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Offline T1loady

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« on: May 10, 2005, 09:44:26 PM »
Hey HT or Skuzzy, how are would it be to code in contrails on the wingtips during positve G turns. This maybe a video programing issue or maybe even more eye candy to slow down machines, but I think it would be kind of cool. I saw a F4 flying today in Va and it was doing some pretty nive turns a rolls, and it was kicking out some pretty cool wingtip son trails...  Thanks for the reply..

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Re: Con trails
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2005, 12:40:17 AM »
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Hey HT or Skuzzy, how are would it be to code in contrails on the wingtips during positve G turns.



They have this already. I've seen it close up. Usually during high speeds and high Gs, and you have to be close (so if you're at 600+ you might miss it).

But it's there. Surprised me when I saw it, then I thought "Sweet!!!" and kept on flying.

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« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2005, 08:41:20 PM »
They DO??? :eek:


 Any screenshots of it?? First time I've heard of this in AH :eek:

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« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2005, 11:57:23 PM »
Neg it was too fleeting for a screenshot.

I can't remembe the plane.. it was something moving fast and pulling hard Gs to get out of a dive (I wasn't pulling so many Gs, I shot it down not long after it started going up).

But I definitely dropped my jaw at the contrails!

And I don't even have my graphics up that high!

I can't remember the plane. It was doing a very steep near-vertical dive on a target, knew it was going to miss and pulled up hard. That's all I can offer if you want to re-create it. I was about 300d when I saw these trails, and they were small at that distance.

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« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2005, 10:29:51 AM »
Bar-tender I would like two of what Krusty had!

Really contrails?  Anyone else seen this?

I saw Elvis once, he was just getting out of a UFO...but that's another story lol.

HITECH if they got contrails modeled in!  Game is looking great overall!

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« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2005, 12:47:22 PM »
I'm not kidding! lol! I don't ever recall seeing them on my OWN craft, but I saw them on an enemy fighter!

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« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2005, 04:11:31 PM »
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Bar-tender I would like two of what Krusty had!

Really contrails?  Anyone else seen this?

I saw Elvis once, he was just getting out of a UFO...but that's another story lol.

HITECH if they got contrails modeled in!  Game is looking great overall!

DawgWx


The only bar I know to get that stuff in, is in Amsterdam.:D

Offline hubsonfire

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2005, 12:10:38 PM »
I saw this same thing in the MA. It was Elvis flying the Brewster Beefalo they added last patch. It was awesome.

Sure you weren't seeing a fuel leak?
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2005, 06:20:41 PM »
I'm fairly sure... Usually fuel leaks don't come from the wing tips, from both wings, then fade away quickly.

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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2005, 09:52:37 PM »
Um Krusty.....rocket launches?

Offline Elyeh

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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2005, 11:25:36 AM »
Back to the main subject at hand......
would'nt that just be one more thing to drag down frame rates?

I a week people would be howling to get rid of it LOL

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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2005, 11:42:30 AM »
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Um Krusty.....rocket launches?


'cept spitVs don't have 'em. And read what I said, wing TIPS, not middle of wings. They totally looked like the contrails in that famous f4u photo.

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« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2005, 08:54:31 AM »
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The only bar I know to get that stuff in, is in Amsterdam.:D


hey...

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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2005, 10:54:48 PM »
I seen the contrails,,,,and the next morning my head hurt for some reason.

Offline pellik

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« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2005, 01:09:40 AM »
Were the con trails coming out of an ar234?