Author Topic: Pilots killed by fire... High pourcentage... (Read 573 times)

Phil · « **on:** December 20, 2007, 08:57:06 PM »

The other day I was watching the classic "Piece of cake" movie.

One pilot is engulfed by flames due to petrol filing up the cockpit area....

I believe this happened often during the WWII.

With this game being AWESOME with some graphic details, why is it we don't see flames coming out of the cockpit dashboard ?
The pilot would have several seconds to bail out....
I remember seeing some thread about some players not "so crazy" about seeing blood splattered on the canopy... Ahhh well !

Any input why this couldn't be added ?

Phil

Saxman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:02:42 PM »

For one, it would require a change to the damage modeling so that the pilot can be killed by fire.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #2 on:** December 20, 2007, 11:21:09 PM »

Since fire doesn't do anything in AH anyway, just alter the location at which fire appears, and add the same blackout effect as a PW, only much briefer. You get hit, you see fire immediately, then a second or 2 later you're blacked out and dead within 5.

detch01 · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2007, 01:08:12 AM »

^ what hub said.

asw

Gowan · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2007, 01:14:01 AM »

ooh!!! if you bail whilst on fire can we watch you deploy your chute which will then turn you into a mini hindenburg?

DoNKeY · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2007, 02:18:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Gowan
ooh!!! if you bail whilst on fire can we watch you deploy your chute which will then turn you into a mini hindenburg?

That goes without saying.

Denholm · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2007, 10:29:31 AM »

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Originally posted by Gowan
ooh!!! if you bail whilst on fire can we watch you deploy your chute which will then turn you into a mini hindenburg?

You might not wanna watch, he had Pinto Beans for Breakfast.

Gowan · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2007, 12:25:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Denholm
You might not wanna watch, he had Pinto Beans for Breakfast.

splitatom · « **Reply #8 on:** December 27, 2007, 11:59:58 AM »

there is one plane i think the pilot would die very quickly in which is the corshair that has only 1 fuel tank because the fuel tank is located right infront of the pilot above the engine right infront of the gunsight