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OpenRidingController – DIY horse riding controller for the PC

19 pointsby zdwlast Sunday at 12:07 AM7 commentsview on HN

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klibertptoday at 12:28 PM

Glorious! Next step - find a game where you ride on a flying creature and add the necessary controls. Apparently, you can tame flying creatures in No Man's Sky, for example. You'd probably need to balance with the body? Read through pressure sensors. Might be incredibly cool if well implemented!

felooboolooombatoday at 12:22 PM

Seems like an ideal project for an active feedback. An almighty motor in the seat? Could even yeet you across the room if you fall off.

Put another motor under the seat to rotate it on Z axis. Emulate dragging if you fall.

swiftcodertoday at 11:21 AM

I am moderately surprised that this is a SFW project

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reactordevtoday at 11:14 AM

I almost expected a saddle like setup on a wooden horse or stool. This isn’t that but after watching the video, my fears about it being stirrup controlled were evaporated when I saw the little bridle lead you pull on. Very cool indeed. Super niche for RDR2 but very cool.

addandsubtracttoday at 11:31 AM

I love it! Very creative solution for a very niche "problem". Have you ever been horse riding before, or since starting this project OP?