VR - Head Position casts shadows

[manmeet604]

It would be a great feature to have your helmet cast shadows in VR (or even in general, would be useful w/ IR Trackers)

I find myself leaning into the Datalink display of my SU33, trying to block the sun behind me with my head so I can read it, but it seems I don't have a head model!

I don't see this being too hard to implement..add a pilot head model in 1st person mode, at least just to cast the shadow. Seems shadows are already dynamically cast

It would add greatly to realism.

Step 2 would be to move the pilot model shoulders/upper body along with the head

 

[sirrah]

4 hours ago, manmeet604 said:

It would be a great feature to have your helmet cast shadows in VR (or even in general, would be useful w/ IR Trackers)

I find myself leaning into the Datalink display of my SU33, trying to block the sun behind me with my head so I can read it, but it seems I don't have a head model!

I don't see this being too hard to implement..add a pilot head model in 1st person mode, at least just to cast the shadow. Seems shadows are already dynamically cast

It would add greatly to realism.

Step 2 would be to move the pilot model shoulders/upper body along with the head

 

If I remember correctly, RAZBAM implemented this in the Harrier... But I could have just dreamed that... 

 

Anyways, it would for sure be a great feature. Not just luxury fancy graphics, but as you say, very helpful for MFD readability.

 

First step imho though, are actual first person pilot body models..... Tomcat, Viper, Black Shark, Warthog, Hind, Apache....  

Do the FC3 aircraft at all have pilot bodies? (can't remember as it has been ages since I last touched FC3)

[draconus]

On 4/19/2022 at 9:35 AM, sirrah said:

Do the FC3 aircraft at all have pilot bodies?

Su-27 and -25 afaik. But they're simple models - no whole body movement. Only HOTAS, legs on rudder pedals and head turning left/right.

This is not the first idea. To help with instrument reading cockpit shades and hand covering should be the first choice. And there were already wishes for that. Shadow of the pilot should be natural consequence of the in cockpit pilot model.

Edited April 21, 2022 by draconus