Avionics and camera view controls

[Johnyknowhow]

As I have a lot more experience in flight than most casual gamers, with the four helicopters and two airplanes, I feel that the current information and view for the helicopters and the fixed-wing Cessna-type model are somewhat lacking.

It would be incredibly useful to add a way to fly in third person. Currently, you can only look around the aircraft in third person. You can still use the throttle and control the yaw with A and D, but the mouse controls are innacessable.
EDIT: I am aware that controls to fly in third person did get added, but they are... lacking. It'd be nice to be able to fly with the mouse in third person and not just the keys. It's hard to make precise movements, or do acrobatics with a fixed-input controller (such as the keyboard) and having that variable amount of input would be useful.

As an expansion to that first suggjestion, it would be great to have better view controls while flying. In first-person, there should be a free-look key, that disables the mouse input temporarily and allows you to look around, to check your surroundings and check on your passengers. This would also enable you to free look in third person, and then we could have third person control.

One of my other suggjestions would be to have simple avionics, like an expansion to the default HUD, that would have atleast an altimeter, artifical horizon, and airspeed indicator, and perhaps a better looking throttle bar, as opposed to the current one. (if you don't know what I'm talking about, just google them. I'm essentially referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_instrument#/media/File:Six_flight_instruments.JPG
It could be dumbed down and made simpler for GUI purposes, but you get the idea.)

If you really wanted to go in-depth, you could add a vertical speed indicator, heading indicator, and turn coordinator, like the picture in the link I posted. I could live without these, however.

Oh, also, is the Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane functional? If you wanted to add a cargo helictoper, you could of easily chosen something like a CH-47 Chinook, but I think you had other ideas in mind. The only reason you would add a S-64 is if you could carry vehicles with it. I've personally tried to do this, but I can't figure out if there is a key for it or what. Also, it's incredibly hard to pilot the helicopter in the game over a vehicle because of the view restrictions. That's another reason why I wanted them updated.
EDIT: Nelson actually added this and I'm pretty impressed. Keep up the good work.


Anyways, thanks for reading my detailed suggestion, unlike most ones that end up being like "pls add this ty nelson"

If you like my ideas, just posting a reply here is plenty of support. It bumps the post up to the top and shows that I'm not the only one who wants improvement.

-John

[Kokos34]

I think it would be bad idea to make aircraft flyable in third person. I am pretty sure Nelson intended to make first-preson only controls. Like he made NVGs can be used only in first-person. He made smart decision.

[Johnyknowhow]

引用自 Kokos34：

I think it would be bad idea to make aircraft flyable in third person. I am pretty sure Nelson intended to make first-preson only controls. Like he made NVGs can be used only in first-person. He made smart decision.

Still. The first person controls are incredibly lacking. I'm fine with nelson keeping it so third person is for viewing only, but if he does that, I'd rather he fix the first person view controls first. I commonly have to utilize third person to tell if there is something next to or behind me because I cannot do it in first person.


I also don't see the balance in making third person un-flyable. On cars, you can barricade the hell out of the front and side windows and still drive in 3rd. This doesn't make sense, but it's there. So why shouldn't we be able to do that on a helicopter?

[Johnyknowhow]

[totally not bumping this post]

[{NTB} LilGMan]

lol ^^^^^^^

[Johnyknowhow]

I edited it a little and I'm bumping again. This really needs to be covered, the current flight system still feels rushed and has plenty of room for improvement.

[{NTB} LilGMan]

:P

[YourBoyApex]

this thread is 8 years old, but the idea still stands. this needs a hefty bump.

[Ongjming]

But if you bump it like this, the steam mods will randomly come and randomly lock up the thread regardless of how relevant it still might be. (it might be their KPI or something to meet, idk)

Like the other thread about pipes, that isn't in game yet but they locked it up nonetheless.

And another thread about rememberance, people are still talking about it within but they locked it up saying that the starting post and the latest post is a few months away.