Pole Question

[Sarg Willy]

What view mode do you fly combat in the most ?

[Shadow Wolf 07]

HUD view with Tactical Display on... My old eyes need all the help they can get.

[Devildog73]

I try to fly 2D cockpit view as much as possible until I lose track of my target a/c, then I switch to HUD with tactical display like Shadow Wolf.

When flying ground attack, I leave myself in the cockpit and sometimes even go 3D cockpit.

[peperez]

I use 2D cockpit with Tactical Display on...

[misson]

virtual cockpit all the time.

[Paul Domingue]

VC with TrackIR

[Shadow Wolf 07]

VC with TrackIR

You got CFS2 to work with TrackIR??

[Blood_Hawk23]

It depends on what I'm doing. Testing I use the HUD. Flying for fun I use the 2D panel. If it has a good VC I might use that. Like I said it depends.

[Cody Coyote]

I'm with Devildog73 on this one.

[Paul Domingue]

You got CFS2 to work with TrackIR??

My bad, I jumped in on the Pole before I realized it was the CFS2 forum.

[Sarg Willy]

Gee Paul , I was gonna turn this thread over to you to explain that one ,, Wee,s all ears ,,

Screen shots ,,, work in progress ,, same plane ,, all shot from pause mode
Vc-mode , Hud mode , Panel mode , x Mag view ,, !!!

[Allen]

I use 2D cockpit with Tactical Display on...

Me too. HUD for testing but that is about it.

[Sarg Willy]

These are only test shot,s , but the second aircraft to pass the muster , Kelti this is for you ,,

[Captain Kurt]

HUD and 2D because I'm old, weak and pathetic.

[Devildog73]

A bit off topic, but related.........

I once flew a sim, can't remember which, that had a P-51 gun sight that could lead the target aircraft and they would fly right into the rounds.

Does anyone remember such a flight sim?

Can that be done in CFS2?

[Sarg Willy]

Well Devil dog if I had to guess , I,d say that was Janes WWII Fighters ,
still have the box and Cd if you want it , never did like the fighter on a pole with moving scenery , May be the patches made it better , never added em in ,

[Sarg Willy]

Just in case you guy,s are woundering about the paused shot,s ,
all 3 views , at Mag level,s are very close on site center , Normally only the Vc site stays on center , mag view , the other 2 never were ,
So in effect now the Mag view , in all three positions is close enough
to get a kill ,, allowing a mag hud kill ,, To a point you can now use a larger enemy silouette , and shoot the air cleaner off the side of a 109 if you choose too ,,
Not tested on Xp yet and with so many different models out there , I want to complete at least 10 more trials to confirm , the 2 so far ,

[kelticheart]

These are only test shot,s , but the second aircraft to pass the muster , Kelti this is for you ,,

Nice shots, Sarg!

I know where you are leading to.......but I think I mentioned to you already in the past I have no control over how the blurred prop disc is displayed in VC mode.

You know I am currently working on a prop disc library, let me tell you: there are some models that display a fine prop disc in external view and a crappy wobbling monster in VC.
Nothing I can do about it, CFS2 grip on the VC mode is a stainless steel one....

Just to answer your earlier poll question: I fly just like Captain Kurt. I try to stick to the 2d panel as much as I can during dogfights, to force a reality immersion factor, but, when I need checking my six badly to find out where my opponent is in relation to my plane, I revert to HUD for a larger perspective.

I cannot stand VC, too dark, it needs too much time adjusting back to forward view to shoot and in several models it's even impossible seeing through the reflector sight. Not counting its huge shooting inaccuracy. In my personal 2d panel editing, I delete all VC gauges.

I can't even explain me why it was even created. Oh, yes... to slow down animation framerate with the additional gauges displayed in VC mode....

Cheers!
KH

[_486_Col_Wolf]

Devildog,

CFS1 had the switchable gunsight for the P-51D. Only thing I miss from that sim LOL.