App Settings

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App Settings

This guide covers all the application settings in LookPilot, organized by category. These settings affect how the application behaves and are separate from your tracking presets.

Camera Settings

Camera settings configure your webcam and are found in Settings > Camera.

Camera Selection

  • Select camera: Choose from available webcams
  • Reload button (⟲): Refresh the list of available cameras
  • None selected: Shows "No camera" until you select one

Camera Configuration

  • Resolution: Choose camera resolution (e.g., 1280x720, 1920x1080)

    • Higher resolutions provide better tracking quality but use more system resources and may run at lower FPS
    • 1280x720 is recommended for most setups
    • 640x480 for lower-end systems
    • 1920x1080 for high-end systems with powerful computers (may reduce camera FPS)

  • Mirror camera: Flip the camera preview horizontally

    • Enable if you prefer the preview to match a mirror view
    • Does not affect tracking quality, only preview appearance

Camera Tips

  • Position the camera at eye level for best tracking
  • Ensure good lighting on your face
  • Minimize background movement and reflections
  • USB 3.0 cameras generally provide better performance than USB 2.0

Interface Settings

Interface settings control the application's appearance and behavior, found in Settings > Interface.

Language

  • Application language: Choose your preferred interface language
  • Available languages: Depends on community translations
  • Restart required: Language changes take effect after restarting LookPilot

Keybinds Settings

Keybind settings configure global hotkeys, found in Settings > Keybinds.

System Keybinds

Center Tracking

  • Default: Ctrl+Space
  • Function: Resets your current head position as the neutral center
  • Usage: Press when you're in your normal sitting position to recalibrate

Toggle Tracking

  • Default: Not assigned
  • Function: Starts or stops head tracking
  • Usage: Quick way to enable/disable tracking without opening the interface

Setting Keybinds

  1. Click in the keybind field next to the action
  2. Press the desired key combination
  3. The keybind is automatically saved
  4. To clear a keybind, press the clear button (if available) or delete key

Keybind Guidelines

Good keybind choices:

  • Combinations with Ctrl, Alt, or Shift (e.g., Ctrl+Space, Alt+F1)
  • Function keys (F1-F12) if not used by games
  • Numeric keypad keys (if available)

Avoid:

  • Single letters or numbers that games might use
  • Common shortcuts (Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Alt+Tab)
  • Keys that games commonly bind to important functions

Preset Keybinds

Individual preset keybinds are configured in the preset management window, not in the keybinds settings. See the Presets guide for details.

Performance Settings

Performance settings optimize LookPilot for your system, found in Settings > Performance.

Tracking FPS Limit

  • Range: 5-240 FPS
  • Default: 20 FPS
  • Lower values: Reduce CPU usage but may impact smoothness
  • Higher values: Smoother tracking but use more system resources
  • Function: Limits the processing frequency of the tracking pipeline
  • Note: Actual tracking FPS is also limited by your camera's FPS capabilities

GPU Acceleration

  • Use GPU acceleration: Enable hardware acceleration for processing
  • Default: Disabled (uses CPU processing)
  • Function: Offloads parts of the tracking pipeline to the GPU
  • Benefits: Can significantly improve performance on most systems
  • Note: GPU acceleration requirements and performance vary by system

Performance Tips

  • Close unnecessary applications while using LookPilot
  • Ensure adequate lighting to reduce processing requirements
  • Use appropriate camera resolution for your system capabilities
  • Monitor system temperature and performance during extended use

Privacy Settings

Privacy settings control data collection, found in Settings > Privacy.

Send Usage Statistics

  • Default: Enabled
  • Function: Helps improve the app by sending anonymous usage data

Send Gaze Data

  • Default: Disabled
  • Function: Helps improve eye tracking models by sending anonymized gaze data

For additional troubleshooting, see the Troubleshooting guide.