It's time for the results ! The ordering was not easy, and judges preferences are always a bit arbitrary for aesthetics, but with more than 6 judges the final ranking was still clear
FNX FPV Smooth, total control.
SCOTT FPV This is so good we would like it to last longer.
Method FPV Hardcore freestyle basher, OG style.
Congratulations to all participants ! Other great videos produced for the contest (unordered) :
Odd Yard Special vibe.
JoryFPV The King of Trippy Spin.
Sharpset Studio Very original music & flying.
FPV Gilbert Even in freestyle, it goes fast !
Lio Kai A new perspective on NYC 1950.
AiDroneSim 1.37 : The most customizable FPV Sim Ever
AiDroneSim is now officially the most customizable FPV sim ever : import your images and 3D meshes in the in-game editor, and even import whole unreal engine maps !
PNG Import In Editor
The custom Logo projector and the simple Custom Logo item now allow direct importing of PNG Files : Import your Logo, or any PNG image, from the properties of the item :
Direct import of 3d objects in editor from files. As with user PNGs, the files are saved as a copy, and will automatically be shared when you share a track or scenery including them. This also import the textures when possible.
You can now fly any unreal engine map in AiDroneSim. This is an advanced feature, intended for power users. There is, for now, no in-game/steam workshop integrated way to share your map, but you can always send the zipped folder to friends.
Here how to package your map for AiDroneSim in less than 10 minutes :
First: if not already done, check the current Open Contest with $800 prize pool.
Overview :
Download Drones, Tracks & Sceneries directly from the game.
Undo/Redo (Ctrl+Z) system in the editor
Native objets editing in editor.
General
New Features
Download Drones, Tracks & Sceneries directly from the game.
Hide/show all active user interface when flying with [H]
Improvements
Gameplay
Updated scenic trail map : more space to go around, bigger gaps everywhere, in particular in the forests.
Airplanes on cinematic mountain are now set to go to 70 kmh (from 60kmh)
UI
HUD settings are now available while flying, with direct effects.
Improved FPS display.
Tracks and sceneries are now always displayed in order : tracks first then sceneries, each in typographic order.
Misc
Cinematic foliage settings now display foliage details up to 1.5x normal distance. Beware of performance issues !
Low and medium foliage settings are now a bit more aggressive to reduce foliage details.
USB controller input : improved performance. Can speed up FPS on some configurations where the CPU was the bottleneck.
Fixes
Fixed some issues with automatic false starts after spawning on some user tracks.
Fixed some leaderboard display issues in the main menu.
Fixed a rare bug that could cause crashes when spawning ghost quads while quitting the level.
Fixed compatibility issues with CRSF Joystick . Thanks Felix.
More sensitive axis detection on MacOS, fixing some controllers issues. ( flysky fs-i6x). Thanks Mark.
Editor
New Features
Undo/Redo System. ( Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+Y)
Editable Natives items : except for most trees, most native items on the map are now user editable. Delete, duplicate, move or resize any native item. Warning : With great power comes great responsibilities, natives items are often way less plug & play than the items available in the left panel. Don't forget to use Undo for any issue.
Groups : Group/ungroup selected items (CTRL+G, ALT+G). Grouped items will "stay together" even when not selected. Re-selecting an item later will select the whole group.
Mass Selection Double Click on an item to select all similar items currently in view.
Quality Of Life
Ctrl+S to save current track.
Contextual Menu : right click on an item for easy access to common actions, such as group/ungroup.
SAVE & Fly from the editor, then BACK TO EDITOR for quick fight testing without going back to the main menu. (F2). The undo stack will still be available after flight-testing the map.
FPS HUD are now available in the editor. While it does not map 1:1 to in-flight game performance, it's still an easy way to get an idea about performance.
Camera Position & Speed are now saved in editor, for each track. Useful when alternating between editor mode and fly mode.
Shortcuts are now displayed on most tooltips in the track editor.
Improvements
Improved Editor UI : Left & Right panel are now resizable.
Search box for the left panel.
Huge performance improvements when flying on sceneries with huge amounts of objects (hi, Kéhops FPV !).
In-Editor performance improvements on such sceneries.
Faster saving time.
Removed central control point on gizmo.
Goodies
A few new items are available. Check the smoke & fires to have some fun.
More
<*> For any issue, feature request or help, join the discord : https://discord.gg/nyebM2t7DF
AiDroneSim : 800$ 2022 Contest
Welcome to the 2022 AiDroneSim contest ! For this edition, we have 3 categories : Video freestyle, Racing and Map Creator.
Any participant agree that the produced video may be used for promotional content or other use by the AiDroneSim team.
