Why Head Tracking?

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by SEE

Pity the 6DOF was never integrated into one of the official patches and only available as a mod.

I actually can understand why its not official.

Most of the IL2 cockpits are 2D textures of the view from a central seating position. Thus moving you head sideways can either expose "holes" in the cockpit or give a distorted appearance to 3D items that have been pictured "side on" in the 2D texture.

No-one cares about these minor glitches in the "mod" version. People either ignore it or do not even notice, after all you mainly look outside the cockpit.

HOWEVER given the huge amount of whining that goes on in these forums, imagine what would happen if the same minor problems occurred in an official patch. There would be a whine and troll fest like never before. To make 6DOF official you would need to fix all the cockpits and that is a huge job.