Storch points

[SmokinLoon]

Perhaps there is a way HTC could add damage to the smoke grenades it drops?  Only to the point of registering and not to the point of being able to damage for much worth.  Then, if there were a way to register that and post it on the "name in lights", then maybe.

But ultimately... what for???  It would be a lo of time HTC would otherwise waste that they could be spending on the He111, Ki-43, Wellington, Beaufighter, Panzer Mk III, B24D, Tu-2, Pe-2, and a host of other aircraft.   

[Nathan60]

Perhaps there is a way HTC could add damage to the smoke grenades it drops?  Only to the point of registering and not to the point of being able to damage for much worth.  Then, if there were a way to register that and post it on the "name in lights", then maybe.

But ultimately... what for???  It would be a lo of time HTC would otherwise waste that they could be spending on the He111, Ki-43, Wellington, Beaufighter, Panzer Mk III, B24D, Tu-2, Pe-2, and a host of other aircraft.   

What for? to encourage mor eto use it and spot gvs for people.  Also if they assigned da,mage to the smoke  then troops would never make it to the maproom

[Bino]

How about this:

Make the Storch smoke markers operate like very, very weak bombs, with a small blast radius.  Say, one point of damage out to a radius of fifty feet?  That way, when some friendly tanker kills the bandit GV which the Storch marked earlier, Storch gets an assist.  Seems like that should be a pretty minimal change to the AH code...?

[Nathan60]

How about this:

Make the Storch smoke markers operate like very, very weak bombs, with a small blast radius.  Say, one point of damage out to a radius of fifty feet?  That way, when some friendly tanker kills the bandit GV which the Storch marked earlier, Storch gets an assist.  Seems like that should be a pretty minimal change to the AH code...?

 the only problem I see with this is people using smoke to kill troops. How mucgh damage can a troop take?

[SmokinLoon]

What for? to encourage mor eto use it and spot gvs for people.  Also if they assigned da,mage to the smoke  then troops would never make it to the maproom

for COADING purposes!!! HTC would need a way to actually code the smoke grenades to register that they were used vs a gv.  If it takes .005 lbs of damage to kill a troop then HTC could coad it so the smoke cause .003 damage so it wouldnt kill troops yet score damage to a gv, then possibly coad it so that an "assist" while in a Stork allowed for perk points to be awarded.   

If you are going to suggest such things then you MUST think in terms of "can it be coaded", if so then proceed.  If not, then back to the drawing board. 

[kvuo75]

for COADING purposes!!! HTC would need a way to actually code the smoke grenades to register that they were used vs a gv.  If it takes .005 lbs of damage to kill a troop then HTC could coad it so the smoke cause .003 damage so it wouldnt kill troops yet score damage to a gv, then possibly coad it so that an "assist" while in a Stork allowed for perk points to be awarded.   

If you are going to suggest such things then you MUST think in terms of "can it be coaded", if so then proceed.  If not, then back to the drawing board. 

seems like some troops take more than 2 .50's anyway sometimes (they're marines or something? ..  they should be ots with 1 .30, so you could make the smoke do some fraction of a .30

its actually not a bad idea i dont think, letting storches get assists.  killshoooter should apply though, most severely.  drop smoke on friendly, die.

so I figure, 

[tunnelrat]

Who in thier rigth mind would sit in a storch long enough to need a drop tank?

If you want to support GVs in the assault, it actually torches fuel pretty quickly.

[guncrasher]

If you want to support GVs in the assault, it actually torches fuel pretty quickly.

you mean torches as in it catches fire easily when hit by enemy fighters?


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[Nathan60]

for COADING purposes!!! HTC would need a way to actually code the smoke grenades to register that they were used vs a gv.  If it takes .005 lbs of damage to kill a troop then HTC could coad it so the smoke cause .003 damage so it wouldnt kill troops yet score damage to a gv, then possibly coad it so that an "assist" while in a Stork allowed for perk points to be awarded.  
If you are going to suggest such things then you MUST think in terms of "can it be coaded", if so then proceed.  If not, then back to the drawing board.  

Most storches have more than 1 smoke marker onboard, so 2 smokes could kill a troop, as for caoding if its too tought I understand

[SmokinLoon]

Most storches have more than 1 smoke marker onboard, so 2 smokes could kill a troop, as for caoding if its too tought I understand

I was using the numbers as a representation for how to code it so smoke wouldn't kill troops.  Plus, since a player is not able to spam smoke grenades from a Storch I really doubt it would be an issue. 

[Nathan60]

I was using the numbers as a representation for how to code it so smoke wouldn't kill troops.  Plus, since a player is not able to spam smoke grenades from a Storch I really doubt it would be an issue. 

Didnt realize there was a large delay I thougth it was under a second.

[Bino]

the only problem I see with this is people using smoke to kill troops. How mucgh damage can a troop take?

OK, why not have the smoke inflict 0.1 point?  I don't know how granular the damage model gets, just use *one* of the smallest units: tenths, hundredths, whatever.  
I'm just trying to keep it simple, here.  

[Nathan60]

OK, why not have the smoke inflict 0.1 point?  I don't know how granular the damage model gets, just use *one* of the smallest units: tenths, hundredths, whatever.  
I'm just trying to keep it simple, here.  

If tehy can lower to that poit thats fine  was just trying to keep this idea from leading to anything gamey like 2 players droppping smoke bombs on troup and killing some.

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