Please don't tell me...

[NatCigg]

i have used it to judge my vertical orientation. i use numbers in place of the right look horizon judgement.  in clouds it helps.  even a quick reference to bank angle.  all the while looking forward..through the gun sights. 

also the attitude indicator is tough to read.   

[jeep00]

I wouldn't like all the clutter on the windscreen. Wouldn't this thread be better in the Alpha specific area though?

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

 

[BuckShot]

Turn it off, it was the first thing I did before my second flight in there.

[Lusche]

I see it coming... people accusing each other on CH 200 to be 'lamers' having the HUD enabled

[Randy1]

GV and like hanger dive-bomb attack will be more precise since gauging attack angle will be dead-on.

I could see it as a training aid like the green bomb and rocket aids in offline.

It has no place in the MA as far as I am concerned.

I would the like the FOV set as realistic as possible or more correctly as practical then not be adjustable.  Then delete the use of zoom.

 

[Wiley]

GV and like hanger dive-bomb attack will be more precise since gauging attack angle will be dead-on.

I could see it as a training aid like the green bomb and rocket aids in offline.

It has no place in the MA as far as I am concerned.

I would the like the FOV set as realistic as possible or more correctly as practical then not be adjustable.  Then delete the use of zoom.

 

What the devil is a "realistic" FOV?  1:1 with what you're looking at?  However many degrees your peripheral vision covers?

Not a fan of the HUD, still feel a digital display gives you a lot more accuracy and speed of information than you get otherwise, but I'll live.  Rangefinding icons and icons in general are something I think add to the game.  The hud info is no worse than that.

Wiley.

[Zoney]

I won't be using it.  I suspect many of us that already play won't be using it.  I expect many new people will be using it.  It may help them.  They may learn faster and stay in the game because of it.  Some of them will keep it.  Many of them will turn it off some day.  It's not going to win a fight for you, It's not going to give anyone an advantage against a seasoned player.

I would have only one small derision to voice against it.  Those who use it as beginners and keep it, wont have quite the immersion I will with out it.

[Randy1]

What the devil is a "realistic" FOV?  1:1 with what you're looking at?  However many degrees your peripheral vision covers? . . .

Wiley.

A give and take setting.  Set a balanced  view to a proper front windscreen view with what ever peripheral vision you can accept.  Not perfect for sure but at least you have a good firing view with a more realistic head position.

[hitech]

A give and take setting.  Set a balanced  view to a proper front windscreen view.

There is not such a thing, it completely depends on how close you are sitting to your monitor and the size of your monitor.

Also monitors do not come even close to the visual clarity you have at the center of your vision when looking at things in real life.

HiTech

[Wiley]

A give and take setting.  Set a balanced  view to a proper front windscreen view with what ever peripheral vision you can accept.  Not perfect for sure but at least you have a good firing view with a more realistic head position.

And the "realistic" setting for "whatever peripheral vision you can accept" is what, exactly?

Wiley.

[Wizz]

 

I think it's more to help flying in 3rd person view.

[Estes]

Regarding FOV, like the boss said, it depends on how far you are from your monitor and what not. I've found that especially FPS games, that have an fov below 80 it makes me nauseous. That's my hobby horse is it drives me nuts when games don't have an adjustable FOV.

[FLOOB]

Think of the HUD as an inner ear simulator.

[FLOOB]

Quote from: FLOOB on July 15, 2015, 11:09:59 AM
Heads up display in a world war two aeroplane? Have you struck your head old boy?

People didn't get to fly again after death in WWII either. (I.E. Your simply playing the selective realism game)

The pitch ladder and the IAS & Alt are  no different then how our stall horn works. Some things simply are more difficult on a computer screen then in the real thing. Knowing your attitude and speed are much more difficult on a computer screen then in real life, especially when flying in the vertical. Hence the addition is simply a substation for the information (i.E. Feel and peripheral vision) that you would have in real life.

Doing accurate & realistic simulation is not simply a matter of it was xxx way in real life hence it must be xxx way on the sim. Some things simply can not be a direct substitution for real life because of the lack of feed back a 2 d monitor and a spring loaded joystick give you.

HiTech