Seeing other client's pilot walking around in MP

[Sickdog]

Didn't see much when I searched for this topic, and I know plenty on here will say it's useless or better time could be spent by ED fixing and creating many other features, but I'd be curious if anyone knows how hard this would be to implement if say the community as a whole supported the idea. I'm no expert but seems like it shouldn't be that hard.

 

I think it'd be pretty awesome to be able to see MP client's pilots walking around when they're controlling them, as of right now I believe the ejected pilot is just a static model that stands up right where they landed, you can't see them moving around at all. I know it's more for just "having fun" but I've been in so many situations with friends over the years where we wished we could have this feature.

[Emmy]

You can move an ejected pilot via joystick and pedals.

[Sickdog]

You can move an ejected pilot via joystick and pedals.

 

 

I know that. I'm talking about seeing other pilots walking around when in Multiplayer. If you and I were in a server, we both eject near each other, I only see your pilot standing still even if you're walking around using your joystick and pedals, and you're seeing my pilot standing still when I'm moving around using my joystick and pedals. I'm saying it would be cool if we could see each other walking around in multiplayer, not just static pilots standing still. Make sense?

[Northstar98]

+1

[Buzzles]

Would be nice, especially if ED ever get around to implementing SaR operations.

[BlackLibrary]

+1

 

"get me a huey here to bring me back "

[Blackjack_UK]

Once you extend that logic you could walk your pilot to the pickup point, have him hide in the trees while bad guys are around, the list is almost endless. And the ultimate penalty for getting shot down, too - having to stay in place until recovered, unable to respawn (if the server is set that way)

[Montes]

+1

[Evoman]

A similar thread was started before but it was more to be able to walk out to your aircraft and do walk-around inspection then finally climbing into the cockpit for a more realistic and immersive experience.

This feature would be awesome on the Super Carrier where you can go from the biffing room to your jet.

[Sickdog]

Is it ok to bump my own thread 2 years later? Well, I don't care if it breaks protocol, I'm bumping!

I've talked with a lot of people that would like this, and now with the blackhawk mod it's even more desired for CSAR! Please ED, how hard is it to see each other walk around in MP? Weird thing is TacView is picking up MP ejected pilots walking in my dedicated server, so seems like it's just disabled for clients. Any ED guys seeing this have any comments? Just tell me no way if that's the case... and I won't bump again.