[simpits-tech] Godspeed, John Glenn - 5 Feb update

[Brian Sikkema]

Very quick video today! :) Mainly just panel updates. Also, not 
mentioned in the video but I decided to name my sim. Since I've settled 
on just doing the MA-6 mission, I'm calling it "Godspeed John Glenn" 
after Carpenter's comment just before launch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPRZDK95LM

I mention in the video that it's starting to drag on the system a bit, 
but I actually have fixed some of that already. I discovered a pretty 
significant error in my cockpit model. All of the screw heads are 
modeled, but at some point, very early on, I accidentally duplicated one 
in place and didn't realize it, then copied that one (which was actually 
two) dozens of times. So I had dozens of screw heads which were actually 
two laid right on top of one another, which is no bueno. Additionally, I 
figured out some clever Blender tricks to optimize the model a bit, and 
I'm also going back and simplifying some meshes now that I'm seeing them 
in the Gear VR and realizing that the resolution isn't allowing me to 
make out some of the detail I added anyway, lol. It's a little bit of 
back and forth, originally I had kept things a little too simple (gauges 
were just textured on the panel, with no depth - which, as I mention in 
the video, looks really poor - now fixed), now I'm having to go back and 
dial the detail down a bit. But even the changes I made the other day 
have significantly improved the performance, so I'm less worried about 
performance now.

Brian