collisions bug exploit??

[CAP1]

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in the above picture, i'm in the p-38.

 should i have crashed, or lost any parts judging from that pic?

still waiting for an answer on this one. 

[Shuffler]

still waiting for an answer on this one. 

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I'm not going to answer 

[Blooz]

still waiting for an answer on this one.  

If the 205 collided with you but shot you down at the same time (you can see the smoke and a solid hit on your starboard engine cowl in the pic) you would go down. Not from the collision but from bullets fired on the HO. You would get the messages "so and so has collided with you" and "so and so has shot you down"

Lets see the text from the film.

[CAP1]

If the 205 collided with you but shot you down at the same time (you can see the smoke and a solid hit on your starboard engine cowl in the pic) you would go down. Not from the collision but from bullets fired on the HO. You would get the messages "so and so has collided with you" and "so and so has shot you down"

Lets see the text from the film.

the smoking engine was from a previous pass........the engine hit in the pic was his only hit in that pass......and it happened(believe it or not) almost a full second before i got that message. in fact, he was behind me when i got the message.

 my point was that we missed by what? 25 feet? on my screen. if he was filming, i'm sure he saw the collision.

[Saurdaukar]

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[Shuffler]

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That thar fella aint got enough ta make a fence yet.

[Ghastly]

I'll point out the obvious - the reason it shouldn't work the same as your opponent shooting you (where you see the bullets appear to pass behind you but take damage, because on his FE he nailed you) is that it TAKES SKILL to shoot a plane out of the air, and is what the game is about - and any moron can buzz around the arena trying to fly into an enemy aircraft until he smacks into one. 

Demanding a similar set of rules - and allowing skilless rejects to take down an aircraft solely by ramming it - would destroy the sim. Pretty soon, the players would be frustrated and leave - after a few months, all that would be left is an ever increasing number of dweeby griefers.

HTC and co ain't stupid (TG!).

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[hubsonfire]

Glad to see some things never change. 

[guncrasher]

I'll point out the obvious - the reason it shouldn't work the same as your opponent shooting you (where you see the bullets appear to pass behind you but take damage, because on his FE he nailed you) is that it TAKES SKILL to shoot a plane out of the air, and is what the game is about - and any moron can buzz around the arena trying to fly into an enemy aircraft until he smacks into one. 

Demanding a similar set of rules - and allowing skilless rejects to take down an aircraft solely by ramming it - would destroy the sim. Pretty soon, the players would be frustrated and leave - after a few months, all that would be left is an ever increasing number of dweeby griefers.

HTC and co ain't stupid (TG!).

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funny since most collisions occur not with new players but with players that had been around here for a while. 

semp

[hubsonfire]

Got a stat to back that up?

[Ghastly]

funny since most collisions occur not with new players but with players that had been around here for a while. 

semp

You err in assuming that I believe that it's only new players that would prefer to kill a more skilled player via a cheap gamey tactic if it were available.

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[CAP1]

Got a stat to back that up?

i could go searching through my films if ya like. it'll take awhile, but it would provide one.

the rare time i get any collision messages, it's almost always a vet player. or it's my fault.

[dedalos]

Got a stat to back that up?

I think the idea here is that a "vet" is more likely to get in to a close quarters fight and that increases the chance of a collision.   A new player will probably collide because the re-entry speed locked up his controls.

[Shuffler]

I think the idea here is that a "vet" is more likely to get in to a close quarters fight and that increases the chance of a collision.   A new player will probably collide because the re-entry speed locked up his controls.

Bingo... a winner!

+1

[hitech]

And I cannot avoid if I think you don't have guns on me.  All this could be reduced by increasing the time intervals the FE and the server are publishing updates.

More packets would change nothing related to the discrepancies in distance you see do to lag.

It would make nada,0, null, difference.

HiTech