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Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: frank3 on March 07, 2005, 09:39:03 AM

I recall I've heard that the thing on top of the ar-234's cockpit is a periscope which they use to aim the rear-firing guns.

How about a button to make this one usable?

Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: LePaul on March 07, 2005, 08:20:32 PM

Use the external view!

...but I agree, that would be pretty cool to have.

Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: SFCHONDO on March 08, 2005, 04:04:32 PM

Always wondered how they knew what to aim at IRL. Since irl they couldn't do the external view.

Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: jpeg on March 08, 2005, 09:28:21 PM

This has been discussed many times before. Periscopes and rear view mirrors are tough to implement with the current engine and would require too much time that they would rather spend on other needed things (which i agree on)

Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: Blue Mako on March 09, 2005, 07:37:11 PM

Why would it be so difficult to implement?  Hitting the bomb aiming key sends you to a different view, why not use the same overlay and just point the view backwards?  Disable the automatic autopilot activation to give the pilot full control and it's all done...

Title: Enable periscope for Ar-234?
Post by: frank3 on March 10, 2005, 05:41:55 AM

Well we could use the external view, the only problem is that your own plane blocks the view...