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Offline lunatic1

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IL-2 F3 mode
« on: July 14, 2018, 03:00:27 PM »
yes I have wished for this before-- I wish the F3 mode to be reinstated/reinstalled on the IL-2.
really tired of getting shot down by fighters while hunting gv's with no real chance to evade. you will prob say-use hurri-2D or the stuka, I can't hit anything with those.

and if you not going to give the IL-2 F3 mode back then you should take away F3 mode for the JU-87's as well.

the JU-87-G2 is and attack plane like the IL-2-the JU-87-D3 is bomber/attack-both of these planes have F3 mode-not fair for the IL-2 not to have it,
no matter how good some player was in it.

this is my wish-please make it yours and give this wish a +1.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2018, 03:09:44 PM »
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2018, 03:38:01 PM »
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2018, 03:53:50 PM »
+1
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2018, 04:09:59 PM »
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2018, 04:42:27 PM »
The F3 view debate could be solved by having F3 work on all bombers - but only in level flight, to prevent DA Lake style impossi-shots.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2018, 05:01:30 PM »
The G-stuka doesnt have F3 mode afaik.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2018, 05:08:52 PM »
If anything, not the IL2, but give the storch F3 mode for "spotting". 

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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2018, 07:55:38 PM »
The G-stuka doesnt have F3 mode afaik.
It doesn’t.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2018, 03:22:55 PM »

why?


Because, F3 mode will then proliferate over the whole game... in time  :airplane:
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2018, 03:32:44 PM »
The IL2 suffered badly from air to air combat. Some pilot interviews on Russian language WW2 sites translated mention the rear gunner acting as a rear observer in air to air fighting. I've been able to set my views in combination with 2-axis TR that I can furball with an IL2. Still, if the rear gunner was the pilot's replacement for a 6 view, make the rear gunner's default view the 6 view for the pilot when he hits the Num_Key2. In the Ju87-G2 your rear view is effectively the rear gunner's view.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2018, 03:41:44 PM »
The IL2 suffered badly from air to air combat. Some pilot interviews on Russian language WW2 sites translated mention the rear gunner acting as a rear observer in air to air fighting. I've been able to set my views in combination with 2-axis TR that I can furball with an IL2. Still, if the rear gunner was the pilot's replacement for a 6 view, make the rear gunner's default view the 6 view for the pilot when he hits the Num_Key2. In the Ju87-G2 your rear view is effectively the rear gunner's view.

+1to the view idea above..until your gunner is killed, then have it switch back to the pilot 6 view.

-1 to f3 view in the il-2. May as well give f3 to every plane with a rear gun. 110 w/ f3 would be sweet.
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2018, 07:09:34 AM »
If anything, not the IL2, but give the storch F3 mode for "spotting".


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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2018, 03:56:31 PM »
I'm going to admit something intellectually sad about spotting tanks. Because I did the two years of alpha\beta testing and had to test with post lighting on, I assumed Hitech wanted his customers in AH3 to have it on for the full Monti experience. The last two years my gunnery and tank spotting has been crapola. I accepted this thinking post lighting was a GTX 1000 family optimized type of thing. Last weekend I turned off post lighting, enabled AA 4x at the desktop for the AHDX11 executable and setup my graphics like AH2. Once again I see dots at max distance and if a tank is under a tree and I'm close in the air, I can see it. I'm also hitting cons again in air to air fighting how I expect to by using the 100mph principle and a 100Mil reticle ring. I can see tanks at long range again in a 17lb.

You don't need F3 for the storch, just turn off post lighting and the tanks stand out like in AH2. I like the clouds and sunsets better without post lighting now, they look closer to real world. And there is much better contrast on the water for elevation perception. I never thought to test if post lighting was effecting my gunnery and long range viewing this much with all the other testing I did and do for terrain building....... :confused:
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Re: IL-2 F3 mode
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2018, 05:04:45 PM »
my post lighting is off and is always off every box is checked except disable detail...
but has nothing to do with my wish
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