So, about that little red light...

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Old debate comming up again...

Originally Posted by zapatista

btw, this is a problem in il2 when using the normal and correct FoV setting for your monitor size, dont compare it with what you see on a zoomed view setting which artificially magnifies what you see.

Wrong. The "max Zoom" is a 30° FOV which actually correspond approximativelly to the FOV you have to your screen if your head is at a "normal distance" of it.
The problem in all computer game is that you can't have at the same time a vision of the object size corresponding to the cone of view in which you see your monitor AND an standard "human" 160° FOV.... for this you would need a hemispheric screen around you, and not a standard monitor...
So if you have to compare object spotting in IL2 and in reality.. you HAVE to do it at 30° FOV (maximum zoom).

BTW IL2 does quite a good job with the different FOV to allow you to have a peripheral vision and a "normal" vision in a reduced angle (30° FOV) with an almost instant switch between the 2.

you have the exact same problem in il2 when trying to spot tanks/trucks on a road or in a field, in real life you can still see them from 1500 meters, and in il2 you need to be at 300 or 400 meters. if you ever fly VFR in real aircraft just look at the scenery below you and compare at what altitudes you can still spot individual cars/trucks etc.. then compare it again to what you can see in il2. in il2 there is a MAJOR problem with object visibility, its down to about 30% to what it should be.

I do often fly VFR between 500ft AGL and 3000ft AGL and find that IL2 does quite a good job for ground object spotting at these altitudes (again with the 30° FOV).... In real when the landscape is highly contrasted, it's even more difficult to spot such objets sometimes.
At 4500 ft AGL in real (corresponding to your 1500m), It isn't hard to spot a truck or even a car on a black asphalted road.... it is much harder (and some times impossible) to spot the same vehicles (or an agriculture engine for exemple) in the middle of a standard agriculture landscape (at least where I fly, with lanscape of small rolling hills, with a mosaic of small culture fields and woods/hedges, etc...)

Seems we don't have the same IRL experience.
I see that in this tread, others have the same IRL experience as I have.