4.09 and 6DOF

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by EJGr.Ost_Caspar

Thats a widely used mis-imagination. At least in fighter planes pilots were strapped and the cockpits somewhat narrow, so a full 6DoF movement was unrealistic either, esp. in dogfight situations. Some head leaning left and right and on over shoulder looks would be realistic and desirable.

While the argument itself is valid, the conclusion is not.

In reality the pilot is strapped in place, granted, but when turning his head, the eyes usually located in the forehead-region for most human pilots are automatically moved, the field of view shifted. That way it's e.g. easy to look around headarmor, simply because when turning the head sideways the eyes are much closer to the canopy-side than when looking forward. Not to mention the wider field of view.

In IL2 the eyes are stuck in one centered point and turned - a Pilot would break his neck each time he checks his six, if this would be realistic, and the view is limited to less than 1/2 the natural field of view.

So technical issues aside, realism is most surely not the argument for no 6DOF in IL2.