"nooneimportant"
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Jun 11, 2003, 10:43 AM
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Re: Do you like 3d cockpits?
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I actually like the 3d cockpit, to me its more "airplaney" than the 2d. The
2d does have more detail, but IRL you can't see the whole panel without
looking around, and i know for me that in a real c172 i have a heckova lot
more visibility over the nose than the sim allows, so i go to the virtual
cockpit and bump the seat up 2 notches, doing it from teh 2d panel just
ins't the same. Now what i DON"T like is that you can't actually interact
with the cockpit, so i usually end up going back to the 2d panel when i need
to use goodies that aren't programmed into my flight yoke (like changing
radio freq's and such). I hear in CoF that the virtual cockpits will be
fully interactive, and i look forward to it. to me it beats the snot out of
having to "shift+2" et cetera to get other panels visible, at the cost of
your outside view, be nice to be able to just pan over to the radio panel,
and reach out to move the knobs, keeping at least part of the viewscreen in
your field of view, just like IRL. Its also really cool to be able to see
through the prop disk in the virt cockpits that you can't do in the 2d
panel, adds just a bit more authenticity to the feeling of flying a computer
vs the real deal. Its not perfect, i frequently end up switching between
different view modes, but the smooth panning in the virtual cockpit also
gives me a better idea about timing my turn to final and so forth when you
may not be able to see the runway out of a 2d view window sicne it locks
your POVswitch to 45 degree angles on the same azimuth as the airplane (ie
in a bank to the left you are looking at the ground out the left window,
cant look up towards the wing and see the bit of runway peeking out behind
the wing, and so forth. Like i said the only shortfall i see is that you
can't work switches from the 3dview. I don't really care how "cartoonish"
it is, I've never been one for the photorealistic panel, just want it to be
accurate instrument placement, and an accurate feel.
"Steve" <sgbirch@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:CVCFa.35474$9C6.1671986@wards.force9.net...
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
> > I need a favor please, if some kind soul has a few moments :-)
> >
> > If anyone out there is using CFS3, I have a question please. Are there
any
> > of the 2D cockpits in this version, or are all the cockpits virtual?
>
> Sorry, I can't help you with CFS3.
>
> > If there are 2D cockpits, would someone please take a screen shot of the
> > Spit, or a P47, or anything for that matter and send it to me so I can
see
> > what the panels actually look like in the sim. I'm thinking of buying
it,
> > but I really don't like virtual cockpits over the photographic 2D panels
> > in my sims.
>
> I completely agree with the virtual cockpit comment, those things look
> contrived to me. A 2d screen is more in keeping with the view I have when
> flying a real aircraft. With luck 3d cockpits will turn out to be a
> manufacturers fad and slowly die down.
>
> I was very disappointed when I found out that the new A320 PIC has no 2d
> cockpit. How could they make such a big mistake! I was looking forward to
> the product and now cannot buy it.
>
> How do others feel .... how many people like or hate 3d cockpits?
>
> Steve
>
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