Author Topic: Whats up with the .50's (Read 2832 times)

RTR · « **Reply #15 on:** April 02, 2006, 10:09:57 AM »

Why have you got your convergence set so far apart?

300, 275, 250.....from the low to the high, you have a difference of 300 ft in convergence points of your rounds!

I would say that only 1/3rd of your rounds have a chance of hitting, and at that probably only a small percentage of those are actually hitting the target.

Try setting all guns to the same convergence. I use 250 for all guns. I generally get in pretty close before pulling the trigger. Experiment with it to find your best convergence point.

Now, granted, my gunnery sucks. But when I do hit with the .50's I hit hard. Once you are lighting up the target, they are light frikk'n lazer beams.

cheers,

RTR

Tails · « **Reply #16 on:** April 02, 2006, 10:45:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
Pyro said the "hit resolution" was more fined tuned with AH2 ... which a lot of people translate as, "near-misses were registering as hits in AH1".

I stand corrected then.

Spatula · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:21:18 PM »

I Fly P51s 90% of the time, and theres *nuthin* wrong with 50cals. If used right, they're BRUTAL - just take a P47 and point them at some poor schmuck... Even 4 50 cals can be quite effective. They key to using them is you have to *concentrate* them on a point. You cant just spray them all over the place. Aim for the tail section or a wing-root and get some concentrated and sustained hits in a single area (or any area really), and they WILL go down. Convergence is important too. I have mine all at 350 (which i suspect is still too far out by 25-50 or so).

Kweassa · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2006, 04:58:41 PM »

If there is one thing that can be benefitted with better modelling, my opinion is that the .50s would be strengthened a tad bit if we had truly 'internal' components in the Damage Modelling.

We do have the engine, pilot, guns, and radiators... but it'd be great if these were more diversified such as oil pans, supercharger systems, throttle systems... internal control cables and rods.. spars and supports.. and etc etc..

If that be the case, the .50s would be lot less likely to snap and rip a wing or a tail section off... but instead they'd start a lot more fires, critical engine damages, severed controls, and etc etc..

Just dreamin'

viper215 · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2006, 06:35:05 PM »

I would help you aim them in the Dueling arena today but I lost 2 262s today due to stupid DSL crashing so im pissed at game not playing today.

groundloop · « **Reply #20 on:** April 02, 2006, 08:52:38 PM »

.50's like to reach out and touch someone better than all the rest of the aircraft weapons.

viper215 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 03, 2006, 02:53:34 PM »

.50cals 30 good hits 37mm 1 derrrrrrr

bkbandit · « **Reply #22 on:** April 06, 2006, 02:51:18 PM »

I dont noe wats goin on, i was just in peabodys solomons flyin a f6f and i was for better or worst gettin the results i except. Maybe it was jelycross setting.

Anyway i still want my armor piercing rounds.

viper215 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 06, 2006, 07:48:28 PM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit
noe Anyway i still want my armor piercing rounds.

KNOW

nirvana · « **Reply #24 on:** April 06, 2006, 11:49:20 PM »

I would like a required spell check for Viper. It's noe, you crazy kid.

Sikboy · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2006, 10:50:52 AM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit

Anyway i still want my armor piercing rounds.

Yeah, there's WAY too much HE in the .50 cal rounds right now. It's just silly.

-Sik

Lye-El · « **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2006, 05:48:27 PM »

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Originally posted by Sikboy
Yeah, there's WAY too much HE in the .50 cal rounds right now. It's just silly.

-Sik

Yes. It is. Using API instead of FMJ rounds, what were they thinking.....

bkbandit · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2006, 04:26:26 AM »

i dont get it, i was gunin on a lone b17, a spit 16 dweeb cut under the bomber from the right side, i riped his wing off with the ball turret in the belly, iwsa doin the somethin in a m16. Arent all of these the us standard 50 cal machine gun. But i chased a spit 16 after and gave him a shower before he deaded. MAYBE IM LOSEING IT.

HTC give me my incidairys and armor pierceing rounds, that will fix things.
Little things like that make thing more fun, like if they were to hook no2 in the 109(which they did have).

DiabloTX · « **Reply #28 on:** April 09, 2006, 04:45:05 AM »

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Originally posted by bkbandit
like if they were to hook no2 in the 109(which they did have).

Oh man, yeah, they hated that bright blue bottle that Herr Willy shoe-horned it into the cockpit. Hartmann especially *****ed about it. Said it got in the way of the xbox and cd-changer he had put in.

bkbandit · « **Reply #29 on:** April 09, 2006, 05:49:14 AM »

look it up, 109s had nitrous injection.