+1 to what Mysticpuma said!
I heard many saying when they are killed in the plane saying: "my pilot was killed" or "he killed my pilot"... for me is always funny this absence of immersion from others... and always I tell them on TeamSpeak: "It was you who died you silly one!"
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It's normal for some to be separated from the avatar of the pilot as the pilot... is missing.
I found very little trouble looking around the body of the pilot in DCS Black Shark and in worst case I temporary remove him with the assigned key. It would be nice if the body would be animated so if you want to look at something that the pilots body obstruct... like a hand... after a second that hand to move away gracefuly
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Also... death in the cockpit should be replaced from annoying black screen to the view falling on the dashboard and bloobing in the cockpit as the plane hurls into abbyss. That's because we really don't know precisely how death is but, we know that is not instantly
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