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Tried the early access of G-Rebels, a dystopian sci-fi combat flight sim with telemetry. That was fun. The game detected all my stick properly, lets me explicitly enable/disable sticks, mapping worked like a charm with a sane mapping system, debug values and whatnot. Beam Eyetracker worked too and it is awesome to target with just a movement of the eyes 🤓 HDR, ultrawide and even telemetry! Started toying with this and had results fast to feed my Primary Flight Display 🤓

Still a few bugs to iron out but I'm already rather happy with this. Enjoy :)

See it in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlWo0HrkgZY

Still a lot missing but I'm getting there. I'll probably have to mod it with UE4SS to drag more data out for a better integration.

I couldn't wait for the official documentation of the interface so I worked out most of this on my own: https://pastebin.com/6zfrfhbX

There's now also an official documentation available by the devs that will be updated: https://reakktor.com/htm/gr_telemetry.htm

It's not often that we get telemetry support for such games that early on.

(And yes I'm getting some proper Macross vibes from the flight model that just switches between hover and afterburner and can strafe in any direction and lets me target with the eyes using Beam Eyetracker - VR players will love this 🤓)

Time to hunt down some replicants.

A cockpit view shows a complex control panel with illuminated buttons, switches, and digital displays. The central screen displays a fighter jet like interface with a white inner display and several icons. Through the cockpit window, a futuristic cityscape with tall buildings and bright lights is visible, tilted at an angle. A sticker in the upper left corner features a penguin icon and the words 'Played on Linux'. In the lower right corner, a circular logo with a stylized rocket and the text 'Beko Pharm' is present.
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I'll miss my HOTAS / HOSAS / SIMPIT / DIY Discord channels starting next month.

Anyone knows some alternative Spaces on Matrix by chance?

I'm aware of the tiny https://matrix.to/#/#hotasdiy:matrix.org channel with 21 members. That's something I guess.

Acronyms: HOTAS = Hands on Throttle and Stick

HOSAS = Hands on Stick and Stick

SIMPIT = Simulation/Simulated Cockpit

HomeCockpit FlightSim Joystick Gamepad Controller

♻️ 🙏

Cougar throttle controller with opened bottom plate exposing the electronics upgraded with an Arduino to gain modern USB capabilities on this old joystick
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Got a new disk and reinstalled my system (Fedora 43). Followed my own guide how to compile Opentrack with the Neuralnet tracker plugin: https://simpit.dev/systems/opentrack/

Worked fine but needs some build dependency updates meanwhile, like qt6 instead of qt5. Still amazed how good the Neuralnet tracker with ONNX runtime is.

Short demo video: https://makertube.net/w/bC93YNXQ4aE4ha5xwufPJC