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Offline Stoney74

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« on: June 07, 2006, 12:35:32 AM »
I know this has probably been covered, but when I look at pictures of Spits, razorback jugs, P-51Bs, etc. they all have mirrors above the front canopy rail.  Is this just too hard to code for the game?
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« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 12:36:50 AM »
Probably not but it would kill your frame rates.  Or so I have been told.





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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2006, 12:52:04 AM »
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Probably not but it would kill your frame rates.  Or so I have been told.





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in the old game 'their finest hour' (i think that was the name) on old 386 systems, they had rearview mirrors that worked. ;)  of coz, you had to pan to were it was, but still handy.
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Offline Saxman

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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2006, 01:19:46 AM »
One option would be to have a mirror view that you can map in place of the standard rear view. May save on frame rate because the mirror isn't ALWAYS showing what's behind you, you gotta actually switch to that view.
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« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2006, 01:20:16 AM »
Yeah.... take what AH currently requires to run without mirrors, and DOUBLE it, then you have the system requirements for AH *WITH* mirrors.
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« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2006, 02:24:35 AM »
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Yeah.... take what AH currently requires to run without mirrors, and DOUBLE it, then you have the system requirements for AH *WITH* mirrors.


Then unmap that button, ram it, and see what your rank is afterwards.
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2006, 05:03:21 AM »
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Then unmap that button, ram it, and see what your rank is afterwards.



:lol





No, you wont get me to check on my rank. I dont want to have heart attaacks at this young and tender age.




As for mirrors mapped to a certain key..... dont we already HAVE that? (Keypad 2)
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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2006, 05:40:46 AM »
The mirror could be mapped, would show the rearward from a higher pos than 2 on the keypad though. Cannot be too hard to code. But it would be restricted to the aircraft that had them...
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Offline TexMurphy

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« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2006, 07:24:40 AM »
Id love to see mirrors implemented but there should be a settings option to turn the mirrors off.

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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2006, 07:25:55 AM »
"objects in mirror may be closer than they appear"
by the time you looked(to enjoy the candy) you would be dead.
In all seriousness mirrors would result in a huge fr hit.That has been my experience with sims that have them.I always disabled them.
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Offline Morpheus

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« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2006, 08:30:15 AM »
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Yeah.... take what AH currently requires to run without mirrors, and DOUBLE it, then you have the system requirements for AH *WITH* mirrors.


strange, mirrors work fine in all the other flight sims. And im not DOUBLEing my system *WITH* mirrors.
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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2006, 08:36:35 AM »
other sims dont have 700 players in 1 arena to track, and at times show 30+ planes in the mirror
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2006, 08:38:05 AM »
SChatzi: See what Angus said. Keypad 2 by itself in some fighters (ESPECIALLY the blue planes) is still restricted because you can't set the rear view to a position that completely avoids all the obstructions (F4Us are particularly bad about this). Having a "mirror key" (see how AW handled keypad 2 for the Corsair, where it framed the view in a mirror) would put the viewing angle at a more useful position.
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« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2006, 08:40:00 AM »
easy, do like OTHER sims do. LOL. wow this is tough for some of you guys.

Track only up until a distance in the mirror. You wont be using your mirrors to spot cons 1k out which is the only possible time you'd ever have a chance of having "30 cons in your mirror".

Also, allow for the optoins of being able to turn them off/on and also to decrease the resolustion of the mirrors for players whos system isn't up to par.
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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2006, 09:22:41 AM »
What Morph said. I'm for having mirrors on planes that had them.
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