is this "cheating"?

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I have learned, to set my cursor, on piper hit H-key freezing the cursor, then I set my views as high as I can, and I know with out question that my cursor, is now my piper, it has helped a little with my aim, but only marginally.

what is your opinion of this? did you realize this was possible? or am I finding out about something that every one knows?

I  thought about it one day and was thinking if no one else knows about this I may be a "cheater" and seriously, I hate "cheaters" to me they are the same as Liars and thief's, so I feel obligated to put it out there to let every one know about it,to use or lose it, to condone or condemn me.

JETSOM

[Buzzard7]

I think it is well known. Not cheating. Just an aid for aiming. I have heard some people use it in wirbles and ostis to get that annoying sight out of the way.

[B4Buster]

No

[whels]

unrealistic yes, gaming the game yes, cheating no.

as a gunner you should have to use the gun sight, maybe limit the head up movement in the gunner position in GVs.

planes, maybe only way to change it would be, make cursor   vanish when not over clipboard or dash, or after a few seconds of
no movement it kinda goes away.

[CAP1]

i actually placed a dot on my monitor with a dry-erase marker.
same principle though.

not cheating. imagine trying to get a better view in r/l. you're gonna lean foward and up, right?

[grizz441]

I experimented with that but ended up hating firing with a mouse tip as my gunsight plus not being able to move the mouse for the flight for whatever reason (Guess I don't really need to after I get my E6B up).  A lot of planes you can page up high enough and still see your gun sight that you don't need the cursor such as the F6F and P38.  I can definitely see how it could be advantageous in some planes such as the Ki-84 or the Mossie though.  Not cheating, just a gamey trick imo.

[Motherland]

Cheating? No. Gaming the game? Definitely.
Just like turning down your engine sounds in a GV to hear others isn't cheating- but it most certainly is gaming the game.
Just like turning down your graphic settings in a GV to see through the landscape wasn't cheating- but it was gaming the game.

Just because it's not necessarily cheating doesn't mean it's not pretty gay.

But there's certainly not anything wrong with just shifting up your head view for a better look. Before I got TrackIR I  had my default front view looking through the sight (the standard view) and then my forward hat position shifted the whole way up. I didn't use the magical never-moving mouse, though.

[NoBaddy]

Just because it's not necessarily cheating doesn't mean it's not pretty gay.

I'm quite sure that HT would appreciate your description of his "feature". He is the one that told me to do it...it's what he does.   

[BnZs]

Everybody already knows about it Ink.

I'm not sure it honestly helps that much. It seems like in most planes this does more to let you see whether or not you got hits on a "blind" lead deflection shot than actually improve your aim.

The part that helps notably, with planes that have alot of frames, is also setting your forward view with hat-switch scooted forward more than our default forward. This helps you see around frames for crossing shots, which of course in r/l you could do with a slight head movement.

Possibly even more valuable than the aiming is having a little mark on the center of your life vector in the "look straight up" view...

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cool thanx guys I feel a little better atleast.

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JETSOM

[palef]

I hope so. I paid Silat a lot of money for that cheat.

[Motherland]

I'm quite sure that HT would appreciate your description of his "feature". He is the one that told me to do it...it's what he does.   

Hopefully he will

[Bronk]

I hope so. I paid Silat a lot of money for that cheat.

Yes but it came with teen squelch as a bonus...... worth every penny.

[palef]

Yes but it came with teen squelch as a bonus...... worth every penny.

I may have to revisit my monthly Silat Automatic Payment. I definitely DIDN'T get the squeaker squelch feature.

[Slash27]

I'm quite sure that HT would appreciate your description of his "feature". He is the one that told me to do it...it's what he does.   

Funny, he's the first guy I thought of. Have you heard his custom tank sight story?