Hard to see the aircraft

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by Sven

I have a real hard time here with a hat-switch, I can only see them if they're really close, or when my nose is pressed against my monitor.

I use a hat switch too(no TrackIR, yet), spotting them is not so hard, keeping track of ´em is. the problem here is, you can only rotate in steps of 45° and sometimes that´s just too much.

I'd like it if there was an option for some manner of ROF style icon or something of the sort. Right now playing online is frustrating since people are so obsessed with everything being 100% real that they leave "tags" off because WWII pilots didn't have them, but fly 20 feet above the ground looking up . . . because WWII pilots knew having an altitude advantage was a bad thing?

I remember that famous scene from the Battle of Britain movie where the Brits and Huns were circling around the south of England, desperately trying to get under their opponents. It was so tense, watching those Spits and 109's getting lower and lower.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Goering: "But come now, gentlemen, I have chastized you enough. Tell me what you need to help you succeed up there!"

Galland: "Well, Herr Reichmarshall....the option to select icons to help spot those verdamnt Spitfiren!"

[klem]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Goering: "But come now, gentlemen, I have chastized you enough. Tell me what you need to help you succeed up there!"

Galland: "Well, Herr Reichmarshall....the option to select icons to help spot those verdamnt Spitfiren!"

I love that figurine set. Wonder what it would cost to get my hands on it!

[ATAG_Snapper]

Hey, Klem, this is the website I grabbed the pic from:

http://www.hobbybunker.com/products/...-figures-lw048

Looks to be $155 for the set.

[klem]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Hey, Klem, this is the website I grabbed the pic from:

http://www.hobbybunker.com/products/...-figures-lw048

Looks to be $155 for the set.

mmmmmmmm........ now if I could just find $155
Mind you I'm looking for an extra SSD too

[sorak]

Originally Posted by FFCW_Urizen

I use a hat switch too(no TrackIR, yet), spotting them is not so hard, keeping track of ´em is. the problem here is, you can only rotate in steps of 45° and sometimes that´s just too much.

Ive allways wanted the option to be able to change that 45 degree to a lesser amount.. i wonder if there is a way to do that..

[jimbop]

I thought that you could choose either snap or pan view for POV switch?

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by jimbop

I thought that you could choose either snap or pan view for POV switch?

Snap View = You rotate to a Certain degree, releasing the Hat-Switch centers your view. And trust me, Snap view is even more worse than pan view. The smallest Rotation iirc were 90°.

Originally Posted by sorak

Ive allways wanted the option to be able to change that 45 degree to a lesser amount.. i wonder if there is a way to do that..

none, that i´m aware off.

[adonys]

AA is helping because it smudges the 1/2 dot pixels over their neighbors, making the spot a little bit bigger than the no AA dot. On the other hand, it blends the edges against the background, which should make it a little bit harder to see.

So, overall, I guess the AA/noAA dot sighting improvement really comes down to specifics (resolution used, dot's distance, dot's background, user's sight, monitor settings, room lighting, etc).

The biggest problems atm with the dots are the hardcoded distances at which the dot is switched off and the smallest LOD is switched on. they are not overlapping each other, and this is what is causing the disappearing dots problem. Also, it seems that at around those distances, the dot's relative (rendered) size is bigger than lowest LOD's relative (rendered) zie, which again leads to the above mentioned problem.