Request for a more noticeable "blinding sun" effect

[LLv34_Camouflage]

Hi!

First of all, I'd like to thank HTC for introducing the "blinding sun".  However, the effective area of the sun is pretty small right now, making the sun almost irrelevant from a gameplay point of view.

In real life, you shouldn't be able to look into the sun directly without some serious squinting - therefore the effective blinding area is larger.  In Aces High this could be modelled by making the area, where the icon and plane disappear into the sun, larger.

Thoughts, comments?

Thanks!  

Camo

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Camouflage
XO, Lentolaivue 34
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[Pepe]

I strongly second  

Pepe

[straffo]

we all agree  

[Weave]

Do it.

[StSanta]

Beware of the hun in the sun.

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9./JG 54 "Grünherz"
"If you return from a mission with a victory, but without your Rottenflieger, you have lost your battle."
- D. Hrabak, JG 54 "Grünherz"

[ZOSO]

aye

[Eagler]

And the moon too, coming out of the full moon on such a dark night should have a similar effect

Eagler

[Mitsu]

I want white out effect!

<PUNT>

[Midnight]

The sun effect really needs work. It does nothing to blind you unless the GV / AC in the sun is directly in the circle and smaller in relative view size.

Other than that it just makes whatever the vehicle is look like a glowing UFO. And if the A/C is at long range, where it's just shown as a black dot, the sun does absolutely nothing. There is just no benifit to the sun effect yet. Tried making attacks from the sun but the enemy AC can still see with no problem.

Also, during sunrise and sunset conditions, the sun effect makes other GVs light up like they are painted in "dayglow" orange.

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Midnight
13th TAS[/i]
       midnight@13thtas.com      

"You tell them I'm coming.. And Hell's coming with me!" -Kurt Russel Tombstone

[SKurj]

here here!! and what midnight said.  I have some screenshots of bright orange vehicles on the dark ground at dusk.

Larger sun blind effect, and no more glow in the dark gv's!!  

SKurj

[Sandman_SBM]

I've noticed that the blinding effect actually highlights the aircraft when you're underneath the storm front.

[Wotan]

Also the moon is much bigger then the sun. It would be great to have a larger area and a more intense level of sun blindness.

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[This message has been edited by Wotan (edited 04-01-2001).]

[AKSeaWulfe]

Of course, no one took into account that pilot's wear very dark goggles(?) in combat..... Yes, that means it's much different than looking through sunglasses at the sun.
-SW

[Eagler]

 


Eagler

[Yello1]

I agree the sun effect is too minute. As a gunner I have seen a con come in from sun, never really lose him. The brief instant he goes into sun you can follow where he is.  And its very very brief, impossible to maintain that small area on an approach I would think which makes the tactic useless. Unless all the times I read about this tactic were all baloney then the effect is too small, otherwise they wouldn't have bothered with it. As for the moon, no I think the moon would sillouhette you if nothing else. BUt the moon is way too big harvest moon all the time it seems ?