3 overhead reading lights for a 2-2 configuration? On a trans pacific flight? Literally unplayable. Would love to see this open source and extended!
lol!
Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
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Re: Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
#112Nice concept but It would've been better if you don't force people to sign in with the auth box always shown I had to delete it from the node tree using chrome devtools. also why not enable WASD keys or even arrow keys to move?
yes, a few people have mentioned this. I am making it toggleable in the view menu and will push shortly. Thanks for suggesting
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#113Crashed within 10 seconds on iPhone 17 Pro. Love the vibes
It uses too much RAM, it’s vibe coded so makes sense
well, actually I had tested in iphone and did some things to but back on mesh size & also streaming terrain so that I'm not overrendering textures. I have not tested on all devices as I only have one mobile device. The tradeoff is render quality - maybe I'll make a lower triangle or 2K texture mode?
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#114Wow, this is so unbelievably unoptimized. The sound of my computer fans makes it so immersive. The shadow map is being rendered twice with 300+ draw calls and 1M+ triangles. Full resolution GTAO is probably even more expensive with a lot of fetches per texel. I'm sure there are a ton of low hanging optimization fruits and I'm confident claude et. al can fix all those issues, but if you don't know where to look and ne…
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#115Or you could check out the non-vibe coded Airplane Mode from 2020: https://store.steampowered.com/app/931310/Airplane_Mode/
That's... why? I can understand slow games like EuroTruck or Farming Sim. But what's the point of this?
Nonwithstanding the human fascination with simulation and simulacra, Airplanes and Air Travel represent a fascinating cultural touchpoint with much insight and depth to plumb depending on what aspects you simulate.
For example, think of a history class charting flight from the Wright Brothers, through the Golden Age of Aviation, right to the present day. Even showing the drastic differences pre and post 9/11 by reference to the processes and experiences of commercial airline travel would represent a worthy pedagogical endeavour. We do a lot more to achieve a lot less in terms of making 'history come alive' currently.
Re: Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
#116Wow, this is so unbelievably unoptimized. The sound of my computer fans makes it so immersive. The shadow map is being rendered twice with 300+ draw calls and 1M+ triangles. Full resolution GTAO is probably even more expensive with a lot of fetches per texel. I'm sure there are a ton of low hanging optimization fruits and I'm confident claude et. al can fix all those issues, but if you don't know where to look and ne…
It's a work in progress. I have cut down on the original mesh size by quite a bit but continue to do that. I also fade out the resolution of the map tiles as you approach the horizon so you aren't loading ihgher res satellite images than you need. I've run entire flights on my 2022 mac pro with no issue, but as this is a side project it remains not as optimal as it could be. Any suggestions for order of operations / what should be fixed next are welcome :-)
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#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's... why? I can understand slow games like EuroTruck or Farming Sim. But what's the point of this?
These days it's pretty unusual to think of an idea that hasn't been done yet, so when you do, I guess you just don't think too much and go make it.
Case in point:
Re: Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
#118Or you could check out the non-vibe coded Airplane Mode from 2020: https://store.steampowered.com/app/931310/Airplane_Mode/
That's... why? I can understand slow games like EuroTruck or Farming Sim. But what's the point of this?
Slow? There’s a Faming Simulator competitive esports league (because of course there is). You can find videos on YouTube.
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#119Re: Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger
#120I dig it. Got it bookmarked. Nice job, keep it up.