Uriah Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 There are ways to make a smart phone into a game controller. I have in mind that how I tilt the the phone controls how the plane surface controls move. Plus, with thumbs or whatever you could move graphic sliders to control things like throttle and radiators. This would be a step way above a mouse and many people already have a smart phone. I already suggested this in the suggestions sub-forum. I only bring it up here because of the coming mouse control and the discussion about that. links http://www.ijcte.org/papers/532-A172.pdf http://www.extremetech.com/computing/98601-teletouch-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-truly-universal-remote-control
Finkeren Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 Not sure if you're being serious, but smart phone controls, especially tilting, are so much less accurate than a mouse. For a game like this I think they would be positively useless.
Uriah Posted November 20, 2015 Author Posted November 20, 2015 It does not have to be tilting. The second link has another idea. But I did not know about the tilting not being so accurate.
1CGS LukeFF Posted November 21, 2015 1CGS Posted November 21, 2015 There are ways to make a smart phone into a game controller. I have in mind that how I tilt the the phone controls how the plane surface controls move. Plus, with thumbs or whatever you could move graphic sliders to control things like throttle and radiators. This would be a step way above a mouse and many people already have a smart phone. I already suggested this in the suggestions sub-forum. I only bring it up here because of the coming mouse control and the discussion about that. links http://www.ijcte.org/papers/532-A172.pdf http://www.extremetech.com/computing/98601-teletouch-turn-your-smartphone-into-a-truly-universal-remote-control It does not have to be tilting. The second link has another idea. But I did not know about the tilting not being so accurate. No
Cybermat47 Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) No Perhaps you could explain why not? It seems like an interesting idea to me (though I think that the mouse will work better), but you seem to have more knowledge about software than I do, so I'd like to hear why it wouldn't work. Edited November 21, 2015 by Cybermat47
216th_Lucas_From_Hell Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Not an expert here, but try out any smartphone flight simulator. You've got Strike Fighters for combat and a bunch of others that do civvy. Now get there and try to work out subtle inputs. It's possible, but very hard and tiring. Not to mention that over a long flight you'd have to hold the smartphone in the same position otherwise your plane goes all over the place. The rudder is also a problem for some smartphones since not all of them have a 3-axis accelerometre. Uriah, the concept is interesting though, even if it would only work on simpler flight models. It should be fun to work the gunner stations by tilting the phone to get that feeling of moving the guns around.
Cybermat47 Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Not an expert here, but try out any smartphone flight simulator. You've got Strike Fighters for combat and a bunch of others that do civvy. Now get there and try to work out subtle inputs. It's possible, but very hard and tiring. Not to mention that over a long flight you'd have to hold the smartphone in the same position otherwise your plane goes all over the place. The rudder is also a problem for some smartphones since not all of them have a 3-axis accelerometre. I guess that for long flights you could use autopilot, and the rudder could be done with the 'Z' and 'X' keys, but I agree with the rest of your post. Smartphones can be hard to use just by themselves sometimes.
Sokol1 Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) "Shǒujī fēixíngyuán" http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XODAyOTE2NTU2.html?from=y1.2-1-105.3.3-2.1-1-1-2-0 Edited November 21, 2015 by Sokol1
Y-29.Silky Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) I wish the developers had the same passion for flight simulators as Oleg Maddox. Oh hey, let's add tanks! Edited November 21, 2015 by Y-29.KevinBacon
Brano Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Nice video sokol.Was it Korean or Chinese? Looks like smartphone is a viable option.Maybe looks a bit awkward right first time,but with some training one could get quite proficient with it.I'm playing around with my in the app you have posted here few days ago.One that makes an additional "screen" out of it and you can place some controlls on it. ROCCAT Powergrid is the name.
-TBC-AeroAce Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 xbox controller is the best, cheapest already existing and implemented control for this game
Brano Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 I think the idea of OP was about using smartphone as another way how to control the plane.As nondedicated multipurpose gaming device.I don't have Xbox but I doubt the possibility of its controller to make a phonecalls
Cybermat47 Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 I wish the developers had the same passion for flight simulators as Oleg Maddox. Oh hey, let's add tanks! Oleg Maddox made Cliffs of Dover, and playable tanks were planned as an official feature for that game. Also, please try to stay on topic.
AndyJWest Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 I'm sure that if somebody wanted to develop an external application to make a smartphone emulate a joystick, using the built-in accelerometer it could be done. I can't think of any good reason to do so, however, given the effort involved in producing something that isn't going to work as well as a real joystick anyway. It makes about as much sense as fitting an articulated lorry with a tiller and a ship's engine order telegraph (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_order_telegraph) as far as I can see. Using the phone touch screen as a 'virtual keyboard' with properly-labelled controls makes more sense - and there are already applications available to do this with tablets. They may work with phones too, but I'd think something a bit bigger would be more practical.
AndyJWest Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 I've just checked, and someone had already developed an iPhone / Android phone joystick emulator, and started a thread on the forum about it: http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/13322-use-your-iphone-and-android-phone-control-il2/?hl=%2BandroidNobody seems to have responded, which rather suggests to me that it doesn't have much appeal. Meanwhile, I'm going to develop a way to convert organ pedals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedal_keyboard) into a keyboard, and build myself a tongue-operated joystick. That way I should be able to fly two planes at the same time, and be my own wingman...
Bearcat Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 I wish the developers had the same passion for flight simulators as Oleg Maddox. Oh hey, let's add tanks! Oleg Maddox made Cliffs of Dover, and playable tanks were planned as an official feature for that game.
Uriah Posted November 22, 2015 Author Posted November 22, 2015 The idea is for those who don't already have joy sticks and are interested in checking out the game. I can't see anyone continuing to play a flight sim without sometime buying a joystick. Compare the idea against a mouse, not a joystick.
1CGS LukeFF Posted November 22, 2015 1CGS Posted November 22, 2015 The idea is for those who don't already have joy sticks and are interested in checking out the game. I can't see anyone continuing to play a flight sim without sometime buying a joystick. Compare the idea against a mouse, not a joystick. Sorry, but it's a ridiculous idea.
Sokol1 Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 (edited) Need "standalone" smartphone throttle? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dev.huertix.throttle_dcs_beta Looks more practical than ... mouse scroll wheel. Edited November 22, 2015 by Sokol1
Sokol1 Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 http://ricardo-sequeira.com/flight-simulator-throttle-android/
AndyJWest Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Another Android app: http://www.keysndr.win/
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