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Offline LtMagee

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« on: September 08, 2003, 01:54:46 PM »
Get rid of it!

Lets get back to navigation skills.

Keep the map, ans some sort of radar reporting.

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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2003, 02:40:30 PM »
You would need a much more detailed map and a much more detailed terrain. This idea may be good for buff formations, that is, you pick up a buff formation, and your map has no "own plane simbol" nor autocentering.

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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2003, 03:11:07 PM »
MANDOBLE is correct.  We lack the reqired features (roads, rivers towns and cities) required to navigate to a target.

AH is a game.  Expecting players to be able to do instrument navigation to points they don't have a heading for is unreasonable.

Given the difficulty most players have lining up a bombing run now, requiring instrument navigation to the target (which, unlike fighters, must be precise and you must be level and at an even speed when you get there and have had time to calibrate) would put level bombing beyond the reach of all the the fanatically dedicated.
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Offline metronom

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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2003, 03:18:01 PM »
Why not as a option?

Some folks would likely have it disabled, others not. Make both parts happy.

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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2003, 03:18:45 PM »
Stay away from my GPS system on MA!!

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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2003, 04:37:02 PM »
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Originally posted by metronom
Why not as a option?

Some folks would likely have it disabled, others not. Make both parts happy.

Sailor


It already is an option.

Just don't bring up the map.
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2003, 05:13:13 PM »
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Originally posted by ramzey
Stay away from my GPS system on MA!!


Who the hell suggested changing the MA? ;)

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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2003, 05:47:34 PM »
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Who the hell suggested changing the MA? ;)


dunno hows You but on MA i fly not drive :D

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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2003, 06:26:07 PM »
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dunno hows You but on MA i fly not drive :D


Errr ... *ShruG* :confused: ... ok.  :D