VanZeb Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 Hi! I’m one of the pit builders of a complete F18 pit to use with DCS. I have a 270 degree screen with triple projectors. I have a wish for an additional cockpit view for us to increase immersion and make aereal refueling possible without switching views. Showing hud only works ok most of the time, but there is stuff missing like being able to see the wings and exterior fuselage. This is mostly an issue of immersion, but there is one situation where it doesn’t work; Aereal refueling. The only way to see the probe is to use the virtual cockpit. My request is a virtual cockpit view that displays the exterior of the fuselage, no cockpit, no canopy, no canopy frame, just a black inside. Then immersion would be awesome for us pitbuilders. In Falcon BMS there is this option, but it’s the wrong airplane... 1
cfrag Posted June 25, 2021 Posted June 25, 2021 This is probably not helping much - but since you seem to be able to invest heavily enough into sim pits to be able to drive three screens and (probably) other expensive hardware: you may want to try VR. Immersion in VR can't be beat by sim pits, and it's cheaper in the long run as it supports "any" cockpit, not just the one you are (mayhaps) replicating. I was in the process of building my A-10 pit when I stumbled on VR. It has helped me to get immeasurably more out of DCS than I ever imagined, with multiple planes and helicopters. 2 1
VanZeb Posted June 26, 2021 Author Posted June 26, 2021 15 hours ago, cfrag said: This is probably not helping much - but since you seem to be able to invest heavily enough into sim pits to be able to drive three screens and (probably) other expensive hardware: you may want to try VR. Immersion in VR can't be beat by sim pits, and it's cheaper in the long run as it supports "any" cockpit, not just the one you are (mayhaps) replicating. I was in the process of building my A-10 pit when I stumbled on VR. It has helped me to get immeasurably more out of DCS than I ever imagined, with multiple planes and helicopters. Thx for the reply. I have VR and I think it’s awesome. But building stuff is a hobby of mine, so the pit will get built. I will try to combine VR with the pit as well, and have seen YouTube videos where the combination is successful. I am actually also building an F-16 pit which is 70% complete at this time.
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