Author Topic: cockpit, where art thou? (Read 48960 times)

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #60 on:** December 29, 2007, 11:24:11 pm

Finally found a somewhat usable body texture... it's Boba Fett from here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=132559 I pulled the texture out of the package and luckily it worked directly onto the body mesh.

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #61 on:** February 15, 2009, 05:16:08 am

Bring out your dead... bring out your dead.....

Took me a while to find this darn thread, it's over a year old...

Snail · **Reply #62 on:** February 15, 2009, 05:18:18 am

Headless

Dilmah G · **Reply #63 on:** February 15, 2009, 07:07:40 am

Well out of curiosity, what's the status on the cockpits? They looked pretty sweet

Herra Tohtori · **Reply #64 on:** February 15, 2009, 07:17:55 am

Why is the position of throttle and stick mirrored from normal layout?

Most people would likely prefer a layout where the stick is on right hand and throttle on left hand... I could understand that likely these components would be made interchangeable for leftie pilots, but I don't know if that should be reflected in the cockpit model detail...

SypheDMar · **Reply #65 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:50:53 am

*is left-handed*

I don't think it really matters that much. Of course, if it could easily be mirrored to suit the majority's needs, then I suppose it should.

aRaven · **Reply #66 on:** February 15, 2009, 10:01:02 am

that looks sweet!

somebody should work on working instruments...this is essential for Diaspora and FotG!

Somebody start a X-Wing Cockpit

Commander Zane · **Reply #67 on:** February 15, 2009, 12:09:31 pm

Wow, I just noticed this thread...
Why hasn't any of it been done yet? (I know Scooby has cockpits on his ships already)

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #68 on:** February 15, 2009, 07:33:28 pm

Quote from: SypheDMar on February 15, 2009, 09:50:53 am

*is left-handed*

I don't think it really matters that much. Of course, if it could easily be mirrored to suit the majority's needs, then I suppose it should.

* Scooby_Doo rasies left hand too

Although I'd probably fly it with my right hand.

Quote from: Commander Zane on February 15, 2009, 12:09:31 pm

Wow, I just noticed this thread...
Why hasn't any of it been done yet? (I know Scooby has cockpits on his ships already)

We're still waiting for cockpits to be finalized, currently no hud support is there (hud on display panels).
Also my cockpits on the existing ships are low-res and fugly compared to this.

The current model sit around 3,500 polys (over 1,000 for the pilot, without optimizations).

Commander Zane · **Reply #69 on:** February 15, 2009, 07:47:42 pm

True, but they're there and don't need manual eyepoint editing.

SypheDMar · **Reply #70 on:** February 15, 2009, 09:41:47 pm

Quote from: Scooby_Doo on February 15, 2009, 07:33:28 pm

* Scooby_Doo rasies left hand too Although I'd probably fly it with my right hand.

I used to use only my right hand for movement, until I started using the mouse for my right hand. I didn't want to sacrifice accuracy, but I also don't want to continuously roll my mouse back. So instead, I inverted the mouse buttons and moved it to the left side of my PC. From then on, I used my right hand to make wide movements while my left is used for making precise movements. I changed the layout so that managing everything became so much more convenient. It also made me realize that FreeSpace's default configuration is a bit inefficient when I can equalize shields, control speed, change primaries/secondaries, and launch countermeasures with just the keypad.

Quick Mock-up:

http://img23.imageshack.us/my.php?image=qwertyru7.png

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #71 on:** February 15, 2009, 10:23:27 pm

Does anyone know how to flip a Max Biped around? I.e. have the left hand posed what the right hand is, and visa versa?

TomJeffersonJones · **Reply #72 on:** February 20, 2009, 11:43:10 am

Quote from: Scooby_Doo on February 15, 2009, 07:33:28 pm

We're still waiting for cockpits to be finalized, currently no hud support is there (hud on display panels).
Also my cockpits on the existing ships are low-res and fugly compared to this.

The current model sit around 3,500 polys (over 1,000 for the pilot, without optimizations).

Your work on this issue is amazing scooby, - have you ever considered just realising the pit without HUD support? having the HUD float on top of a 3-D cockpit has never bothered me in Xwing Alliance...some of the XWAUP's new cockpits are incredibly imposing, and make the HUD very hard to read, but I love em just the same for the sense of scale and character they lend. I actually like having large portions of my view obscured, just feels 'right' and very cozy or something....

Just having a nicely detailed 3d structure in the game would look lovely with the smooth view slewing and padlocking in current builds. HUD support or no.

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #73 on:** February 20, 2009, 06:01:35 pm

Actually what I would really like to see is have a helmet hud and a panel hud. Helmet hud would very similar to what is currently in use, but also have the ability to look down at the controls.

Aardwolf · **Reply #74 on:** February 20, 2009, 08:54:57 pm

Looks neat. I wonder if you could use vertex shaders to make the arms move as he pushes on the joystick or whatnot ... wouldn't be quite right for other buttons tho.

Dilmah G · **Reply #75 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:11:02 pm

Quote from: Scooby_Doo on February 20, 2009, 06:01:35 pm

Actually what I would really like to see is have a helmet hud and a panel hud. Helmet hud would very similar to what is currently in use, but also have the ability to look down at the controls.

I knoe that there will no doubt be helmet HUD tech in the next decade, but I've never seen any canon evidence of the GTVA using helmet mounted HUD displays, unless the visor that most pilots have up is a HUD display.

Nemesis6 · **Reply #76 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:13:42 pm

Quote from: Aardwolf on February 20, 2009, 08:54:57 pm

vertex shaders to make the arms move

ehhhhh.......

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #77 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:35:34 pm

Dilmah G · **Reply #78 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:40:47 pm

O
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ILY ILY ILY!

Please tell me that isn't photoshopped

Scooby_Doo · **Reply #79 on:** February 20, 2009, 10:25:25 pm

Only thing pseudo-photoshopped is the hud displays, and even that is part of the rendering.

I'm trying to make several different canopy frame styles, so I can easily match it to whatever my current fighter I'm working on is. Just need to work on the backboard for those fighters with full 180 views.

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