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Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Fester' on August 19, 2001, 05:15:00 AM: remap the bail command keys from enter to....

shift enter

then you have to hold down shift key and press enter 3 times.

still as easy to bail but you wont bail accidentally anymore.

:)

this has been fester's training tip for the day :p

[ 08-19-2001: Message edited by: Fester' ]
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Mitsu on August 19, 2001, 05:57:00 AM: I changed bail command to F12 key... :)
but HTC should change default bail command!

-Mitsu
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Saintaw on August 19, 2001, 07:08:00 AM: Did the same as Mit, unfortunately, right next to it is the "Software power down Key"...
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Rocket on August 19, 2001, 07:22:00 AM: I changed mine back in beta to ~ stopped the accidental bail outs quickly.. only took me another 3 weeks to get used to it ;p

S!
Rocket
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: LtHans on August 19, 2001, 07:36:00 AM: Mine is set to the P key.

I rarely use it though. I prefer to ride it down into the ground. Hopefully my enemy will die before I hit the ground, but if you bail you never know.

I've gotten a few kills that way.

Hans.
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Fatty on August 19, 2001, 08:57:00 AM: You can bail out?
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: AN on August 19, 2001, 09:22:00 AM: Good idea. I just completely un-mapped mine, but I need to re-map it--just in case I need to bail out during a TOD. (then again, don't think it makes a difference during a TOD either. need to check)

anRky
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: duffus on August 19, 2001, 11:44:00 AM: Fatty knows dang well he couldn't bail if he wanted to he's jammed into the cockpit. We have to pry him out. :D
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Mitsu on August 20, 2001, 04:50:00 PM: PUNT.

Did pyro read this thread?
I think this is a good suggestion... :)

-Mitsu
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: skernsk on August 20, 2001, 05:30:00 PM: I go down with my keg....err plane.
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: john9001 on August 20, 2001, 05:37:00 PM: bail-out don't bother me , but puting the eng kill sw(E) right beside the flaps up sw (W)............well
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Hooligan on August 20, 2001, 06:37:00 PM: shift-enter...

Nice idea.

Hooligan
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: mortis on August 20, 2001, 07:06:00 PM: odd. I've never acidentally bailed out. how is that done exactly? my hand is never near the enter key much less near it 3 times.
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: ArtLaw on August 20, 2001, 07:30:00 PM: I thought ESCAPE was the perfect place to map Bail Out. So thats where mine is.
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Dux on August 20, 2001, 09:16:00 PM: C'mon guys, accidental bailing was a frequent and unfortunate occurrence during WWII. I thought you dweebs wanted realism.... sheesh.

:rolleyes:
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: AN on August 20, 2001, 10:58:00 PM: mortis:
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I've never acidentally bailed out. how is that done exactly? my hand is never near the enter key much less near it 3 times
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Well, the way *I* did it...

I was flying around, looking for a fight, and still adjusting my views at the same time, when I came across a low P-38.

Well, there's this irritating little glitch with the view system (and my joystick, or something) that will cause it to act as if one of the arrow keys is stuck, if I let up on the view hat before I let up on the arrow key.

So this happened right before I engaged the P-38, and everytime I hit the view hat my head position would shift to the bottom left. Quite disorienting, even while not in a fight, so I started to tapping on the keyboard to get it to stop (now I know that if I hit the ESC key, it'll fix it). It wouldn't stop, so I then started pounding on the keyboard. It wasn't long before I pounded the enter key three times, and I fell out of my perfectly good airplane, past the P-38, and into the ground.

I immedietly un-mapped the bail key.

anRky
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: mason22 on August 20, 2001, 11:16:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Fatty:
You can bail out?

no dipschtick. a wienerschnitzel cannot bail.
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Fishu on August 21, 2001, 05:58:00 AM: I changed long time ago bailout key to F12 as well, as it was first good key which didn't seem to be assigned yet.
Although, that may cause some problems with remembering it ;)
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: AKSWulfe on August 21, 2001, 09:21:00 AM: I changed mine to the "u" key..

"u u u bastard!"
-SW
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: hblair on August 21, 2001, 09:36:00 AM: I mapped mine to the trigger on my stick. Makes those snapshots interesting...
Title: suggestion to all those who have accidentally bailed out
Post by: Nifty on August 21, 2001, 10:17:00 AM: Quote
Originally posted by hblair:
I mapped mine to the trigger on my stick. Makes those snapshots interesting...

So that's how I got you that one day!! ;)

I've never accidentally bailed, but I should remap it just in case. Only for scenarios though, I never bail in the MA or CA. More fun to just ride it on down and let the guy who shot me see the plane hit the ground. That and since I fly Knights, popping a chute near Bishops isn't a good idea. Never know when a FDB is lurking... :D