3D cockpit - is it possible

Tue Mar 04, 2003 12:36 pm by Fahlsten

Hello guys

I really miss having a cockpit to look around and give a better feeling of the ship. Doesn't have to be a 3d cockpit but just sideviews and back view inside the cockpit. I remember in Privateer, the cool feeling you got when looking around. From your first ship, old and you could almost see cords hanging out from the walls to the biggest ship (can't remember the name) where everything was brand new and state-of-the-art. Of course in FL you feel a difference, when flying with new weapons and shields, but it's not the same. I WANT A COCKPIT :-)

Even some kind of layout of the ship is missed. Anyway is it possible to make and is someone working on it or at least planning to??

Regards
Fahlsten

Tue Mar 04, 2003 3:32 pm by AlphA

ive been thinking of 3d ships interiors myself. Glad there's more people who like the idea. but i wouldnt know how to do it.

(imagine a bridge interior on a ship like the westfalen

)

('-')

Tue Mar 04, 2003 3:39 pm by Kokopelli

I think the biggest cargo ship was the Orion class or something of that sort. Cockpits would be awesome. But getting rid of the 3rd person view to have a virtual cockpit would suffice.

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance..."

Tue Mar 04, 2003 6:34 pm by RPGprayer

You can go to "cockpit view" by pressing CTRL + V, you know, but you can only see through the glass, and you don't see any instruments.

Wed Mar 05, 2003 5:20 pm by sellout

As of know I would say this isn't possible. Some features are 'blocked' in certains modes. For instance, camera panning is allowed while in turret view, but not allowed in the cockpit or in third person view. Another example of this would be rolling. You can roll in cockpit view but not in third person or turret view... there are no ini files that I've found that 'block' these so I'm thinking it can't be done.

Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:05 pm by Tachyon

I'm going to see if it is possible to reenable freelook this weekend... It probably is

Wed Mar 05, 2003 6:58 pm by sellout

yeah, is it just me or was there an FL movie that had freelook enabled in it a while back... maybe I'm full of it, I don't know.

Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:46 am by sellout

*bump* seriously, I think a 3d cockpit could introduce new ways for the game to be played. I've looked at the ini's and there is nothing about freelook. Guess I will have to learn to read the DLL contents

Thu Mar 06, 2003 9:52 am by MrDigital

A cool cockpit is one thing I do miss too. Heck, It was one of the things I liked from Earth & Beyond too. It wasn't that functional but watching my avatar doing something while warping around was not as boring

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