Author Topic: Old Timer Problems (Read 1804 times)

daddog · « **Reply #45 on:** July 16, 2007, 04:21:19 PM »

That is a slick trick storch!

Shifty you might consider a verysmall paper sticky dot before you mark your screen with a marker.

I have had a 21” screen for years, but have noted my sight is not as good as it used to be over time. My biggest surprise came when last summer I bought sondog a new 19” flat screen. Wow, it really looks better than my old CRT 21” screen. Just to give you an idea when he and I duel he spots my dot a good 15 seconds before I spot his. Also when we fly together he always spots enemy dots before I do.

Bottom line is go to the doc and have your eyes checked.

Golfer · « **Reply #46 on:** July 16, 2007, 04:40:24 PM »

Time to invest in 36" flat screen monitor manufacturing companies...

I'm gonna be rich!

RedTop · « **Reply #47 on:** July 16, 2007, 04:58:09 PM »

Im 44 soon to be 45 and I been waering glasses since I was 6. I cant see jackdoodly below the horizen. Every now and then on a couple of the maps where the ground isn't so dark I can do "ok" but most of the time its a guess.

And like Storch.....dead 6 shots are not even an options most of the time. Just a few bb's to try to turn em. otherwise I'll blow 50's at em all day and MAYBE get a hit or 3.

I even mapped the zoom key to my X52 to try to help...just makes me auger easier.

Think I will try that dit trick....but I have a question for Storch....

Could I go offline...fly a 47 level....hold thr trigger...and do it that way? use the zoom option to make it easier to see the point where all the 50's are hitting?

Shifty · « **Reply #48 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:10:13 PM »

Thanks for all the ideas and help guys. Looks like I got a lot of experiments to do. Golfer you may be on to something.

~~All~~

FTDEEP · « **Reply #49 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:12:59 PM »

i have upped my gamma a little but its the planes camo' doing its work. any one else change skins to weather or time of day? if its bright i take a brighter skin..darker i put on the navy blue. i dont take bright colored planes to the deck too much. i like the grey paint the best hanging out in the clouds blending in.

storch · « **Reply #50 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:38:58 PM »

I never tried that RT. I did what seemed like the best way to get a known point. the funny thing is if you draw a string from corner to corner from all four corners diagonally the point where the strings intersect is the center of the screen and the dead aim point. in time have developed a 1000 point and a 1.5 point. it works like bangers in the ostie if you elevate the chair. whacking LVTs out to about 2k is easy. I fire one round at a time until I hit then go to auto fire.

FBplmmr · « **Reply #51 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:52:45 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
snip... once the quarry gets nervous and does the stupid I toss a tater.

If that is slang for what i think it is ..no wonder you cant see!:lol

I have tried the dot on the screen trick, and for an entire week I was wondering why all the "Ladies" on the internet seemed to be prone to precancerous moles!

I did upgrade to a bigger screen with much improvement, but I suspect if my eyes get much worse my wife is bound to eventually catch me in a "private" moment with a "nice centerfold" from Ducks Unlimited or Popular Science lol !:rofl

hey I swear I googled for "redheads"!

2chance · « **Reply #52 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:54:52 PM »

dont worry shifty ..i have the same problem when the plane dives and my screen fill;s with landscape...46y/old here...just grow old gracefully........2chance

RedTop · « **Reply #53 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:56:46 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
I never tried that RT. I did what seemed like the best way to get a known point. the funny thing is if you draw a string from corner to corner from all four corners diagonally the point where the strings intersect is the center of the screen and the dead aim point. in time have developed a 1000 point and a 1.5 point. it works like bangers in the ostie if you elevate the chair. whacking LVTs out to about 2k is easy. I fire one round at a time until I hit then go to auto fire.

Thanks...gonna give this ago. (hopes this will improve his gunnery...cause it SUKS now)

storch · « **Reply #54 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:58:13 PM »

I hate to disappoint you FBplmmr but the stupid is to try and chandelle away from 109, a tater is the 30mm round which is virtually lobbed in slow motion out of my cartoon mk108 cannon.

storch · « **Reply #55 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:00:59 PM »

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Originally posted by RedTop
Thanks...gonna give this ago. (hopes this will improve his gunnery...cause it SUKS now)

well sir I have been on the receiving end of that alleged sucky gunning and all I can say is OUCH!!

my hit% went from about 3 to 7 for the average tour. I hope you will do better.

FBplmmr · « **Reply #56 on:** July 16, 2007, 07:01:07 PM »

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Originally posted by storch
I hate to disappoint you FBplmmr but the stupid is to try and chandelle away from 109, a tater is the 30mm round which is virtually lobbed in slow motion out of my cartoon mk108 cannon.

BUT NOT NEARLY AS FUNNY:p

FiLtH · « **Reply #57 on:** July 16, 2007, 08:01:00 PM »

I cant see stuff either, but alot of it is my moniter, pc etc.

eh · « **Reply #58 on:** July 16, 2007, 11:23:05 PM »

Age 65 here, with the same problem. It helps a LOT to do the following:

(1) increase detail in AH. Maybe resolution too, but just increasing the detail will give you the occasional glint on a metal surface, or some more intense colour, to keep you focused.

(2) Get a monitor with variable settings of brightness for games. I use a 19 inch Viewsonic (2 years old) and push a button on the front of it to set it to ultrabright x3 for gaming. (If you are watching porno flicks, press the button again for 5x bright for real clinical display ROFL). At ultrabright x3 there isn't a bandit that can hide in the weeds.

(3) Go to your local pharmacy, and buy glasses which are little more than magnifying lenses, and use em only for AH. It will sharpen your vision a whole lot on the screen just feet in front of you. Probably anywhere from 1.5x lenses to 2 for starters. You should be able to test em in the store. Put a pair on, and try to read the small print on aspirin labels etc. No fooling... this makes a HUGE difference for me! It also helps with taking the right medication, I might add.

I am serious about numbers 1 through 3. However, you may also find the following useful.

(4) Don't sneeze while you are drooling. It gunks up the screen and looks like terrain if you don't clean it off right away.

(5) Napping while playing AH is not recommended, but sometimes the benefits so outweigh the risks that . . . .

eh?

Vulcan · « **Reply #59 on:** July 17, 2007, 12:17:38 AM »

I have the same problem and my vision is fairly good. At certain times of the AH day the low light levels make it harder to pick stuff out.

To add to my problems not everything in the game renders in true 3d. And I play in stereo 3d. Icons for example, render on a different depth level. Which can really throw your aim off. I turned off tracers, make the icons smaller, and changed the colours of the icons the be less 'glaring', it helped a lot.

I still suck at 6 shots, but my snapshots are fairly good.