Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: lunaticfringe on March 14, 2020, 02:10:34 PM
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i wish for F3 mode on the IL2 please. i know some said it gives an unfair advantage, but what i think is an unfair advantage is me getting shot down by the fighter behind me because i can't see where he is coming from to make an attempt to avoid him/her.
so respectfully wish for the IL2 to have F3 mode restored. thank you.
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Almost every time I up an IL2 I have to furball. Then I'm using TR in 2axis mode inheriting my saved views. And you can set the views so you can furball. I don't attack tanks if there are red dots in my area on my clipboard. I keep an eye on them so I can HO them when they dive in. And I really try not to be in the air in an IL2 in the middle of a furball. IL2 had a very high death rate in WW2 because the views had nothing to do with air combat which they were not designed for.
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No. The external view gives it a very distinct advantage it should not have.
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but what i think is an unfair advantage is me getting shot down by the fighter behind me because i can't see where he is coming from to make an attempt to avoid him/her.
By that logic every plane should get F3 mode ;)
Cockpit visibility is a trait just like speed or roll rate. Some planes are better at it, some less so.
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Sorry. I like the IL-2. F3 was disabled on it for a really good reason.
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Cockpit visibility is a trait just like speed or roll rate. Some planes are better at it, some less so.
Well put.
- oldman
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Let's disable F3 on bombers.
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Let's disable F3 on bombers.
F3 simulates the rest of the crew keeping an eye out for enemy fighters. On B-17s that would be nine other pairs of eyes (scanning practically all directions) as well as the pilots. A flight of B-17s would have 30 pairs of eyes looking around. Even with just a single rear facing gunner on a single bomber there's more than just the pilot's eyes simultaneously scanning around. Add in that only one gunner may join a bomber/bomber formation and you can't actually simultaneously man all positions and a method to simulate such is justified. If only all the non manned gun positions could auto gun toward the closest enemy in proximity. Alas, we live with what we've got. ;)
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Well, the Il-2 did have a rear facing gunner....not particularly advocating either way, just pointing out that presumably the gunner could communicate with the pilot.
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Bf110 has a rear gunner and never saw F3 mode in AH
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You should count yourself lucky to be able to fly anything from an external view. In my opinion, everything should be cockpit or gunner view.
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My position is that everything with a level bomb sight should definitely have F3/F4/F5 online. As should all planes with multiple gunner positions. I don't think external views are unfair in them. :old:
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You should count yourself lucky to be able to fly anything from an external view. In my opinion, everything should be cockpit or gunner view.
I would agree is every gun position could be manned or served as an independent auto-gun if not.