gdotts Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 Needing a exterior custom view that I can save as a "default view" that comes up on one click for like a LShift+F4 type command that I can bind to Warthog to look at my 6'Oclock!! it's like this........ in a P-47 or P-51 its tough enough to engine manage in a dogfight. Now imagine the tracers are shooting past my canopy from behind....just where is he... how far back?? What I have now is... LShift+F4+Num6 (6 times) to spin around to see my 6 O'colck??? BY THEN YOU ARE TOAST! I need a quick look back to assess and execute what I am going to do. OH ya... all while I am still busy engine managing to keep up or get away from a FW or Messerschmitt that all ways seems to fly faster than me, I can live with that! Just give me a chance with a quick check 6. Please advise. Thanks
Enduro14 Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) I always out dive the k4 and d9 if they ambush me from behind, no time to check six you need to have a sop move, mine is sharp turn into a dive and has worked quite well in the Jug. I fly only vr and its hard sure to check six anyway but when you get instant contact you need to just react, taking time to check six will kill you in that case. This move also allows my VR checking six disadvantage get eye sight on the German. Probaly best advice for you is get Trac Ir Edited June 21, 2020 by Enduro14 Intel 8700k @5ghz, 32gb ram, 1080ti, Rift S
gdotts Posted June 21, 2020 Author Posted June 21, 2020 Just curious, S.O.P. a dive maneuver doesn't that leave you at a low altitude to do much of anything but a long climb resulting in time enough for Germans to catch up, still be on your 6 and attack from a height advantage?
horseback Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 Just curious, S.O.P. a dive maneuver doesn't that leave you at a low altitude to do much of anything but a long climb resulting in time enough for Germans to catch up, still be on your 6 and attack from a height advantage? Depends on how far you dive, doesn't it? You should build more kinetic energy sooner in a Jug than in other WWII aircraft, so you will have more speed combined with all that weight to add to your basic climb capability for a pull up into a zoom climb. Whether the DCS model permits this, I do not know, but it might be worth a try or two. As for a quick look back, it sounds as though you don't have or aren't using the 8 position Point Of View(POV) hat switch that comes with most joysticks; I use TIR myself, but when I did use the hat switch (in the long ago WWII combat sim that shall not be named), I also assigned other buttons to 'Look Up' and "Look Down' --using these in combination with the hat switch allowed me almost full coverage of the sky and my cockpit. Clicking the Up or Down button at the same time as the 135 degree position on the hat (for example) raised or lowered my 'line of sight' 45 degrees. Might be worth a try. cheers horseback [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]"Here's your new Mustangs boys--you can learn to fly 'em on the way to the target!" LTCOL Don Blakeslee, late February 1944
Enduro14 Posted June 21, 2020 Posted June 21, 2020 I can confirm online anyway that the jug will boom and zoom most excellent and pounce on k4 and d9 atleast on Storm of war. Just got to figure out the best methods of using your tools given to ya. Intel 8700k @5ghz, 32gb ram, 1080ti, Rift S
DerVulf Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 I've been using voice commands to control my views. Its likely not as good as actual head tracking but I've found that is does work pretty well once I got all the views dialed in.
horseback Posted June 22, 2020 Posted June 22, 2020 I've been using voice commands to control my views. Its likely not as good as actual head tracking but I've found that is does work pretty well once I got all the views dialed in. I curse waaaaay too much for that to work for me. cheers horseback [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]"Here's your new Mustangs boys--you can learn to fly 'em on the way to the target!" LTCOL Don Blakeslee, late February 1944
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