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Offline Golfer

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Re: Flares once we get night reinstalled
« Reply #30 on: July 26, 2009, 07:55:44 AM »
Alas, of the hundreds of thousands of combat aircraft built during the war "MOST" were not equipped to fly at night.  By "most" I mean damned near ALL.


What's the position of the sun have to do with whether or not an airplane is capable of flight?  I assure you each and every one of those airplanes could fly at night.  Their fighting potential might be reduced depending on the equipment but flying the airplanes themselves is anything but an impossibility.

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Re: Flares once we get night reinstalled
« Reply #31 on: July 26, 2009, 08:23:51 AM »
I was one of the many people who logged off whenever it was night-time in the MA.  There was a considerable drop in the number of players in the MA when it occurred.  For me the most frustrating thing in Aces High was logging into the MA and discovering it was night-time.

For me at least night was a novelty item, it was enjoyable intially, but it soon wore off.
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Offline 68Wooley

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Re: Flares once we get night reinstalled
« Reply #32 on: July 26, 2009, 05:20:12 PM »
...Alas, of the hundreds of thousands of combat aircraft built during the war "MOST" were not equipped to fly at night.  By "most" I mean damned near ALL....

In terms of fighters, maybe.

However, after the Battle of France, British bomber raids occurred mostly at night. The Germans too switched to night time bombing after the Battle of Britain pettered out and became the Blitz. 

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Re: Flares once we get night reinstalled
« Reply #33 on: July 26, 2009, 05:32:51 PM »
In terms of fighters, maybe.

However, after the Battle of France, British bomber raids occurred mostly at night. The Germans too switched to night time bombing after the Battle of Britain pettered out and became the Blitz. 

I think you get my point.  Congrats......some of the thicker skulls still have problems though.
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Re: Flares once we get night reinstalled
« Reply #34 on: July 27, 2009, 01:00:09 AM »
While I understand the ramifications of having "night-time"(and that it's not coming back) in the game, I would still find it interesting to have night especially if we had the aircraft that were properly outfitted to do so..
While we do have "Dar", we don't have any way of knowing what alt a given contact is at other than they are definitely over 500 feet.  So, if something could be added to certain planes
that would show elevation off the nose or something similar..  I'm sure it'd be something I'd get either frustrated or bored with eventually..  It'd still be neat to experience at least, though..
Also, something I stumbled upon something that could be added to the GV realm if night time ever made it to the AH MA..  Found this interesting as well as informative..  I knew German's were using IR technology, but not to this extent.. 
http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/dio/rwpanth/rwpanth_solutions.htm


I completely understand night is never coming back..  Just thinking hypothetically.. 
Haven't been in game long enough to know what night was like other than Christmas Eve a couple of times.. 
I'd probably get sick of it too eventually.. :lol
« Last Edit: July 27, 2009, 01:05:48 AM by Anodizer »
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