Author Topic: Slam on the Brakes and he'll.... (Read 150 times)

MrLars · « **on:** October 28, 2002, 07:35:49 PM »

...fly right by?

Here's another way to cause that overshoot:

Get on someones 6 real close like...knock off some parts of his plane, damage the oil cooler so he pours black smoke out and obscures your view...then your prey bails!

The sudden decelleration of your target makes you slam into his 6...but it isn't the chute you run into, it's his plane that hasn't been updated on your FE....I hate it when that happens

Midnight · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2002, 09:19:59 PM »

And you are expecting that a shot down plane should magically disappear?

I for one would like to see the whole thing go down in flames regardless of weather the pilot has already bailed or not.

Collision with debris was a real hazard in combat. Best not to get too close, else you will be eating hot slag.

Saintaw · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2002, 04:35:49 AM »

Yes! planes tumbling down in flames.... woooosh!

Dowding (Work) · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2002, 05:43:13 AM »

Quote

...eating hot slag.

I saw a film about that once.

ccvi · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2002, 12:47:50 PM »

Over "there" at some other online flight sim planes don't dissappear when the pilot bails if i remember correctly.

Manedew · « **Reply #5 on:** October 29, 2002, 01:09:43 PM »

Ya I've brought the plane insta-explode subject up before

I often shoot for cockpit cause I want to kill the pilot (by far the quickest way to kill if your aims up to it)

Don't mind the fact that they blow up when I hit the mark... it's kinda fun but would still prefer the plane to go dead stick and head to earth with or without the pilot on board

The problem for HTC is the plane is updated by a given pilots FE .. if he's shotdown ... nomore updates/ so no more plane ...

you'd have to have other players FE's take over the dead pilots plane ; or the servers...

nethir of which sounds be easy to implement.

Anyway about hitting cons you've shot down ...

always aim to kill con then fly OVER him ....
They can fall surpisingly fast if you shoot off thier wing and try to fly under.

vorticon · « **Reply #6 on:** October 29, 2002, 01:15:05 PM »

they dissapear so the server and your computer no long er have to prosses that particular sprite.

MrLars · « **Reply #7 on:** October 29, 2002, 01:39:05 PM »

LOL...bunch of anylists....

I was just relating a funny end to a fight.

I was within 100yds and my view was obscured by the smoke when he bailed, He was only missing a wingtip and, from my experience in La7's, he wasn't dead enough yet...that's when he bailed and the collision happened.

It was a shock and it put a WTF smile on my face...we exchanged ~~'s afterwards...he did get a nice chute kill~~