Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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Looking into creating a trailer for the next release but want to know how to completely empty the screen so I can still fly but w/o any of the cockpit graphics, vdu, radar, etc showing up. Is it possible and if so by what key?

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Also, do we have another camera angle to use. Kinda like a thrid person view or a tracking cam for missiles?
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Re: Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/wiki/Manual:Views

Maybe not exactly what you are looking for, but some of it should be close, no?
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Re: Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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Not what I was looking for but does provide some info that I didn't know and may be a way to work around the current limits.
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Re: Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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pheonixstorm wrote:Looking into creating a trailer for the next release but want to know how to completely empty the screen so I can still fly but w/o any of the cockpit graphics, vdu, radar, etc showing up. Is it possible and if so by what key?
Replace all the graphics files with full alpha or geometry-less models.

1) Replace HUD graphics with "empty" PNG files and use first person perspective.

2) Replace ship model with one that contains no polygons and use third person perspective.
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Re: Trailer: No cockpit, how?

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Easier: just remove or comment all the entries in the cockpit files (data/cockpits).
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