I got X-Plane 11 running well on Steam Deck! In fact, I even got it running along with my head tracking app SmoothTrack, thanks to an awesome X-Plane plugin...crazy stuff to have all this working so well without a full PC.

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  • headtrack

    Lightweight X-Plane plugin that uses SmoothTrack input to enables head tracking.

    • To get head tracking, install the HeadTrack plugin found here: https://github.com/amyinorbit/headtrack and connect SmoothTrack to it (it runs on port 4242 once you activate it in X-Plane)

  • opentrack

    Head tracking software for MS Windows, Linux, and Apple OSX

    • If you have a webcam you can get it going. Just need https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack and https://github.com/AIRLegend/aitrack

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  • aitrack

    6DoF Head tracking software

    • If you have a webcam you can get it going. Just need https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack and https://github.com/AIRLegend/aitrack

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