Old Timer Problems

[storch]

options, gunsights there will be a slider labeled alpha slide it completely to the right (or left).  it must be done for every ride though.  on some rides I also raise the seat which allows me great lattitude in making what would otherwise be under the nose shots.  the mossy the 110 and the ME163 all benefit greatly from this trick.

[Shifty]

Thanks Storch, I'll give this a try also.

[Jackal1]

Originally posted by Shifty
Hmmm that means I need to hide your post from Frau Shifty when I tell her I need a bigger monitor tonight.

LOL Shifty, I am just a hop, skip and a jump from your place. Give me a time and I will show up in dark glasses, a cane......and a copy of the Aces High manual..........in braille. That should do it.

BTW, I have the same prob. Couldn`t see a black cat in a snowstorm, gamewise. That is why I was moaning and groaning about the teeney weeney guages in some rides when they were redone. Thus the infamous "Chigger Size Gauges" phrase.

[Shifty]

I've always wondered what part of  the R.O.T. you called home Jackal. There are quite a few of us in NE Tx. Slash, Dichotomy and I were thinking we need to all get together one of these days.

[The Fugitive]

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Originally posted by seabat
Every time I fly with Pipz I am blind

Yeah, 40's and viz problems, usually at dusk and dawn. Gamma thing really does not help either.

Time for a 40 plus arena!
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Originally posted by pipz
That must be because im such a "Shinning" example of a good guy:aok

Shifty a bigger screen may help but I honestly think its just the background clutter.Thats why stuff has camo ,to hide it.

Pipz

.....ummm....sorry to tell ya bud, its your singing!  Blowes the eardrums, and the concusion from the explosion just shears off the optic nerves.



Use to use a 22" CRT, switched to a 19" LCD. About the same size viewing screen, but the LCD is much sharper, and it did help spotting them darting little blurs.

[Hap]

Originally posted by Goat1
I switched from a 15" CRT to a 22" LCD wide screen, helps, but
still use reading glasses.

And Shifty, you asked about a larger monitor. Over the years, I had a 15", 19" then I got the iMac with a 24" monitor.  I use tri-focals (50 years old), and for me it's much easier with a large monitor.

Will it solve all the problems that have been mentioned?  I don't know.  But hey, you get a whomping big monitor out of it

[Shifty]

Thanks Hap.

I'm set on an upgrade anyway. I think I'll start with the monitor this week. The worst thing that could happen is like you say, I'll have a bigger monitor!:aok

[wooley]

The worst scenario vision wise is a plane low at your 12 over water - I find that just about impossible.

[68ROX]

I'm 46...

Same thing started with me about 5 years ago.

Cheapest FIX...

Go to Walmart, drug prescription area, there will be a display of reading glasses, from $7-$21...find the strength that fits you by trying to read ingredients (small print) on nearby items.

Fly with reading glasses on.

Works GREAT!

68ROX

[Shifty]

Originally posted by Slash27
I cant hit a damn thing from a dead 6.

I know there are times when I'm banging away all my ammo at some guy and he has to be laughing his butt off that I can't hit him. It always seems though I'm easy to hit from dead six.

I've gone the reading glasses route for about 5 years now 68ROX, but even that is failing me now.

[gpwurzel]

Lol, had the same problem, was using a 15" lcd, now using a 22" lcd, much much better...still have problems seeing the dots, but being a glasses wearer, cant blame them...lol...upside is, way bigger monitor.....no downside

Mind you, still cant hit a cows prettythang with a banjo....

Wurzel

[storch]

Originally posted by Slash27
I cant hit a damn thing from a dead 6.

I won't even take dead six shots any more.  now I let loose a stream of bbs and once the quarry gets nervous and does the stupid I toss a tater.

[Hap]

Originally posted by storch
I won't even take dead six shots any more.  now I let loose a stream of bbs and once the quarry gets nervous and does the stupid I toss a tater.

Not a bad idea at all Storch.

[WaRLoCkL]

I am 24 and I see where u are comming from, a dark plane vs a dark background makes for harder shots, your eyes naturally want to focus on other objects. but i do have a 22 inch widescreen monitor and it does help with the size of the enemy target and the ability to hit.

My game dramaticly improved with upgradeing from a 17 inch. Its not old age thats the problem, its the eyes natural ability to see dark objects on light colors. and alot of planes are painted to be camoflaged making them harder to hit while facing the ground.

[Simaril]

45, and I'll find that sometimes far stuff looks blurred..which I found means that my focusing system has been spazzed out trying to keep up close things right. Bifocals for a bit helps for a while.

I find LCD made a big difference, probably because of sharper contrast compared with the monitor I was using. Tweaking the monitor control settings helped, as did having the monitor do its auto- adjust thing. Almost wasnt worth flying when the dark graphics were in, but with the update havent noticed much trouble.

Don't forget the effect of room and background light. Playing with those can improve the contrast the eye actually sees.

When the planes are hard to pick out, I've also had improved success tracking "the thing that rides over the icon." Bright red icon has helped in game low light, and alpha slider at dawn and dusk help too.