UltraMFCD for DCS 1.5/2.0

[Sgt_Baker]

Thing of beauty... I feel like a kid anticipating that they are going to get what they want Christmas...

 

I do recognize that you didn't say it will be ready by Christmas... That doesn't stop me from being giddy.

 

Well... I could release it tomorrow, but I'd feel kinda dirty doing so knowing where/what the bugs are. :)

[Dachs]

Looking good :-)

Out of curiosity, do you have any plans for the F15C TEWS and MFD? Thought I read something about it somewhere, but I could have been just daydreaming..?

[Sgt_Baker]

Looking good :-)

Out of curiosity, do you have any plans for the F15C TEWS and MFD? Thought I read something about it somewhere, but I could have been just daydreaming..?

 

Absoutely!

 

Those plans were on hold has a result of knowing that the entire "internal engine" of uMFCD would require rewriting for the DirectX 11 of DCS 1.5+. I did, however, perform some of the preliminary work required to support the F-15 (and other FC3 aircraft) back on DCS 1.2.

 

Here's a pic of the F-15's displays isolated, but not transformed back to the screen-plane:

 

[Einherjer]

Very nice! So can we expect that umfcd works with every plane in the future?

[Sgt_Baker]

Very nice! So can we expect that umfcd works with every plane in the future?

 

Exactly that, yes.

[qmaster312]

Will we get network support in the feature? It would be cool te export the CDU to a windows tablet.

[Sgt_Baker]

Will we get network support in the feature? It would be cool te export the CDU to a windows tablet.

 

Yes. The plan is to introduce said support to Windows, Android and iOS in that order. Why iOS last, you may ask. I've worked on iOS apps in the past, and it was... erm... I don't like corporations telling me what to do and how to do it, while paying for the privilege. :D

[luke88]

Can't wait to try the HUD export once it's available! Love the idea of having a separate heads up display in front of a projector image of the outside world.

[Sgt_Baker]

Can't wait to try the HUD export once it's available! Love the idea of having a separate heads up display in front of a projector image of the outside world.

 

...including the upside-down rendering, should you be using a reflector.

[luke88]

Nice!

[Boberro]

 

:D

[Dachs]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Einherjer

Very nice! So can we expect that umfcd works with every plane in the future?

Exactly that, yes.

 

:cheer3nc::beer::cheer3nc::love::drunk::yay::cheer3nc:

 

Ouh, ehrm, whoopsie, lost it there for a moment :D

Edited December 21, 2015 by Dachs

[Sgt_Baker]

 

:D

 

What the? How did you get that picture? WHERE'S THE DAMN CAMERA HIDDEN???!!!

[Greekbull]

So excited for this to release:D and of course to get Baker some well earned $(actually £ lol) for his awesome work!

[0414 Wee Neal]

hud export A10c

 

Hi

for a brief moment I got very excited about exporting a Hud image; i even poured a sweet sherry in celebration! Then i though it may have been a dream? Is it true old bean that you are working on an exportable hud for the A10c? Sherry is on ice in case!

 

Neal, in wet blighty

[Sgt_Baker]

Hi

for a brief moment I got very excited about exporting a Hud image; i even poured a sweet sherry in celebration! Then i though it may have been a dream? Is it true old bean that you are working on an exportable hud for the A10c? Sherry is on ice in case!

 

Neal, in wet blighty

 

Fancy that, old chap! What what, eh?

 

It is true that there "are plans" to export the HUD. By "plans" I mean it's something already achieved internally. This bring me conveniently to some of the differences between UltraMFCD 1.0 and UltraMFCD 2.0.

 

In uMFCD 1.0, if there happened to be a multi-colour HUD... hard cheese! Due to optimisations required when transferring data from the graphics card to the CPU and back to the graphics card, under DirectX 9, all "green" displays were internally treated as one colour.

 

One of the great advantages of the new DX11 stuff is that everything can be transferred "as seen".

 

While this might not appear immediately relevant, HUDs and HMDs have been multi-colour for years.

 

:)

[dissignator]

Is it possible for you to script a zoom / binocular for VR users ? :-)

[0414 Wee Neal]

Hi

thanks for the quick reply! I have previously tried exporting Hud as per PeterP long ago post, this worked ish but the 'mare' was trying to align with an external projected view (3 ceiling mounted projectors), I am assuming that I will still have this conundrum with UltraMFCD?

 

Very much looking forward to your release date.

 

Neal

[LtCondor]

Could you tell me where I need to put this zip and where It needs to be extracted to? I havent found clear documentation on this

[Sgt_Baker]

Hi

thanks for the quick reply! I have previously tried exporting Hud as per PeterP long ago post, this worked ish but the 'mare' was trying to align with an external projected view (3 ceiling mounted projectors), I am assuming that I will still have this conundrum with UltraMFCD?

 

Very much looking forward to your release date.

 

Neal

 

That very much depends on the methods you were using in your attempts to "align". Given that you're likely not using something along the lines of a Holographic Optical Element, parallax-awkwardness in any "home style" setups will probably always be slightly noticeable, if not catastrophically so.

 

I can certainly provide mechanisms suited for HUD calibration with uMFCD, but not without knowing precisely which alignment problems are most prevalent.

Edited December 24, 2015 by Sgt_Baker

[Sgt_Baker]

Could you tell me where I need to put this zip and where It needs to be extracted to? I havent found clear documentation on this

 

UltraMFCD for DCS 1.5/2.0 hasn't been released yet. When it /is/ released, you can extract the zip anywhere you please. In order to make UltraMFCD "do its thing", all you need do is run the EXE: uMFCD takes care of the rest.

[Sgt_Baker]

Is it possible for you to script a zoom / binocular for VR users ? :-)

 

I don't have a VR headset. What are you asking for, specifically?

[0414 Wee Neal]

That very much depends on the methods you were using in your attempts to "align". Given that you're likely not using something along the lines of a Holographic Optical Element, parallax-awkwardness in any "home style" setups will probably always be slightly noticeable, if not catastrophically so.

 

I can certainly provide mechanisms suited for HUD calibration with uMFCD, but not without knowing precisely which alignment problems are most prevalent.

 

Hi

 

I was using the very technical small pencil cross on the projector screen to mark the vanilla location and then aligning the projected hud image with the pencil cross. The projected hud was a pico projector onto a surface reflective glass, this was not brilliant as the resolution was not great.

 

Neal

[Sgt_Baker]

Hi

 

I was using the very technical small pencil cross on the projector screen to mark the vanilla location and then aligning the projected hud image with the pencil cross. The projected hud was a pico projector onto a surface reflective glass, this was not brilliant as the resolution was not great.

 

Neal

 

I can see why things might not have been ideal under such a setup. As it so happens an important part of my background is in making novel displays for the military (surprise surprise!), so if you'd like to discuss physical HUD configurations at some point, I'm all ears.

 

:)

[majapahit]

Any chance to be able to export MFD's together with its OSB's (to separate screen)

 

so OSB's are accessible with either a mouse or through my touchscreen capability.

 

Same would apply of course for any dial or knob for any other exportable instrument. So that the functionality of dialling-in the modes of any such instrument is exported with it. As the present existing CDU can be considered to be able to do so already.

 

That would be great.