Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS

[hitech]

why does every other single bullet and round in this game go through such agonizing balistic modelling while this one is allowed to persist without having to do the legwork of every other gun in the game?

Because the computer really doesn't care how exact the bullet looks when it leaves it's gun. And because player maned guns have this thing called a Brain making choices where to aim it. And the computer never complains when the persons brain controlling it doesn't keep up with what the computer is displaying.

HiTech

[ozrocker]

Because the computer really doesn't care how exact the bullet looks when it leaves it's gun. And because player maned guns have this thing called a Brain making choices where to aim it. And the computer never complains when the persons brain controlling it doesn't keep up with what the computer is displaying.

HiTech

And to add. Computer doesn't whine when it hits, or misses
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[Wiley]

Because the computer really doesn't care how exact the bullet looks when it leaves it's gun. And because player maned guns have this thing called a Brain making choices where to aim it. And the computer never complains when the persons brain controlling it doesn't keep up with what the computer is displaying.

HiTech

How is that any different from what the 37mm on the boats/fields do now though?  Aren't they doing the same thing as the puffy would need to do if it was modeled as a gun, with the exception of the proximity/range fuse?

Wiley.

[Citabria]

See rule #4

[Arlo]

Hitech Creations: So, what percentage/ratio do you think is fair?

Player: 1:100,000,000 chance of getting hit by fleet ack if I turn my fighter every three seconds.

Hitech Creations: Bwahahahahahahaha!

 

Just make an additional layer of water 'depth.' No Task Forces within ack range of the beach. No beach plowing. 

[Zoney]

It would actually be my wish that there was no AI in the game at all.  If a player isn't manning the item then it does not work.

No AI.

No Buff formations.

No field ack.

No ship ack.

Please keep in mind that I am however, stupid.

[FLS]

Another long time issue. I'm sure some HTC cheerleader will be along to explain why it's perfectly fine.

I got your HTC cheerleaders right here.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wFAbPxKCw

[RTHolmes]

Hitech Creations: So, what percentage/ratio do you think is fair?

Player: 1:100,000,000 chance of getting hit by fleet ack if I turn my fighter every three seconds.

Hitech Creations: Bwahahahahahahaha!

where are the quotes you're paraphrasing? because I havent seen anything like this.

I'd guess that given unlimited resources HT would haul the puffy modelling up to the excellent standards of the other modelling in the game, its the only blatant jury-rig I can think of when it comes to the aerial aspect of the game.

its a shame because the modelling of the small and medium calibre AAA seems pretty good to me, historical evasion tactics work pretty much as they should do. If I'm sloppy with my attack, field/town/boat auto ack will probably hit me, if I do it right it probably wont.

I wonder why the puffy doesnt use a tweaked version of the same tracking code as the rest of the ack, although still using the box rather than individually modelled rounds. this would be much better than what we have for not much recoading

[FLS]

In the previous puffy ack thread a few months ago Hitech mentioned looking at changing it to real time tracking and making it more accurate.

[Ardy123]

I do not like puffy but it is part of the game. My wish is that the cv could not get close enough for puffy to be over a base. Now it will shoot at you when your way inland. One time I got so mad I took a piece of paper out of the printer and tore it in half.

Well I hope you recycle.

or maybe he just ran out of toilet paper, and likes it rough

[kvuo75]

It would actually my wish that there was no AI in the game at all.  If a player isn't manning the item then it does not work.

No AI.

No Buff formations.

No field ack.

No ship ack.

Please keep in mind that I am however, stupid.

i dont think so, it makes perfect sense to me.. make everything manned.. if nobody's manning it, it doesn't shoot..

[Noir]

i dont think so, it makes perfect sense to me.. make everything manned.. if nobody's manning it, it doesn't shoot..

the vtards heaven

[Baumer]

I'd guess that given unlimited resources HT would haul the puffy modelling up to the excellent standards of the other modelling in the game, its the only blatant jury-rig I can think of when it comes to the aerial aspect of the game.

its a shame because the modelling of the small and medium calibre AAA seems pretty good to me, historical evasion tactics work pretty much as they should do. If I'm sloppy with my attack, field/town/boat auto ack will probably hit me, if I do it right it probably wont.

Perhaps you should look at the small and medium AAA AI more closely then. There are a few surprises in that model that would make everyone cry if it was fixed. 

[RTHolmes]

In the previous puffy ack thread a few months ago Hitech mentioned looking at changing it to real time tracking and making it more accurate.

excellent! I must have missed that one.


edit: I wish someone had posted that at the beginning, would have saved 9 pages of posts repeating every other puffy ack discussion thats gone before ...

[Acidrain]

I can't say I love that the puffy is innefective against straight and level buff formations or that there is a magic floor of 3K. Having said that, I do recall that the proximity fuzed ack was very accurate, like 1 in 45 hitting it's mark. I'm curious to know what our magic ack's probability to hit is.

The figure I have heard quoted was 1 in 16 shells being a hit.