Racing
Accumulate points by doing good times on selected tracks :
10 Tracks
For each track, at the end of the contest period, points are distributed as follow :
1st Place : 10 pts
2nd Place : 8 Pts
3rd Place : 6 Pts
4th Place : 4 Pts
5th Place : 3 Pts
6th Place : 2 Pts
7th Place : 1 pts
For each pilot, his total score is the sum of his score on each track in the contest.
Race while logged on the Steam client, so the result is uploaded to the leaderboard with the corresponding ghosts. Only valid leaderboard entries will count.
Modalities
The selected Tracks will be determined according to popular vote.
Once the vote is done, the Tracks & Quads will be announced on October 8, by a post on steam.
Try your best on each track until the deadline !
Deadline : 10th November 2022, 00AM UTC.
Misc
Leaderboards for concerned tracks will be captured at the deadline data.
Only valid entries, with the selected quadcopters, will count. For information, all the data about the game pilot's quadcopter are present in leaderboard ghosts data.
If you are near the top of the ranks, please contact us at contact@aidronesim.com with :
Your steam pilot name
Your Paypal associated email. Please also send a friend request on steam to diophante.studio (friend code : 1196933938) so we can be sure it's the same person on email and steam.
Map Creator
Create a scenery in the map editor of the sim, and share it via Steam.
Either let it as a scenery, or create a track on it.
A Jury will vote to rank the creations.
Up to 3 entries per pilot.
Criteria : aesthetics, fun to fly, originality.
Send us an email at contact@aidronesim.com with :
The link to the Steam workshop page
Your paypal associated email. Please also send a friend request on steam to diophante.studio (friend code : 1196933938) so we can be sure it's the same person on email and steam.
Deadline : 1st December 2022, 00AM UTC.
Results
Racing : results will be announced shortly after verifying the leaderboards.
Freestyle : results will be announced 2 weeks later, on November 26 th 2022.
Map creator : results will be announced 2 weeks later, on December 17th 2022.
Payment Modalities
As a general rule, payments are made via paypal. If for any reason you can't use paypal, send us an email and we may find an alternative. (like steam cards)
We may contact you via Steam to verify the email sender and the steam pilot name are the same person.
Send an email for any question : contact@aidronesim.com
1.30 : Smaller, Faster + New Maps
Total Disk Space : 16 GB
The sim now only takes 16 GB on Disk (previously : near 40 GB ), with all new maps and the NYC DLC map.
3 new maps
Sequoia Paradise, Scenic Trail : Small but fun maps, in collaboration with Jay_Co__ .Thanks, Jay
Cinematic Mountain : Huge open map, with old houses, a very big castle, and more.
Faster map loading
A lot faster !
Misc
Various fixes and improvements.
As the result of huge changes (wrt files compression, and more), a 16 GB download is needed for this update.
For any issue, prefer to contact us via Discord : https://discord.gg/FNekmBXeAP , or via the Steam forums pages.
1.30 : Faster, Smaller, Better
It's time for the spring update :
Total Disk Space : 16 GB
The sim now only takes 16 GB on Disk (previously : near 40 GB ), with all new maps and the NYC DLC map.
4 new maps
Sequoia Paradise, Scenic Trail : Small but fun maps, in collaboration with Jay_Co__ .Thanks, Jay
Cinematic Mountain : Huge open map, with old houses, a very big castle, and more.
Quarry : A small map with a lot of possibilities !
Faster map loading
A lot faster !
Misc
Various fixes and improvements.
As the result of huge changes (wrt files compression, and more), a 16 GB download is needed for this update.
For any issue, prefer to contact us via Discord : https://discord.gg/FNekmBXeAP , or via the Steam forums pages.
1.25 : Leaderboards & Ligthing controls
Leaderboards
Leaderboards are accessible from the main menu or the end of a race :
Ghosts corresponding to the leaderboard records will race with you
Only an Open category for now.
Editor : Lighting & custom properties
New system of custom properties. When an object has custom properties, you can set the values in the bottom right corner.
Check the lights !
Sun & FPV Camera controllers. These are two unique items designed to control the scene lighting. For example, to get a night setup :
Disable auto-exposure in the FPV Camera controller.
Set the Sun intensity to 0 while pointing upwards.
Note : Dynamic lights are costly and spamming them will result in a significant performance impact. Try to be reasonable !
Example from DEVILS :
Misc
Additional Editor shortcuts :
Rotation Mode (R)
Translation Mode (T)
Switch between Local/World frame of reference (Y)
Up (CAPS LOCK)
Down ( Left Shift)
All shortcuts can be customized.
Misc. fixes and improvements.
Support & more
As always, don't hesitate to contact us for anything :
Discord : https://discord.gg/FNekmBXeAP
Mail : contact@aidronesim.com & diophante.studio@gmail.com
Thanks
Jay, Devils, the Broken Arm FPV crew, the RoTor's CooL crew, every beta tester ever, all the reviewers, and all the amazing pilots contributing to develop this sim ! Happy holidays !
