Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 122155)

I have to agree here... I think it is kind of hokey myself....

Originally Posted by SlipBall (Post 122311)

Originally Posted by Talisman http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/images/...s/viewpost.gif
Oleg,

With regards to the aircraft damage and cockpit pilot posts above. Please, no damage visual aids and please, please and please again, no dummy pilot in the cockpit!

I would like to see and use the cockpit without a dummy pilot getting in the way. This is a flight sim, not a cartoon game. I can't believe some of the stuff people are asking for. Good luck.

Happy landings,

Talisman






Yep hokey to me aswell

Originally Posted by daHeld (Post 122317)

What problem do you have with a pilot that you may switch off if you don't like him?
Let those who want to see their legs inside a cockpit do so - the others can always turn it off.

It's not a high priority thing of course, but if there's some time left, I'm convinced, it would add the immersion.

As far as visual aids are concerned, I agree that we don't really need them. Even in Il-2 I always know what's wrong with my aircraft, more or less. When your aircraft is starting to act strangely, a glance out of the canopy normaly suffices to acknowledge the damage that occured...

Originally Posted by mark@1C (Post 121962)

I wonder why so many people focus attention on pilot itself,instead of the pilot's view.
In a Dogfight,I think it's more important to have a suitable view for observation than to look at our dummy body.
Too many things to pay attention to,enemy fighters,relative distance,instrument panel,and so on.

Originally Posted by Mango (Post 122177)

I think cut scene animations and animated pilot in cockpit = waste of valuable development time with no long term value to the game.

Originally Posted by whatnot (Post 122325)

Especially since this is probably something that'll be very hard to mod aferwards.

Originally Posted by Mango (Post 122177)

I think cut scene animations and animated pilot in cockpit = waste of valuable development time with no long term value to the game.

Most of the gimmicky things people are asking for will lose their appeal very quickly. Even those asking for cut scenes will get bored of them after 2 or 3 viewings. Remember that we experience flight sims 99% from the pilot's point of view.

And tell me, when you're driving a car, who really notices their own body in their field of view? Nobody pays attention to their hands on the steering wheel. :rolleyes:

It also effects immersion if we see badly rendered 3D humanoids (which can never be rendered as well as solid structures) intermingled with the beautiful graphical environment we'll be immersed in.

The virtual world that we fly in will be greatly enhanced by what we see from the cockpit, what we hear over the radio, and what we read in breifings; not by 3rd person views of pilot animations or cut scenes.
:grin:

Originally Posted by whatnot (Post 122324)

It's all about immersion mate. :cool:

One wouldn't need to model the pilot chair either, but it wouldn't look quite right. Having the pilot's arms and legs missing is in the same ballpark for me.