a few updates

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:01 pm

StarLancer is epic sauce

much respect

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:09 pm

in fact that's getting installed next, i will post pics

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:12 pm

From post: 103428, Topic: tid=7293, author=MMaggio wrote:What is it w/ FreeLancer? Hasn't anyone besides Vice & I who have played the sister game, "StarLancer"?
It has fantastic graphics, a good story line, many options and it supports joysticks.
Imho it is far the better game. I still play it often

I wish I could use my mouse for control instead of just keyboard in it.

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:07 pm

From post: 103433, Topic: tid=7293, author=thetiebers wrote:
From post: 103428, Topic: tid=7293, author=MMaggio wrote:What is it w/ FreeLancer? Hasn't anyone besides Vice & I who have played the sister game, "StarLancer"?
It has fantastic graphics, a good story line, many options and it supports joysticks.
Imho it is far the better game. I still play it often
I wish I could use my mouse for control instead of just keyboard in it.

Yah mouse worked extremely well for Freelancer but imo StarLancer was made for Joysticks

SDWeimer · Post by **SDWeimer** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:27 pm

MM i have played and currently own starlancer, the same company that did these two games also did the cgi for the wing commander movie. Starlancer and Freelancer where basically in the same family as the wing commander series as chris roberts the creator of wing commander was in charge of digital anvil till microsoft bouight it out.

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:07 pm

I knew FreeLancer & Starlancer were sister games, but never made the connection to the Wing Commander/Chris Roberts.
Thanks for the info.

Bossk · Post by **Bossk** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:47 pm

I have both Starlance and Freelancer. Both great games. Dont play them as much now due to some small thing called Evochron!

Dave S · Post by **Dave S** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:54 pm

This Evochron thing is pretty scary. If it were any more addictive it would be illegal everywhere but Amsterdam and Vegas:P:P:P:P:P;)

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:59 pm

running tie fighter last night. tonight im hooking up the dvi to component as I'm tired of looking at 1024 x 768 svideo, and my tv only has that and component, no hdmi :-(, then i am installing the final front control panels. also need to finish interior paneling and surround sound....

someday i will be finished and be able to play :-)

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:04 pm

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:36 pm

LOL...Very cool...nice!!!!;)

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:21 am

Very nice shots, thanks...
More photo with Evochron Mercenary would be cool!!!

Starlancer was a good game but unfortunately it was mission to mission game and no scenery objects (or very little) just fight fight fight!

I was Tachyon The Fringe fun till Evochron! Way better than Starlancer imo. But Evochron series are endpoint of "space and trading game sims".

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:04 am

Most definitely, after all I did build this for evochron! I came up with xwing' tie fighter, and wing commander back in the early days, then got my taste of more "sandboxy" titles like freelancer, eve oline and x3. But when I found evochron, it was like every good bit of all this games in one. This weekend I hope to have interior paneling done, the curved celling is a 4x8 piece of 1mm PVC, however I want to keep the curve but make more realistic paneling. Also, I've seen other pits where there are fifty thousand gauges, BUT this is space, this is the future, I imagine touch screens, a keyboard or two, and voice command. The iPad is functioning admirably as a MFD. More to come....

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:06 am

From post: 103688, Topic: tid=7293, author=CaptMayne wrote:Most definitely, after all I did build this for evochron! I came up with xwing' tie fighter, and wing commander back in the early days, then got my taste of more "sandboxy" titles like freelancer, eve oline and x3. But when I found evochron, it was like every good bit of all this games in one. This weekend I hope to have interior paneling done, the curved celling is a 4x8 piece of 1mm PVC, however I want to keep the curve but make more realistic paneling. Also, I've seen other pits where there are fifty thousand gauges, BUT this is space, this is the future, I imagine touch screens, a keyboard or two, and voice command. The iPad is functioning admirably as a MFD. More to come....

Thanks, and yes I will post more evochron pics soon. Actually a webcam mounted in the rear of the cockpit with a live feed might be cool....

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:19 pm

Sorry it's been a while, I will have new pictures up by the weekend, I now have an in-dash LCD for use as MDF's, more interior paneling done, a full 5.1 surround sound system, and a TrackIR system for head tracking. Also got a headset for voice commands, although that is more for FSX. Pictures coming...

MMaggio · Post by **MMaggio** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:20 pm

Your setup is great and I know a lot of work, but what I want to know is when am I going to see you on MP?

warsign · Post by **warsign** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:22 am

Great news, can't wait to see them. Thanks.

Hopsalot · Post by **Hopsalot** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:48 pm

Very nice pit CaptMayne!

I am intrigued by the covering shell. Some of the pictures show a little reflection from the screen, have you considered adding some sort of mirrored surface to make side windows (from the pilot perspective)? I can't wait to see the new pics.

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 9:49 pm

thanks for the comments, yeah I'll have some pics up soon, its really coming together, i have the in dash screen in now. the reflective idea is sweet, i actually work in the sign industry so I have access to all forms of vinyls and materials, i'm looking at mirrored chrome vinyl now

Jack Dandy · Post by **Jack Dandy** » Thu May 12, 2011 9:59 pm

Freaking badass! This is an awesome way to enjoy space games!

CaptMayne · Post by **CaptMayne** » Wed May 25, 2011 5:41 pm

Post by **Marvin** » Wed May 25, 2011 6:13 pm

Nice set-up. Good location for the GPS, too.

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sun May 29, 2011 12:10 am

Cool updates, thanks for sharing....

d3drocks · Post by **d3drocks** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:13 am

hey, just curious. would you be willing to post any blueprints? I'd love to build this myself (or even the arcade machine, lol).
that would be awesome for me to use X-Plane 9 in as well as evochron.

[Edited on 6-28-2011 by d3drocks]

airassassin · Post by **airassassin** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:29 pm

nice work. I wish I had the money and space to make something like that.

Anyways, one thing you can do is put up a bunch of monitors around you or use the same projection system the air force uses to train people to fly. That away you can get a full effect visual wise as if you were flying.

The only thing is you play this game a lot would need to find a way to make the cockpit not show up in the game. But the thing is if you can make the controls and stuff show up on different monitors you and you can hook some buttons to the roof like in regular commercial airplanes; you could make the inside of what you made look and work 100% like the inside of the cockpit in this game.