For Custom Program Development; Common Issues And Tips - Novint Falcon Quick Start Manual

to play our native Full 3D Touch Games. F-Gen should not be running when playing our Full 3D Touch Games or
running our Falcon Tutorial or running a custom developed application. Download the F-Gen program from our
download page (http://www.novint.com/index.php/support/downloads). As with driver installation program and
Falcon tutorial program ... please install F-Gen with administrator privileges and we still highly recommend
temporarily disabling you anti-virus/security software during the installation process. You should also always run
the F-Gen program using administrator privileges. Please see our website for the available game titles:
http://www.novint.com/index.php/store/3d-touch-games--add-ons/4.

For custom program development

http://www.novint.com/index.php/support/downloads. As with driver installation program and Falcon tutorial
program ... please install Novint SDK with administrator privileges and we still highly recommend temporarily
disabling you anti-virus/security software during the installation process. The Novint SDK is a Windows platform,
C++ language, force command based SDK which comes with documentation and code examples.
Please Note: If you install our Novint SDK and want to play games or run our Falcon Tutorial you will need to
change the NOVINT_DEVICE_SUPPORT environment variable according to what you are doing. You can use the
NDSetter program included with the Novint SDK to change the NOVINT_DEVICE_SUPPORT environment variable
accordingly. Please run the NDSetter program using administrator privileges. When playing games the
NOVINT_DEVICE_SUPPORT environment variable should be set to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Novint\Falcon\HDAL.
When developing your custom application or running them NOVINT_DEVICE_SUPPORT environment variable should
be set to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Novint\HDAL_SDK_2.1.3
Support
Please direct your questions to us directly via support@novint.com.

Common Issues and Tips

Note: both USB connections and power connections must be properly seated for Falcon to
function correctly.
If the light on the front of the Falcon is red after starting you game or application ... please pull
the Falcon Grip all the way out towards you and push the Falcon Grip all the way in up against the Falcon
Body three times for the calibration of the Falcon to occur. The aforementioned calibration procedure
also enables forces (which are not active when Falcon light is red) and turns light on the front of the Falcon
to blue.
If your computer is having a hard time connecting to or finding the Falcon, make sure to use a
USB port directly on your computer (preferably on the back of your computer) and make sure that you are
not connected through a USB hub.
When Playing Online First Person Shooter games competitively, we highly recommend that people
use the default settings for controlling aiming and turning while learning the Falcon's control scheme. After
you have about 10 hours under your belt, then you can start tuning settings for more performance. We've
found that most users are comfortable with navigation within an hour, and as proficient as they were with
the
mouse after about 20-40 hours of play. After that, most of our users report that they can
actually surpass their mouse based skills in FPS games.
you will want download our Novint SDK from our download page