Ok, I've started collecting some data on the performance of various guns in Aces High.
I've completed the base work for my test terrain, that is modeled on the US Naval Warfare Center at China Lake, California. (this was chosen since... well, I grew up out there and was feeling nastalgic lol).
So my first tests are designed to test the destructive power of each cannon in terms of "pounds per round" This is obviously an Aces High measure, not a real world measure. Basically, since object destruction is determined by how many pounds of ordinance are dropped on them, the bullet's destructive power is determined by destroying an object of 200 pounds, then dividing the 200 (pounds) by the number of rounds required to destroy it. I may use a different measure, say 500 pounds (I haven't decided).
I've set this up so that I am able to test this at extended ranges (so far I have tested a few guns out to 500 yards, but still have a lot of room to back up even farther).
So, my question is:
What other comparrisons would you be interested in seeing? I was thinking "bullet drop" might be nice, so would "Rate of Fire"
I can't think of any way to test Armor penetration right now.
Anything else you were wondering about? I plane on putting everything up on a Webpage once I've finished the first batch of testing. This will include the methodology, as well as screenshots, films, and the test terrain used.
-Sik