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Linux, Programming and Gaming
LinuxGaming
And They Had A Plan
Back in 2023 I started a new game in #Satisfactory where I did set out…
Stuff and Blabla
MH-Zombie
This one flew under my radar so far (haha, sorry): Rescue the civilians, race the clock, and raze the enemy in MH-Zombie, the world’s only helicopter arcade simulator! Three flight physics modes, three difficulty modes, and a tutorial mode provide a stepped learning curve and wider accessibility to realistic helicopter flight. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1429350/MHZombie The reason this came to my attention is because it’s one of the few games that [just] implemented #headTracking via UDP e.g. available by #OpenTrack (and various others). This is great because it doesn’t force people to jump the hoops of #TrackIR, which is only supported for Windows…
Video editing with the little one
Today the little one asked about video editing again. She really wants to make videos. This isn’t the first time as well and I do remember her stop motion mini videos years ago. The new smart phone also has various recording and post production possibilities – albeit limited – that she is playing around with a lot lately using her own drawings. This time she showed up with a game recording where she played some mobile game together with a school friend. They used Signal and headphones for voice and played together via internet while her phone recorded all of…
I totally love this. So in Flight Of Nova some players noticed that some stars in the distance looked not like stars and started venturing out and after a 10h realtime flight they managed to crash on another planetary 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fih4peTebyk This is the next attempt holding enough reaction mass back to survive re-entry and do a proper landing too. I love this level of nerdism. And I so hope they get to name that bugger 😄
Wow. The peeps at #FlightOfNova “found” a planet and reached it live on Twitch after a ~10h flight: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2294019904 Insane 🤓 😍 I so hope that the player “Heuristik” gets to name that bugger 🤣
Reviving an old F-16 FLCS joystick for my ViperPit
This video is how I gutted my already modified old Thrustmaster F-16 FLCS joystick of my ViperPit and made it work again with the help of an Arduino Pro Micro. This flight stick (and also the other peripherals) do belong in a museum but where’s the fun in that? I modified it and now it’s a generic USB joystick that works on any recent system. I focus mostly on the 5×5 button matrix since this is the hardest part to understand. In the end are a few minutes of playing X4 Foundations with it to give it a good test…
I totally missed the memo but apparently there is a Linux version of #GameGlass for a while now: https://support.gameglass.gg/en/articles/9351904-installing-gameglass-hub-on-linux * Ubuntu 22.04+ * Linux Mint 21.2+ * Fedora 39+ Not a fan of GameGlass (I prefer my switches and dials, as you may know) but it’s probably of interest for other #homeCockpit builders. #SimPit #Gaming #GamingOnLinux #LinuxGaming #StarCitizen #EliteDangerous
It has been a while that I tried #StarCitizen. With the new #Neuralnet Tracker plugin (AI haha) for #OpenTrack we get head tracking without annoying IR LEDs or reflecting stripes just by reading the webcam video feed. This is apparently fast enough to try #headTracking without a dedicated #headTracker nowadays. And all that on a #Linux PC. Took some fiddling but the concept still works. What a time to be alive. Demo: https://makertube.net/w/groS1wpAhP8XYE75vJwX32 HowTo: https://simpit.dev/systems/opentrack/ #Gaming
News from the #HobbyArcheology department. I have absolutely no clue what I found this time so I’ll go with “probably something religious”.
Mobility and Electric Vehicles
EV
Twike 5
Wie niedlich: https://twike.com/twike5/ – wenn ich groß, reich und schön bin will so was definitiv haben! Der @robinvonrobintv hat dazu ein Video gemacht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvefxbwh0FY #Twike #electromobility
Mediaeval and History
Mediaeval
Historic silver mine Hallwangen
Visited the abandoned silver/copper/barite mine in Hallwangen, 72280 Germany. It’s a rather interesting one as…