Cmdr Kharma wrote:Cheers Andy.... Yea what started as a "Cheap, lets use the things I have" controller project turned into a rather expensive one....
I don't know, the experience and knowledge alone can be worth something.
I mean, if you're an American citizen, into coding, and would love to design and integrate custom controller peripherals for a living, I could use you out here
at UCF working on IEEE 1278 projects (Wikipedia). That's assuming, of course,
our climate in Orlando is your type.
Loriath wrote:You meant that is not the normal way things go?
I started with buying this game, then hundreds of dollars later (joysticks, headtrackers, keyboards, other software and hardware, paint jobs), I am now thinking of a building a new PC, making a cockpit, VR or Large Monitors, and a bunch of other things......
And you guys wonder why I play Solitaire. Solitaire never made me spend Thousands of $$$$$
Yeah, but also keep in mind that a gaming rig for space sims could also be used as a flight simulator. Some people use these things for their careers, pilots ... race car drivers.
Sigh, if I was young'n fit again. But I guess this is what I get for
growing up near Daytona and Sebring (related article).