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evodoc:
I've been thinking about a new feature which would allow players to turn their heads while being mounted on guns. It would work like that when the assigned key is pressed the player would have some kind of a freelook with the mouse ~90° horizontally and ~60° vertically (or whatever is realistic in the given situation). Releasing the assigned key would reset the view to center.
My reasons to include that feature is to give the gunhandler an option to gather some informations about what's going on around him (especially about incoming targets) without the need of leaving the gun because that might cause:

* the gun getting centered, so you'll need to aim again
* an other crew member jumping on the gun forcing a reload or wasting the entire clip on an other target out of effective range

RearAdmiralZill:
Wouldn't this take away from the pilot-gunner communication that is currently required to roughly achieve the same result?

Making the gun stay in place if you leave it would be a better alternative in my eyes. The other issue is just new players being new.

Shinkurex:
I do like the idea... more eyes = more situational awareness... Your reasoning behind the idea might not be the best, but I'd like the option

evodoc:

--- Quote from: RearAdmiralZill on September 10, 2013, 10:42:50 am ---Wouldn't this take away from the pilot-gunner communication that is currently required to roughly achieve the same result?

Making the gun stay in place if you leave it would be a better alternative in my eyes. The other issue is just new players being new.

--- End quote ---
Yeah, roughly the same result, if the pilot is communicating but still, he might not know the exact angle.
And yeah, new players being new OR the AI is being AI. :)

RearAdmiralZill:
Ah ai. I always set them to repair if I have a gunner for that reason.

I guess there are lots of ways to "roughly" get your result, so I'm not calling your idea bad, but not something I feel is critical. I must be a purest hippy, lol.

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