Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition (Linux)

LookPilot configuration

FSX’s native head-tracking path is SimConnect (see OpenTrack setup with LookPilot and Beam Eye Tracker’s FSX: Steam Edition guide). That stack is aimed at Windows; under Wine/Proton it is often unreliable or impractical.

Do not use the auto protocol here—it assumes FreeTrack-style integration, which does not match how FSX consumes external view pose. freetrack (Wine) is likewise not a useful route for FSX with LookPilot.

Practical approach on Linux: drive the camera with a virtual joystick instead (same idea as in the generic Virtual joystick section):

1. Set protocol to virtual joystick
2. In Tracking settings, open each axis tab and use Mapping to choose which joystick axes carry yaw, pitch, and any other motion you want (see the linked guide above)
3. Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition from Steam (or your runner)
4. Click Start tracking

Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition setup

In FSX Settings → Controls, assign pan / tilt (or cockpit view) to the virtual joystick axes you mapped. Prefer absolute (non-relative) behavior where the sim offers it so the view stays aligned with your head pose.

For full SimConnect-based behavior, use FSX on Windows: the Windows guide for LookPilot + opentrack, and opentrack’s SimConnect protocol documentation for SimConnect setup. Steam install paths for the SDK are in opentrack’s SimConnect FSX SDK for Steam edition wiki page.