Author Topic: Planes look distorted (Read 466 times)

Mickey1992 · « **on:** December 13, 2002, 10:39:57 PM »

Anyone else see this? If I look at planes in the regular cockpit view, they seem fine. These two planes are heading in the same vector as I am.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #1 on:** December 13, 2002, 10:42:23 PM »

But, without any of the planes changing their heading, if I look out of the front-left of the aircraft (keypad 7), they look distorted as if they are turning.

OIO · « **Reply #2 on:** December 14, 2002, 12:05:56 AM »

Its the lavochnik warp field bubble.

Mickey1992 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 14, 2002, 10:04:18 AM »

I should have mentioned that I see it with all planes. I thought at first that it was something screwy with my grahpics card so I never worried about it. But now I find that it does it on my new PC too.

Innominate · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2002, 10:23:37 AM »

It's perfectly normal.

It's a bit of a fisheye effect caused by displaying a larger field of view than you get looking into the monitor.

So the edges appear to bend a bit.

funkedup · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2002, 10:54:03 AM »

The mysteries of perspective.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #6 on:** December 15, 2002, 09:33:47 AM »

can part of it be that you have moved your views and really aren't lookin at them from the same point ?

ALF · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2002, 09:53:40 AM »

It is the fish-eye lense effect we get when trying to display a larger field of view than can be realistically placed on a screen that takes up a smaller view angle.

Try and look at the moon at the 45° angle...it looks all squished.

Pooh21 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 16, 2002, 01:56:03 AM »

Thanks for bringing this up, never noticed it til now. Last night was attacking lanc bellys looking up at them and they distorting all over the place, couldnt get a good shot in. Then I realize its just some dweeb monkeying with his rudders. Only it came clear after he turned 180 and gave me freebies on his drones.