Where the hell am I going ?

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by snwkill

So you get the directional gyro going... How do you tell where you are? Great you can tell where you are going, but if you don't have the terrain memorized, you still can't tell where you are correct?

You could use the in game map with icons. But if your are going to go full real with your settings then you should, as you say, take the time to learn about the environment that your flying in.

Another alternative would be to stop at every pub you fly past and ask for directions.

Cheers!

[snwkill]

Yea I got lost more than one time on a server last night. Another problem I seem to have is finding the runway when I start in the hangers. How do you find it? I noticed from the air you have a white triangle but from the ground everything looks the same... I think I taxied into a field, and managed somehow to keep my wing off of the ground.

[ElAurens]

Unlike CEM where I think the devs got the balance between complexity and gameplay just right, this compass fiasco simply goes too far.

It's a needless set of things to do in a pseudo 3D world. I have the complete CH setup including a throttle quadrant, and I am all out of buttons already, and I have not even thought about bomber aircraft yet.

I say ditch the whole complex compass nonsense and just have the thing read where you are going, or at most just have a simple "reset" button that would need to be used every so often.

I'm all for immersion, but tedious button pushing does not make for more immersion. Leave that for a single plane study sim, not for a combat simulator.

[whoarmongar]

I have to admit it did seem a bit extreme, but now its just a part of my preflight routine. At least it was explained to me on this forum, I dont remember anything being mentioned in the useless PDF manual. At least since the patches it is auto sets for you when you spawn in flight.

[whoarmongar]

I also could never find the runways.

The only way I can find them now is to turn "Roads on", and "grass off", in the settings and hey presto I can now see runways.

As for turning left or right to find the runway after spawning in a hanger, damned if I know.

I find it rather tricky just getting OUT the hangar, esp with no outside view.