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Chipping in to develop an IL2-Flying Circus plugin

Discussion in 'SimTools Plugins' started by Pat Regan, Mar 12, 2021.

  1. Pat Regan

    Pat Regan DIY Fokker D7F Flight Simulator Gold Contributor

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    Thank you!     That is VERY helpful. I will look into those links and hopefully educate myself.

    Honestly, I know nothing about code writing and figure my chances of being able to make a plug-in are slim at best.

    I'd be willing to pay someone     to write a plug-in for IL2 BOS / Flying Circus and make it available to others. Would, say, $100 USD be enough to get some skillfull code writer to do it?

    Please let me know. Thanks again!

    VBR,

    Pat
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    Thanks for your reply and information. I haven't asked the Devs yet; will look into that.

    I'm optimistic because there already are plug-ins for IL2 Forgotten Battles and Battle Of Stalingrad; the latter of which, my first copy of Flying Circus came with.

    I don't write code so I'm not sure which telemetry you mean but I do know Flying Circus works with haptic devices like the SimShaker / JetPad and the ButtKicker. Is that the kind of telemetry you speak of?

    VBR,

    Pat
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    As per the link telemetry is output describing actual axis.

    Things like transducers and rumble motors can be driven by telemetry, but also commonly other sources, such as a low pass filter on audio, which is not telemetry.
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    Understood; thanks.

    I've learned IL2 / Flying Circus Developer (Jason) has been helping make telemetry to Sim Tools available since 2019. There are two IL2 games supported so far but not Flying Circus.

    Jason encourages user-made plug-ins and provided a downloadable PDF to help. Sounds like exactly what we need. Here's a link to the thread where the PDF link can be found:

    https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/44048-motion-support-for-il-2/
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    Hopefully the likes of @value1 can take a look, when he has some free time.
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    Yep. I recognize the callsign. That'd be great.
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    Motion doesnt work with Flying Circus? New to me, I use it. FC is not a different game from BoM, just different art assets.
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  9. Pat Regan

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    From my standpoint, that's wonderful news; thanks!

    We got the YAW working in WIFI; At 285# I'm too heavy for it but it works for my wife.

    I have a SimX 4000 and three SCN5 for a DIY platform project; having problems getting SimCommander 4 linked to the game and controls. PC System says I have a driver issue; working on that next.

    I didn't buy Sim Controls with the YAW but I will tonight. By all reports, it should work with IL2 and maybe FC1 so I'll be testing that ASAP with my wife riding the YAW wearing a Quest 2; while I fly FC1 from my fixed seat wearing a Rift. We'll at least be able to see if and how it works.

    Then I'll try to get my SC4000 system working with Sim Tools; if only for the greater availability of aviation games.
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