Author Topic: Collisions (again?) (maybe?) (Read 309 times)

Scherf · « **on:** December 14, 2004, 07:32:06 PM »

Is film an accurate record of collisions? Have a film from last night where my wing clearly passes through the hstab and wing of an enemy aircraft - his plane took damage, mine didn't. I flew happily away.

Cheers,

Scherf

MOSQ · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2004, 10:23:59 AM »

You are aware the collision system is designed to penalize the plane that could have avoided the collision, not the one who is rammed. This is determined by which FE is looking at the other plane.

An example is the straignt up the tail ram. The plane that flys into the tail of the enemy plane dies, the plane in front flies merrily away. The plane that flew into the enmy tail could have avoided the ram, so he get's penalized.

I think this is a good system, otherwise we'd have a sky full of suicide dweebs ramming everything.

acetnt367th · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2004, 01:37:00 PM »

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Originally posted by MOSQ

otherwise we'd have a sky full of suicide dweebs ramming everything.

we already do - they just pull the trigger form 1k out

Scherf · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2004, 05:37:14 PM »

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Originally posted by MOSQ
An example is the straignt up the tail ram. The plane that flys into the tail of the enemy plane dies, the plane in front flies merrily away. The plane that flew into the enmy tail could have avoided the ram, so he get's penalized.

Hi MOSQ,

Yes, that's precisely my point. I straight-up tail rammed him. He died, I flew merrily away - the exact opposite of what's supposed to happen.

More to the point, my FE apparently "saw" a collision, as the film clearly shows my starboard wing slicing neatly through his starboard hstab and wing. Those were the parts which then fell away from his aircraft.

Hence my post here - is something wrong with collisions?

Cheers,

Scherf

ccvi · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2004, 05:58:05 PM »

Were you slowing down while and shortly before you rammed him?

Scherf · « **Reply #5 on:** December 15, 2004, 06:03:49 PM »

Yes, on running the film just now, speed drops about 30 mph over the four seconds from the start of the film to the point at which I ram him.

I suppose net lag could account for his FE getting a collision message - but would it affect my FE? As I say, my own film record says I hit him.

Cheers,

Scherf