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Offline Elyeh

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« Reply #15 on: November 13, 2005, 01:44:01 PM »
Great Picture!
What camera did you use?

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« Reply #16 on: November 13, 2005, 03:24:15 PM »
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Great Picture!
What camera did you use?



Thanks for the compliment.
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« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2005, 08:01:10 PM »
i live in the flight path of san jose international airport. on frosty mornings in the winter you can see vapor trails on aircraft that are going only about 200mph in a landing pattern. it is quite a sight to see.

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« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2005, 11:38:54 PM »
They should be added before ToD. And if your worryed about FRs from little streams of water vapor I think its time for you to upgrade your computer.
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« Reply #19 on: November 14, 2005, 05:30:06 PM »
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They should be added before ToD. And if your worryed about FRs from little streams of water vapor I think its time for you to upgrade your computer.


You could have potentally 20 of them to process with a 10 plane vulchfest.


i dont got enough perkies as it is and i like upen my lancs to kill 1 dang t 34 or wirble its fun droping 42 bombs

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« Reply #20 on: November 14, 2005, 06:15:01 PM »
Even then if you get a FR hit were you cant fly you need a better computer. I got mine 3 years ago and was geting ok FRs, then I bought a stick of 512mb memory now all the sliders up and RES at 1024 and still get 40+ in a furball.
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« Reply #21 on: December 04, 2005, 12:39:12 AM »
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Even then if you get a FR hit were you cant fly you need a better computer.


If you're already handling the smoke from damaged fighters -- and we all know you are... Then this wouldn't hurt anyone...

Lets get this implimented.
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« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2005, 02:08:36 AM »
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You could have potentally 20 of them to process with a 10 plane vulchfest.


Thats why I suggested engine contrails above 17K. High enough to be considered "High alt" in the game, since 90% of the fights in the MA seem to happen from about 12K down.

Wingtip contrails could take 5-6G below 300 MPH, about 3-4G above it to be enabled. Just as a quick off-my-head figuring of average loading/speed ratio.
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« Reply #23 on: December 04, 2005, 03:57:49 AM »
Put in a button to make it an option.

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« Reply #24 on: December 04, 2005, 04:31:13 AM »
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You guys have no idea what the performance hit would be. And it could just be a client side option anyways...


a normal computer starts to complain when having just 6 bombers in view, now imagine the 6 bombers, have 12 contrails...

The average pilot would either experience terrible lag or total shut down...

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« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2005, 01:05:27 PM »
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a normal computer starts to complain when having just 6 bombers in view, now imagine the 6 bombers, have 12 contrails...

The average pilot would either experience terrible lag or total shut down...



I take it you didnt read what HT said. When ToD comes out bombers will take up alot less FRs when viewed from outside. Thats how they are going to handle 50+ formations of bombers flying together. I would love to see vapor trails and contrails. And like someone else said have it so you can turn them off and on.
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