I would post the link to the how to, but I don't know if I'm allowed to link to an other site.  If anyone knows if it's ok to post the link, let me know.  Thanks

[2huwman]

Thanks for the excellent guides. I've got it working. Main issue in VPX and FP are that the playfield appears to swing side to side, but I think that's been mentioned above so I'll adjust the settings more. Also I'm using an interlaced LG 3d monitor, but the 3d effect is lost in VPX when head tracking is enabled (only uses one eye). Stereo 3d still works with head tracking in FP.

[Mike DA Spike]

You select Bam headtracking in VPX editor video preferences and all your vpx emulators will have bam headtracking selected.
 
If you have bam headtracking selected you need to activate your camera, otherwise you will se a black screen when launch the table

I figured that part out and got the head tracking working. I was having trouble launching the table in normal vpx (no head tracking) after the headtracking was working -black table like you said.  I want to be able to choose head tracking or normal mode.
I just found the answer on an other site a few hours ago.  VPX 10.8 saves the preferences data in your windows/user/app data/VPinballX\VPinballX.ini file. To have both normal mode and an alt launch mode using head tracking, you need 2 different .ini files and then have vpx use one of them and vpx_GL use the other .ini. 
I would post the link to the how to, but I don't know if I'm allowed to link to an other site.  If anyone knows if it's ok to post the link, let me know.  Thanks

Do you mean this post ? https://forums.gamee...ersions-vp-108/

[allactiondan]

 

 

You select Bam headtracking in VPX editor video preferences and all your vpx emulators will have bam headtracking selected.
 
If you have bam headtracking selected you need to activate your camera, otherwise you will se a black screen when launch the table

I figured that part out and got the head tracking working. I was having trouble launching the table in normal vpx (no head tracking) after the headtracking was working -black table like you said.  I want to be able to choose head tracking or normal mode.
I just found the answer on an other site a few hours ago.  VPX 10.8 saves the preferences data in your windows/user/app data/VPinballX\VPinballX.ini file. To have both normal mode and an alt launch mode using head tracking, you need 2 different .ini files and then have vpx use one of them and vpx_GL use the other .ini. 
I would post the link to the how to, but I don't know if I'm allowed to link to an other site.  If anyone knows if it's ok to post the link, let me know.  Thanks

Do you mean this post ? https://forums.gamee...ersions-vp-108/

 

  That's the one!  After i posted my response I looked at the user names on the other site, then noticed that it's then same name.     Thanks a lot, your post explained it perfectly.  I would have never thought that vpx stores info in the appdata folder.  Mine is working because of you. Thanks again

[Mike DA Spike]

 

Do you mean this post ? https://forums.gamee...ersions-vp-108/

 

  That's the one!  After i posted my response I looked at the user names on the other site, then noticed that it's then same name.     Thanks a lot, your post explained it perfectly.  I would have never thought that vpx stores info in the appdata folder.  Mine is working because of you. Thanks again

 

 

This new feature from 10.8 differs from all previous versions, which were stored in the registry and required scripting to change when different settings were desired.

[plahta]

Hello!

 

I got this working today - still some tweaking to do. But in my case all my tables in VPX are now running at 60fps (it should be 120fps on my LG C2 42"). It doesn't matter if it is with BAM headtracking on or off... What did i miss?

[plahta]

It just changed my video settings of playfield... I haven't noticed it at first - i had to reset it to 4K 120Hz. This thing is very interesting but i don't get the right movement. It is like messed up when i go left or right playfield reacts as i was going up or down... Is it possible that kinect is in the wrong place (too high - i have it mounted to the ceiling. approximately 2,2 meters - 7,2 feet).

[Greninja33]

Hi guys, i just got my kinect 2 set up and followed the original instruction but when i get to the step op launching a table from vpx gl the table is squished together and nothing seems to be working for me. Can somebody please help me?

[Mike DA Spike]

Hi guys, i just got my kinect 2 set up and followed the original instruction but when i get to the step op launching a table from vpx gl the table is squished together and nothing seems to be working for me. Can somebody please help me?

Did you do step 5.1 from the first post?

[Greninja33]

Yes i did and no matter what i do or press the bam menu for headtracking won't pop up when i load vpx and press q or escape.

[Mike DA Spike]

Yes i did and no matter what i do or press the bam menu for headtracking won't pop up when i load vpx and press q or escape.

If you open vpx, with bam running in the background, and load a table, don't you get the menu options when pressing 'q' ?
If not, what will happen ?
If so, go to headtracking and adjust the values

[strangeclouds]

Is there any way to enable anaglyph 3D while using head tracking in VPX?

I just got all of my settings dialed in perfectly for Trioviz glasses but now I want to see if its worth digging out my Kinect 1 and 2 and start messing around.

Also Mike great job on the tutorial for the .ini files you saved me a lot of time last night haha.

[becausereasons]

Hey guys i'm trying to run head-tracking (baked into the GL64 latest release) and I'm using OpenI tacker, but each time I start the table, I don't see the table anywhere, only the backsplash/background. Is there a way to center view or something? I'm confused about the screen measurement thing... Does that imply I need to measure my desktop monitor in centimeters? or just the active window? 

Edited by becausereasons, 11 October 2024 - 11:43 PM.