by Ace_NoOne » Sun Feb 23, 2003 5:16 pm
Yes, a smoke trail would be very helpful indeed!
Alternatively, how about some "projected lines" instead, i.e. the trail would consist of lines looking like a HUD-projection instead of smoke - I drew that idea from ACMI-systems in some other flight-sims... (I guess this would also be easier to code than smoke-particles)
Either way it's important that the trails (plural!) come from the tip of both wings, not from the tail - this would make it easier to retrace the figures flown, plus it would look a lot cooler...
Oh, and if you decide for the projection-lines, how about filling the space in between the two lines with some color, e.g. blue for the topside and red for the bottom side; this would make it even easier to retrace the maneuvers... (check to see some illustrations of what I'm thinking of)
How are the chances of this idea being realized?