Author Topic: No visible Gv Icon for planes (Read 1339 times)

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #15 on:** September 19, 2005, 05:47:13 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by SkyTex
well that's all fine and dandy, what i hate above all else is my dark green camo panzer sitting under a thicket of dense trees and an airplane spots me from 2000ft. i mean what the hell. a real plane could never see a very well cammoed tank from 2k when the tank isn't moving. see'in em when they are rolling on open ground is fine. anytime a tank isn't under cover, it's in mortal danger anyways.

I'd haveto agree here.
Particularly when parked under large concentrations of trees they should be next to impossible to spot from the air by anything but really low and really slow moving fighters and certainly shouldnt be able to be spotted by bombers in time enough to be bombed by them

But I dont mind to much the low level bombers comming in. when Im in the open. in fact I almost prefer it that way.
B-17 and lancs dont hold up well against AP rounds from the the main gun of a tank.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 19, 2005, 07:42:11 PM »

The real problem is the black dot syndrome.

Things that are far away are a black dot. Regardless of color or background. This goes for planes and GV's.

AX_00 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2006, 02:14:27 PM »

how about if friendly tanks can spot enemy tanks for air support and then thers a red indicator. so you have to have some guys on the ground directing the ord... heyy... sounds like close air support to me?

Bronk · « **Reply #18 on:** December 06, 2006, 02:25:22 PM »

From another thread.

Bet this is the case.

Bronk

Airscrew · « **Reply #19 on:** December 06, 2006, 03:39:33 PM »

^:rofl

Overlag · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2006, 08:27:19 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Greebo
How about reducing GV icon range whenever the vehicle is stationary. Its icon visibility range would increase the faster the vehicle goes. You could also get a brief icon range increase whenever the GV fires.

I like that idea!!

Quote

Originally posted by SkyTex
anytime a tank isn't under cover, it's in mortal danger anyways.

yup, think of Normandy.... Allies have control of the skys, and Panzers basically cant MOVE.......they just have to hide all the time.

Then think of The battle of the bulge.... Allied air power grounded... panzers roll!!!!

Overlag · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2006, 08:30:21 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Bronk
From another thread.

Bet this is the case.

Bronk

LOL!!!!!!! SO true.

the only GV's i bomb in TT are the spawn campers (ie ones near knits spawns)

tedrbr · « **Reply #22 on:** December 06, 2006, 11:53:04 PM »

First of all: I spot the black dot long before I see the icon. Vehicle moving over open ground with enemy CAP is supposed to die. It's the natural order of things.

Second of all: it's a game, and some allowances need to be made. In RL we don't have icons drifting over us. In RL we would have "better graphics" from Mark I eyeball, hours going over recognition cards, and would not expect this varied a plane set in our AO.

Third: We also don't have 3-man, squad, and platoon level patrols in those woods, or checkpoints, or country farm girls to report they see enemy activity out there. We have "enemy inbound", and flashing map icons.

Get your GV under cover. Get it into a barn. Park against a cliff. Use the terrain to your advantage. Barrel straight in from spawn to target over open ground against a base that still has ORD.... you die. Virtual Darwinism at work. "The kid who swallows the marbles when he's young does not get to grow up to have kids of his own."