Black Shark - a new level of switchology

[urze]

sheesh, I like your tripple head setup Urze..have you tried it angled and with 1:1 TIR ?

yes, of course- no problems. Here is the magic behind it: http://video.google.de/videoplay?docid=-5164540272027922948

But lets go back to topic now. (when we will have a tech discussion forum here I have many more things to show... :music_whistling:)

[leafer]

You tossed that TIR like a cockraoch. :D Also, that "art of the kill" video is priceless.

 

Thanks

[leafer]

when we will have a tech discussion forum here I have many more things to show... :music_whistling:)

 

Mods, we really need that off-topic forum. Please...

[VS461]

Switchology?

 

Hi evyone!

Last conclusion was: in combat or in a free flight we don't use the most part of the switches. It is OK. I have a few experience with real Mi-24s. I read a magazine article about the Hind's cockpit: "...there are switches, buttons, instruments everywhere, even behind the pilot as well..." or something that. It is true, but after taking off, the pilot doesn't badger the 90% of these. During the flight he (or she!) manages the radios, GPS, the autopilot and/or the weapon system, these are only 15-20 switches and buttons on 2-3 designated panels. For example, before an attack run, the pilot configures the final navigation, chooses the weapon and its mode at a rally point during a holding or a hover; then go!

But the main difference is that Mi-24s, AH-64s, Ka-52s, Mi-28s etc. are two-seat helos. Ka-50 is maybe a mistake from Kamov Design Bureau: nowadays it's impossible to manage the helo, the weapons, the navigation, the enemy, the target and the terrain (and so on...) for one person at extremely low level and at 280 kph. Even the Comanche was planned as a two-seater. I think voice command, helmet display, fully integrated AI avionics and so on... are needed for a one-seater combat helo. Or a Cyberdyne 101 Series 800 in the front seat :). Now it's a hard teamwork in real flights.

Don't get me wrong, I will REALLY njoy Black Shark: everyone has a bit of individualism instead of a hard teamwork... But the most realistic combat helo sim will be the AH-64 in two-seat multiplayer mode (if it will be possible).

THX for attention.

 

BTW, large touch pad instead of a Touch Buddy screen? Or there are no large touch pads?

[Triggerhappy69]

Why think so small?

-Ok start with it as a middle monitor but than expand:

_______...__________... _______

I...........I I................I I...........I

I...4:3....I I......8:5.....I I....4:3...I

I_______I I__________I I_______I

 

Look this vid:at 3:10

It is right now possible to manage three monitors with different aspect ratio and also merged their borders in DX.

 

 

I just LOVE the music playing in the background mate..! :thumbup:

 

I went all ZEN halfways into the How-To video last friday, and came to myself today wondering waht the hell happened.. Damn I gotta call my office..!

[aledmb]

...How realistic is it to have to duck your head down and move in

close with TrackIR just to reach something the real pilot would

just reach out and touch?...

 

hi RedTiger,

 

i'm sorry, but i think the 6DOF clickable cockpit is certainly one

of the best things that happened in flight simulation in the last

years.

 

what happens is that certain technologies (touchscreens,

HOTAS controllers, etc.) are still too expensive for us gamers.

 

i'm approaching this with a mix of head tracking (to turn my

head in the direction of the switch i need) and a knob on my

hotas to zoom in/out. works fine after some practice.

 

cheers!