A hanger full of my purchased aircrafts?

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3735513&postcount=178

While a hangar of great aircraft is certainly a wonderful thing, having an engaging, exciting, and dynamic combat environment is equally important.

Reading through the above weekend news back in the end of 2018, especially the words above, an wonderful idea struck me:

How amazing would it be if we could have a giant hanger where we can place our purchased aircrafts in it? In 3D of course, and ideally allows to place weapons and other in-game stuffs as well. It could be implemented either as a separate page/feature, or as a replacement of the current static main menu page, gives it a much more vivid look and a lot of fun even just to fiddle around with it.

A giant exhibition hanger full of my purchased aircrafts, sounds quite rewarding. After all, it is "Fighter Collection", isn't it? :D

Something like this:

In future, if possible, it can further evolved to some sort of ingame lobby place probably, where chit-chat or even some serious mission briefing happens.

My dear ED, please consider~

Yea would be nice having a virtual hangar of all your owned aircraft

Interesting idea! Something like this would be real nice in VR

That tank sim (which we will not name) does a really nice job with their virtual FOBs and such where your owned vehicles are arrayed around you. Their special event versions (Main Street USA for 4th of July, etc) are also nice.

That tank sim (which we will not name) does a really nice job with their virtual FOBs and such where your owned vehicles are arrayed around you. Their special event versions (Main Street USA for 4th of July, etc) are also nice.

I know of is no actual tank "SIM" that has Virtual FOB with owned vehicles. Any that i know do are all arcadey Multiplayer free to play games, some ( or in all honestly just 1) that merely feels more realistic than another due to ballistics and an actual damage model as opposed to health bars that most other so called

tank "sims" have.

Pedantic Meter: Pegged...

I support this great idea! :thumbup:

Would be great to have as VR menu

+1 me2

+2000

I remember reading that the MAC module would receive a new/improved GUI.

But I don't think it includes a new menu showing a nice and detailed aircraft hangar with your purchased modules in it.

This is very vague and I'm not quite sure about this, but the menu once had an animated background in 1.5, where the camera flew through clouds.

It was then removed because it was taking to much performance for a menu background and replaced with images.

Perhaps 2.5 now allows more possibilities to show animated/live rendered scenes in the menu, otherwise we'll have to stick to images.

Take a look at this forum post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=152076

If this is ever done, I hope it won't be only a menu-background. I hope we can walk around there, especially in VR!

ok, I also hope we will be able to jump in each plane, get it running and roll out of the hangar for a quick-start-flight.... but I asume that will never happen, will it, ED? ;)

I have to keep wondering what a hanger is... reading this so often written by native English speakers. At least it's easy to point out that a hangar was meant

I'd appreciate if the aircraft in the VR menu hangar would at least change to the last one flown instead of being a Flanker all the time. Or the one picked as background.

I have to keep wondering what a hanger is.

It is what the put their flight suits on when not in use:smilewink:

The current menu is a Flanker?! I’m dropping everything and buying VR right now:)

I sold all my aircraft and only fly this one now!

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/497612412862726146/591502023468515347/StealthFighter2.jpg

I have to keep wondering what a hanger is... reading this so often written by native English speakers. At least it's easy to point out that a hangar was meant

 

 

I'd appreciate if the aircraft in the VR menu hangar would at least change to the last one flown instead of being a Flanker all the time. Or the one picked as background.

:poster_oops:

It is what the put their flight suits on when not in use:smilewink:

Aha, I knew I was right :D

@ravenzino, great idea - it would be outstanding to have one's aircraft all available for show at the Hangar indeed !

In which the menu name could be respectively: Hangar.

@Eldur, yep the right word is: HANGAR.

I remember reading that the MAC module would receive a new/improved GUI.

 

But I don't think it includes a new menu showing a nice and detailed aircraft hangar with your purchased modules in it.

 

This is very vague and I'm not quite sure about this, but the menu once had an animated background in 1.5, where the camera flew through clouds.

It was then removed because it was taking to much performance for a menu background and replaced with images.

 

Perhaps 2.5 now allows more possibilities to show animated/live rendered scenes in the menu, otherwise we'll have to stick to images.

 

Take a look at this forum post:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=152076

Performance concern can be addressed by making it as an option. And it doesn't have to be the main menu if that's of too much trouble. It can be a separate page from a main menu entry. As long as it is nice looking and neat.

If you actually think about it, all the function blocks are more or less already there. We already have a VR hangar and the in-game encyclopedia both of which in essence are simplified renders; we've got ME which is exactly an editor. The rest work is mainly about integrating them together, tailor it down and putting necessary restrictions on it so it can be kept light and nice looking. Or the worst case is to provide a preset scene and fixed location in the hangar for each of the aircrafts so as to maximize the optimization of performance and visual effects, but users won't be able to do any editing, which, as a start, is still quite compelling.

The primary purpose is to allow people to exhibit their collection, to admire or even worship... :D Imagine you have a friend visit and you wanted to quickly show your friend all the nice jets and liveries you've been collecting... I know there could be work-around like using existing ME to put together an "air show" mission, but then you'll have to load the mission and tune the camera and etc etc. A quick and simple "My Hangar" could be much fluent and well optimized for people to enjoy, and show off in the community if someone wishes to... :D

Community mod is another approach, but has its limitations. The visual quality and optimization won't be as good as ED's work. And it would be sort of pity if ED's Fighter Collection needs to be demonstrated via a mod......

Talking about business, what's in it for ED?

1. Players are more happy and proud as DCS will now become a showable "Fighter Collection".

2. One more good reason for players' to purchase/collect more modules, even if they don't fly it often, which means cash for ED.

3. Someone might disagree with this, but personally I don't really mind if ED makes this cosmetic feature as a module or part of a pro-version and charge it for some small bucks. I was always wanted to buy those 1/72 or 1/48 plastic fighter models but worried about the mess of paints, decals and relevant tools. I guess having a exhibition hangar partially fulfill some similar desires, more or less.

they should do it as a free theme for oculus home and steamVR..

instead of the international space station as a background.