Mirrors !?!

[Damned CM]

Hi guys,

this is my first post on this message board and to tell the truth I am new to the game too, but I have been flying for some weeks now. Most of you guys might know me from the kills  .

I hope I am not bothering anyone with this post but this is just an idea I had. (Pre-Note: I know how to adjust the sights etc) In some planes I still have problems seeing what's going up on my six so my idea was how about the addition of mirrors to the planes which really had 'em. Just a thought. Would make it easier to check your six in some of the planes.

I am sorry if already someone had posted something like this!



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Damned CM
Damned if we do..No Fun if we don't!!
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[Sunchaser]

Damned, you know that you can adjust and save head positions, right?

AH has the best view system of any game I have seen and using view adjustment keys to find and F10 to save head positions can give you very good snap views.

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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?

[LLv34_Snefens]

Some planes really HAD problems with getting a decent rear view. By using AH's inbuilt mode of adjusting each view you can get a decent 6 view in most of the planes. As you mention some ot the planes had a mirror, but I think tha the current mode reflects (pun) the actual situation quite well.

I have put the views I personal use for each plane up at my homepage for download.

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Ltn. Snefens
RO, Lentolaivue 34
My own homepage.

[This message has been edited by LLv34_Snefens (edited 11-11-2000).]

[funked]

P-47, Spitfire, F4U had mirrors.  Any others (that we have in AH)?

[Hooligan]

P-51 had em.

Hooligan

[LLv34_Camouflage]

The russian air force had women as pilots. I guess their planes had mirrors too.

And I know that Grinbird and Cavalear have mirrors in their cockpits too.  For the same reasons as these russian pilots, I believe.

Camo

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Camouflage
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"The really good pilots use their superior judgement to keep them out of situations
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[This message has been edited by LLv34_Camouflage (edited 11-11-2000).]

[214thCavalier]

ROFL  

[wolf37]

hi all:

I put a mirrow on top of my monitor, but it does not help at all.



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[Thunder]

The only problem I see with mirrors is that some guys would whine because the would say. CHEAT!! CHEAT!! you were 5.1 back and you closed and killed me seconds later! Reply: No I was 1.5 back and had lots of E DWEEB!  

Thunder

[Thunder]

Oh and what is a TIPS OR A KAY anyway hehe!

 

Thunder

[CJ]

Thunder, you could always put the disclaimer "Airplanes in mirror are closer than they appear".

 

CJ

[Wilfrid]

Mirrors = low, low FPS


Wilfrid

[Damned CM]

Thanks for the answers  ! And I knew/know how to adjust the sights and I've tried to find some better settings in the last few flights.

Hey..wouldn't it be a cool effect to blend your enemines with the mirror.. <just a thought>.

See you up there!

[-lazs-]

P38 and Wildcat had em along with the hellcat.   Corsair had as many as three.   Most of us know that mirrors don't work very well tho.   Simmers cars are the ones with the mirrors removed.   I used to think said cars belonged to vampires but now I know better.
lazs

[Lephturn]

They are likely un-workeable due to framerate.

Never mind the fact that in real life, the vibration must have made them nearly useless.  I'm sure if I was a pile-it I'd have had one too, just in case a flash of colour might alert me to an incoming enemy.  However, they didn't have to work about framerate issues, so it wouldn't hurt to throw one on IRL.  Here it would be a trade-off for a very questionable benefit.

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