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Offline Dichotomy

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Offline drone altitude
« on: November 10, 2011, 11:58:57 AM »
it'd be nice if we could change the altitude of the offline drones for high speed high angle practice. 
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2011, 01:55:13 PM »
+1

Also I'd like to be able to draw the flight path, just like for the CV.
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2011, 02:00:44 PM »
Already covered by offline missions?


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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #3 on: November 10, 2011, 02:05:08 PM »
Already covered by offline missions?


Those are a lot harder to make.
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2011, 02:16:17 PM »
Already covered by offline missions?


Why didn't I think of that? Oh ya because I opened the mission editor once, fooled around with it for about 5 minutes, fell asleep, and was late for work the next morning ;)
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2011, 02:17:03 PM »
Why didn't I think of that? Oh ya because I opened the mission editor once, fooled around with it for about 5 minutes, fell asleep, and was late for work the next morning ;)

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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2011, 08:41:53 AM »
flight path and alt.

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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2011, 08:57:18 AM »
arena settings?
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2011, 10:33:09 AM »
load up the TA map then up from a high alt base ....
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2011, 10:34:25 AM »
When the Mission Editor is repaired, we can make an offline mission with planes of your choice, flying at various altitudes.  Am I understanding correctly that
you don't want the drones to fight back?

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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2011, 03:56:44 PM »
your time is far too valuable to waste on that stuff Coogin.  If it was something easy to do It'd be 'nice' if it took more than a few clicks everything is fine the way it is :D
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2011, 05:03:44 PM »
your time is far too valuable to waste on that stuff Coogin.  If it was something easy to do It'd be 'nice' if it took more than a few clicks everything is fine the way it is :D

Kind of you to say that sir.  It would be nice though, if there were an arena setting to control the offline drones altitude.  (the ones that just circle the bases)

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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2011, 05:25:54 PM »
I think I misunderstood, its alt AGL you want not ASL?
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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2011, 05:32:28 PM »
I like this one. As someone without a paying online account, who wants offline missions but can't figure out how the HELL to make it work... Basic stuff like this would be nice :) also-- if one could alter the flight path, one could stage a mock alert-- like this:

"Looks out the window of the tower. 'OH NOES!!! ENEMY BOMERZ!!!'

*hops into uber dogfighting B-17 (:D)*

Sorta like that. :)

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Re: Offline drone altitude
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2011, 05:15:28 PM »
I think I misunderstood, its alt AGL you want not ASL?


yep RT... It'd be nice to set a flight of buffs up to about 20k, go to a base with an airstart, and practice diving into them at high speed / high AOA without worrying about smacking into the ground. 

As I said to Coogan if it takes more than a few clicks of code to do it then it's, more than likely, a waste of valuable time that could be better spent elsewhere in the game.  But it would be 'nice' nonetheless. 
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