mirror for spits

[des506]

just an idea..

[gyrene81]

been discussed ad nauseum...


http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,225838.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,313211.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,255012.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,281557.0.html

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,250467.0.html

and the list goes on...in short not only would you take a frame rate hit but by the time you actually saw what was in that mirror, it would be too late.

[100Coogn]

I'd have to imagine that there would be some type of performance hit to the game, if we had mirrors.

Coogan
 

[SmokinLoon]

There comes a point in time where "accuracy" is over-rated.  Having mirrors is one of them.  Just like backing up a car, if all you use are the mirrors you are bound to fail.  Always look over your shoulder.   

[titanic3]

Mirrors were unreliable and IIRC, a pilot once said that if you saw a plane in your mirror, it was time to bail.

Engines/guns shaking the airframe made mirrors near useless. No point in adding it except for eye candy and some sense of realism which isn't nessecary.

[Fud]

Objects in mirror are closer than th......."insert pw here" 

[skorpion]

no. this has already been discussed over and over, by the time you saw the plane you'd be in the tower.

[FLS]

They had mirrors because they couldn't check 6 with a button press.

[Guppy35]

no. this has already been discussed over and over, by the time you saw the plane you'd be in the tower.

And your basis for the comment is what?  Considering they didn't have mirrors on Spits to start, jury rigged them in the B of B, developed and refined them in production so that they came off the line with them and it was useless?  Considering how getting those mirrors was something very sought after by USAAF fighter pilots who put up to three of them on their planes right up til the end of the war, they must have been more then useless.

I'm not advocating adding them to the game other then as an aesthetic thing, but those statements are classic BBS someone said it so it must be true comments.

[skorpion]

ok, put a mirror on your plane that covers some of your 6 so you dont have to press a button. or, you could just press that button to look at your 6 and see the guy coming down on you from 1k away. if your honestly too lazy to push a button, then why fly the plane at all? and if you said they were just a field mod, it wont happen. and just because they came later on doesnt mean it would get added.

And your basis for the comment is what?  Considering they didn't have mirrors on Spits to start

[JOACH1M]

I like the mirror idea, but out in on 51's and the other planes that had them

[AWwrgwy]

They had mirrors because they couldn't check 6 with a button press.

...And they couldn't move their head. Of course, you wouldn't need to switch views to look into a mirror, would you?



wrongway

[nrshida]

I believe there is a way to economically model a mirror in OpenGL. The rear view mirror will certainly be needed for the (no doubt) soon to be added Westland Whirlwind since it is part of the canopy, so +1 

[TonyJoey]

Skorpion is definately shaping up to be a BBS warrior. 

As for the mirrors, I would love to have them, even just for aesthetics. They would also be pretty useful, imo. I've been in plenty of fights where you lose sight of the guy completely. I frantically pan around hoping he hasn't gained too much of an advantage on me. With mirrors, even if it only worked once where I was able to catch a glimpe of his plane, it would be worth it.

[Delirium]

Airwarrior had the mirrors on the spits, it just didn't reflect anything and was there for decoration.

Yes, mirrors would be really nice, but I can imagine it would really hit those that already have slow computers.