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Post by **Lawndart** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:08 am

Rotorblade wrote:Gunner, you are extreme! That is a wicked setup!

Affectionately known as the command bridge of Starship Enterprise!

maverick6220 · Post by **maverick6220** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:23 pm

Hi Lawndart where did you get that Amazing wallpaper in your first post

mav

Post by **Lawndart** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:02 pm

Homemade (by Cinch). All but one background image, designed by Staff Sgt. Jon DuMond and available directly from the U.S. Air Force, is Mike "Cinch" Perry's photography and design!

maverick6220 · Post by **maverick6220** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:08 pm

Thank you so much

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:49 pm

I have been meaning to put something up for the last week or so... this is my newly finished pit.

It is so much more enjoyable flying in the Akers-Barnes than flying from a desktop setup. Especially with FSSB. It really does make a difference.

Thumper

Post by **Gunner** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:23 pm

VERY nice Thumper! It looks like it was done by a cabinet maker.

The pic with the blue masking tape you sent the other day didn't do it justice

bad boy · Post by **bad boy** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:19 pm

Update :

here the back off my new seat whit the container,seatpan not ready 'yet'

the back and seatpan attached,it's looking pritty good

stay tuned for more pics,

grtz,

Rotorblade · Post by **Rotorblade** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:17 am

Just got it set up this weekend, here is my rig.

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 2:08 pm

Nice, what projector are you using there. Can it do a 1920x1080 resolution.

How has your flying improved with the new seat/seating position?

Rotorblade · Post by **Rotorblade** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:53 pm

It is an Optoma projector, not sure which model it is off the top of my head, it was a gift. I am pretty sure it's 1/10th the price of a 1080p projector. It has a DVI and is the DLP2 technology. I currently run it at 1280x720 and it is capable of emulating up to 1080P(not as good as native).

I have only had the pit set up for a few days and I haven't had much time to fly in it yet. I am sure having the FSSB strapped down will make a huge difference in smoothness. I put about 10 sheetrock screws into the pit in order to make it more rock solid.

I think Thumper had mentioned that the akers barnes cockpit makes quite a difference with using the FSSB modded cougar in comparison with a "desktop setup" and I can anticipate myself agreeing with him very much.

FYI, I have plans of exporting the guages to the smaller LCD panels in the picture using a product from http://www.simmeters.com/products.html

I am going to try the demo software first and see ho well it works.

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:53 am

SoftTH (Software TripleHead) is now available too. Follow the links through this post found at lockon.ru to the site and video: http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=21414

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:38 pm

Question for Gunner, Redeye, and Rotorblade- once you got your view.lua and graphics.cfg file set up for widescreen gaming (AR=1.6 and view angle default = 20.0, 145.0) how did you set your zoom to then zoom out further by default. Right now when I enter the game I see the top of the hud down to the bottom of the radio center panel whereas b/f I saw part of the artificial horizon. If I zoom out I can see top to bottom what I saw b/f going widescreen but can now see more on the sides of my view which makes sense to me. However I don't want that zoom out amount to be arbitrary and different everytime I fly so how would I preset to a given amount.

Thx

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:50 pm

Burner, anything with a wider AR than 1.33 will crop the top and bottom of your screen. Secondly, anytime you zoom back it will create a fish-eye effect for your view. For all of us that have had widescreens for a while, you'll have to accept the fact that LOMAC isn't formatted for widescreen displays and even when you select an AR of 1.6, it formats the screen to where it will fit the width of your screen without stretching the image and then crops the top and bottom off.

Zooming lets you see more, but creates more problems if you ask me because fish-eye and adverse smoke effects, so I never stray from default zoom. FOV settings only allows you to widen the angular width of the viewers lens. What we all want is to have the the same vertical view and increase the horizontal portion when displayed on a widescreen. Unfortunately, to the best of my knowledge LOMAC does not allow this! Get used to seeing less of the preceding aircraft in any trail formation...

Here are some comparison screenshots from the same exact time using my two different monitors, each with its appropriate aspect ratio and resolution selected in LOMAC. I didn't change the FOV angle settings however, but this will give you an idea of what it looks like with widescreen. Get used to seeing less in the vertical (!), although the paint is the same.

Burner · Post by **Burner** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:05 pm

I'll have to look into this further or find a work around to crop the sides of my screen b/c this view here is what I have now and its just not acceptable to me.

Post by **Lawndart** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:12 pm

Welcome to the club!!! Widescreen is great and works for almost every game, except in LOMAC it crops your head off!

There have been multiple threads on http://forum.lockon.ru about widescreen and tweaks, people with the same issues. None, that I have found to give you any more vertical view (on screen). This is a well known LOMAC limitation and if I'm not mistaken, someone mentioned that LOMAC wasn't designed for screens different from AR 1.33 and by changing the AR you're really only cropping the default screen size into an AR that matches your monitor. In other words, seeing less and not more, but giving you the illusion of wider view and definitely a closer feel, but if you find a way to actually widen the view and keep the original vertical size (without changing zoom) please be sure to let us know!

http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t ... widescreen

http://www.forum.lockon.ru/showthread.p ... its+online

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/fo ... php?t=2401

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