Say… how far on the dark side of the moon am I living if I never heard about this streamer before? xD
I had a bad feeling about this but it somehow worked out.
Yes, the monitor is a separate entity but some of the buttons at the bottom are used to control it's OSD menu. It's not a touchscreen because it's salvaged from a very old laptop (and I despise touchscreens :D). It's software is a home brew React app basically as described for the old version here: https://simpit.dev/version-1/mfd-software/
I have a list for the buttons yes. All buttons are connected. I'm working on a write-up of the wiring. Some can not be read by ED due to button limits. I work around this by remapping them to keyboard presses (AntiMicroX). It's really so much that I can hardly showcase all in one little video 🤓 Some are currently not even in use and are crammed below the contraption. There's also a total of 17 status indicators which can display various states. That's a NeoPixel so it can be extended if needed. It's all driven and organized by an Arduino Mega. It's daemon is a Rust program that also raises a virtual joystick with the system.
Thanks :-)
Heh, yeah I'm like that too: "oooh buttons" 🤓 It's completely homebrew beside the X52 Pro. Some parts are salvaged form old electronics. What part interests you most? I wrote some details here before: https://SimPit.dev/version-2/
o7 CMDRs, made a tiny demo video show-casing the SimPit in Elite Dangerous 🙃
Pick your poison:
https://tube.tchncs.de/w/1nokGf66oWj34EdMvxYbSn / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXofGR4GRLk
Just slaughtering pirates (wasn't in the cockpit for months) but you get to see it from a first person perspective this time because I strapped the camera to my headphones 🙃
As an avid[1] X4 Foundations player I'm more than happy that I stumbled over @egosoft@mastodon.social today.
I couldn't find a cross referencing link from their website [yet] but I did check back on their Discord and got the confirmation by belgoray that this account is indeed official
[1] I'm really batshit crazy about this game - heck I even hacked it to sideload an UDP server to interface with my home cockpit 🤓
At least Steam lets you still download it when you purchased it before. I checked today just to make sure it really does still download. Granted, this is as long as Valve may exist but I don't think there is anything DRM related here that would stop anyone from making a copy of the downloaded game 🤔 May try that later.
Mebbe I should have phrased it more as "underrated in the beginning when it went on sale and was considered a sales fail" 🤔
Well, I can confirm that it can still be downloaded. It's notable that this is one of the few that even got a native Linux PC version as well and yes I agree on the narrative that this game is very very underrated. Not your average military shooter.
Right, of course 🤦 I had the sign up address in my password db in the username field 🤦 Thanks!
Laughable selling this as "Improving gamer experience" breaking another existing standard.
Saying this especially from the DIY angle where custom controllers are kinda the thing.
Also lol because "competitive" gameplay. Gear always wins the day - just like in meat space.
Ah well, one good thing may come from this: Plenty of cheaper second hand controllers that I may buy as replacements to connect to my Steam Link. This one isn't too picky when it comes to controllers. My current mix on that is a Steam Controller, a Wii-U controller and some no-name "works-on-all" wireless controller.
There's always the one that can't grasp that VR is not for everyone (or that making something is also a hobby).
We met on the Mumble like 3 days ago :P
Alas yes, join the SC LUG. It's the best LUG out there [for penguins] 🤣
What you see is a glorified DIY joystick controller with a LCD ('MFD') and plenty of RGB inspired by a VF-1 (Block 6) Valkyrie of the Macross franchise.
I use it mainly to play Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, X4: Foundations and plenty of other Space Pew Pew.
It's mobile and can be stashed easily because my battlestation is, unlike most gaming rigs, also my workstation and has to move a lot. It's also frequently occupied by my kids who also love clicky buttons and compete with me for stick time :D
It's completely DIY and made on a budget (no really). It's also Work In Progress, like probably any home cockpit out there.
For the PC it's just a joystick and an additional display. The magic starts to happen when I manage to interface with the games to display live game data and adjust the blinken lights depending on the current ship telemetry.
Am I crazy? Yes, probably. It's a hobby and when Corona happened indoor hobbies became kinda a thing again 🤓
Edith says: Should have added this from the beginning: I do foster a project website that has additional details, pictures and videos: 🌐 https://SimPit.dev (yes it's slow - hold the line :P)
Videos are usually mirrored to 📹 https://tube.tchncs.de/a/bekopharm or 📹 https://www.youtube.com/@BekoPharm (pick your poison).
Additional content may be found on 🌐 https://beko.famkos.net/category/simpit/ or on ☠️ https://hackaday.io/bekopharm
Car thieves: Oh noeeees… anyway 🤷