Luft Waffel Posted June 13, 2020 Posted June 13, 2020 I read the planned features list for early access from June last year, it said that the in-cockpit pilot body would come very soon but its a year later now and when I use RShift + P still nothing happens. Has this feature been cancelled or is it still planned? Idk anything about DCS development but surely they could just remove the head from the existing external pilot model and use the rest of that for the pilot body? 2
Airhunter Posted June 13, 2020 Posted June 13, 2020 It's planned but as everything else got delayed massively.
Crash * Posted August 29, 2022 Posted August 29, 2022 Have been patiently waiting for a pilot body for years. Is there any news? System Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, RX 6900 XT, 64GB RAM // Tobsen CM Kollektiv, VPC CM3 Throttle, VPC WarBRD Rudder Pedals, VPC T-50 CM2 + WarBRD Base VR: HP Reverb G2 Helis: UH-1H / KA-50 3 / Mi-8 / Mi-24P / SA-342 / AH-64D / OH 58D / CH-47F Jets: F-5E / F-14A/B / F/A-18C / MC-2000 / A-10C II / AV-8B / AJS 37 / MIG-21bis / F-16C / F-15E / F-4E Maps: Nevada / Persian Gulf / Normandie 2.0 / Syria / South Atlantic / Sina / Cold War Germany WWII: Spitfire / WWII Assets Pack Tech.: Combined Arms / NS430 / Supercarrier Waiting for: BO-105 / G.91R / Tornado IDS / Eurofighter
sushy73 Posted September 11, 2022 Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) Dear Heatblur . Please , when this will be possible officially. Edited September 11, 2022 by sushy73
Jafergon Posted September 14, 2022 Posted September 14, 2022 I think they mentioned recently this would finally come in the next big Tomcat update, but some more precise news would be greatly appreciated. 4
Crash * Posted October 25, 2022 Posted October 25, 2022 3 1 System Specs: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, RX 6900 XT, 64GB RAM // Tobsen CM Kollektiv, VPC CM3 Throttle, VPC WarBRD Rudder Pedals, VPC T-50 CM2 + WarBRD Base VR: HP Reverb G2 Helis: UH-1H / KA-50 3 / Mi-8 / Mi-24P / SA-342 / AH-64D / OH 58D / CH-47F Jets: F-5E / F-14A/B / F/A-18C / MC-2000 / A-10C II / AV-8B / AJS 37 / MIG-21bis / F-16C / F-15E / F-4E Maps: Nevada / Persian Gulf / Normandie 2.0 / Syria / South Atlantic / Sina / Cold War Germany WWII: Spitfire / WWII Assets Pack Tech.: Combined Arms / NS430 / Supercarrier Waiting for: BO-105 / G.91R / Tornado IDS / Eurofighter
bonesvf103 Posted October 25, 2022 Posted October 25, 2022 Haha with the "Damn Bugs" patch! v6, boNes 2 "Also, I would prefer a back seater over the extra gas any day. I would have 80 pounds of flesh to eat and a pair of glasses to start a fire." --F/A-18 Hornet pilot
westr Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) Not today and tomorrow I’m working all day till late looks good though. I wonder if there will be random hand movements or animations as discussed? Edited October 26, 2022 by westr 1 RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV
IronMike Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 2 hours ago, westr said: Not today and tomorrow I’m working all day till late looks good though. I wonder if there will be random hand movements or animations as discussed? Unfortunately not for the time being. We tried, but without IK it is nigh impossible to get it to look as we'd like, however this is something we will continue to keep on our radar and improve over time as possible. We had a great many things in mind, including hand signals, but all that will have to wait for now unfortunately. Thank you for your kind understanding. 3 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
westr Posted October 26, 2022 Posted October 26, 2022 1 hour ago, IronMike said: Unfortunately not for the time being. We tried, but without IK it is nigh impossible to get it to look as we'd like, however this is something we will continue to keep on our radar and improve over time as possible. We had a great many things in mind, including hand signals, but all that will have to wait for now unfortunately. Thank you for your kind understanding. It’s fine I’m just really happy to have a high quality pilot model for the F14 it will make a huge difference for my VR experience 4 RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV
Ala12Rv-Tundra Posted October 28, 2022 Posted October 28, 2022 the vr body looks and feels fantastic, thank you!! 1 i5 8400 | 32 Gb RAM | RTX 2080Ti | Virpil Mongoose T-50 base w/ Warthog & Hornet sticks | Warthog throttle | Cougar throttle USB | Orion 2 throttle base w/ Viper & Hornet grips| VKB T-Rudder Mk IV | Oculus Rift S | Buddy-Fox A-10 UFC | 2x TM MFDs & 1x WW DDI | 2x Bass shakers | SIMple SIMpit chair | WW TakeOff panel | Andre JetSeat | WW Hornet UFC | WW Viper ICP FC3 - Warthog - F-5E - Harrier - NTTR - Hornet - Tomcat - Huey - Viper - C-101 - PG - Hip - SuperCarrier - Syria - Warthog II - Hind - South Atlantic - Sinai - Strike Eagle - Phantom - Mirage F1 - Afghanistan - Irak
