Author Topic: Mirrors? (Read 904 times)

Lance48 · « **on:** February 04, 2008, 11:42:16 AM »

I'm new so I dont know how often its brought up, but wouldnt mirrors be a great addition?

I have the Trackir which is great except with a few of the planes that have large seatbacks. Mirrors would help a great deal with seeing around those backs!

Denholm · « **Reply #1 on:** February 04, 2008, 12:52:57 PM »

is your friend.

whels · « **Reply #2 on:** February 04, 2008, 02:20:11 PM »

a Great WW2 German ACE once said about mirrors in the plane. yes it gave you a warning of enemy behind you, but by the time you could see it in the mirror it was already too late. and he said it would vibrate really bad.

Think it was Gunther Rall.

Ghastly · « **Reply #3 on:** February 04, 2008, 03:43:17 PM »

Jerry Collinsworth said the same thing about the Spitfire mirrors - by the time you could see something useful in them, you were already being fired upon.

And it's been said that to do them in the game would cut frame rate in half, as the sim would have render the "world" from 2 seperate views (one of which is shown in the mirror).

Besides, most WWII pilots would have given up any number of very important body parts to be able to see out the back of his anywhere anywhere near as easily as we do!

Denholm · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2008, 03:53:11 PM »

If we did get mirrors they wouldn't vibrate, I can tell you that right now. Most likely because coding a "vibrate" script would reduce your frame rate.

However I know we're not going to get our mirrors, because Hitech has said in the past that it will absolutely and totally kill our frame rates. And I must agree with the rest, "By the time you see the opponent, it's too late."

AirFlyer · « **Reply #5 on:** February 04, 2008, 04:41:41 PM »

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Originally posted by Ghastly
by the time you could see something useful in them, you were already being fired upon.

"Objects in mirror may be closer then they appear."

Crap...

minke · « **Reply #6 on:** February 04, 2008, 06:22:35 PM »

good SA doesnt require mirrors

OOZ662 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 04, 2008, 08:36:53 PM »

And remember that a four inch mirror might be about three-quarters of an inch on your screen. Only when you're zoomed all the way in with the bracket keys do you have a 1:1 ratio of size to the real aircraft and surroundings.

Lance48 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2008, 10:18:41 AM »

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Originally posted by minke
good SA doesnt require mirrors

but corsair seat backs do

Denholm · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2008, 12:26:48 PM »

Ever learn how to use the arrow keys while looking around?

Lance48 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 05, 2008, 01:08:14 PM »

Trackir

The Fugitive · « **Reply #11 on:** February 05, 2008, 02:16:11 PM »

The settings in TIR can be set to look around the headrest too. HTC has said it is way to much work for such a minor game tweak, so its no to mirrors.

Tilt · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2008, 05:26:01 AM »

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Originally posted by The Fugitive
The settings in TIR can be set to look around the headrest too. HTC has said it is way to much work for such a minor game tweak, so its no to mirrors.

I use TIR with the Infra red whatsit.

The fact that this is on the side of my head means that I can look around the rear bulk head easier from one side than I can from the other.

The other really impressive thing about AH is that if i tilt my head a bit into the cockpit (presumably inline with the cockpit glass) I can see round even a bit further.

minke · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2008, 06:20:42 AM »

sounds expensive