Originally posted by Samiam
For buffs with bombsight position, bombs can only be released from this position.
And all of the German bombers that had a design requirement of being able to dive-bomb are immediately porked., as well as eliminating historical usages of smaller Allied bombers like the B-26 for shallow dive bombing.
A better way to handle it would be to implement a function that factors dive angle and G force to produce a function or table that says "If you are diving at
this angle, you need to be pulling at least
this many G's in order for your bombs to exit the bomb bay", and let the existing aircraft limits separate the pilots from the wannabes. If you can ride a 2.5G pullout in a B-17 to successfully drop your bombs in a dive,
and be able to hit something at the same time, then you should get the payoff for your skill.
Of course, watching all the dweebs rip the wings off the Forts and Lancs will add humor to the skies, too...
Of course, if you
really want to be nasty, you set it up so that if you drop without meeting the angle/G requirements, the bombs hang up in the bomb bay, but they all arm, and as soon as they bounce around long enough, they go off, destroying your plane. Add a 'failed drop' sound -- a repetitive clanging noise of the bombs bouncing around -- to let them know they're SOL and should bail before they explode. That should inhibit the suicide buff pilots some. You exceed the drop parameters, and
you die spectacularly without damaging anything else.
