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Title: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: madrid311 on July 29, 2017, 04:58:05 PM
I know, I know. We don't need no stinking mirrors in our airplanes. However seeing how they used them in the movie dunkirk in the spitfire was really cool. I would use mine in aces high. Peace
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: ACE on July 29, 2017, 05:37:41 PM
Mirrors are all cool and what not until you realize that now your computer has to display what's in your main view AND the mirror. Which would take a nice FPS hit. I tried them in Iracing, it helped but the fps difference was crazy.
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: RufusLeaking on July 29, 2017, 06:44:14 PM
"Objects in mirror are closer than they appear."    :old:
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 29, 2017, 07:07:21 PM
From my experience with IL2 and DCS ... it's usually too late/worthless.
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: oakranger on July 29, 2017, 07:51:51 PM
It would guess it would require a lot more than was most of our system can handle.
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: DaddyAce on July 29, 2017, 08:18:34 PM
...plus I think we already effectively have it with our ability to instantly took backwards in tough positions with head settings, TrackIR etc.....
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: Rebel28 on July 29, 2017, 11:12:36 PM
In DCS it is only a 2 fps hit. It is very good for seeing if you hit ground targets as you pull up and out....
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: zack1234 on July 30, 2017, 03:49:29 AM
Bruv would just sit on the runway looking at himself all day if we had mirrors in AH :)
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: shppr01 on July 30, 2017, 09:13:29 AM
Not to mention that using a mirror would take a lot more coding. In order to keep the image constantly moving, Hitech would have to restructure the whole game again. And that would take ,,, two more weeks!!
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: hgtonyvi on July 30, 2017, 09:54:44 AM
no mirrors.....its simple just look back.
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: Bruv119 on July 30, 2017, 02:54:47 PM
Bruv would just sit on the runway looking at himself all day if we had mirrors in AH :)

 :rofl    :airplane:
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: madrid311 on July 30, 2017, 04:22:43 PM
So if we had mirrors and it didn't make the game slower and you couldn't look back, I would happily use the mirror, that's the spirit of the thread. Not, why we can't. Sheesh. Sometimes you his are no fun. Lol
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: hgtonyvi on July 31, 2017, 02:32:01 AM
So if we had mirrors and it didn't make the game slower and you couldn't look back, I would happily use the mirror, that's the spirit of the thread. Not, why we can't. Sheesh. Sometimes you his are no fun. Lol
I mean it will look more cooler and realistic...Don't get me wrong....
Title: Re: Mirrors in dunkirk
Post by: RODBUSTR on August 01, 2017, 10:32:40 AM
That flick is mostly fiction and folly.  Most a/c mirrors vibrated so badly the could not be used, had very poor field of vision and by the time  the enemy was spotted in one It was to late. Side note on air battles in Dunkirk AO. virtually all Allied air ops took place out of view and earshot of beach,  Also  No way would a fighter section ingress to a hostile area at 500 feet.   Heck That's lower than a Stuka would pull out of a dive.