Oleg Maddox's Room #1

[jamesdietz]

Originally Posted by C6_Trollbug

Hi !
I'm pleased to discover this forum , and this handful of good news

I'm a member of the Tarmac Aces team .
We know that we made an expensive control stick.
But it can't be compared to anyone .

It's a central position control strick of 50 cm at the head of the handle.
It's sensors are 60 times more precise than the better potentiometer (without amplification ! )
It's mechanic is ball-bearing mounted , and assembled with the tenth of millimetre .
It's travel is historical .
It's force management system (mechanical) is a revolution : no return to centre , and it gives the feeling to operate all the linkage to the control surfaces . Light on slow operations, it hardens when you make fast operations.
And it's handle is the exact replica of a real handle . (the KG13 equipped most of the WWII german fighters ) More replicas of historic handles will be soon carried out .

We're working with french simmers on a new type of force feedback which will take into account the effect of the trim, so I expect SOW will support FFB ....

Can you give us a sales site...might want to look this over when my FFB stick gives up the ghost...

[II./JG1_Krupinski]

Originally Posted by ChrisZ

Honestly, how do you define expensive by the way? Everyhing ought to be weighted what it costs against what it does. What it's worth to sit in Bf109 cockpit while flying? Priceless. What it's worth to just focus on the monitor, grab the stick and feel you do the same? A lot. Hmmm...

Best!

It's easy to define expensive. It's a ratio between the amount of time you must spend to work for the funds : to the functionality/usefulness the thing does. It helps to compare the thing to similar things too, as they do the same or similar functionality.

As the ratio increases the thing becomes expensive.

Most people would have to work two weeks, or more, to buy that stick. Add that to the "work" done to play the game and it becomes harder and harder to justify.

-Raven

[Schwarz.13]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Why not start a new thread for it so this one remain's Oleg related

p.s. nice stick

Agree, with both.

Could a mod move the last few posts to a new thread about that stick please?

[ruxtmp]

I think anyone with a little "do it yourself" experience and basic tools could build the base for alot less in a few weekends. All you need to build is a gimbal and make a stick. The two hall sensors and one of these http://www.lbodnar.dsl.pipex.com/joystick/ fill out the electronic requirements.
I am actually building my own stick, throttle, rudder setup using the BU0836. The only thing appealing is the replica stick I may actually spend 200 on it as my first attempts at carving one were less than impressive.

[RockStar]

Dear Oleg,

Can it be possible to have planes explode more realistically when ground pounded? Currently they turn black and simply lean to the left or right. Thanks so much.

[robur]

Please Oleg, what resolutions will be supported in your new sim? Will there be option for wide LCD panels too?

[Icewolf]

We need patch 4.09 now !! Please

there has been over 400 downloads of the sound mod and many hosts are now running with checkruntime=2 to stop hacked SFS files.

some think it is ok to have Checkruntime=1 but in full real this is a problem as they can use sounds to detect enemy planes

Мы заплата 4.09 теперь

[Jutocsa]

Originally Posted by II./JG1_Krupinski

Most people would have to work two weeks, or more, to buy that stick. Add that to the "work" done to play the game and it becomes harder and harder to justify.

-Raven

Around 750 euro ? Hmm...that might be two weeks of work at some places but its more like a two months of a salary in the less lucky countries of Europe. One month, if you have a good job. So I think it can be defined as damn expensive

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Jutocsa

Around 750 euro ? Hmm...that might be two weeks of work at some places but its more like a two months of a salary in the less lucky countries of Europe. One month, if you have a good job. So I think it can be defined as damn expensive

Straying off topic... It's an odd feeling hearing that wages are that bad in Hungary (and makes me feel rather uneasy as we are all "equal" in a forum like this). Is a "normal" salary really as low as 400 euro a month? To make you feel a bit better (maybe) - how much does a 150 square meter house cost in Hungary? Where I live (Sweden - which is by no means one of the richest countries in terms of salaries), we have to pay something like 300.000 - 400.000 euro for a house of that size in a decent but inexpensive area so then our 5000 euros a month gets rolling anyway In the end it makes a joystick like that damn expensive for us too

[Jutocsa]

Its around 120-150.000 euros for such a house. So, its still uncomparable Not that Im sad about it or anything, game industry pays well here too. And there are lots of poorer countries, some are even EU members.
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