Author Topic: Realistic Features Poll (Read 1079 times)

K West · « **on:** January 15, 2002, 11:05:56 AM »

No limit on choices. Please pick what you think would help AH become a
more realistic flight/aircombat "sim."

I did not bring up anything on ICONS or RADAR as those horses are so
dead they've fossilized. HTC does not appear to be inclined to change
or improve them anyway. I also left out flight and engine management
as they are seperate high- realism topics and warrant thier own polls
- if anyone ever wanted to do one that is. Same with the collisions as
well as friendly fire/kill shooter subjects.

So here are several realism requests that I recall being made time and
again. Not only by myself but after a quick search and peruse of the
GAMEPLAY forumn it seems also by many other subscribers also.

* Remove the ability to use any auto-trim while experiencing the wounded
pilot effect.

* Remove the ability to use any auto-trim while in a red/black-out.

* Remove the auto-retracting flaps from all aircraft

* Remove ability to use the AH radio (text anbd vox) while in a parachute

* Remove the ammo counters on planes that did not have them. However
allow the user a choice to have the last 50 rounds be tracers or ammo.

* Remove the ability to go straight from a 7 o'clock view to a 5 o'clock
view by way of the six o'clock position.

* Remove excessive "moonlight glare" inside cockpits (see cockpit night-
lighting addition below)

* Add night lighting in aircraft. Manually controlled (on/off/intensity)
by the "pilot"

* Addition of random gun freezing feature for aircraft flying over 25k.
100% over 30k if the pilot does not test fire them every x minutes.

* Addition of a pilot stamina/fatigue model from repetative and
excessive G's and loss of strenght due to rolling/diving/blacking/
reding out, etc etc .

* Addition of metric guages for aircraft that had them

* Addition of seperate firing control for 20/30mm cannon on 190's

* Add a permanent squelch feature. Not realism related but I stuck this one
in anyway!

* Add folding wings and a visual landing gear hook on naval aircraft that
had them.

* Change clouds so enemy cons and dots cannot be seen when flying inside
them. I can with a Diamond Viper TNT2 Ultra. The whole sky turns gray
but I can see all icons plainly still.

* Change the "wind" feature to be more realistic.

* Change (add to?) the FM so that there is a realistic limitation on
sustained inverted flight due to a lack of engine lubrication.

K West · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2002, 11:14:53 AM »

Obviously the poll only allowed me 10 items to ask about when I had far more. Well. It's a start

Westy

Tac · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2002, 11:24:57 AM »

missing "all of the above" .

ALL OF THE ABOVE.

K West · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2002, 12:08:31 PM »

My 'bad.' I just edited my post to bring up to the top of it that ALL choices are enabled to be voted on. Choose as many, or as few, as one wants. That way if a voter did not feel it was an appropriate addition for realism then they could pass it by. This would in effect really be a nay vote for any feature.

As it is only 15 out of 53 viewers of this poll even voted. IMO that say more to me about any desire (or lack of) for any future realistic features additions than the choices made by the minority who did vote. Since none of these are ultra-realism features, like icons, engine management, radar, It is a bit disheartening to think that more folks would want to keep the status quo as regards features in AH than not.

Will have to see how it goes over the next several days.

Westy

eddiek · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2002, 12:40:45 PM »

You left one out.....engine damage resulting in immediate reduced engine output.
You get my vote on a lot of the others.

Midnight · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2002, 12:43:16 PM »

Westy,

I agree with the 6 view looking, but if you do that, you also have to remove the 'snap view' (similar to AW) feature that many guys like to use.

Maybe it's not snap view, but I know there is one for instant view switching.

Toad · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:00:29 PM »

You left out

"None of this stuff really bothers me much. I just let HTC do their thing."

Or maybe that's what the guys who view but don't vote are saying?

Furious · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:09:23 PM »

You are right Toad, none of it really bothers me much. However, I would like to see most all of the above features added.

If, as paying customers, we want something and it is resonable, why not let the creators know?

My thinking is that HT and crew do plan to build in some more interesting "realism" items, when time allows and its appropriate.

