Author Topic: ROADS!!!  (Read 147 times)

B-Town

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« on: July 02, 2000, 12:47:00 PM »
Betown: Ok so how many of you are tank drivers?
<people in the audience put up there hands>
Betown: Ok so how many of you have trouble getting your tank from one place to another because of rough terrain
<same people put there hands up>
Betown: So what I am proposing is that we just add some roads. This would be a major advantage.
<people nod there heads>
Man from crowd: But Oh masterly Betown... Would this not be like getting a big sign and putting it above our panzers and getting it to say "PANZERS HERE! JUGS PLEASE KILL US?"
<People murmur and shouts of "YEAH" are heard>
Betown: Well here's getting onto my next point. If we are going to have roads then the next obvious step would be to have town's along the roads. If we had towns, small and large that where along the roads then there would be obvious cover there to stop the jugs from finding us. Also if you remember the jug's and other aircraft can't see us can't see us unless they are within a 1k square of us.
<People murmur and nod there heads with more enthusiasm>
Betown: So what do we want? <Betown Shouts into the crowd>
Gathering of People: <shouts> ROADS!
Betown: <shouts> WHAT ELSE DO WE WANT!
Gathering of People: <shouts> TOWN's AND CITIES!
Betown: <shouts> And when do we want them!
Gathering of People: <shouts> VERY SOON!
Betown: <shouts> AND WHO YOU GONA ASK!
<the People murmur and looks at one and other>
Betown: <in a annoyed voice> Pyro and Hitech?
Gathering of People: <coming to there senses> YEAH PYRO AND HITECH!
Betown steps down from the podium and shakes hands with the "Gathering of People". Lights up

Offline Azrael

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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2000, 01:06:00 PM »
Azrael shyly raises his hand...

But B-Town-Sir, those icons... wouldn't the same problem that affects roads also affect towns? Where do you hide a tank if you're visible to planes in a 1k square?

I mean, I drive around in a tank because there were tanks announced near a base just to find all of them killed by jabo drivers that can spot them easily once they are in the icon range and head magically towards their position while I just can't spot them?

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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2000, 01:20:00 PM »
The ground vehicles already operate at their maximum road speeds, but on all terrains.

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« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2000, 02:22:00 PM »
I think the main problem with more towns and addition of roads is the frame rate hit.
 Not to mention the  hazards of running over a lost sheep  driving  on the roads during low light times. The flying blood and  wool might make a panzer commander  consider muttoning er buttoning down  .
 But if roads come  a great easter egg would be a sign saying  sheep crossing.


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Offline [Sg]ShotGun

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« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2000, 03:11:00 PM »

AND if there were roads, it wood be ezr for the jabos to focus on. cuz w/o the roads..the tank drivers have more diversity of path to their targets.

but in defence of the fighters...i still have to SEE the tanks from the air in order to get to w/in 1k to confirm nme or fren...

when investigating V55 last night in search, of nme square in the grid, i saw the tan color of the tank FIRST, b4 i IDed it as nme...

remember...hitech n pyro have the difficult task of balancing game enjoyment for all, and downright frightfull realism,  , for the few...


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« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2000, 07:06:00 PM »
Sounds like B-town just wants a more realistic battle field.  It seems strange without roads and maybe a rail track or two and some bridges.  It only makes sense to have roads.  How do you get supplies to a base with no roads unless you fly them in (lesser quantity) a C47.  I'd still prefer to see two countries with the battle area divided in half.  

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« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2000, 07:15:00 AM »
Don't look for roads in this lifetime BTown!

Talked to HT about this one WAY back when 1.02 was released. Apparently codeing long straight anything in the terrain is a game makers worst nightmare. Hence the system we currently have with spawnpoints.

Personally I've been thrilled with tanking in 1.03. I can virtually ignore all planes except those armed with HS cannons. Tanks no longer see my icon, so I can sneak, misdirect, or other wise distract them or shoot them.

(Lob a smoke round to the Other side of the enemy tank. He's spinning around looking for
where it came from while I'm rangeing in on him.)
In other words, LIFE IS GOOD!

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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2000, 01:20:00 PM »
Uhh...
Guess that's a no then?

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« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2000, 01:37:00 PM »
Yep thats a No.
You'll get roads in WWIIOL, if it ever goes open beta.