Using the padlocks and different camera views

[Uriah]

For those who don't have TrackIR, or just have old eyes, or just arn't that good at spotting the planes and such,

I have been trying to piece together a set of buttons to quickly spot the enemy and such.

 

I have notice that 'Cam padlock: dangerous air units' does not kick in until the unit is at or less than 1 km.

I wish it were 4 km.

 

I am still playing with this and open to ideas.

 

Cam padlock: dangerous air units RCtl+F8 JS-3                 External free camera at enemy air units LCtl+F2 JS-4                   External free camera at player plane F2 HAT 90 Camera: flyby F3 HAT 270     Camera: combat camera F4 HAT180                       PILOT HEAD CONTROL     PH: zoom in Num + JS-5 PH: zoom out Num - JS-6

 

[ll./JG77_JadeBandit]

When I used the hat view to look around I bound keys to pan back left and back right. I had shift + space to lock the target, but I rarely ever used it because it felt disorientating.  

 

Have you considered using a cheap webcam and FaceTrackNoIR? This has been a life saver for me, its a very cheap option for head tracking, and you can always build or buy a IR set later and use it with FaceTrackNoIR since it also has a  free IR track plug in.

[Uriah]

I am using TrackIR but having padlock is very nice at times.  And for sure, if you dont have that you need some  kind of system with a webcam.

[ll./JG77_JadeBandit]

Ah ok I misunderstood.

[racingslippers]

i would love a wider fov than weve had so far

 

cfs style would be cool

 

You might be interested in this thread :]

 

http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/3076-fov-head-position-unadventerous-dunce

[Bearcat]

I am using TrackIR but having padlock is very nice at times. And for sure, if you dont have that you need some kind of system with a webcam.

Especially when you have older eyes like a lot of folks here. Even if you do have TIR.