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Offline Kweassa

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« on: May 29, 2002, 07:43:45 AM »
I've upped some posts concerning this matter before, but I think it's worth trying again.

 Who's the big-brain that once said "God is in the details.." ;) ? Anyhow, I really wish we could get nice features that are basically worthless and needless, but would add a lot to immersive fun in AH.



* Folding wings on planes such as the F4F and the F4U

 Classic case of "the virtually pointless and needless"... but still, seeing your squaddies land after a mission and neatly pack up besides you with wings folded would gurantee a smile on the pilot's face :)


* Cockpit lamps

 Might have some practical use when AH begins to seriously consider the night-fighters. Besides, in bad weather conditions where the cockpit and the clipboard is dark, it might help.


* Visible leading edge-slats on planes such as 109s or La-5FNs..

 A little immersive eye candy for planes that had special features.. :)


* Opening cockpits

 Well.. since the fighters don't have any use for the "O" key, what say it be used for opening the cockpits on planes that had the cockpit glasses sliding back?? Maybe a little more merit with view angles, too. Flying in a Spit MK.I in BoB environment would be a lot of fun!


* ammo casings falling off..

 I think this can be easily done, without any sort of 3D polygon modelling.. maybe a small sprite visual simular in concept to the explosions?? bullet casings burning out of the wings as guns fire would be cool.. !


* Tinted reticles

 If there is any notion concerning improving the sun glare effects in the game.. this should follow up naturally! Fun little toy to tinker with..


* Fire extinguishers in the B-17..

 I've heard some bombers like the B-17 had internal extinguishers in the engine. :) Maybe there could be varying levels of fire in the buffs..so in some cases extinguishers may be engaged??
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Offline Duedel

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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2002, 08:43:17 AM »
  • smoke when engine starts and when throttle to full power
  • raindrops, snowflakes (hard to implement)
  • runway lights at night (dont know the correct term)
  • forests (hard to implement)
  • additional stuff on each field like jeeps trucks ... without any further importance only for immersion


Uhm, a few of my points seem to be not needless :)
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2002, 10:32:18 AM »
I'd rather have 'em model stuff like fuel igniting a fire on planes... like if someone has his DT on and you shoot it, it should blow up :D

Same thing for bombs and rockets.
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« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2002, 10:47:15 AM »
* Folding wings on planes such as the F4F and the F4U

Who has time to do this ? My experience is, after a successfull mission, we hot load and roll to the next base. After you fold up the wings ... then what ? Lot of HT resources for very little payback.

* ammo casings falling off..

When do you have time to track the target, fire, and look at the shell casing being ejected ? Also, didn't the shell casings eject underneath the plane ?

I think that all of these "eye candy" ideas are great and would love to see them ... but ... if you have a low speed connection, I think the FPS would drop drastically and the WHINE would be heard around the world. If these effects were selectable, then they might have a chance, after HT finishes the real "meat" programming.

Love the lights at the airfield idea !!! That would be cool !!!
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« Reply #4 on: May 29, 2002, 11:43:01 AM »
How about a brown stain in the pants of any pilot riding the silk when the FDBs are around?
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Offline Beefcake

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« Reply #5 on: May 29, 2002, 12:06:44 PM »
OOOH How about search lights?
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2002, 08:48:14 PM »
How about the tower view shaking  and shudders when bombs are hitting around the field?

Or engines that randomly cut out and/or surge when damaged?
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2002, 08:52:32 PM »
How about bomb hits on tower scoring kills on everyone in that tower? :D
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« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2002, 01:25:14 PM »
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Originally posted by ccvi
How about bomb hits on tower scoring kills on everyone in that tower? :D


but where would they go?
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« Reply #9 on: May 31, 2002, 01:31:07 PM »
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Originally posted by BenDover


but where would they go?


To hell  :)   Perk Heaven...

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« Reply #10 on: May 31, 2002, 05:28:36 PM »
Connection speed and framerate are totally independant.
Falling ammo casings COULD hurt fpsm perhaps a normal and "high detail" video option could be implemented for us framerate potatod :P
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2002, 03:02:17 PM »
Searchligths would be Sweet at night.....also....i wish i could put the fire s out in 17 after im a macth stik....

Search lights at citiess towns and Factories...


And yes rnway lights..taxi way lights would be sweet..in AW they had a skin that had Hi Visiblity runways .."HAd lights....Red-blues & whitres...what u guys whant next Glide path lights???,,


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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2002, 03:46:22 PM »
Hate to piss on your parade from my b17 (wish i could do that. They did it IRL)


From what i hear, any other lights sources other than the Sun will be impossible, well almost, but it'll require a complete engine over-haul.
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« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2002, 04:27:11 PM »
Personally, I'd like to see icons of enemy planes that do not tell you what type of plane it is, only that it is enemy.   Or at the very least, if you are flying a perked plane, it doesn't tell the world that you are a perkie........

Also, icons should not show at all below, say 2000 feet or something like that.  Or dimish icon range depending on altitude.
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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2002, 11:29:22 PM »
WARp...i totlay agree ..would make it much more realistic......

Cant tel what kind of plane till ur close...heheheh........and under 2k...dam we would def miss alot of folks.....

I remeber in AW i used to used the Libya skin for terrain...could see hte euro camo planes much easier.....but thats cheatn i think..lolo

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