Cockpit glass scratches?

[Sammi79]

Before the realism police get in on this thread, I liked the look and feel of the scratches on wings of prey, but then, my car windshield is 6 years old now, and apart from a minor scratch on the passenger side from a loose chipping there are no physical marks visible on it anywhere. It gets dirty mind, but I don't think scratches are very realistic.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Sammi79

Before the realism police get in on this thread, I liked the look and feel of the scratches on wings of prey, but then, my car windshield is 6 years old now, and apart from a minor scratch on the passenger side from a loose chipping there are no physical marks visible on it anywhere. It gets dirty mind, but I don't think scratches are very realistic.

Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Maybe there should be more scratches as the 'Weathering' slider is increased.

Aircraft "glass" is typically plastic, except for armored glass.

Plastic is easy to scratch, and would be awesome to have.

Armored windows is glass, and scratches, even nicks and spider chips, would be very unusual because rocks off of tiers do not fly up to 12,000 ft!

[Timberwolf]

Armored Glass - scratches Plexiglass - Swirl marks

Wax and glass cleaner was used in 1940

I would rather hear a real engine of a 109 or spitfire then side track luthier on scratches

[Madfish]

Scratches in the glass are very easy to make though. Engine sounds are not necessarily easy to make (it takes a very good recording job or even worse, it takes a crazy amount of time to re-create sounds with just software)

And yes, all glass degrades, no matter what quality it is and the quality of glass back in 1940 wasn't even remotely comparable to todays standards in the automobile or aviation industy.

By the way, it's not just absurdly obvious scratches. A tiny amount of "texture" is probably what describes the issue best. CoD glass looks as if it's not even there. Anyone with real world experience knows that you will always be able to see a glass surface. due to very fidel textures and reflections. This is well done even in Wings of Prey but in CoD I don't feel imerged at all.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Just a bit of useless info,the priority of the ritualstic cleaning of these
perspex canopies can't be expressed too much.

Apparently the perspex material could be scratched so easily,so much so,that the ground crews were given the softest cloths to clean them with ,as even wiping them unwittingly with a handkerchief could damage them.

After all you're life depended on the effeciency of you're search tfor the enemy through you're canopy.

(An exert from Spitfire at War by Alfred Price)

[Ekar]

+1.

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by Madfish

Scratches in the glass are very easy to make though. Engine sounds are not necessarily easy to make (it takes a very good recording job or even worse, it takes a crazy amount of time to re-create sounds with just software)

And yes, all glass degrades, no matter what quality it is and the quality of glass back in 1940 wasn't even remotely comparable to todays standards in the automobile or aviation industy.

By the way, it's not just absurdly obvious scratches. A tiny amount of "texture" is probably what describes the issue best. CoD glass looks as if it's not even there. Anyone with real world experience knows that you will always be able to see a glass surface. due to very fidel textures and reflections. This is well done even in Wings of Prey but in CoD I don't feel imerged at all.

good maintenence makes glass scratches unniticable.

i flew a 1946 plane with original glass, and it looked cristal clear.

AS opinion keep it as it is. its good.

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by pupo162

good maintenence makes glass scratches unniticable.

i flew a 1946 plane with original glass, and it looked cristal clear.

AS opinion keep it as it is. its good.

But by your logic, we shouldn't have the current weathering effect on planes because good maintenance.

Scratches should appear more depending on the weathering slider.

[Plt Off JRB Meaker]

Yes,I would like to see the scratches appear more pronounced as weathering slider is moved up,I really like this idea.

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by recoilfx

But by your logic, we shouldn't have the current weathering effect on planes because good maintenance.

Scratches should appear more depending on the weathering slider.

your right. good idea.