Short 1 minute test to create an authentic Gun Camera experience ;)

[Mysticpuma]

Footage depicts a Hurricane downing an Me-109, if you go to Youtube, it's in 720P HD too ;) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8hMXif2jcY

Cheers, MP

[ATAG_Colander]

Nice :grin:

[major_setback]

Very realistic.
Is the explosion at the end a special effect that you've added or is it in-game?

[Mysticpuma]

In-game (Final Patch)...but notice the aircraft 'vanishes' at the point of collision :(

[Alien]

A very nice one. But to give it a more realistic look, you should apply a 'delete' key zoom.

[Mysticpuma]

:mrgreen:

[DoolittleRaider]

Continuing to develop your flightsim guncam skills...nicely done.

Unfortunately, as with IL-2, we cannot create the squiggle tracers (caused mostly by aircraft/guns/camera-shake) seen in most WWII real-world guncam footage. Thus, the pilot's view of the straight line (laser-like) tracers is reflected in the pseudo guncam footage, rather than the view/images recorded by a bouncing shaking gunCamera.

Nevertheless, your guncam films are still the WWII flightsim community's best.

Have you tried loading your ammo belts with just a mix of HE rounds and British .303 'observor' rounds...with no tracers....or maybe only one tracer round every 6 or 7 rounds in the belt loadout. These should show explosive hits and smoke hits, respectively, upon impacting the target...aircraft or train locomotive (your personal favorite)...with few or no laser-tracers. Guncam footage developed therefrom could look very realistic.

There is Real World WWII guncam footage depicting such 'tracer-less' attacks and footage. For example, at 2:41-2:55, 3:31-4:00, 7:12 in this footage NOT exclusively Spitfire footage, whatsoever]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv8rFPLN_Fg

Here, for reference, at 00:23-00:35, and 2:40-2:55, are the 'squigglies' which we cannot reproduce in IL-2 or COD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aqJwHdMDK0


DR
aka Wiley of the now long defunct "Wiley's WWII Guncam World" website of 2002-2005, give or take. :)