Since BF3 I’ve always flown with the camera roll on (I don’t even know if there was the option to run it off on BF3). After seeing guys on youtube flying without it and claiming that it’s better, my question is; does it actually give a pilot an advantage when attacking or defending? Is it worth me trying to get used to it or is it purely preference?
With chase roll off, you get better aircraft attitude awareness which helps a lot in maneuvers but at the same time it’s harder to aim. It’s definitely worth trying and practicing in the practice ranch if have time.
The sad thing is, I have tried in the practice range but the only real practice I got was flying close to the ground without crashing. The ‘targets’ are pointless.
I will say I’m on PS4 if that makes a difference? I can imagine on PC flying without camera roll off is a bit like war thunder - point where you want to fly?
If you try doing maneuvers like rolling scissors, it’s easier with roll camera off because you have better knowledge of the aircraft’s orientation relative to the ground. With roll camera on, it’s harder to visualize the maneuvers in your head when you have nothing to reference like a target in front of you. What I mean by practice is practicing shooting with it off.
Cockpit view only, then see how good these pilots are who use chase cam
I have gotten used to having the camera roll on in previous titles and BFV and then decided to try turning it off. I first practiced a while on practice range by killing one of the dumb planes, then quickly flying through the bridge and engaging the next dumb target. I tried to do this as quickly as possible without crashing. Then I moved to multiplayer.
At first I didn’t do so well and there were some cases, where I crashed simply because of the different camera view. But the more I fly with the camera like this the more I think that having the roll off is better:
- Aiming in 3rd person is harder, but you get used to it and can always switch to 1st person for accuracy
- I certainly have a much easier time locating targets, especially those that I saw on a previous fly-over or which have been called out to me via coms.
- I have much better orientation, because the sky is always up and the ground is always down (helps with weather events too)
- I can maneuver much closer to the terrain without crashing, because the terrain stays put and doesn’t turn with you. Similarly it helps with judging when to pull up before I crash. The camera roll messes with my depth perception.
- I can see enemy planes much better, because the turning ground doesn’t distract me, very helpful if, like me, one doesn’t spec air radar.
- I feel like I use the available space more effectively, making more use of elevation and out of bounds areas. Don’t know if that is a result of the camera setting though.
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In the end it might be personal preference. I had to soldier through feeling like a noob again right after the switch, but now I think it was a good move to turn it off.
The ground was my biggest enemy when trying to defend against another plane. I always seemed to over roll and instead of banking into a turn, I would end up nose diving into the ground.
Is that with camera roll on or off?