Did some programming on my “MFDs” last night. They start coming to live with proper game data from #EliteDangerous 😁 All duct tape and JS plumbing. Sorry for shaky cam. Couldn’t be arsed with the tripod at 1:30 am.
Here is a close up picture without all the shaking:
The animations are made possible with ARWES.dev – a library designed to create futuristic user interfaces (FUIs) fast.
This is the result of a live stream where I’m implementing my proof of concept of using a Neopixel string as status indicators for Elite Dangerous in my SimPit.
It was a mixed stream of GER/ENG (subtitles to follow) and consists of three parts: Reproducing the proof of concept, implementing the solution with a whopping amount of 17 LED indicators and finally a test run in the game at the end.
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I made some progress on the status indicators and attached three Neopixels for testing. I’m controlling them via NodeRED where I’m faking the Status JSON file from Elite Dangerous so I can play with the flags a little bit.
I’m really happy with this, because with the same logic I can basically drive as many LED as I want as long as I provide enough power to have all LED going at the same time. This Proof of concept works just fine.
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… or how the Aurora in Star Citizen are really made.
Sorry for the odd video format, I wasn’t going to record on that evening but this was just too much fun.
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Behind the scenes recording so you get the idea of the setup followed by some Star Citizen gameplay:
In use:
* A Linux PC
* A DIY Headtracker
* A DIY Joystick “Primary Buffer Panel“
* A X52 Pro HOTAS
* 3 Cameras + Recording Software
* An AMD RX5600XT in tears
* …a Beko learning How To Fly in SC xD
So you _still_ think you can’t space pew pew on Linux PC? Think again. I do it all the time: https://beko.famkos.net/2021/10/16/space-pew-pew-on-linux-pc/
Updated: This content is obsolete. Two years later I rebuilt the cardboard version with something more sturdy and raised a dedicated project website describing the builds: SimPit.dev
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Diaspora: Shattered Armistice, still awesome today: http://diaspora.hard-light.net/
Seems to work nice with my DIY headtracker on Linux PC too. Sadly I got quite some frame-drops due to recording (and probably multi-head too). It works way better without all the cameras and a life-stream going on but I think it’s enough to get a good impression. Botched emergency landing included xD
Warning: This may fuel a desire to re-watch the BSG series again 😀
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Today I found this old sound box from 1989 by Fisher-Price. I had this as a toy when I was a kid and I was curious if it still works. It does. And now my own kids shall get this to play with it 😀
Did some #pell training today. Nothing fancy. Mostly shaking the dust off the new pell.
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Marc Di Luzio (Medium)2019 was a fantastic year for Linux gamers. At the end of the decade we had almost two thirds of the top one thousand steam games rated gold and above in terms of Linux compatibility.
Remember that Native Linux Gaming video @mdiluz made in 2018?
Well he’s back with a successor trending as #MakeItLinux showing off #linuxgaming and #proton. See for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsylLTGIr_s
