No Zoom in Custom Layout in Sim mode

[Desode]

Originally Posted by Houndstone Hawk

Oh man Rise of Flight. What a freaking title that is!!!! I am loving it & can't wait for the replay mode in 1.09 for sure!!!

I'm afraid I too have been wrapped in this title for atleast a year before release, following all the press notes & news & like you, bought it up on the 2 systems in a shot, thinking "IL-2 Sturmovik, the best combat flight sim money can buy, coming to console & promising much to the simmers aswell as gamers.....wow".
Unlike you however, I have been bitterly disappointed with the game from the start & I have let my opinions be known. I love the realism & involvement of a Sim, I love the immersion & I am a huge fan of the name IL-2 Sturmovik & its titles. I wont aire my opinions anymore for BoP, I'll just be repeating myself & boring others in the process; so I stuck around & waited for the patch. All I wanted was for a workable zoom to work in harmony with a deidated look-around, less screen tearing, & to be able to customise any one of the 3 pc flightsticks I have including the thrustmaster hotas & Sidewinder Precision Pro & so for me, personally, I get hardly anything from this long awaited patch.

I'm a huge fan of 1946 & Rise of Flight & I really do think they both pretty much got it right from their starting points. There are certain limitations to console but hey; Over G Fighters got it right; straight out of the box IMO & still remains the greatest flight sim on next gen console.

Rant over. I can't change anything here & so I'll keep quiet once again & sift the forum for any hints ppl may have. Speaking of which; thanks to trk29 & Infinate States for pointing out the P-51D being better on the default layouts. They're layouts I can't use but you're right, the Mustang does handle much better .

I take it you haven't turned ROF on in a few days. The 1.09 is here and the recorder works great, Send me a Pm and we'll meet up on ROF and fly some COOP. DESODE

[Houndstone Hawk]

Originally Posted by Desode

I take it you haven't turned ROF on in a few days. The 1.09 is here and the recorder works great, Send me a Pm and we'll meet up on ROF and fly some COOP. DESODE

AAAAAAAAGGHH!!!!!!!!!! 1.09? Here? Oh man!!!!! No I just keep checking the website for updates. Oh that's awesome news. Think I might give 'em a few more notes & get the Camel & Dolphin too while I'm at it. Thanks so much!!!

CO OP sounds great.

[SEE]

I only have the Xbox Desode and see that you have BOP on both platforms. Maybe, after the patch for the Xbox is released you can make a comparison for us folks who are thinking of switching from MS to Sony. Does this non Zoom problem in SIM apply to all PS3 compatible joysticks or just a particular model? Choice of joysticks will still be limited with the Xbox patch so may be you could offer a useful comparison between the platforms for those of us who only use Joysticks. Nice to have the zoom but since the Draw Distance has been improved I could probably live without zoom and have a better stick with improved layout. Let us know bud!

[winny]

In my view (no pun intended) the zoom is a very important feture in SIM. Not as much for the actual zoom feature but more because when using zoom your plane is less sensitive to the movemnets of your stick/pad.

On the rare occasions I actually get behind someone in sim I use zoom as an aid to being more accurate with my guns, it's easier to to make the small adjustments needed to hit the target.

This could also be the reason why I'm sooo bad at Sim tho, so I might be talking s**t.