Vote your choice - Clickable Cockpits or Not

[ECV56_Guevara]

No! IMHO it´s inmersion killer!

[Talisman]

Voted NO. Getting fed up with people keep going on about clickable cockpits. I agree with what Oleg has said in the past and his reasons for not going down this line. For none combat sims fine, but not for combat flight sims. Do not expect to be competative in a combat sim if you have a clickable cockpit. If you want clickable, go for none combat sims and leave combat sim alone.

Thank you.

Talisman

[Tbag]

Originally Posted by Talisman

Voted NO. Getting fed up with people keep going on about clickable cockpits. I agree with what Oleg has said in the past and his reasons for not going down this line. For none combat sims fine, but not for combat flight sims. Do not expect to be competative in a combat sim if you have a clickable cockpit. If you want clickable, go for none combat sims and leave combat sim alone.

Thank you.

Talisman

Other people like me are getting fed up with people like you who are going on about the "you won't flick switches with your mouse during combat" and can't get it into their heads that there are many phases of flight which do not involve combat. I can understand if sombody sais that he would like to see the developement resources spent otherwise but your "go fly a Cessna" attitude is out of place.

[ECV56_Lancelot]

+1

[Antoninus]

+2

[robtek]

+3

[rakinroll]

Originally Posted by Talisman

Voted NO. Getting fed up with people keep going on about clickable cockpits. I agree with what Oleg has said in the past and his reasons for not going down this line. For none combat sims fine, but not for combat flight sims. Do not expect to be competative in a combat sim if you have a clickable cockpit. If you want clickable, go for none combat sims and leave combat sim alone.

Thank you.

Talisman

Well said. +1

[robtek]

If there would be a "clickpit" nobody would be forced to use it.
One still could use keymapping to his stick or keyboard(very immersive also).
To deny the possibility of another way indicates a rather limited view and trying to force the limitations,
well Freud would have to say something about that.
Sadly Mr. Maddox doesn't plan to include this option in the first release of SoW:BoB,
but there is hope that he sees the light, and if he doesn't there is the possibility
for 3rd Party Developers to produce this option as an addon.

[Jaws2002]

I like clickable cockpits. Why should you set-up and remember 100 key combinations for things that are sitting right in front of you in the virtual pit? I understand that combat essential stuf is more helpful assigned on controlers but so many things are right there in front of you. Why should i remember Alt+Shift+X for something that i use once in a while when i can just reach and touch it?

Why should I remember the key combination for turning the gunsight on in my FSX FW190, when I can "press" the switch that is right in front of me on the gunsight. That way I learn the cockpit layout instead of memorizing key combinations. It makes the whole process a lot more natural.
Think about selecting the proper fuel tanks for example. You would have to remember every key combination for every pump and gauge selector switch. You don't need that. You have to just remember where they are in the pit.

Look at this clip from classic Hangar with the start-up procedures for their FSX FW190A8. It may seem complicated at first, but it is very intuitive and easy to remember:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfbU5DtUPb4

I don't get this 'Clickable pit scare".
This doesn't take away from your ability to assign keys and controlers to whatever function you want, but some things are much easier and more natural to use on clickable pit. This also makes you understand the cockpit and aircraft systems better.

[Tbag]

I start to feel sick from going in circles all the time.