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X-Plane 12

HeadTrack works with the X-Plane 12 game. Here you can find how to set this up.

Set up HeadTrack

Input

First make sure the input is working. You can use any of the available inputs. If you can see a working preview, continue with the next step.

FreeTrack game output

You can use the FreeTrack output with X-Plane 12.

  1. Open HeadTrack.
  2. Set output to FreeTrack.

X-Plane game output

The X-Plane output option within HeadTrack can also be used.

  1. Open HeadTrack.
  2. Set game output to X-Plane.
  3. Press the HeadTrackXPlane.xpl button.
  4. Copy the HeadTrackXPlane.xpl file to /Resources/plugins folder of your X-Plane installation.

Set up X-Plane 12

Now that HeadTrack is configured properly, see below how to configure your game.

  1. Open X-Plane 12
  2. Go to settings, "VR and Head Tracking", and enable "Enable TrackIR/TrackHat/Beam Eye Tracker".
  3. Head tracking should now work in X-Plane 12. If not, please let us know.

Tweak HeadTrack settings

To improve head tracking, you can customise the settings in HeadTrack. For example, change the smoothing, sensitivity, or create a custom curve.

HeadTrack is not affiliated with X-Plane 12, TrackIR, TrackHat, Beam Eye Tracker.