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

[Brian Sikkema]

Almost forgot... I found a real microphone! lol


On 2/11/2018 10:11 PM, Brian Sikkema wrote:
> 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
>
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