F.

K West · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:19:46 PM »

I agree Midnight. Past implementations elsewhere worked ok, problem was disagreements on the speed a pilots neck, head and upper torso could move at.

Thanks EddieK! I though of that of that also but l figured it could wait untill someone did a poll on damge model or engine management. As it is I wasn't able to add in a bunch as the limit is 10 items to vote on.

And thank you too Toad

I'd figured in for that response under the "status quo" part of my post. As well others such as 'Oh. It's that idjit Westy again" "I don't like polls so I won't click on anything!" "I don't care for the selection he listed at all" "Cheesuz I hate this UBB. Accidental stop on this topic. Don't mind if I just drive on thru!" as well as folks who though this was a dating post for people of Polish extraction.

I'm honestly not bothered, nor much, by the absence of these things. Otherwise, well, I'd have left much like Jekyl had to use one real person example. However seeing how HTC does consistantly react to community input it behooves us as users, players and subscribers to offer our two cents worth and ideas does it not?

I'm not saying AH would not be a great place for some real fun virtual aircombat if they had not. They're a fantastic team of people with a great product. and I think they "know" what to do and where they are going. However many, MANY features that have been added over the past couple of years are directly attibutable to player input and requests. I figure a poll is a very easy way to guage how others feel about these things without asking for them to reply via a full blown post explaining (and sometimes defending) thier thoughts for thier choices. All votes are anonymous after all.

How did you vote btw?

Westy

Toad · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:23:08 PM »

Well, I'm all for the customers speaking their minds. We agree there.

So, undoubtedly you agree that there should be a "choice" that says to HTC "Don't sweat it. You're doing real well from my point of view. Keep on working on whatever you feel is the highest priority at the present time before you worry about the small stuff like these other choices in this poll."

Because we both want everyone to be heard, right? All the points of view, all HTC's little children.

So, indeed, let's poll for stuff like this... and give those of us who think it's going pretty well under HTC's direction a voice as well, eh?

(BTW, I voted for the permanent squelch. But I'd have also voted for "All is well" had it been in there.

)

K West · « **Reply #10 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:33:24 PM »

"So, indeed, let's poll for stuff like this... and give those of us who think it's going pretty well under HTC's direction a voice as well, eh?"

That's a seperate poll. Don't hijack mine!!! I simply asked for folks to please pick what (they) think would help AH become a more realistic flight/aircombat "sim."

Feel free of course to try a poll. Maybe sSomething along the lines of ??...

Please vote for one:

*HTC, polls these are expressions of player wishes for changes and/or additions to AH so please consider them

*All is hunky dory imo. HTC would do just fine without any outside suggestions so no further input needed nor warranted on my (our) part.

Westy

Furious · « **Reply #11 on:** January 15, 2002, 01:37:19 PM »

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So, undoubtedly you agree that there should be a "choice" that says to HTC "Don't sweat it. You're doing real well from my point of view. Keep on working on whatever you feel is the highest priority at the present time before you worry about the small stuff like these other choices in this poll."

Exactly. Unless, of course, some of the struff on this poll are high on HT's priority list.

F.

NUTTZ · « **Reply #12 on:** January 15, 2002, 02:27:03 PM »

Westy, Theres only one thing left (HTC fixed most of them)that REALLY bothers me in AH. That would be the lighting. IMO, water should reflect the sun MORE so than land. IMO, I feel it's always a foggy day and not really sunny. I would like to see the lighting turned up a few notches, I'm not talking resetting my monitor.

I have a desk calender with what i am talking about

NUTTZ

K West · « **Reply #13 on:** January 15, 2002, 02:32:26 PM »

"I have a desk calender with what i am talking about"

I know what you mean and you're right. There's not much of a reflection from the sun at all when looking down or across the water.

Added to THE LIST

!

Westy

Rude · « **Reply #14 on:** January 15, 2002, 02:54:23 PM »

I want a faster 51D...not for everyone, just me:)

BTW....me thinks this polling thingie is fun...has great potential:)