XWA Upgrade

korekwerner wrote: ↑

Fri May 08, 2020 9:10 pm

New hud test version, please suggestions for it. Thank you @Blue_Max and @JeremyaFr and everyone who positively influences inspiration for further work.


link for youtube video - https://youtu.be/4fy3qmZ3EeY
Sorry for my English.

Regards
KW

• It looks like your cockpit opt is pitched forward. Would this be configurable at install time? It bothers me greatly.
• Possibly related to the above, there's a disagreement on where "forward" is during the hyperspace sequence.
• How did you implement the targeting computer? Is it a functional lead assist, or just a copy of the radar with only the targeted craft displayed?
• What's up with the radar scopes? It looks like they close up like flowers with the s-foils? It seems kind of superfluous to me (and possibly even harmful, since you lose use of your scopes while the s-foils are closed), but I'm curious how you did it (and why). It's not the kind of mesh animation I know how to do with s-foil rotary wings.

Phoenix Leader wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 2:32 am

2. I remember the hyperspace sequence start and end being completely different in other tests posted.
I mean there was the last frame of the old region freezing while the hyperspace jump started.
That gave the idea your speed is >c
Now only the blur effect is left. Why?

blue_max wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 8:20 pm

Phoenix Leader wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 2:32 am

2. I remember the hyperspace sequence start and end being completely different in other tests posted.
I mean there was the last frame of the old region freezing while the hyperspace jump started.
That gave the idea your speed is >c
Now only the blur effect is left. Why?

I removed that about ~2 months ago, when I introduced the cockpit inertia. I think this was removed even before release 1.1.2. Nobody seems to have noticed, so I figured: why bother adding it back?

Phoenix Leader wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 11:53 pm

blue_max wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 8:20 pm

Phoenix Leader wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 2:32 am

2. I remember the hyperspace sequence start and end being completely different in other tests posted.
I mean there was the last frame of the old region freezing while the hyperspace jump started.
That gave the idea your speed is >c
Now only the blur effect is left. Why?

I removed that about ~2 months ago, when I introduced the cockpit inertia. I think this was removed even before release 1.1.2. Nobody seems to have noticed, so I figured: why bother adding it back?

Because that was one of the ABSOLUTE BEST upgrades X-Wing Alliance had ever seen in 21 years.
Too bad it has been removed.

korekwerner wrote: ↑

Sun May 10, 2020 3:52 pm

Ok here is another version of the cockpit.
@Phoenix Leader Yes I deleted one planet and put new backdrops from my pack (you can download it). Hyperspace is the @blue_max thing.

@keiranhalcyon7 1. Yep, I notice that to. But this is random problem. In new version everything looks ok. 2. Targeting computer thing is a idea of blue_max (thank you). I only put one more texture and it's works. Exactly this is a copy of the sensor with an additional color change after selecting the target and taking it to the HUD target. 3.in X-Wing we don't have visible sensors, they look like mickey mouse ears, which is why I found them to be holographic displays. That is why they show up in such an unusual way. This is standard mesh animation. It all depends where to put the reference point for the animation.
Watch the attached video carefully. Certainly answer your questions.

old version of the DC X-Wing cockpit.


version from the 10th of May 2020.

grafika png

I also implemented the charging beam next to the engines, and the charge level on the flashlight on top.

link for new video - https://youtu.be/37-18APMvmc

Sorry for my English.

Regards
KW

keiranhalcyon7 wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 5:09 am

• What's up with the radar scopes? It looks like they close up like flowers with the s-foils? It seems kind of superfluous to me (and possibly even harmful, since you lose use of your scopes while the s-foils are closed), but I'm curious how you did it (and why). It's not the kind of mesh animation I know how to do with s-foil rotary wings.

Phoenix Leader wrote: ↑

Tue May 12, 2020 1:27 am

keiranhalcyon7 wrote: ↑

Sat May 09, 2020 5:09 am

• What's up with the radar scopes? It looks like they close up like flowers with the s-foils? It seems kind of superfluous to me (and possibly even harmful, since you lose use of your scopes while the s-foils are closed), but I'm curious how you did it (and why). It's not the kind of mesh animation I know how to do with s-foil rotary wings.

How is it possible I didn't notice this thing? THIS IS AWFUL!
Radar scopes closing.gif

Sorry if I'm a bit rude, but really I hardly see radars "closing" that way.

Mark_Farlander wrote: ↑

Tue May 12, 2020 1:42 am

I think radars closing like that might have sense if they were holographics radars.
But in that case they should be light blue colored just like holographics buoys.