[netburnr]

The track IR thread (and videos on youtube) got me thinking. I know we are going to get updated HUDs, but what about the actual cockpit of the ship?

In one of the videos of a racing game for track IR, the in car video showed the arms and hands of the driver, steering and shifting.

Can this be implemented into Jumpgate Evolution?

So you have a couple arms, a stick, maybe some legs with pedals (for Z axis, or spin if you will) and when you make an action, the character on screen acts it out, that way for trackIR users when you look down towards the floor you can really see all the action going on by your "player"

Or am I just asking for ND to waste time on something noone else would like?

[Jump]

Interesting concept. Sounds like a lot of extra in the budget though. Maybe if 20,000 are playing nightly they could think of neat things like this. You would need to have selectable choices of arm set though.

[ELPIRATA]

Yeah, somebody might want to have hairy legs and such...

ELP

[Jump]

Well, I'm sure the gamer gals don't want hairy arms. But you never know.

[Jonboy]

I'd totally make myself look like Shaft.... He's a bad mutha.

[netburnr]

I didnt really mean customizable, but that would be nice.

What I meant was it would be a little more immersion as you would see a "pilot" doing the work that you are doing, just like in a driving game.

Plus, when you look down, there could be a "monitor" for the reverse view camera.

[Wild_Bill]

I would rather just have the out-the-windshield-view personally. I really don't care about the "cockpit" layout, etc. Sort of like the "free view" setting now and tying that in with the duelist. I'll pass on that one as well. As long as the current setup is an option, I don't mind what the rest of you have.

[ELPIRATA]

WB, our cockpits are HORRIBLE. Even Xwing's 2D cockpits are a LOT better than what we have, well, at least us octavians... ours is da.... and not the bomb. Quants and sols have a decent looking HUD/Interior but ours with those bad scaled up screws everywhere... ewwwww, ugly.

I'm not expecting a high res cockpit like that FSX TrackIR video, but something that is nice enough.... not the crap I have to see everyday. I love our ships, but not the inside views, though I fly with the inside view on all the time.

ELP

[Wild_Bill]

What I hate the most about the cockpits, (Octs anyway) is the lack of a simple black background for the radar, or the ability to just black out the dashboard entirely and "make transparent" the rest of the cockpit. As far as I'm concerned, just make the windows bigger and to hell with the cockpit anyway. Maybe I'll feel better if I can ever afford a bigger monitor (15" CRT)

[Scorch]

Putting avatars into the cockpits is just not going to happen. Plus the Octs don't want people seeing all those baby parts all over the place...

[netburnr]

Originally Posted by Scorch

Putting avatars into the cockpits is just not going to happen...the Octs don't want people seeing all those baby parts all over the place...

modified the quote a little there..

See he knows there will be a fearsome oct uprising, looks like the Octs just might be the uber faction now, mwhahaha

What about the other stuff Scorch, you know you want to discuss the HUD

[Chaser]

Hmmm, maybe not a full avatar, how about just a joystick and a set of hands/armms with cloths on like driving gloves and a presure suit. Then sex wouldnt matter and race. Who can see what or who you are in a pilots suit and gloves? One size fits all.