Reticle when free looking not working right - Question

So I’m running into an issue when trying to fly my plane with WASD and free looking.
I use my mouse to control the direction of my plane and free look. I also have pitch and roll bound
to WASD as well.

The problem is when I hold C to free look and am controlling with WASD the plane will respond to the movements but then snap back to where the reticle is. (When you free look your reticle gets locked in place but not your aiming reticle)

So when I’m looking forward and I try to use WASD to pitch and roll, it snaps back. (But there is a way for me to make it work, and I’m hoping to find the reason behind this.)

When I hold C and look behind my plane, then move my camera to look forward, and use WASD to pitch and roll, the cursor moves with the aiming reticle.

This does not happen otherwise unless I look behind me and then forward again.

I’m trying to get it so that when I use free look the reticle and aiming reticle move together.

Here is a video of how it works:
(In this clip I start by holding Freelook (C) and using WASD to move. second, I let go of Freelook (C) (to reset the controls) and press it again, then I move the camera behind me. When I look back I use WASD and the cursor and the aiming reticle move together.)

Them not moving together also happens when in the bombing sight.
(In this clip I move my mouse to point at the ground and enter the bombsight, after I pitch up by pressing S, that is all I press other than changing sights.)

And before anyone says, "This is "Autopilot for gunner and bomb sight modes, "no, that is set to off, so when I enter the bomb reticle, it’s not autopiloting.

it actually happens as soon as the cursor is completely offscreen

I don’t know why but its never really bothered me and I’ve gotten used to it

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Yeah, that’s what I mean. My goal is to find out why it’s doing this. I want to have them move together when I control with WASD and am holding Freelook (C). But the only way I can get it to do this is by looking behind me (the cursor being off-screen).

I’ve been having the same thing, i don’t know if it is intentional or not (in my personal opinion it shouldn’t be). I’ve gotten used to it but it would indeed be nice if it didn’t happen. You can bug report it here (just search a bit first so that you don’t report something that is already reported and known about): (Gaijin.net // Issues)

A guide on how to report bugs can be found here: ([Navigation] Technical Knowledge Base | War Thunder Wiki)

If they say that it is indeed intentional then you can create a suggestion here on the forum for proposing a change of it.

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If it’s intentional why even enable free look or gunner views

it has been like this for years. Its very useful when someone is on your tail.

  1. This is fully intentional.

  2. The game would be much worse if this was not the case.

  3. Please do not report it as a bug and waste staff time.

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