A community poll on 6DoF and how you fly the sim.. | Forums

[thefruitbat]

yes, although there is a mouse version as well.

you can see me using 6dof on this vid, all movement done by my head tracking.

at no point to i loose visual contact with my opponent, due to the ability to look around the cockpit bars.

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[gothkrieger]

That looks great but I guess I will not worry about it until I get a track ir. Certainly an advantage in a fight.

[Romanator21]

I voted "no" because at this point, most aircraft cockpits are optimized for the fixed pivot point. If the head moves with 6DOF then holes appear.

The problem with holes is not that they give an advantage (which they don't) but that it looks shoddy, half-a$$ed, however you want to call it.

A newcomer especially will be put off by the graphical "glitches".

And yes, I have tried out mods and the 6DOF - I decided not to keep them.

Some have proposed an option. That's OK as long as it can be set by the server, and there's an obvious disclaimer that appears if selected. ("Warning 6DOF is only a work in progress" etc...)

Besides, I see no problem with the mouse.

[kimosabi79]

I see no problem with 6DoF and head tracker either. You guys are exaggerating the cockpit glitches to no end. It's NOT a huge problem! I agree that using a mouse/hat etc. with 6DoF is useless, it's the ever growing TrackIR/Head tracker crowd that can fully utilize the immersiveness of 6DoF, and we are constantly growing in numbers. Take another look at the poll.