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Offline discopants

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« on: January 23, 2007, 05:14:59 PM »
erm i take it being a newbie ,thats there  arnt any ground troops in this  game?  just a tactical ply in the game??
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2007, 06:02:47 PM »
You got it.

Only paratroops dropped by C47 or troops by M3/LVT2 in the game. Just the 10 you need to get to the map room.

Otherwise if you bail out you become an individual with a pistol for all the use it is. - Only any good against the troops above if you happen to be around at the time!
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2007, 11:59:47 PM »
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Otherwise if you bail out you become an individual with a pistol for all the use it is. - Only any good against the troops above if you happen to be around at the time!


No, they can do more than that.  From a post I had in a different forum:

Fun with .45's:

Stand in the map room and kill loads of troops while also scoring proxie kills on awsome LW planes (I had 6 one night).

Kill the manned ack at any field.

Stand on an enemy runway in front of where the planes spawn placing a single shot into the engine area. High likelyhood of watching a smoker leave the runway and a possible kill if patient.

Stand on an enemy runway NEXT to where the planes spawn. Aim directly for the pilot's head giving him a pilot wound before he even gets rolling (this one is particularily fun). If he actually takes off a kill is almost guaranteed.

Why have a .45 in hand if you can't have some fun with it?
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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2007, 07:35:23 AM »
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No, they can do more than that.  From a post I had in a different forum:

Fun with .45's:

Stand in the map room and kill loads of troops while also scoring proxie kills on awsome LW planes (I had 6 one night).

Kill the manned ack at any field.

Stand on an enemy runway in front of where the planes spawn placing a single shot into the engine area. High likelyhood of watching a smoker leave the runway and a possible kill if patient.

Stand on an enemy runway NEXT to where the planes spawn. Aim directly for the pilot's head giving him a pilot wound before he even gets rolling (this one is particularily fun). If he actually takes off a kill is almost guaranteed.

Why have a .45 in hand if you can't have some fun with it?

You have only so many rounds, can you get more ammo?
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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2007, 07:58:29 AM »
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You have only so many rounds, can you get more ammo?


No
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« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2007, 09:43:00 AM »
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You have only so many rounds, can you get more ammo?


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Mostly that is true but, one night I was standing in the maproom and took out 3 loads of troops with my .45.  Thats 30 troops I killed.  I think the normal .45 loadout is 10-12 rounds.  This makes me think that as long as you kill a troop that bullet is replaced.  If you miss it's gone.  

That's the only explanation I could come up with as to how that happened unless it's a bug.
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2007, 10:34:48 AM »
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Mostly that is true but, one night I was standing in the maproom and took out 3 loads of troops with my .45.  Thats 30 troops I killed.  I think the normal .45 loadout is 10-12 rounds.  This makes me think that as long as you kill a troop that bullet is replaced.  If you miss it's gone.  

That's the only explanation I could come up with as to how that happened unless it's a bug.

True .45's have 7...

I will however play with this if I get the chance...
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2007, 10:49:04 AM »
The AH .45 has a 26 bullet clip and one round in the gun. Makes a total of 27 shots, AFAIK.
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2007, 10:59:51 AM »
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The AH .45 has a 26 bullet clip and one round in the gun. Makes a total of 27 shots, AFAIK.


Just went TA and tested it. I was able to fire 22 shots.
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2007, 11:10:16 AM »
CC. Thanks for clearing that up.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2007, 11:41:27 AM »
so how do ya get into the maproom then? ive not seen any figures wandering about on site
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2007, 11:45:53 AM »
Thanks,  That clears it up.  I probably killed 22 of them, just enough to hold the town on 3 sets of dropped troops.

To get in the maproom you have to bail from an airplane and then walk/run there.
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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2007, 01:28:12 PM »
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so how do ya get into the maproom then? ive not seen any figures wandering about on site


You will probably have to play a long time before you can actually witness such thing. If you are not very close to town its a pain to actually walk that distance, it happens not very often. Also note that if it is  an enemy walking around the landscape is hard to spot due to the small size of a single "man"; he has, unlike ground vehicles or planes,  no icon.
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« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2007, 01:41:52 PM »
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You will probably have to play a long time before you can actually witness such thing. If you are not very close to town its a pain to actually walk that distance, it happens not very often. Also note that if it is  an enemy walking around the landscape is hard to spot due to the small size of a single "man"; he has, unlike ground vehicles or planes,  no icon.

Are you sure there is no icon?  I was "attacked" once and just before hitting him with my pintle gun I saw an icon...
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« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2007, 01:53:32 PM »
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Are you sure there is no icon?  I was "attacked" once and just before hitting him with my pintle gun I saw an icon...


Hmmm.. I am pretty sure enemy bailed pilots donīt have an icon.. but the more I think about it... ...

Friendly pilots however  do always have an icon, thatīs for sure.
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