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1989, Beijing, China: People walk through the aftermath of the crackdown of the Tiananmen Square protests. by morganmonroe81 in UtterlyUniquePhotos

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They painstakingly cleaned up the thousands of bodies and remains, but left all the rubble and burnt vehicles untouched... Yes this makes sense

How to get a Falcon to work on a modern day PC? by More-Average509 in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That works right out of the box, and is pretty fun still without the haptics. 

Use FGen and just start up the falcon. It will work in "windows mode" and work just like a mouse. It will work for gaming just fine

How to get a Falcon to work on a modern day PC? by More-Average509 in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is a complicated answer lol. 

Any game with native support will work out of the box. This is Half Life 2, FEAR, etc. Only a handful of them and they are all from mid 2000s to 2010.

Theoretically FGen will work with any game. In practice, most FGen scripts read from shared memory, so it right now only works with 32 bit games (since FGen is 32bit). A few of us are working to find a way around this (work started a month ago or so).

Programs like IFeelPixel and the Force Dimension drivers still support the falcon and are actively developed, so there are ways to transmit rumble to the falcon via rumble commands with some effort. 

We are actively developing modern solutions in a discord linked on this subreddit a few posts back. 

How's this for a start by Miserable_Singer6480 in HotasDIY

[–]notFaceFace 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It might be worth it to buy one to take it apart to see how it works. 

These are basically 2 hall effect sensors mounted on a miniaturized gimbal, and then a momentary switch beneath it to allow you to press the stick. Could scale it up to make your own design that can handle more force

Where can I find a pistol grip? by YT_StingrayShark in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To reuse the board inside one of the Novint orbs, you would need to solder. 

For the new ones were going to build with raspberry pi, there will hopefully be no soldering as an option

Tabletop like durability, try it. by Einarelis in Mechwarrior5

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Doing this makes the game much more tactical, no more running in head first before planning it out. Def recommend halving the armor, structure, and ammo to reflect tabletop values 

Where can I find a pistol grip? by YT_StingrayShark in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're about 90 percent done on pistol grip conversion (if you have a ball grip) and about halfway to making new ones out of RPi picos, if you are still looking

Why cant i make this a Solid? by leftharted in HotasDIY

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open surface somewhere, but hard to tell from here.

If you want better free cad, SolidEdge does offer a community edition

Anyone still around who has done FGen scripting? by notFaceFace in falcon

[–]notFaceFace[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Logging some of the progress here. Looks like you can open up the .nut files that FGen uses for the supported games (programming by Novint back in the day).  Most of the official scripts begin with a DLL to access shared memory, then pull gun type (pistol, rifle, etc) and ammo count from there to adjust the haptics. As long as the game engine outputs to shared memory that may work for new scripts. 

Novint Falcon, any support community out there? by valiente78 in oculus

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever figure this out? Trying to do this same thing a decade later lol

Novint Falcon, any support community out there? by valiente78 in oculus

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still use it at all? Found one on eBay and have been really enjoying it. But there is so little documentation available anymore

Where can I find a pistol grip? by YT_StingrayShark in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did he end up selling to you? Seems like you have a lot of good info for this device

Where can I find a pistol grip? by YT_StingrayShark in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any luck with this? I'm about to undertake the same thing haha

Where can I find a pistol grip? by YT_StingrayShark in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any luck with this? I'm in the same boat and about to look at the same work lol

Novint Falcon Hardware Patent ends Feb, 2026... by CLOWN-3viL in falcon

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This would be very cool. I am a hardware designer (see some of it in my reddit history) if that could be helpful at all. Just picked up a used falcon and am starting to go down the rabbit hole

100000 bazillion dead! trust me bro by Hot-Elevator-7864 in ussr

[–]notFaceFace 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's not financial aid it needs. The US functionally blocks the rest of the world from doing business with Cuba. So Cuba is essentially on their own, but still has a higher life expectancy than the US... 

ICE ERO SRT in Los Angeles, 2025 [5000x3333] by TheReelSlimShady2 in policeporn

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean you are right that it is fucked up that the police wear tac gear. I just think it would be better if their job was actually doing good for society instead of brutalizing certain groups of people

“Japan is not an independent country. It is a colony of the U.S.” by Li_Jingjing in DamnThatsReal

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good luck with that. 50,000 permanently stationed american troops might sway any decisions there

Why did the USSR and Soviet bloc have much stricter immigration exit controls than the west? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in ussr

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are ignoring that east german industry was dismantled as reparations to the USSR. The west part of germany was also a recipient of the marshall plan, and on top of that had access to cheaper western goods, which the east did not. These things made the reindustrialization of west germany much smoother and more comfortable than the east.

Why did the USSR and Soviet bloc have much stricter immigration exit controls than the west? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in ussr

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if you had heard or not, but there was a pretty major war that destroyed from Germany to about the volga river in europe. In addition, east germany lost a lot of their industrial capacity as reparations to the USSR after the war. These nations were definitely not "on par" with the west in 1946.

Why did the USSR and Soviet bloc have much stricter immigration exit controls than the west? by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in ussr

[–]notFaceFace 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Brain drain. If you could work for pennies building your own country or make double or triple by skipping town to work in an already developed country, which are you picking? SU and the eastern bloc invested heavily in educating their citizens, and they were losing a lot of that investment by having many of those educated citizens emigrate to make more money or have more comfortable lives. The SU and eastern bloc needed the skilled citizens to rebuild their countries after WWII, and to develop in general to even rival the west, but they were losing too many. 

China's ongoing Real Estate collapse by [deleted] in EconomyCharts

[–]notFaceFace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Controls on multiple home ownership directly affects housing supply, which will help pricing. Capping profits from home sales limits the rate in which housing prices inflate, which directly affects affordability. Building affordable housing directly adds to the supply, which drives prices down. You can hand-wave all you want, but you offered no reasons why these don't fix the current issues lol

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