Need advice on gunnery

[G10Whore]

In warbirds I find it easier to hit planes better.  The planes just seem "bigger"

In AH I feel like I am farther than than what is beong shown.

I moved from a 15 inch monitor with built in glare and eye burnout protection to a 17 inch monitor without that i didnt use much for that reason.  Glarey as a mirror too at that.  I still have a hard time seeing things

Perhaps I should get a bigger monitor?  anyone have any recomendations?

Perhaps its my 20/10 right, 20/15 left vision thats making things smaller?


I try zooming in but in order to make the planes big enough to hit the planes just doesnt feel right and my situational awareness goes to hell

Maybe HITECH (lol)could have it so i can have the foward view zoomed in but be able to have unzoomed from the other views?


any suggestions?


oh yeah, the tracers kinda mess me up to cuz they block everything and  cant see where im shooting when they are off

not trolling, jsut looking for help

[This message has been edited by G10potato (edited 05-01-2001).]

[Swoop]

"Maybe the rats could....."


nah, that's WW2OL mate, this is Aces High.....and therefore you mean HTC.  yeah ok, pedantic of me.

ok,  firstly the range you're seeing displayed is in yards, not feet.  So take whatever's displayed and times by 3.....

Secondly, you're zoomed in too far if the tracers screw your vision.  

Try moving your head position further back in the cockpit, set the head position with F10.  Then you can zoom some in forward view and still have view of your instruments and a slightly wider field of view in front of the cockpit.  Dont zoom in all the way for the hell of it....just enough to make aiming easier.  Also, you'll want to map the zoom key to a joystick button so's you can switch between views mid fight.

 

[G10Whore]

thanks man

the zoom tip really helped

dont know why i didnt think about moving back like that before

my gunnery, amazingly, is alot better now and when im unzoomed i see more

[Lephturn]

What resolution are you running?

If you are running a resolution that is too high for your monitor size, things will look pretty small.

Also, have a look at this article I wrote about the AH view system.  http://users.eastlink.ca/~sconrad/views.htm

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[G10Whore]

800x600

best rez/FPS mix for me

[milnko]

Depending on your video card you can change the AH video.cfg to a custom setting, example instead of 800x600 you could go 960x720 as I've done.

Dunno if that will help, but there is always the zoom key if ya need it when shooting.

[Thunder]

Another thought is after you get your head position the way you want it. Go offline and fiddle with you convergence and put tracers on. Fire your guns in level flight and watch tracers and how they act. Then shoot ground and see the results of your setting vs. your convergance. Each plane is different. Subtle but there is something there to ponder. Also.. everyone has there own prefered settings but try around a 275-300 and only shoot at close range (300 or less)and in short bursts. Just some other thoughts.. you may already know but in case you don't.. hope it helps.

Thunder

[mrfish]

 

Originally posted by Thunder:
everyone has there own prefered settings but try around a 275-300 and only shoot at close range (300 or less)and in short bursts.

that is crucial for all planes but especially if, as your name implies you fly the g10 - or any plane with heavy rounds - probably more than any technical tricks

[Swoop]

 

Originally posted by G10potato:
thanks man

the zoom tip really helped

Anytime, glad to help.

Lept, when ya gonna invite me to the training team?