Will BOB/SOW devicelink be udated/improved

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by FCIProject

I have spoken to Oleg about these issues and he assures me that DeviceLink will be more versatile in BoB and he would consider my feature requests. Gun Camera footage is one thing I have asked for. Because I have worked with DeviceLink for so long I know it very well and have submitted a list of feature requests to Oleg.

Just to give you an idea of how the FCIProject can control Flight Illusion instruments here is a video from my Beta tester, Wiskey-Charlie;

thats pretty impressive stuff, thx for posting

have you had any specific feedback from oleg that the couple of main limitations you mentioned will be address (other then a general" thx for the information, we'll look at it some time")

looks like we are ready for a quantum leap in combat flightsim, multiple monitors AND devicelink for instruments (which at the moment i would just use to put the 6 main instruments on a dedicated small 8' lcd, rather then directly interact with physical instrument in a home built cockpit)

ps: will it now be possible to run devicelink on the same pc il2/BoB is running on, rather then needing a separate 2e pc to run on ? this was a bit of an issue in the past when i tried it, and with multicore current cpu's this hopefully wont be needed anymore (in addition to cpu's being more powerful). or could it maybe use one of those physix add-in cards ?

[AndyJWest]

ps: will it now be possible to run devicelink on the same pc il2/BoB is running on, rather then needing a separate 2e pc to run on ?

You can do this in IL-2 now, even with a low-spec PC. This is how my prototype autopilot works (http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...097#4121016097). There is no need for multicore processors etc, though no doubt better hardware will improve things.

[Skoshi Tiger]

It always amazes me when I see the talent that is shown by the members of our little community!

Andy, can you run your virtual instrument pannel from a second monitor on smae PC?

Cheers!

[AndyJWest]

Andy, can you run your virtual instrument pannel from a second monitor on [same] PC?

Yes - in fact that's the way I usually run it. It does use a fair bit of resources, particularly with a large complex display, but even with the ancient heap of a PC I'm using, it is workable. If you just want a virtual panel, a second PC would obviously have lesser effects on the game speed, but I need to read the Joystick etc for the autopilot functions anyway. At some point, I'll probably get around to trying it out with two PCs, though I'll have to modify the software a bit, and write some more, to do this.

It may be worth developing something similar for SoW:BoB - I've learned a few lessons with the IL-2 version that should help me get on the right track more quickly.