SOW: your thoughts on clickable cockpits and realistic start-up

[Rama]

Originally Posted by TX-EcoDragon

Rama, I'm not sure how many pilots you know who fly modern fighters

I know a good dozen of pilots flying modern fighters and lot more flying other kind of planes.

I think you might be surprised to learn what they have to look, and reach for.

Of course I asked... They look at instruments... but not at stick, throtle, trim switch, airbrake switch, and all other buttons and switches they use in flight... they KNOW where they are and find them without having any need to look at.
Like all professionals, they know their instruments.
Only while following check-lists do they look at buttons and switches (which in fighters only occurs on ground)

It’s absurd to say that clicking with a mouse is unrealistic. .

If it's so realistic, why don't you push your logic to completely control your virtual plane with a mouse... I'm pretty sure you don't use your mouse to click on the trim, airbrakes, flaps (THIS would be totally absurd...)
... and push it a bit more... why do you need a stick after all? you could move it with your mouse...

If anyone wants to argue that they don't see the value, fine go ahead, but that has nothing to do with the fact that it matters to many, many people, and that to overlook it is to make this potentially great sim that much less, and to make the audience which purchases it that much smaller.

That's YOUR oppinion... without more value than any other

It has nothing to do with “[my] satisfaction”

Really... nothing to do... you don't flight sims for your satisfaction???

[ElAurens]

I don't honestly think that anyone who wears a fake airline uniform while "piloting" his virtual 767 from DTW to LAX is going to look twice at any WW2 combat simulator. Might get his paint scratched don't ya know.

This is not to say that I am against more in depth implementation of aircraft systems in our little sim. Within limits the more the better.

But to say that devotees of FSX are going to flock to Oleg's sim if clickable cockpits are available is patently absurd. Apples and oranges gents.

[Snuff_Pidgeon]

Thanx for posting that clip Gozr, the sleeping must be woken!