I got a gift card for £30 so went to Argos and got a Microsoft HD-3000 for £25.
Plug the cam in and being a windows device in a Win 10 computer it works right away.
So far so good.
Turn on SC expecting the cheap webcam not to work. Go into the options in the menu without even going into the PU, and find FOIP in the options. I hit the calebrate option and there is my ugly mush with orange balls all over it. I use a dim desk light so I can seen the keyboard so there was just enough illumination for it to work unhindered. I pull a couple of faces and in the corner it says "Calibrate: True" so I assume that's calibrated.
Log into the verse and... yep, a working face.
I notice in the options view tracking or whatever it's called. Two options, seated only or allways. I select seated only. I pull faces all the way to my ship, note that the lip-sync is accurate, on my local machine at least. Sit down in the Vanguard and... Woah wait I can now look around the cockpit just by moving my head?
This has literally changed my gameplay. There were two bum-ends trolling outside of Olisar. An Arrow zips up and out of my field of view while firing at me. I just tilt my head back and see they have stopped not much further up, hit R for gimbal assist, lift my nose and open up on them. Badoooom.
The other ship was an Avenger. It's circling me but I can keep eyes on them as they zip round and around. They open fire so I swing the business end around and let rip. They survive the volley by hitting the reheats and cutting close past me. I look to my right and spin round seeing them well before I could have without view tracking. I line up and fire, inadvertently hitting my own boost. We close fast and collide, both dying.
I'm definately keeping view tracking on! The only thing that annoys me about it is when I look down at my keyboard to hit a specific key, the view track follows. Even if I glance for a micro-second but that's something to get used to I suppose.
If you have a web cam, give it a try, it might just surprise you.
Plug the cam in and being a windows device in a Win 10 computer it works right away.
So far so good.
Turn on SC expecting the cheap webcam not to work. Go into the options in the menu without even going into the PU, and find FOIP in the options. I hit the calebrate option and there is my ugly mush with orange balls all over it. I use a dim desk light so I can seen the keyboard so there was just enough illumination for it to work unhindered. I pull a couple of faces and in the corner it says "Calibrate: True" so I assume that's calibrated.
Log into the verse and... yep, a working face.
I notice in the options view tracking or whatever it's called. Two options, seated only or allways. I select seated only. I pull faces all the way to my ship, note that the lip-sync is accurate, on my local machine at least. Sit down in the Vanguard and... Woah wait I can now look around the cockpit just by moving my head?
This has literally changed my gameplay. There were two bum-ends trolling outside of Olisar. An Arrow zips up and out of my field of view while firing at me. I just tilt my head back and see they have stopped not much further up, hit R for gimbal assist, lift my nose and open up on them. Badoooom.
The other ship was an Avenger. It's circling me but I can keep eyes on them as they zip round and around. They open fire so I swing the business end around and let rip. They survive the volley by hitting the reheats and cutting close past me. I look to my right and spin round seeing them well before I could have without view tracking. I line up and fire, inadvertently hitting my own boost. We close fast and collide, both dying.
I'm definately keeping view tracking on! The only thing that annoys me about it is when I look down at my keyboard to hit a specific key, the view track follows. Even if I glance for a micro-second but that's something to get used to I suppose.
If you have a web cam, give it a try, it might just surprise you.
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