Serious HUD visibility issues.
 

Hi all,

Picked up a copy of BOP yesterday and am having a pretty major usability issue with the game to be honest. Half the time due to its colour I can not make out the target lead indicator due to it being white and rather small, any chance of giving the option to change HUD colour/scaling or something .. as this is driving me nuts.

Just be glad it's there...those world war 2 fighter pilots sure as hell didn't have 'leads'on their targeting! OR try sim first..you'll much appreciate that lead target being there in the other modes!;)

Seriously! I don't know how others play this on Simulator?

Being in cockpit view and trying to lead an enemy is almost impossible! You can't see the plane because its where your prop is! Maybe with A LOT of practice maybe

That's when we shoot! :D Really, it's not that difficult to see through the windscreen. And if you've ever fired a gun at something moving, you'll know that when you lead, you don't have to move to far when you shoot in front of it. And when your behind him, well that's easy :cool:

Well all i can say is the HUD is poorly designed, White is not the best choice of colour for a HUD by far, and its mind boggling why the devs thought it was a good idea.. i just dont get it. It has an effect on being able to see speed/throttle position and alt to as they are also white and kinda small to.

Anyone from 1C,or Gaijin care to comment or is this never going to be delt with and i should just deal or sell the game ? (which would be a shame as aside from actually shooting stuff due to HUD issues i find everything else about the game to be good)

That's why they created the Realism setting. You have little HUD influence, no deflection cursor on it, that I know of? And it's like Arcade, but a bit more difficult. Sim is where it's at though :D Nothing but your eyes and ears, and your ability at the controls.

So the solution to a feature ment to assist players like me who dont play flight sims all that often having usability issues is to turn it off, and also in doing so make the rest of the game harder in the process as well. doest make alot of sense that im afraid.

You know I think it may be easier to fly the real aircraft then fly on sim. Mainly because the visibilty in the cockpit view is very poor. It doesnt make it fun to fly when you cant see anything and its very hard to look around with the controls.

And Superman eyes on virtual cockpit.

I don't fly German planes, or planes without cockpits for the time being.

Are you playing on a standard definition tv?

You make it seem like a bad thing. Challenges are sometimes fun to overcome, like my challenge of getting up in the morning, and going to work. :P

LOL, i know this, this game is sucking me in more and more! I have flexible work hours which helps but it is still hindering my calling of being a virtual ww2 pilot

Yeah sim is pretty hard.. I don't feel up to it yet..i can manage realistic,but sim...well not yet anyway. (i do like the 'feel' for the plane in Sim)

I hate not having a target cam,because it looks damn cool when Fritz is spiralling towards his death after you've peppered him and having target cam on, you can follow him all the way down! Almost cinematic if ya ask me!

There is a zoom on L2 in sim,btw. So that might help a little spotting the bogeys.. and for better freelook you should use the second wireless controller set up..it puts the throttle and rudder on the triggers,thus leaving the right stick for full analogue freelook.

Im all for a challenge, just not one that is imposed due to poor UI design.

Am playing on a 26in HDTV.

I attempted the Realistic unlock tutorial last night, got though it after a few attempts. It did bring up another visibility issue though as there is no audio for the instructor in that mission/tutorial so had to read the smallish text instead..

Seems like the devs used 50in TVs in QA/Testing or something.

On my big TV I haven't had any problems reading text. On smaller TV's though it is pretty blurry, but only the pilot text, I can read the HUD just fine.