3 things that put me off the game

[BaronBonBaron]

I agree that the sun blinds to much. I kinda wish we could make the pilot squint and partially close his 'eyes' (narrow and darken the screen?) to focus and see better in bright light.

[fruitbat]

Originally Posted by BaronBonBaron

I agree that the sun blinds to much. I kinda wish we could make the pilot squint and partially close his 'eyes' (narrow and darken the screen?) to focus and see better in bright light.

Disagree, the suns effects are fine in the game and probably the best in any flight sim imo, you looked into the sun recently, its bloody bright.

[jayrc]

I agree that the sun effects are great in game, but in real life you can put your hand up and you will be able to see pretty much eveything to the side of it, I've heard of pilots using their thumb to cover the sun and if you were being bounced you would see them outside your thumb, I've put in a request to have pilot goggles on a toggle button so that you could manage the glare a little by darkening the screen like when your pilot gets injured and sees red, but again I think the sun effects are awesome

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by jayrc

I agree that the sun effects are great in game, but in real life you can put your hand up and you will be able to see pretty much eveything to the side of it, I've heard of pilots using their thumb to cover the sun and if you were being bounced you would see them outside your thumb, I've put in a request to have pilot goggles on a toggle button so that you could manage the glare a little by darkening the screen like when your pilot gets injured and sees red, but again I think the sun effects are awesome

if youre sitting there squinting and holding your thumb up to the sun then you arent paying attention to flying, 'beware the hun in the sun' was a phrase coined for good reason, you can hide in it's glare.

[jayrc]

Then why do pilots have tinted goggles? And the thumb trick I read somewhere, Gregory Pappy Boyington used this trick more than once and was able to make out japanese fighters in the sun, but then again he did get shot down, I just think something can be done ~S~

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by jayrc

Then why do pilots have tinted goggles? And the thumb trick I read somewhere, I'll try to find the reference

for the same reason people wear sunglasses, it helps reduce the eye strain from bight ambient light.

[jayrc]

Disagree, heard a plane fly over today, looked up, sun was too bright to see, put on my glasses, saw it.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by jayrc

Then why do pilots have tinted goggles? And the thumb trick I read somewhere, Gregory Pappy Boyington used this trick more than once and was able to make out japanese fighters in the sun, but then again he did get shot down, I just think something can be done ~S~

Well of course something can be done, like assign a key so a virtual thumb appears to blot the sun, just make sure it cannot be assignable to a hotas function or that won't be realistic at all, it seemed quite rare to see RAF goggles with tinted lenses (not sure about the germans)

Disagree, heard a plane fly over today, looked up, sun was too bright to see, put on my glasses, saw it.

well I am pretty sure sunglasses do not immunise you from the glare of the sun, I should know, you certainly won't be able to keep your eyes on target for long if the sun is directly in view, you might be better off using welding goggles.

Basically I think the sun glare in game is the closest to real life I've seen, but if we end up with the virtual thumb then everybody is happy.

[jayrc]

lightly tinted screen, same effect as sunglasses, on a toggle is all I'm suggesting.