Question about puffy ack.

[icepac]

Is puffy ack such that it is programmed to explode randomly enemy planes regardless of speed, altitude, heading, and changes of all 3?

It seems to me it has no transit time from the "guns" it is supposed to have come from and that flying straight and level is just as unsafe as large high speed carving of the sky.

So....does puffy ack adjust during it's "flight" or is there no "flight" at all?

[USCH]

Good question!

[Babalonian]

I believe it is a scripted random-generation "event" that is settup so that it changes and follows your aircraft constantly while you're in the area over a CV or over the strats.  So, to answer your question, there is no travel time, it just spawns in a random pattern around your aircraft when triggered.  I however do not know if speed, altitude over target, or evasive maneuvering has any impact on potential hits, you'll have to likely get that answer from those who wrote the script themselves if they feel the desire to indulge the information.

[prowl3r]

it seems random to me as well however beware friendly puffy when near enemy a/c i have been shot sown like that, maybe a bug 4 hitech to fix?

[infowars]

aren't they magnetic and pop around metal objects?

[hitech]

aren't they magnetic and pop around metal objects?

The stuff people shoot is a proximity fuse.

The auto puffy ack randomness varies with speed range and g's.

HiTech

[Sunka]

And might i add ...that proximity ACK is so bad,i seen planes explode from a long range from where the ACK was aimed many many times,and though i dont think HiTech would ever admit it puffy ACK goes after the p51 worse then any other plane,which many of my squaddies will attest to as they seen me explode many times as they keep flying their hogs or what not.

[icepac]

LOL

It does work well and I have no complaints.....was just looking for better way through it.

Good to see that it's an equal opportunity killer....except for the mustangs, of course.

[Pyro]

and though i dont think HiTech would ever admit it puffy ACK goes after the p51 worse then any other plane

You are correct, HiTech would never admit that.  There's a lot of other things he won't admit to either, I wonder why.   

[Shuffler]

Refer to 1.5525.456 Bottle Requirements for Fact Finding 02.04.2005 Vol 3

[Sunka]

You are correct, HiTech would never admit that.  There's a lot of other things he won't admit to either, I wonder why.   

Cause he is not sure why "his" coding dose some things.   Really though i know your coding dose not say it happens but go fly around a p51 and any other plane over a CV and count DMG on each pass,the p51 always gets more,I'm not making stuff up to bring down HTC ,maybe I'm just unlucky around CV's though.No matter that's the least of my worries when it comes to your game.  HiTech i love that your so dedicated to your game and i would never change from your WWII flight Sim for any other.

[Shuffler]

Cause he is not sure why "his" coding dose some things.   Really though i know your coding dose not say it happens but go fly around a p51 and any other plane over a CV and count DMG on each pass,the p51 always gets more,I'm not making stuff up to bring down HTC ,maybe I'm just unlucky around CV's though.No matter that's the least of my worries when it comes to your game.  HiTech i love that your so dedicated to your game and i would never change from your WWII flight Sim for any other.

Try an overflight in a 38.

tic tic boom!!

[Sunka]

Try an overflight in a 38.

tic tic boom!!

Well that i can believe as a bomber is bigger.But i can believe that ,as i never tested with a 38 because i don't fly it.I bet the 51 is not the (only) plane the seems to have an ACK magnet in it.

[The Fugitive]

Your unlucky. I fly 51's though puffy ack all the time and
Rarely takes hits

[Gryffin]

The auto puffy ack randomness varies with speed range and g's.

Can you expand on this? Does this mean that more Gs and higher speed mean less chance of being hit?