[SPUDLEY1977]

We can already program hotkeys. To simulate reality the key for me is flyability. Using a small mouse to locate, hover, click the tiny buttons on a virtual cockpit (which will be quite different in all craft) only detracts from the experience. We already have to suffer with a 2d computer world for a 6d real world.

For those who desire a preflight checklist here's your solution that will satisfy all: Keep a clipboard at your desk, and with pencil perform your preflight checks, and don't you dare take off until one hour+ after you sit down to the computer. Simple, easy, and allows for the programmers and CPU/GPU to focus on the visuals, flight models, situational awareness, and tactics.

I vote "No" thank you to clickable wasted cockpit resources. If Oleg & Comrades have that kind of extra time on their hands, just program the cockpit virtual buttons to move when we use the already programmable hot keys.

CS