is this "cheating"?

[kvuo75]

It's not cheating, but using anything other than the gunsight for an aiming point is a gamey.

watabout tracers???  



and btw I also use dry-erase dot on my screen.. dont have to bother with aligning cursor and hittin H, the dot is always there!

[MajWoody]

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.

It isn;t any more gamey than tir & there doesn't seem to be anyone b1tch1ng about that so why not use the cursor. Both ok imho

[lyric1]

There is all kinds of tricks to gaming the game. For instance some squads have Mylars made up to fit over the screen so they can pull off amazing shots with the leading of opponents already factored in. Running gv's with troops & letting them out & bail & jump into a bomber so they can get a C47 capture. Going into God mode from the manned ack & directing traffic to approaching gv's. These are but a few. Cheats? no gaming the game with out question.

[Ghosth]

I use a small permanent marker dot dead center on my CRT. Started doing it back when I was playing Stalker, and they didn't have a gun sight unless you were zoomed in.

Not that I actually use it much in flying, but for GV's it can be quite handy at times.

Another one, if in a tank firing from a slope, I fire a ranging shot, put mouse on the spot where it hits and freeze it. This gives me the angle I need to predict where they will hit.

Gaming the game, by all means yes. Cheating, no not even close.

[MaSonZ]

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.

dont forget the 38! cant see crap over the nose without it... btw, i find it easier to just put a permanent marker or dry erase marker on my screen. then you dont need to set the curser, hit H to freeze, it and then scroll up; you just scroll up

[dedalos]

For crying-out-loud guys, it's a game.  Every game has its idiosyncrasies, and things happen (or can be done) that just don't happen in real life.  It's just not possible to completely simulate "real life" on a home computer no matter how hard you try or how much you want to.  So, some people make a conscious effort to insert their own limitations in game-play to make up for some of that lost realism - more power to them if that's how they want to play.  I say, just play the game and have fun...if you're taking it too serious, then it's probably time to give it up and do something else.

SoCom ------------>

[MaSonZ]

For instance some squads have Mylars made up to fit over the screen so they can pull off amazing shots with the leading of opponents already factored in.

whats a mylar??? never heard of it, and dont plan on using it...takes to much fun out of game it seems

[lyric1]

whats a mylar??? never heard of it, and dont plan on using it...takes to much fun out of game it seems

it is a clear bit of plastic that lays over your screen with markings on it. In this instance with lead markings on it.

[Kweassa]

I figured that the literalist would not understand what I was getting at, which is simply that some planes have better inherent views from the cockpit for different situations than others in real life. The flavor of what I was trying to say is to take advantage of that b/c the game offers that advantage in how you set up your views.

...which again, is irrelevant since moving the view up has nothing to do with what you've said.

It is a game, the game aspects of the game balance out to make the planes match up to each other better the way they did in real life.  A game will never be like real life but if you use the various aspects of the game that are offered, the resultant effect is that the planes relate to each other a little better.  Then again, maybe not.

Definately not.

Although it does offer some nice, cheap excuses to help make people feel better when they game the game.

[SectorNine50]

I would say yes it's cheating, just because your using an "exploit."  But I'm not going to be one to tell you to stop.  I enjoy the challenge of realism, and that's just my style.

[flatiron1]

just play like you are in  a early Russian fighter


The Germans had one other crucial advantage, their fighters were equipped with the modern reflector gunsights. Most Soviet aircraft had simple gunsights, sometimes a circle drawn on the windshield. It was not until delivery of the P-39 and P-40 fighters that they were finally able to install modern gunsights on their fighters.



http://ezinearticles.com/?The-MiG-3---Russias-Best-WWII-Fighter-Plane&id=190742



here is another interesting link. assume you have the Spitfire over the nose cowling sight.



http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=160621&sid=51c60b7d43f1923c2bb9a94c598a6ff1

[mechanic]

in a furball it doesnt matter much. In a duel it would be a little cheap if you did not inform the other player before hand, imo.

[Getback]

I've done that in the past. However, I find just using the sights alone is more efficient.

[drdeathx]

LOL dweebs need aids to help them. If a person like this needs an aid to help give em a chance to cheat they will.

[19kilo10(ironnite)]

Is using witchcraft cheating?