Do you use smart scaling?
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The sim does not force you to play with those people.
The options are, well, optional. Oh, sure, I agree that it would cause conflicts between some people, but that is political. It will happen anyway, over some points and between some people.I would welcome even a smart scaling mapping, where I would be able to set the curve myself. It seems to be very good tool, but it depends on the hardware, and it is not exactly matching my preference. For example the closure-shrinkage, which gives trouble approaching objects. Say, make a hasty close up to the tanker. (I train <60s boom connect from >2NM) You are very likely to overshoot.
A similar discussion has taken (and is taking) place on the war thunder forums regarding the spotting / rendering system. The sim community is very small there, and the discussion did split the community in half. This and other discussions (and problems like bad balancing between nations, for example) reduced the sim community to death.
I personally don’t want to reduce the community by excluding the “non-pro’s” from events like FO. I can’t afford a large screen and a state-of-the-art GPU either right now although I would consider myself to be a hardcore simmer.We are free to do this in inter-VFW coops or similar events however. But then, it’ll be a free decision and no need to restrict it.
Anyway, what’s the real advantage of using smart scaling or padlock in a PvP environment? There aren’t so many really good people. If you are average and face one of these outstanding pilots, he will not use padlock because he is not used to use it and will get you anyway. If you are a good one and meet one of the average guys, it’ll be similar. I the age of ARH missiles, there has to be something bigger than smart scaling or padlocking to make a deep impact.
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I the age of ARH missiles, there has to be something bigger than smart scaling or padlocking to make a deep impact. I wouldn’t bother about whether my opponent uses that help or not.
I may not understand you fully. I wasn’t talking about making ‘deep impact’. To me the smart scaling is about fixing the PC world vs real world comparison. And it doesn’t matter who is using it, the crutch is either good fix or is it is imbalanced fix. To me it doesn’t matter much who is using the tool, the benefit from that tool, per person, is what matters to me. I find smart scaling an excellent tool. But I hate its incorrect distance guidance.
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Would be cool if smart scaling could be activated/disabled in flight like Falcon 3.0
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Is this because of Smart Scaling?
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so the real question is :
should smart scaling apply on all objects ?
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Seems like a bigger screen is the answer rather than smart scaling.
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I don’t use it, but I’ve been known to use the view from an enemy’s point of view to help me set up my attack. Even if I can’t see the enemy at all on the screen because he’s less than a pixel, I can still see the change in the angle of the POV and use that information to figure out my relative position to him. Something that I don’t think you can do in the real world, thus it’s a form of cheating.
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so the real question is :
should smart scaling apply on all objects ?
JP,
I think it should be off on all objects on the ground (including aircraft).
because buildings, and ground vehicles will be too big and it will look odd. (it will be impossible to line up objects with the terrain for example).But object on the ground should have it off, always. and there should be a factor for objects in very low altitude, to fade in the scaling for when an aircraft takes off or lands.
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Its very good thing to have.
Even 4k monitor is not good enough compared to real life vision.
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I don’t use it, but I’ve been known to use the view from an enemy’s point of view to help me set up my attack. Even if I can’t see the enemy at all on the screen because he’s less than a pixel, I can still see the change in the angle of the POV and use that information to figure out my relative position to him. Something that I don’t think you can do in the real world, thus it’s a form of cheating.
You are wrong sir, it’s not any form of cheating. In real life you can see planes much better. In real life your vision is not just pixels
Even 4k monitor our fov is narow and we are like blind pilots vs real life.
Oh and it must be cheating that i crash in ground i can still go to flight next mission. Maybe there should be gun that would kill us when we crash so we don’t cheat (Joke! Just smart ass joke )
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