Well, I can confirm that it can still be downloaded. It's notable that this is one of the few that even got a native Linux PC version as well and yes I agree on the narrative that this game is very very underrated. Not your average military shooter.
bekopharm
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The idea of random bloggers having any impact in 2024 made me laugh. Thanks for that :D
-- a random blogger
Good to know that the Virpils work. They are totally on my list as a replacement device when my current gives up.
My head tracker did cost me 5 EUR and is made from cardboard 🤓 Any dead cheap webcam can keep up with the required FPS with good settings and a proper filter. I say this in case no Playstation Eye is available any more. The cam is perfect for this, of course.
I attached a quick demo and the more important settings here: https://social.tchncs.de/@bekopharm/108317573758997762
This is how I built it: https://beko.famkos.net/2021/07/08/diy-headtracker-for-gaming-on-linux-pc/
Both. It's complicated. Wild mix of my trusty X52 Pro, my own virtual joystick written in Rust and AntiMicroX and/or Moltengamepad.
Think you have to configure the sticks on Windows. Don't think Wine can do this. That's hearsay though so YMMV. Mine are software anyway or just work™.
TrackIR API works. I demo this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7n4hwABJFU (it's also on PeerTube but our instance is bust atm)
TrackIR hardware does not. That's a blackbox since v5. Tobii hardware does AFAIK not work but this may change any day. Some people started hacking at this again and again.
Also do check out the StarCitizen LUG and the helper scripts: https://github.com/starcitizen-lug/lug-helper
This. It's basically only a thing for rotary encoder, where interrupts should be used for the reading, so they don't miss a beat.
Also: Combining several joystick devices on the PC again is a pain in the neck especially if the game only supports one device of each kind.
Haha yeah, it's amazing what you can get when throwing lots of money at something. Or not. 🙃 I just love highly individual simpits and the creativity involved.
I played “The Expanse” (on Linux PC) and I enjoyed it so much that I didn’t put the controller down for over 6 hours (https://beko.famkos.net/x/1CMPu)
Oh heck. Reminds me of the day when a building spawned "around" me on final approach in SC xD
I love it! ❤️
Right, of course 🤦 I had the sign up address in my password db in the username field 🤦 Thanks!
Mebbe I should have phrased it more as "underrated in the beginning when it went on sale and was considered a sales fail" 🤔