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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: ace25th on May 31, 2004, 01:41:22 PM

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: ace25th on May 31, 2004, 01:41:22 PM

how come there is no joystick in the cockpit? How could the pilot fly the plane? I mean HT doesnt have to make it move when u turn, but just have the effect of it being there. Also there is no stearing wheel in any gvs.

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: detch01 on May 31, 2004, 01:48:08 PM

more stuff to draw, more drag on the GPU, more effort to model, lower frame rates.. keep it the way it is IMHO.

Cheers,

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: Xjazz on May 31, 2004, 01:49:02 PM

Its pure "Nise to have" eye candy (imo).

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: frank3 on May 31, 2004, 01:52:29 PM

And you won't be able to see much of the instruments? No idea actually...

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: ergRTC on May 31, 2004, 03:07:23 PM

yeah its a pain in wwol.  I would rather not have it there.

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: FOGOLD on May 31, 2004, 03:39:32 PM

Don't need a joystick when theres one right on my desk

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: vorticon on May 31, 2004, 04:01:56 PM

just adjust your desktop joystick so while wearing those sweat 3d shutter glasses it looks like its part of the plane

Title: cockpit joystick
Post by: Pyro on May 31, 2004, 04:29:31 PM

Because we wanted the pilot to have to use the cockpit instruments rather than have a HUD.  Since the cockpit instruments are meant to serve as more than background scenery, it was problematic to plant a stick or yoke in there that would obscure some instruments.  On some planes it wouldn't be a factor but on others it would really be a pain.  Instead of having it on some planes and not on others, we just kept it uniform.