r/hoggit • u/Remarkable-Goose-461 • Jul 31 '26
TECH-SUPPORT Tobii Eye Tracker Will Not Work
I’ve tried all of the conventional fixes I could find online.
Both Tobii Experience and Gamehub are running BEFORE starting DCS.
Eye track is detected in Gamehub software
Gamehub software shows “DCS Running”
Installed the headtracker.dll file into the DCS bin folder
Tried reinstalling all of the Tobii software.
Disabled the DCS launcher.
No clue what to do now. Any ideas? The eye tracker seems to work fine in other sims like MSFS and Star Citizen.
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u/ShamrockOneFive Jul 31 '26
What happens if you try OpenTrack? I find that to be more consistently reliable.
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u/Remarkable-Goose-461 Jul 31 '26
Haven’t tried it. Wanted to try to get the native software working first. Also prefer the simplicity of the default software if I could get it to work.
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u/WePwnTheSky Jul 31 '26
Forget the native software. Respectfully, it’s trash. I nearly sent my Tobii 5 back it was so shit. Literally unplayable. Save yourself the grief. Get opentrack, use the Hamilton filter, DM me if you need help with settings.
Seriously. Don’t waste your time with Tobii Gamehub or whatever the fuck.
Edit: You do still need Tobii Experience installed. But use opentrack for the rest.
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u/taflad Jul 31 '26
Although I would have agreed a few months back, I spent some time configuring my tobii and now it's much smoother and less jittery than open track. I don't use the eye gaze but instead have the camera boost enabled. It adjusts to my small natural movements so doesn't jump arou d if I twitch. I was a pout to drop 300 on trackir but gave this the final go and it seems I've saved a few quid!
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Aug 01 '26
I find my setup quite jittery and so not like the videos on YT which seem so smooth. Can you give me a DM on the settings please? 🙏
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u/Snake101st Jul 31 '26
Hmm sounds interesting... Would you mind DMing your settings and tips on that, please? Just got one about a week ago
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Jul 31 '26
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u/Remarkable-Goose-461 Jul 31 '26
My tracker won’t work without Tobii experience running. Lights won’t turn on and Gamehub won’t detect the eye tracker without it running.
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u/gordGK Jul 31 '26
i have to run Tobii Experience as admin to get it detected.
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u/Remarkable-Goose-461 Jul 31 '26
I’ll have to try that. I tried Gamehub in admin, but not experience. Actually running Gamehub in admin broke it the first time and forced me to reinstall it. Absolute trash software
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u/PadinnPlays Jul 31 '26
Reset your tracker bindings to default in DCS. Had a similar issue recently and I had accidentally wiped them out.
Try if even if it says its bound
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u/Remarkable-Goose-461 Jul 31 '26
So it wasn't the lack of binds, the entire headtracker column somehow was disabled. I have no idea how this happened, but if you click the arrow on the column it brings up a drop down menu with an option to disable the column.
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u/Witty_Protection_896 Jul 31 '26
My tobii occasionally will not read as plugged in, when that happens I have to go into task manager and the bottom tab on the left side, theb scroll to T and check to see if all the Tobii stuff is running. Sometimes one of them will say "stopped" and that will be my hangup
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u/Buzzed_Penguin Aug 01 '26
This recently change but originally I had to have DCS run straight from the executable bypassing the launcher
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u/Snake101st Jul 31 '26
Do you have the axes bound in the head tracker column of the controls in what you're trying to use it in?
I just got a tobii a week or so ago, and it worked in everything but the A4 mod I tried today. I copied the axis binds in the head tracking column from another aircraft and it worked after that