What are the controls for shoot, punch and kick?

 

Ctrl+a+v+s+i+m?   :wink:

You know ORBX has got to excited about this avatar. How long do you think it will be until they release a scenery where you can land, get out of your plane, walk into the field restaurant and buy your $100 burger? When you start hearing a ding you won't know if its an impending OOM or the Chef telling you your burger is ready.  

 

Maybe this is why some airport developers have been adding scenery to the inside of their terminals.

 

Ted

 

 

When you start hearing a ding you won't know if its an impending OOM or the Chef telling you your burger is ready.

 

Lol, that's great Ted.

Can anyone comment as to whether AI traffic lights are more visible in v3?

"When you start hearing a ding you won't know if its an impending OOM or the Chef telling you your burger is ready"

 

 

I'd be pretty peeved if I OOM before I got my burger! :mad:

"What are the controls for shoot, punch and kick?"

 

LOL

What are the controls for shoot, punch and kick?

Ctrl+a+v+s+i+m?   :wink:

 

 

Classic that's the best thing I've read all day.

 

Do I need to say it? It works on so many levels! Hahahaha LOL!

Speaking of annoyances, If you don't mind Brandon, could you check if the head movement bug in the virtual cockpit as you near the equator still exists??. I really disliked this and am hoping I won't have to anymore !!

 

What exactly happened before/how do you recreate it? I just flew over the equator and didn't notice any issues.

 

So A and D are used for turn rather than strafe? That might feel a little on the odd-side... I'd have thought a middle mouse click or similar to toggle mouse look on/off would have done the trick, but I guess I haven't tried it yet so maybe best not to comment . Does it feel natural and smooth as a standard FPS would, or is it a little on the clunky side?

 

Also, I added a cheeky extra Q about the sun glare (or lack thereof) above if you have time to answer.

 

(if there are any extra graphical tweaks they've made that have impressed you I'd love to hear them!)

 

In third person A/D sort of just walk your Avatar in that direction. In first person, A/D strafes left/right. Q/E act as your rotation to face your character at a different heading. It's not the most natural feeling in the world, but I'd say it's better than nothing. I suspect they'll improve it over time. I did suggest some usability improvements, but they never really commented on them. I do like what you suggested about the middle mouse button toggling the mouse.

 

In regards to the sun glare, unfortunately, there is no replacement effect - just the standard lens flare from FSX/P3Dv1/2. I also suggested a sun glare of some sort, but as well, this was never commented on. I haven't tested it yet, but hopefully the lens flare renders over the VC model now, as a sort of pseudo sun glare could be made this way.

 

There's no real major visual updates in this version. SpeedTree implementation should be quite cool (I've not installed the build with it yet), though it will be up to developers to utilize them.

 

And another question, Brandon.  I've tried to read everything here today in all the threads about V3.0 and haven't seen a response to several questions about EZDOC.  Any reports from the beta team on whether this update breaks EZDOC?

 

From what I've seen, it looks like it'll require an update, but I couldn't give a firm answer. This is only based on comments I've read from other testers.

 

Does the avatar works in first person? That 'd be much interesting

 

Yes. There are a couple different first person views to choose from:

- First Person: standard camera at eye level with the model, no headbob, 3D model visible

- First Person (Attached): camera locked to the head of the 3D model, camera shakes around with the head

- First Person (No Model): same as "First Person," but with no 3D model.

 

Can anyone comment as to whether AI traffic lights are more visible in v3?

 

I don't normally have AI traffic on and am not familiar with how the lights looked in v2, so I couldn't comment on this.

Just watched the V3 video and I still see stutters.

What exactly happened before/how do you recreate it? I just flew over the equator and didn't notice any issues

 

The closer you get to the equator the eyepoint in the virtual cockpit seems to drift.

If you park the aircraft on RWY 36 at GOOY and taxi up towards the nearest turn off and watch if the eyepoint drifts from "left to right" or "right to left" as you make the turn.

 

EDIT: Its more noticeable in the larger aircraft e.g. The PMDG 777

Not sure I saw this posted anywhere here yet - JohnV confirmed that all V3 ORBX multi installers will be free.

 

 

JohnV confirmed that all V3 ORBX multi installers will be free

 

Not quite 100% accurate..here is the direct quote from JV regarding v3 compat issues.

 

............I've asked each developer to review exactly what is required to port their airports to P3Dv3. If it's a simple process then I'll compensate them for their hours spent and the airport will be a free download for FSS customers with a new Multi-installer.

If there is substantial work involved then I will leave it to each developer to notify me if we charge a nominal fee for the work involved. I will leave that up to each developer to decide at their discretion.

Not quite 100% accurate..here is the direct quote from JV regarding v3 compat issues.

 

............I've asked each developer to review exactly what is required to port their airports to P3Dv3. If it's a simple process then I'll compensate them for their hours spent and the airport will be a free download for FSS customers with a new Multi-installer.

 

If there is substantial work involved then I will leave it to each developer to notify me if we charge a nominal fee for the work involved. I will leave that up to each developer to decide at their discretion.

 

And to be even more accurate, the quoted policy above is for Orbx' airport add-ons.  JV also, in the same post, said that P3D3 compatible multi-installers for their FTX regions, Global, Vector, and OpenLC will be provided at no cost.  Looks pretty reasonable to me.

 

Regards

You know ORBX has got to excited about this avatar. How long do you think it will be until they release a scenery where you can land, get out of your plane, walk into the field restaurant and buy your $100 burger? When you start hearing a ding you won't know if its an impending OOM or the Chef telling you your burger is ready.  

 

Maybe this is why some airport developers have been adding scenery to the inside of their terminals.

 

Ted

I've been thinking the same thing. The Avatar mode along with support for animation blending looks like it could greatly enhance the ORBX's People Flow and FSDreamteam's GSX products with better animations and potentially more features for future updates.

You know ORBX has got to excited about this avatar. ...buy your $100 burger? When you start hearing a ding you won't know if its an impending OOM or the Chef telling you your burger is ready.

 

Ted

Laffffffffffffffffinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

 

Chas

Ok...seriously folks ...I Believe that 0000 Zulu time has passed by 14 minutes, so who across the pond has downloaded and installed their version of V3?

 

We'll give you an hour to download and install, and anuther hour to install your fave aircraft and fly around

 

So...at precisely 2:14 Zulu, I expect the first SITREPs to be floating in, by Odin!

 

That is an order!

 

...I'll be up!

 

 

Chas

From the P3D Website Chas...

 

 

This Wednesday, September 30th, at 1:00 PM EST Prepar3D v3 will be available for purchase and digital download