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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:28 am
by ramon
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:10 am
by ClymAngus
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:00 pm
by ClymAngus
I'm resurecting this tread, Why? Because I think making something that invades reality is way cool. Also I've found some more specialist websites who do the same sort of thing.
http://orbiter-forum.com/
But more specifically:
http://orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?t=4816
If you read nothing else here, then read this thread.
Is there any chance of a sticky? Or is this a little bit obscure?
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 4:52 pm
by 0235
holy moley, that would be amazing, a whole Cockpit and different ones for different ships!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:32 pm
by treczoks
No, I haven't: Not available in my country due to copyright restrictions.
Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:53 pm
by Kaks
Weird, it's the video from a hobbyist who actually built a working one of these
http://ptyxiouxos.net//greekbotics/user ... ulator.htm
which I wouldn't have thought came with copyright restrictions...
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:25 am
by ramon
treczoks wrote:
No, I haven't: Not available in my country due to copyright restrictions.
Maybe something to do with the music he used on the video? (Danger Zone from Top Gun)
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:54 pm
by ClymAngus
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:50 pm
by Kaiserspike
Presti, your set up is class,well done!
LOVE the controls and the look has that suitably retro feel.
The only problem is the monitor!
I've just gotten myself a digital projector,
A 2 and 1/2 meter screen is the only way to hurtle thru the space lanes!
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 3:05 pm
by Rebecca
you guys take this too seriously...
...but its cool !
B
Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 11:10 pm
by _ds_
Rebecca wrote:you guys take this too seriously... it's just a game.
<stir>
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 5:06 pm
by ClymAngus
Well if you can't go OTT over a hobby then what can you go OTT over?
To be honest if I could set up a system that made me feel like I was floating in space by simply having cockpit like tech a good bucket seat and a full vision screen (at a price that won't stop my daughter going to college) then hell, I'm there.
As for "only a game", well so is (given a long enough time line) pretty much everything really. To be honest apathy kills anything so the spark of enthusiasm in any creative venture is (in the most part) to be recognized and cheered on.
Most of us cannot fly around space yet, so we dream.
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 6:18 pm
by Screet
ClymAngus wrote:To be honest if I could set up a system that made me feel like I was floating in space by simply having cockpit like tech a good bucket seat and a full vision screen (at a price that won't stop my daughter going to college) then hell, I'm there.
I sometimes still dream of my visit to some research lab around 15 years ago. Not only that they had a 3d room (you could look anywhere freely and have the proper 3d image there, pretty much like the control room of a Minbari cruiser!) but they also did have a chair that would move with 4g acceleration according to the computers calculations. The demo was a rollercoaster (the subject had glasses with internal LCD display) which was pretty much fun, but just imagine that thing for a flight simulator (might be good that it's not supporting as many g as a fighter plane, or the player might really get red/black out).
Screet
Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:37 pm
by ClymAngus
Re: The best way to play oolite!
Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 2:44 pm
by ClymAngus
Ok I'm rezzing this thread. More as a reference really so I can look it up when I'm building my "setup".
Daddy hoggy might be more into this one than others but:
I have been looking into the entire cockpit computer system. Found some people who do military control systems;
They do usb too:
http://www.globalspec.com/supplier/prof ... Scientific
http://www.chproducts.com/oem/hg_series_iv.html
