Poll: Interactive Cockpits

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Antoninus

You can still map the most important functions to your keyboard even if the cockpits are clickable. My point is that there a douzend other commands you never need during combat. How many times have you folded your wings or lowered the arresting hook while in a dogfight?



That's same as starting the engine with a single keystroke as it is done now. It may be convenient but not realistic and certainly pointless to simulate complex procedures just to bypass them with shortcuts. A simulator should try to recreate the pilot's workload as closely as possible. If you have more things do to and think about you can make more, maybe decisive, mistakes.

IL2 is a WW2 combat flight simulator that covers a time when flying and fighting was less complicated, less restrictive.

You like all the button tweaking and complications yo need to stick with the MSFT and X-Plane type flight Simulators... They've got all the whistles and bells for doing all the stuff you want to do. They also have all the clickable cockpit stuff.

I like WW2 flight simulators. I like the speed, firepower and combat effectiveness of WW2 aircraft. I enjoy the lack of complications of post Korean war stuff.

Heck, I don't even care for the C.E.M. in IL2. I'd just soon Oleg created a most excellent C.E.M. switch, which wouldn't be that hard to do. I care less about messing with all the C.E.M stuff.

It's all about enjoyment, relaxation, it's a game.

If I want to go through all the complications of flying navs, flight plans, etc. I'll drive out to the airport and rent a plane.