delevero Posted March 19, 2019 Posted March 19, 2019 Hello After seeing the mirros in the F14 then I like to suggest that the F18c have the mirros redone. In the f14 you can in mirros see much or your plane and examle look if you have contrails via the mirror. In the f18 you pretty much cannot use the mirrors for anything. ( i like to add i only play in vr ) So my humble suggestion is that the mirrors will be adjusted so that the top mirror show our pilot + the top of the plane and that we maybe can see the engine if it contrail or not. And that the side mirrors are adjusted to give us a view of the wings. All in all i hope the mirrors will give us a better imertion and tactical view of what is going on behind our seat since today i never use the mirrors since its more or less impossible to see anything usefull in them. The f14 mirror in cocpit is excellent, hope we can get the same in F18c. ;-)
Tobi1304 Posted March 20, 2019 Posted March 20, 2019 It would be nice to see anything but himself in the mirror, or have you ever seen yourself in the mirrors while driving a car? If I see myself that mirror isn‘t adjusted properly. vCVW-17 / VF-74
sirrah Posted April 7, 2019 Posted April 7, 2019 It would be nice to see anything but himself in the mirror, or have you ever seen yourself in the mirrors while driving a car? If I see myself that mirror isn‘t adjusted properly. If I had a cool"F-14" helmet on, while driving, I would certainly adjust my mirrors so that I could constantly see myself.. [jeremyclaksonmode] mirrors are overrated anyway when driving at full powerrr [/jeremyclarksonmode] This post is also meant as bump ;) as indeed current F18 mirrors are really strange. As if they provide sort of a fisheye view or something (at least in vr) I actually allways assumed current mirrors acted as placeholdes until the real mirrors where implemented. System specs: i7-8700K @stock speed - GTX 1080TI @ stock speed - AsRock Extreme4 Z370 - 32GB DDR4 @3GHz- 500GB SSD - 2TB nvme - 650W PSU HP Reverb G1 v2 - Saitek Pro pedals - TM Warthog HOTAS - TM F/A-18 Grip - TM Cougar HOTAS (NN-Dan mod) & (throttle standalone mod) - VIRPIL VPC Rotor TCS Plus with ALPHA-L grip - Pointctrl & aux banks <-- must have for VR users!! - Andre's SimShaker Jetpad - Fully adjustable DIY playseat - VA+VAICOM - Realsimulator FSSB-R3 ~ That nuke might not have been the best of ideas, Sir... the enemy is furious ~ GUMMBAH
Donut Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 Can someone from ED comment on the Hornet mirrors? Are they just a placeholder? Will they be improved? What is their intended/real life purpose? i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT"
Donut Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 (edited) In all the real life videos of the F/-18C, the mirrors seem to show the pilot and wings. Maybe ED can get with Heatblur to see how they did it... This really belongs in the bug forum and not wishlist. The current mirrors are incorrect and do not show what is seen in the real aircraft. Edited April 20, 2019 by =BJM= i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT"
dorianR666 Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 whats the point of seeing your helmet and your wings though? at least with current mirror orientation you can notice incoming missile contrails or aircraft behind you sometimes. CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X GPU: AMD RX 580
WindyTX Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 In all the real life videos of the F/-18C, the mirrors seem to show the pilot and wings. Maybe ED can get with Heatblur to see how they did it... This really belongs in the bug forum and not wishlist. The current mirrors are incorrect and do not show what is seen in the real aircraft.Probably just because of where they put the camera. In reality the mirrors are set to look to the sides and rear u don't see yourself in them at all. Heatblurs current implementation is cool especially when one of my group did a skin for me with my Helmet in it. Totally useless for ops. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk I7 3930 4.2GHz ( Hyperthreading Off), GTX1080, 16 GB ddr3 Hotas Warthog Saiteck Combat Pedals HTC Vive, Oculus CV1. GTX 1080 Has its uses
Donut Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 whats the point of seeing your helmet and your wings though? at least with current mirror orientation you can notice incoming missile contrails or aircraft behind you sometimes. Helmet...no point, but I would think wings would be important to see control surfaces, weapons. Probably just because of where they put the camera. In reality the mirrors are set to look to the sides and rear u don't see yourself in them at all. Heatblurs current implementation is cool especially when one of my group did a skin for me with my Helmet in it. Totally useless for ops. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk Good point on camera location, didn't think about that. So, you are saying the Hornet mirrors in DCS are realistic? I know it doesn't make sense to have your own reflection in the top mirror, but would you not see any part of aircraft? i5 7600K @4.8GHz | 1080 Ti | 32GB 3200MHz | SSD | DCS SETTINGS | "COCKPIT"
WindyTX Posted April 21, 2019 Posted April 21, 2019 Yep I used to position the side ones so that I could see my wingmen when they were in close and the upper one to look back over the tail. Unfortunately I don't use them in DCS much as they kill the framerate in Multiplayer to much. Last time I had them on in F18 it was weirdly distorted so not worth having on. The Heatblur ones are good for photos but that's it. Sent from my ONEPLUS A6013 using Tapatalk I7 3930 4.2GHz ( Hyperthreading Off), GTX1080, 16 GB ddr3 Hotas Warthog Saiteck Combat Pedals HTC Vive, Oculus CV1. GTX 1080 Has its uses
Tholozor Posted April 23, 2019 Posted April 23, 2019 The Tomcat's central rear view mirror is also set up that way so that the pilot can see the RIO make hand signals if the ICS becomes inoperative. Doesn't really apply to DCS though, unfortunately, but it's a nice touch. REAPER 51 | Tholozor VFA-136 (c.2007): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3305981/ Arleigh Burke Destroyer Pack (2020): https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3313752/
DLEGION Posted January 27, 2020 Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) exactly as topic starter say. after see F14 mirrors, i just wish F18 ones were like that : useful ! i can see plane and all needed on F14, while on F18 they just point a point in space that is not useful at all. Edited January 27, 2020 by DLEGION
petsild Posted January 29, 2020 Posted January 29, 2020 First is the need to correct the angle of the image mirror, now it is shifted about 90 degrees upward: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=228516 MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, Kingston 3600 MHz 64 Gb, i5 12600K, Gigabyte RTX 4090, Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus,VKB NXT Premium.
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