Raven (Elysian Angel) Posted October 28, 2022 Posted October 28, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said: the vr body looks and feels fantastic, thank you!! I second this! I am very happy! One minor nit-pick though: the pilot's feet don't move when the pedal brakes are activated. This looks a bit weird :P 1 Spoiler Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 96GB G.Skill Ripjaws M5 Neo DDR5-6000 | Asus ProArt RTX 4080 Super | ASUS ROG Strix X870E-E GAMING | Samsung 990Pro 2TB + 990Pro 4TB NMVe | VR: Varjo Aero VPC MT-50CM2 grip on VPForce Rhino with Z-curve extension | VPC CM3 throttle | VPC CP2 + 3 | FSSB R3L | VPC Rotor TCS Plus base with SharKa-50 grip | Everything mounted on Monstertech MFC-1 | VPC R1-Falcon pedals with damper | Pro Flight Trainer Puma OpenXR | PD 1.0 | 100% render resolution | DCS graphics settings Win11 Pro 24H2 - VBS/HAGS/Game Mode ON
Steel Jaw Posted October 28, 2022 Posted October 28, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 4:23 PM, westr said: It’s fine I’m just really happy to have a high quality pilot model for the F14 it will make a huge difference for my VR experience Fact "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
westr Posted October 29, 2022 Posted October 29, 2022 Flying the Tomcat feels so complete for me now. It’s amazing. Incredible how detailed PC flight simming has become. 1 RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV
draconus Posted October 30, 2022 Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) Thank you! I can finally experience proper pilot view. No more drone flying. I disabled the body for a moment... OMG! No! Empty cockpit! Bring back the pilot! I was silently hoping for some new tech (HB being them) wrt to switches obstructed by hands but not this time I guess. I did not find this being any problem in first hours. Edited October 30, 2022 by draconus Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
zaelu Posted October 30, 2022 Posted October 30, 2022 (edited) On 10/28/2022 at 7:43 PM, Raven (Elysian Angel) said: I second this! I am very happy! One minor nit-pick though: the pilot's feet don't move when the pedal brakes are activated. This looks a bit weird Time was too short or some file was lost just when uploading the update. Also the pilot body is twisted to the left in the chair... but... hey... it's free. Edited October 30, 2022 by zaelu [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
Cobra847 Posted October 31, 2022 Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) Thanks everyone! Further upgrades will come and of course we'll fix the pedal bug. The patches are rather inflexible right now so later on we'll try to add variations that can be triggered (e.g. triangle patches, etc.). Pilot wise, the next step is HGU-55 and equipable eyewear (sunglasses, et al.) with movable visors. On 10/30/2022 at 9:19 AM, draconus said: I was silently hoping for some new tech (HB being them) wrt to switches obstructed by hands We're working on this - but we are unable to do it presently due to a lack of engine-supported IK. Once added; we'll add animations for major movements (e.g. pulling gear handle, etc.) Quote Time was too short or some file was lost just when uploading the update. A decade of snark later... Quote Also the pilot body is twisted to the left in the chair... but... hey... it's free. This is the natural movement required when the throttle is at or close to idle in the F-14 and the hand is on the stick. It's low and far back in the cockpit relative to the pilot. The body would likely twist slightly to straight on when firewalling the throttle, but this is not possible to add due to a lack of IK (the stick hand would float off the stick if throttle based twist was added). Edited November 1, 2022 by Cobra847 2 2 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
zaelu Posted November 3, 2022 Posted November 3, 2022 On 10/31/2022 at 2:12 AM, Cobra847 said: A decade of snark later... It really was a decade? time really flies! It's not a big deal the twist but the body should actually resembles "our real body" in VR instead of the real life posture. For me at least it breaks the immersion a little when looking down at "it" in VR. Maybe an option in "special"? Also it seems need to lower the view and raise the seat (or viceversa?... I'm so old) to get a "realistic" perspective. Meaning the (invisible) head on the shoulders and then the HUD properly viewed on the windshield. Saving the default view doesn't seem to work on such extreme values (maybe). I can make a short video in Quest 2 if necessary. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] I5 4670k, 32GB, GTX 1070, Thrustmaster TFRP, G940 Throttle extremely modded with Bodnar 0836X and Bu0836A, Warthog Joystick with F-18 grip, Oculus Rift S - Almost all is made from gifts from friends, the most expensive parts at least
RustBelt Posted November 3, 2022 Posted November 3, 2022 So to be clear you want FULL BODY motion capture to be developed by Heatblur just from scratch?
Germane Posted November 4, 2022 Posted November 4, 2022 Am 31.10.2022 um 02:12 schrieb Cobra847: We're working on this - but we are unable to do it presently due to a lack of engine-supported IK. Once added; we'll add animations for major movements (e.g. pulling gear handle, etc.) Hey Cobra, what is "IK"? Is it planned to add it to the engine?
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