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Trav_R · 11-04-05, 11:34 PM

So far it sounds like pretty much everyone prefers realism to a fairly high degree, with the only difference being where we draw the line. If the question were instead "where do you guys draw your line" then this question would probably lead to a debate and a bunch of name calling. Good thing there's no need for that, as SHIII + all the mods we have allows for all of us to find our happy middle ground, or our happy balls to the wall realism ground.

I'm in agreement with the idea of being able to manually operate a lot of the machinery on board if I feel like it at the time. That kind of option would benefit realism lovers and those who prefer not to have to deal with it. If you're not at the dive planes, then the crewman that you have assigned to the dive planes will operate them. If you're not opening the valves to flood the tanks, then someone else will do it. Of course I'd hate to have to constantly be jacking with the valves, but it'd sure be cool to be able to do it if I feel like it now and then.

Any of you guys played B-17 Flying Fortress? That's the way it is, there are 10 crewman on board your bomber, and you can "be" any one of them, or none of them. If you're not manually controlling any of them, then the plane flies itself, defends itself against fighters, and drops bombs on its own. You can of course jump to any of these positions at any time. Bombing is especially fun with the mostly realistic Norden bombsight, which was designed for the game by a real WWII bombardier. That kind of ability would have been great in this game, but hell you can only ask for so much of the devs, and I'm not complaining this sim rocks the way it is.

Okay, don't want to turn this into a B-17 thread but I thought it was pretty relevant to the discussion.

11-04-05, 11:34 PM	#17
Trav_R Ensign Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 227 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So far it sounds like pretty much everyone prefers realism to a fairly high degree, with the only difference being where we draw the line. If the question were instead "where do you guys draw your line" then this question would probably lead to a debate and a bunch of name calling. Good thing there's no need for that, as SHIII + all the mods we have allows for all of us to find our happy middle ground, or our happy balls to the wall realism ground. I'm in agreement with the idea of being able to manually operate a lot of the machinery on board if I feel like it at the time. That kind of option would benefit realism lovers and those who prefer not to have to deal with it. If you're not at the dive planes, then the crewman that you have assigned to the dive planes will operate them. If you're not opening the valves to flood the tanks, then someone else will do it. Of course I'd hate to have to constantly be jacking with the valves, but it'd sure be cool to be able to do it if I feel like it now and then. Any of you guys played B-17 Flying Fortress? That's the way it is, there are 10 crewman on board your bomber, and you can "be" any one of them, or none of them. If you're not manually controlling any of them, then the plane flies itself, defends itself against fighters, and drops bombs on its own. You can of course jump to any of these positions at any time. Bombing is especially fun with the mostly realistic Norden bombsight, which was designed for the game by a real WWII bombardier. That kind of ability would have been great in this game, but hell you can only ask for so much of the devs, and I'm not complaining this sim rocks the way it is. Okay, don't want to turn this into a B-17 thread but I thought it was pretty relevant to the discussion.