Muahahahahahahaha! The "Mirror Topic!" Escape while you cannnnnn!
Here. I'll save you guys some time, so you won't have to read the rest of the thread...
Poster Boy 1 (usually a US type): Real planes had mirrors. Are we gonna get em?
Poster Boy 2 (usually a LW type): They sucked in real life. They vibrated. They were too small. By the time you saw him in the mirror it was too late.
Poster Boy 3 (usually a trainer): Too much frame rate hit. Never work with this graphics model.
Poster Boy 4 (usually Jedi)
: Um...they had em in Air Warrior TEN years ago, and they worked OK. Guess we lost the "knowledge of the ancients" somewhere along the way, eh? Just make em optional--choose between a six view and a mirror view.
Poster Boy 5 (usually a rookie): My grandpa flew P-47Cs in WW2 and he said his mirrors saved his life about four times.
Poster Boys 2 & 3 (in harmony): Anecdotal evidence! Anecdotal evidence! No fair!
Next 27 Posts: Rehash of Poster Boys 1 thru 5 arguments.
Bottom line: they COULD do em. They COULD be made to work fairly, and not give "unrealistic" SA advantage or "unacceptable" frame rate hit. But, with the current VERY forgiving rear views available in the sim with customization (except, naturally, the F4U, as USUAL), why would you need a mirror?
OK, you can skip the rest of the posts and go to the next topic
OK, hardheads, see if I didn't warn ya...
--jedi
