Do you use Display Radio Subtitles ?
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As I have changed my computer, I am through the process of installing BMS 433
This is of course the right time to re examine some hold choices with optionsBy default, the display radio subtitles option is ON
Are you used to fly without this option (more realistic) or do you let the default setting (very helpfull)?
I am very interested by hearing your point of view:oWindblow
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There is some debate over which is more realistic. Of course, pilots do not get a scrolling subtitle display of radio messages, but radio operators also adjust their cadence and tonality to reflect the urgency of the message, and you do not have (ideally) operators constantly stepping on one another completely blocking the channel (UHF 13, looking at you!). Most radio calls (not all) are a lot slower than they have any right to be. So, subtitles do make up for that shortcoming - but then they also allow you to parse say 15 AI radio calls near simultaneously if you are a fast reader (as I assume most simmers are), which obviously is quite unrealistic.
Whenever I have to deal with the AI, I am usually frustrated enough by its other shortcomings that I prefer to not have to worry about radios being stepped on or incredibly slow calls, so I fly with radio subtitles on for that reason.
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No. I consider them a distraction, especially if I’m concentrating on something else visually. Also, as Blu3wolf already mentioned, there are no subtitles in real life.
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I do when I fly solo. It’s often the only way to get answers from the AWACS without interruptions by AI wingmen who just don’t know when to shup their damn mouths up. At some point, having to ask the same picture 5 times in a row becomes really boring.
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I have subtitles on for training sessions and if I fly solo. Reason: Under certain conditions it is sometimes hard to get the message from AWACS or ATC as a non-native speaker.
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Yes
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No. I consider them a distraction, especially if I’m concentrating on something else visually. Also, as Blu3wolf already mentioned, there are no subtitles in real life.
Same.
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In real life, US pilots are perfect english speaker tho.
To me, some words can sound similar and that’s why I fly with subtitles enabled, they don’t distract me, I guess it depends on peoples
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In real life, US pilots are perfect english speaker tho.
To me, some words can sound similar and that’s why I fly with subtitles enabled, they don’t distract me, I guess it depends on peoples
Same I use all the time SP/MP
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No distractions here.
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Don’t use them, immersion killer like labels.
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Don’t use them, immersion killer like labels.
But very useful when your wingman tells you you have a heatseaker headed your way, and there is such a backlog of soundbites to be played you don’t get to hear the call until it’s too late.
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Perhaps, but I just don’t like them just like I hate the very useful labels or beeping boards. Its all a compromise and the compromises are personal choices I guess.
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In real life, US pilots are perfect english speaker tho.
To me, some words can sound similar and that’s why I fly with subtitles enabled, they don’t distract me, I guess it depends on peoples
Hahahha…… you sir are an optimist!
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Yes, I use it because speech is much slower than in RL and you cannot control as way what you hear exactly as in RL excep in full MP games.
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I don’t like using them myself (immersion killer) but i especially hate it when guys i’m flying with are using them and they stomp all over the AWACS comms after a request because they’ve seen the answer before i’ve heard it. Shut up already!!
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I don’t. I use channel 6 on uniform to get away from all the chatter. And I don’t fly with AI wing men while in SP (they are worthless for the most part). Just have to listen up. Real radios are a lot more clobbered than they ever are in BMS.
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@Bellc09:
I don’t. I use channel 6 on uniform to get away from all the chatter. And I don’t fly with AI wing men while in SP (they are worthless for the most part). Just have to listen up. Real radios are a lot more clobbered than they ever are in BMS.
Real radios also have a lot more effective ‘bandwidth’ than in BMS too, due to the slow operators who keep stepping on one another. The Red Flag radio chatter Ive listened too has been pretty hectic, but even that has been less ‘clobbered’ than the BMS UHF 13, so I dispute that assertion, too.
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Well, I guys you’ve never heard a controller tell everyone to shut up so they can concentrate and only speak when spoken to. Haha. You’re entitled to believe what you want. But the radio traffic isn’t perfect in real life