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Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: MOSQ on January 04, 2005, 05:27:14 PM

Is it just me or are the KI-84 gauges almost unreadable for others?

Ok, I'm nearly 50, in the last year I've had to start wearing the half lens reading glasses for close up stuff.  But all the other planes' gauges are easy to read. The KI's are dark, the fonts are blurred.

Is it possible to make them larger, and brighten up the markings to a whiter white against a blacker gauge background?

Not to mention the trim indicator.... I need binoculars to read that darn thing.....

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: eilif on January 05, 2005, 10:47:05 PM

have you considered track ir? even an older model will give you enough control to zoom in on those guages and such, i bet you could map your look down view to a dashboard view if needed with the hat views.

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: WMLute on January 06, 2005, 06:12:34 AM

agreed... one main reason I rarely fly the Ki84 is that I can't read the gauges.  Wouldn't mind a slight tweak to kame them a bit more "read-able".

I'm sure they look great at a high rez on a 21" monitor, but unfort. I have small monitor, and run low resolutions.

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: xHaMmeRx on January 06, 2005, 08:50:11 AM

Agreed... I applaud the effort towards realism but they are pretty much unreadable unless I shift head positions down and in to the dash. Not something I want to do during a fight.

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: rabbidrabbit on January 06, 2005, 05:08:29 PM

wonder if cockpits could have optional skins?  generic guages vs realistic..

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: MOSQ on January 12, 2005, 07:11:12 PM

When i jump from the Ki back to a P-51 i feel like I can see again !

I hope future planes don't have the same realism gauge packages. Realism is fine, but playability suffers with these gauges.

I like the idea of optional gauge skin packages, or allow us to make custom gauge skins.

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: Octavius on January 12, 2005, 09:22:28 PM

I have no problem seeing the gauges.  I think they're great.  Just takes a little getting used to.  If you put in the time, I dont think being able to read the fonts is even necessary.  Recognize the position and look at the needle.  If you can read a needle position, you're good to go.  The altimeter and manifold pressure differ from AH's classic gauges only slightly...

Title: KI-84 gauges
Post by: Mitsu on January 12, 2005, 09:49:01 PM

no, I want metric gauges.
I dont understand feet and miles.