More pilot detail and custom models

[empty hazel]

I'l start simple. What I mean by detail is seeing your own body and copilots and flight crew sitting in the cockpit with you with small idle animations with you and your copilot's hands on the controls mirroring your inputs like throttle, rudder pedals, and joystick/cyclic. Now, I'm sure things like that are planned, but here's my other suggestion I am hoping for once there Is more mod support: custom Pilots / pilot models. These could either be a 3D model file dropped into a folder or as a workshop item. Basically, I'm thinking of picking what model you want your pilot to use as long as it is rigged properly, or whatever it's called (I know nothing about making animated 3d characters or animatable ones), once there Is more support for community addons. You would be able to pick the models for each crew member (1-pilot 2-copilot/gunner 3-crew member 1 4-crew member 2) and maybe even pick custom names to be written under their windows in-game with an editable font color to ensure you can see it. I know it's a bit early in development to suggest this, but I have always hoped that this will get added sometime.

[empty hazel]

This is probably gonna get a lot of downvotes and get buried due to there being more urgent things first, but I hope the devs at least makr a note of it for the future.

[terse gust]

+1 for miroring inputs but i do not trust people with custom pilots

[empty hazel]

Just dont rescue them.

Or make it workshop only so its checked.

[empty hazel]

At least consider the input mirroring and seeing your flight crew.

https://discord.com/channels/909034158205059082/1259883131519893738

[empty hazel]

Another ɓümp as I want to see pilot body in cockpit with anims and workshop pilots (at the very least workshop shoulder patches) and names on airframes

[empty stirrup]

Custom pilots are pointless and regarding other crew... I would prefer the functionality of the crew (both possibility of multi-player crew or AI co-pilot) to just added graphics in the cockpit to be honest.

[empty hazel]

That was an old idea that I kinda feel like people would use just like liveries

And sorry multicrew isnt coming

[empty hazel]

I still want slightly animated pilots too

[empty stirrup]

Overall you've reminded me of an old KA-52 sim review quote in PC Gamer magazine....
"When you look at the co-pilot, he is fully animated and if you're good, he'll show you a thumb up, if you are not so successful, it will be a different finger...."

[empty hazel]

I want this so bad
What game

Imagine if your medusa gets blown to bits but the cockpit survives and you look over at your crew..

[empty stirrup]

I get your point, I instantly take back everything I wrote, I want I need to have this. We all do. We need the animated crew with animations reflecting the situations from all good, trough "hey, wasn't there a wing there?" to a sole cockpit flying and face expressing "I remember there was floor under my station, this is outrages I'm calling HR RIGHT NOW!"

[empty hazel]

What game was that seriously

[empty stirrup]

KA-52 Alligator. I never played it but several screenshots were burned into my retina, I will sure be able to find it, gimme a few minutes....

[empty stirrup]

https://www.mobygames.com/game/3082/ka-52-team-alligator/ but as I said, all I know of the game is from an old review in PC Gamer.

[glossy gyro]

i mean we haven't had issues with the current workshop implementation and liveries are 100x more visible

[empty hazel]

In addition to custom models in the future what about stock skins for our buddy's flight suit?

BDF: roundel as a shoulder patch
Green
Navy blue
Temparate camo

PALA: roundel as a shoulder patch
Desert camo
Gray/tan/green
Gray/blue

[empty stirrup]

I would still rather get a framework to easily import custom decals / wing-tail logos with automatic share-on-join in MP

[glossy gyro]

i mean that's just skins