2d and 3d Cockpits

[ezee]

Thank you Klauss .

I think i will try all the situations you have exposed , beginning by the most simple ( engine-side . )
<<<<< in the order you have so well described .

I am interested also by doing animations for the com display , like "Oswald " or " docking control " etc... I will begin with the Aera we are designing today .

Edit : Jacks emited the idea of testing new cockpit designs out of the engine .
I remember having played long time ago with the Blender game engine , that could be
a useful platform for cockpit dev ( since the blender game engine is scripted with python )
Also for testing AI , physics , etc ...

[Darkmage]

Cockpits should be fully 3D and should have their own viewer/editor. Tools are the name of the game. We need an asset editor for Vegastrike. Relying on Blender/Max/Maya for editing is silly. We should be using 3D modellers for modelling geometry and texturing only. Actually rigging up the models to have gun mounts/weapon hardpoints/dockpoints/shield meshes should be done in a standalone 3D editor. All cockpits need to be redone as 3D cockpits as it will allow VR to be integrated with the engine.

[TBeholder]

Here's an example of pseudo-3D holo panel cockpit.