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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Crane » Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:38 am

Bully wrote:
Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:32 pm
With Donkey's help just finished setting mine up and it's bloody fantasitc1!!! Highly recommend doing this if you can.
Funny how a bit of vibration at the right place can improve your experiance (pun intended).

Only thin I would like improved is a more noticable buffeting effect.
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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Archangel » Sun Jul 28, 2019 8:50 am

I am used to masochists paying someone to use their gym equipment. Reading that somebody would actually pay someone to kick their butt is a new one on me!!!

:nuts: :nuts:

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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Donkey » Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:04 am

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it Archangel! :D
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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Lachs » Thu Aug 01, 2019 3:13 am

Found one on Amazon that's much cheaper, more compact, and runs on batteries. It works okay, I guess, but installation... was... a... BITCH!! :oops:


https://www.amazon.com/Stimulation-PALO ... a65fe6b324

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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Crane » Thu Jan 23, 2020 8:24 pm

Looks like Simshaker is now integrated in BoX.
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/57 ... l-2-users/

It now seems possible to feel G-force with butt kickers.
https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/57 ... es-in-il2/

Anyone tried this yet?
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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Donkey » Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:44 pm

Ooh. No, but I'm sorely tempted to try.
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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Crane » Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:09 pm

So, I've tried this and it's promising. I use two bass-shakers to enhance the low game engine sounds which is pretty immersive. I switched them over to the Simshaker output and the direct comparison was... meh... too clean and not as immersive as the rumble you get from the game. So I switched it back. However, Simshaker gives out several effects and the most promising are G-force and buffeting. Andrey (the guy behind the software) is refining the output wave profiles, now that he's getting community feedback. So the "feel" of the effects should get better in time.

I'm going to explore placing an additional shaker on to the rudder pedals and one on the centre mount base and try to get G-force output on the rudder and buffeting on the stick.
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Re: Arse Kicker

Post by Donkey » Mon Jan 27, 2020 10:35 pm

That's pretty much what I felt - I downloaded the demo and ran it for about 20 mins. However, I could only get it to do buffeting and G-force - no guns, engine etc... So I moved back. It looks promising, but still early days.
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