Friday 2010-10-01 Dev. update and Discussion

[matsher]

Originally Posted by Baron

On the transparent cockpit issue.

Its not everyones job here to make sure new players play the game the "right" way, it is however Olegs job to make sure as many "newbies" as possible buys SoW and more importantly, sticks with it.

Originally Posted by xnomad

Rather than a see through cockpit, if you want continuous target tracking, then a simpler option would be to allow the target icons to continue tracking inside the cockpit. This way you would know where the targets are. Perhaps have a target dot with the icon as well so you can line up your deflection shot.

I don't know why people fly Wonder Woman view but I'm guessing if they had the above they might stick to cockpit on settings?

Thank you Baron... Artfully said.
Gentlemen... It is noted that most of you view wonderview with utter disstain.
And thats totally fine. No one is prescribing to you how you should fly the sim,
everyone finds their own comfort zone after some time. And it is not our prerogative to prescribe to others how they 'should' play...

What is important though, as IL2 lifers and experienced flyers, is to grow a new
generation of flyers and try and make it as 'easy' to get hooked on the Maddox
drug as possible... There will always be a purists way to fly as well as a casual way ... Just remember the first time you tried to fly IL2 ... Do you remember the pain and suffering you had to endure before some benevolent pilot started giving you a few tips here and a few tips there...

Now with that in mind... Can you tell me how you see my suggestion...

I have to say that XNOMAD's solution is massively simple and probably an excellent way to do it. It keeps the integrity of the cockpit view while providing some additional targeting information... Hmmm Nice one... I'll try and mock it up for you guys to see if it doesn't look too disruptive...

Please lets keep this going I want to collect the best solution for the next friday's update and hopefully present a very well thought out case to Oleg and Team.

Thanks for all the productive input, I feel we are really starting to get somewhere.