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Bubblehead1980 · 10-27-09, 01:54 PM

As far as the external camera goes, its great for eye candy and helping with the learning curve but is a better help aka cheat than auto TDC, as Ducimus pointed out.

Keeping the external cam on when playing for realism is not a good idea, i tried and managed to stay in most of the time, but it is fun to watch the charges blow up outside and while one may not mean to help, you do by simply going outside because you can see where the charges are going and even though player may not intend to use that info to their advantage, they do.

I play without external camera.Yes I miss the eye candy but man what realism it adds to the game and I find it more enjoyable.When you are forced to endure a heavy depth charging from the inside listening to the escort roar overhead, dropping charges, going ahead flank and hoping you get out from under, then running silent again.Forced to listen as the escort passes over wondering if he will drop.

Or when a plane is coming after you and have to dive, you can't jump outside to watch the plane drop its bombs/charges, you lose eye candy but you get something better.
Anyway, everyone has their own style but I agree that if you shoot for realism, you need the external cam off.

As far as mods go, I HIGHLY suggest TMO 1.7 TMO 1.8 is still BETA, not finished yet and didnt like some of the changes so waiting for final version.

RFB is pretty cool as well but the enemy AI is too easy for me.

10-27-09, 01:54 PM	#13
Bubblehead1980 Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Florida USA Posts: 7,187 Downloads: 621 Uploads: 44	re As far as the external camera goes, its great for eye candy and helping with the learning curve but is a better help aka cheat than auto TDC, as Ducimus pointed out. Keeping the external cam on when playing for realism is not a good idea, i tried and managed to stay in most of the time, but it is fun to watch the charges blow up outside and while one may not mean to help, you do by simply going outside because you can see where the charges are going and even though player may not intend to use that info to their advantage, they do. I play without external camera.Yes I miss the eye candy but man what realism it adds to the game and I find it more enjoyable.When you are forced to endure a heavy depth charging from the inside listening to the escort roar overhead, dropping charges, going ahead flank and hoping you get out from under, then running silent again.Forced to listen as the escort passes over wondering if he will drop. Or when a plane is coming after you and have to dive, you can't jump outside to watch the plane drop its bombs/charges, you lose eye candy but you get something better. Anyway, everyone has their own style but I agree that if you shoot for realism, you need the external cam off. As far as mods go, I HIGHLY suggest TMO 1.7 TMO 1.8 is still BETA, not finished yet and didnt like some of the changes so waiting for final version. RFB is pretty cool as well but the enemy AI is too easy for me.