Author Topic: cockpit joystick  (Read 303 times)

Offline ace25th

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« on: May 31, 2004, 01:41:22 PM »
how come there is no joystick in the cockpit? How could the pilot fly the plane? I mean HT doesnt have to make it move when u turn, but just have the effect of it being there. Also there is no stearing wheel in any gvs.

Offline detch01

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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2004, 01:48:08 PM »
more stuff to draw, more drag on the GPU, more effort to model, lower frame rates.. keep it the way it is IMHO.

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Offline Xjazz

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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2004, 01:49:02 PM »
Its pure "Nise to have" eye candy (imo).

Offline frank3

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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2004, 01:52:29 PM »
And you won't be able to see much of the instruments? No idea actually...

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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2004, 03:07:23 PM »
yeah its a pain in wwol.  I would rather not have it there.

Offline FOGOLD

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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2004, 03:39:32 PM »
Don't need a joystick when theres one right on my desk

Offline vorticon

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« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2004, 04:01:56 PM »
just adjust your desktop joystick so while wearing those sweat 3d shutter glasses it looks like its part of the plane

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« Reply #7 on: May 31, 2004, 04:29:31 PM »
Because we wanted the pilot to have to use the cockpit instruments rather than have a HUD.  Since the cockpit instruments are meant to serve as more than background scenery, it was problematic to plant a stick or yoke in there that would obscure some instruments.  On some planes it wouldn't be a factor but on others it would really be a pain.  Instead of having it on some planes and not on others, we just kept it uniform.