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    don't think that flying with icons turned off, for example, is "realistic". A monitor never offers the same visibility as a real cockpit, even with the most advanced graphics. I think that's clear.
    absolutely true! Until Maddox can figure out how to have "sun glint and engine exhaust effects" where one gets visual indications of other aircraft coming toward or away from you at long distince the icons stay!

    Unfortunately..
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    This all just makes me want to play.

    I wish some of the players from UK1 would go to UK2, it never seems that busy to me, and I really fancy some cockpit on stuff.
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    absolutely true! Until Maddox can figure out how to have "sun glint and engine exhaust effects" where one gets visual indications of other aircraft coming toward or away from you at long distince the icons stay!
    being a real pilot myself, i've never seen giant text floating above other AC i observe in my real flying. So for me, it's an immersion killer.
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    Originally posted by xTHRUDx:
    <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> absolutely true! Until Maddox can figure out how to have "sun glint and engine exhaust effects" where one gets visual indications of other aircraft coming toward or away from you at long distince the icons stay!
    being a real pilot myself, i've never seen giant text floating above other AC i observe in my real flying. So for me, it's an immersion killer. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

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    oh ****, don't start these religious wars again

    everything is unrealistic, the question is always what can you tolerate more (e.g., the gigantic floating letters called icons, or the lack of depth sense on the flat monitor)

    one thing is sure however, flying with full switches makes it much more difficult to navigate and to maintain situational awareness in combat - which was also very important for real pilots...
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    one thing is sure however, flying with full switches makes it much more difficult to navigate and to maintain situational awareness in combat - which was also very important for real pilots...
    that is also why hold real pilots with such respect.
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    Full difficulty rocks, except for the airspeed indicator since there is no 6dof and sometimes gauge are hidden.

    Only in a full real server you can use REAL tactics because the magic F6 can't save you.
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    My religious affiliation has nothing whatsoever to do with flightsims, so I won't pontificate, but full-switch does roxxors and all you F6 aces are Girly men! ( I'm kidding, I'm just kidding )

    For those who have trouble with dots, you really have to knock your resolution back to 1024x768 to get maximum visual distance.

    For those who are real WWII/history/aviation nuts, you are really missing out if you don't try full switch. It's the only way to experience a lot of the things you've read about (like being in a furious furball one minute and being alone the next or getting lost and nearly landing at an enemy field)

    For every one else; have fun, there is room for all
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    In my few good years in this game i think i flew under all possible settings. (I remember bouncing off the ground back during IL-2 demo and not knowing what the heck just happened.

    With time i switched to harder settings and i don't feel like flying open pit anymore. i can't stand the arrows and to be honest i don't think i would survive long enough in open pit this days. Since i bought TrackIR i have a hard time flying open pit. I get disoriented without the cockpit frames and i also can't maneuver very effective because i have little idea witch way my plane is pointing.
    Externals don't bother me that much except the F6. that allows people to stay perfectly safe in combat area without ever having to look around. I'd go as far as to say that this is the most annoying difficulty setting that can't be turned off unless you close the externals.

    But lately I fly mostly full real.
    There are few things people can do when they want to switch to full real to greatly improve their fun in harder settings.
    - Think before what planes you want to fly and study their cockpits a little before you have to fight for your life in them. Check where the main gauges are and where the blind spots are.
    Take a little time to study the enemy planes you are likely to encounter. Load a QMB offline with all planes you may run into and pause the game. look at all of them from different angles and ranges, and try to identify them without icons. Look at the shape of the wings, type of engine, radiators and even markings.
    During ww2 pilots did aircraft recognition training in the flight school. They had problems too. There were incidents where P-47 pilots opened fire on p-51's thinking are 109's. It happens online too. We all did it.The more you play with them and have to identify them the better you'll be at this.
    - Before you take off read the brief and find out where your targets are. Estimate the heading from the base to the target and back. Look for landmarks on the map. you can find targets and your way around easier this way.
    - You may get tired from flying full real long time if you are not used to it. Take it one step at the time. The main idea is to be fun. If you feel your eyes burning from too much looking for small dots take a break, then come back to it later.
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    One thing I have never understood... in the difficulty menu there is a setting for 'no externals' and 'no padlock'. On an online server, can't they just disable the padlock and leave externals on? Some clown could still hit external view and look around for threats, but he won't have as easy a time of it as he will when he can just sit there hitting F6 constantly.

    Or am I completely misunderstanding this?
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