Friday update and discussions 2011-02-25

[McHilt]

BadAim was just joking I guess
at least I thought it was a funny comment...

[baronWastelan]

They're not "midgets" they're Hobbit-Americans

[Ibis]

Quote:
crew is too small...
Unfortunately they have been this size for a while now(alpha build?) and i fear its too late to change it now... I just hope its fixed in a patch
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It’s the FW190 bar of COD so dont hold your breath.

[Chivas]

We know that the aircraft were built to specs and the pilot modeled was the average size for the time. We also know that the pilots head moves where we are looking. I think I remember that there were some issues with pilot head movement and 6 DOF in cockpit. They may have made a compromise. Unfortunately sometimes compromises have to made when trying to turn our desktops into Spitfires,etc.

The pilots in some pics do sometimes look slightly smaller than they should, but frankly I don't spend my time analyzing screenshots. To me its more about the flying and combat, where most of my attention is to the sky,scanning the terrain for targets, and checking cockpit gauges. I probably won't notice that my wingmans head is slightly too small or the hood fastener on the engine compartment are not quite right.

Of course my Wife notices everything.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by Chivas

We know that the aircraft were built to specs and the pilot modeled was the average size for the time. We also know that the pilots head moves where we are looking. I think I remember that there were some issues with pilot head movement and 6 DOF in cockpit. They may have made a compromise. Unfortunately sometimes compromises have to made when trying to turn our desktops into Spitfires,etc.

The pilots in some pics do sometimes look slightly smaller than they should, but frankly I don't spend my time analyzing screenshots. To me its more about the flying and combat, where most of my attention is to the sky,scanning the terrain for targets, and checking cockpit gauges. I probably won't notice that my wingmans head is slightly too small or the hood fastener on the engine compartment are not quite right.

Agreed...but if the details can be got right...then its better yes?

[mungee]

Thank you Oleg & Team - excellent work ... as always!!

You know, I've been thinking about the "whining" that often occurs on this forum - and I feel that I must (humbly) offer some comment:

- I believe that Oleg pays a lot of attention to comments/constructive criticism, and I suspect appreciates it

- I think that members understandably believe that Oleg is a perfectionist and is wanting to produce the best-ever flight sim - hence there's a lot of "nit-picking" that takes place(people wanting to assist him in producing the best-ever flight sim, so no detail is too small!!)

- having said all of the above, the most important aspect re commenting/criticising anyone/anything is HOW it is said/worded - that is where I think some members need to be a little more sensitive - obviously if English is not one's home language, that may not be so easy, but from my observations, the sometimes tactless (although often valid) comments generally come from those who have a good command of the English language.

My apologies if I'm coming across as "preaching", I just feel that it needs to be said.

Can't wait for the release of this "beauty"!!

[kancerosik]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Oleg, please watch this video and fix the midget pilots they look really silly.

do u think that the medium high of te te population during the 30s and 40s decades is equal to the pressent days? (supposing that the video is from 1980 )

Pd: that pilot is really tall

[Sauf]

From "Aces of the Reich" by Mike Spick

"Physically they varied considerably. The cockpit of a bf109 was not very roomy, and so single seater pilots tended to be of moderate height. There was of course exceptions; the towering Hannes Trautloft successfully shoe-horned himself into the messerschmitt fighter, while at the other end of the scale, at just five feet four inches tall, Josef Priller had to keep his seat raised in order to see out."

Im happy with them till a patch comes out, though i do agree the spit pilot does look a bit silly in the screenshots, but it wont effect game play which is the most important thing IMO atm.

Cheers

[drewpee]

You guys are looking at it all wrong. The pilots are a perfect size. Its the Airplanes that are just to darn BIG. So the easy fix is to keep the pilot size as is and just scale down the planes,trees ,houses, ships ex cetera,ex cetera, ex cetera.
Hope this helps.

Some of you guys who are still harping on pilot size really need to get checked out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome .