4.12.2 de-bugging

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Originally Posted by Woke Up Dead

You guys remember "the bar" in the 190? I think other cockpits may also be suffering from the bar, particularly the Yak 9.

I think you're right. Just about all the cockpit models in IL2 fail to take the refractive properties of armor glass into account. I didn't realize exactly what was going on myself until I saw the video.

Just about any cockpit with a thick bottom portion of the armor glass frame, or where armor glass is faired into the aircraft's fuselage, is going to have some degree of refraction which reduces the apparent size of the frame or fairing.

Realistically, though, this also means that any damage to the armor glass that destroys the refractive properties is also going to make the "bar" (i.e., fairing or frame) suddenly appear, as well as making any image seen through the armor glass appear is if it were reflected in a cracked mirror.

Also, the refractive properties of the glass will be obvious as a "step down" between the view in the armor glass and the view through the unarmored adjacent canopy areas.