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Holographic Displays

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:22 pm
by Ace Antilles
Here is a WIP preview look at the upcoming cool Holographic Displays from Blue Max.

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We now have Dynamic Cockpits for most of the main Rebel and Imperial Fighters but not all cockpits have room for lots of displays.
So this is where a floating Hologram HUD text display will be used.

This is an early preview but it gives you an idea of how it will work. Look for more news from Max about a future release. :)

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2020 10:31 pm
by DarHan
… hooooly crap!

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 2:28 am
by KCDodger
Heheh... I see which ship that is...

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:02 am
by Tony Knightcrawler
That looks really cool. :)

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:56 am
by Mr_Blastman
Awesome!

Are working dynamic cockpit shadows also included in the beta download?

Amazing work, man. You're a wizard.

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:09 am
by BenKenobi
Wow, that is amazing!

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:17 pm
by blue_max
Thanks for your comments guys :)

Release 1.1.4.0 supports cockpit shadows, yes; and it also supports holographic displays, but you'd need an updated cockpit to see them ;)

BTW, the current version looks cleaner and doesn't shake so much! :P

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:24 pm
by blue_max
The Assault Gunboat is going to be the first cockpit to support holographic displays. It's almost finished (we're just testing it). This is what the updated GUN cockpit looks like without DC:

DC-GUN-2.jpg

This is what it looks like with holographic displays and DC:

DC-GUN-1.jpg

Did I mention that the holographic displays can be turned on and off? (Press Ctrl+T or the holographic toggle button in the AC cockpit).

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:14 pm
by BenKenobi
THIS IS EPIC!

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 5:09 pm
by haui
Yes thats sooooo coooooool

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:42 pm
by blue_max
Still working on the holographic text boxes. I've reduced the noise and banding and tried to make them easier to read.

I'm also updating the Missileboat cockpit to DC/AC, here's what it looks like so far:

MIS-DC-1.jpg

The plan is to release both the GUN and MIS on one installer to complete the list of flyable imperial fighters, but I may release previews of both cockpits earlier.

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:04 am
by BenKenobi
I actualy really like the noise and banding effect, could this be made configurable?

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:44 pm
by blue_max
BenKenobi wrote:
Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:04 am
I actualy really like the noise and banding effect, could this be made configurable?
It is, some people like it noisy, some prefer readability. That can be configured in the DC file for the craft. I think I can post some previews soon.

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:17 pm
by Trevor
Same Suggestion/Gripe as last time, you are projecting a hologram over an unused MFD - so why not USE the MFD?:confused: (I know this topic is showcasing the holograms but I would say that was a bad example :P )

Trev

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:36 pm
by blue_max
Yeah, in this case there was enough space to either use the dashboard for the text boxes or just adding regular (solid) text boxes on the sides. But, I think Cygnus Spaceworks just wanted to have all its fighters using the same style ;)

Re: Holographic Displays

Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 2:41 pm
by heloguy
Both cockpits, and the displays look fantastic!