I started using this wonderful program many years ago.
Throughout this time, I have often found myself in situations where I lacked a one small feature — one that OpenTrack could potentially offer — that would increase my chances of victory.
For instance, imagine I’m chasing a “bandit” in a turn while another enemy is on my six. I pull back on the stick, trying to lead the target with my gunsight, but I also want to be sure I have at least two seconds of survival time before my pursuer’s stream of shells hits me. If I don’t have those two seconds, I need to execute an evasive maneuver—letting my pursuer overshoot so I can destroy them. Turning my head to look back takes 0.5 seconds, and shifting my gaze back to the gunsight takes another 0.5 seconds. That means half of my estimated survival time is lost just turning my head, which in turn reduces my chances of winning.
It would be fantastic to have a button assigned for an instant look-back to the rear-right and rear-left.
Of course, this isn’t limited to just those two directions. One could also quickly stand up or crouch down at the press of a button, and so on.
I hope this feature will prove useful to many virtual pilots.
I’ve attempted to implement this feature myself and have submitted a pull request on GitHub.
I would appreciate it if everyone who downloads the installer via the link could give this a try in actual gameplay.
You need to place a point on the curve within the curve settings; this point will have a specific name. You will see that same name in the quick-look configuration table, where you can assign one or two buttons to that point. Regardless of where your head is currently turned, pressing that button will instantly snap your view to the designated direction. Note that the same button can be assigned to multiple points across different axes; this allows you, for example, to instantly look over your right shoulder and tilt your head up by pressing a single button.
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