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Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Midnight on May 11, 2004, 05:05:02 PM
I remember reading something like "Bullet holes will show up on your A/C where the bullets actually hit"

Is it just me, or do bullet holes seem to be in the same spot all the time?

Is the "where the bullet hit" function not implemented, is it something coming later, or do we already have it?
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: MaddDog on May 11, 2004, 06:04:41 PM
i was wondering same thing.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Soulyss on May 11, 2004, 06:50:11 PM
maybe the person shooting you just has really good aim.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: ALF on May 11, 2004, 06:53:51 PM
Lets be realistic here.  When I hear where they hit, I think inner wing, outer wing, flap, etc....not 2" inboard from a 10º defelction off the vertical of the 5th outer fuel panel.

The visual damage isnt going to be more detailed than the actual damage model...so I figure we are going to have a little leeway...besides...its still beta:D
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Midnight on May 11, 2004, 10:16:26 PM
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Originally posted by ALF
Lets be realistic here.  When I hear where they hit, I think inner wing, outer wing, flap, etc....not 2" inboard from a 10º defelction off the vertical of the 5th outer fuel panel.

The visual damage isnt going to be more detailed than the actual damage model...so I figure we are going to have a little leeway...besides...its still beta:D


Actually, that is what I was expecting from what HiTech said. I remember how after that people were saying how much better it would be from what IL2 did, where the same damage (in varying degrees of intensity) was shown every time.

Unless HTC says different, I'm expecting each bullet hole to show up where the bullet hit.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: moot on May 11, 2004, 10:32:00 PM
I remember HT saying visual hits'd show where they hit exactly.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: ALF on May 11, 2004, 11:31:42 PM
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Originally posted by moot
I remember HT saying visual hits'd show where they hit exactly.


Oh hell Ive got video of him saying that :D    Guess what we need now is a good definition of where  

we did get that whole definition of "is" last president...didnt we?
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: flakbait on May 12, 2004, 01:14:12 AM
We already have it based on DarkNet's screen shots and what I experienced earlier in a -51D. The large hole (37mm?) in the wing in his shot are inboard of the guns. I had one of those near the right wingtip and a second on the left wing center section earlier. I also had a smallish hole in the left H-stab and another one just behind the muzzle of the right wing #2 gun. On my second hop I collected three of those big holes. One just in front of the right flap, outboard of the flap-aileron split. The second landed forward of the first, and number three pealed open forward and slightly inboard of the fuel filler cap. Small holes were in the H-stabs, fuselage, and two in the left wing just outboard of the left filler cap.



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Title: Bullet holes
Post by: hitech on May 12, 2004, 08:29:58 AM
The system sends the ammo type and the x,y,z  position of the bullet hit to the client. The client then finds the closest hole to that point and turns it on.

So yes it is displaying where the bullet hit. It's just a matter of how many holes we put in the plane as to the accuracy.


HiTech
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Octavius on May 12, 2004, 08:34:15 AM
cool.  So about how many 'hidden holes' will exist in any given wing when AH2 is polished?
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Flyboy on May 12, 2004, 09:25:42 AM
i imagine how a B17 will look like after a fight with a spit1 :eek:
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: AKCasca on May 12, 2004, 11:44:02 AM
are these "holes" enabled on all aircraft? I have been shot alot lately and all I see is the same damage as I would in AH1.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: moot on May 12, 2004, 01:28:08 PM
HT
an accuracy/hidden bullet holes slider in the in-game graphics menu please :D :)
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: frank3 on May 12, 2004, 03:35:12 PM
I don't know if they're actual bullet holes, you won't get to see a trail of bullets on your wing or anything.
It's more like minor flak damage I guess, you'll see a large or medium hole.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: MaddDog on May 12, 2004, 04:56:15 PM
If i remember correctly, the DM is only on for 51D and G-10, but i could be wrong.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Eagler on May 12, 2004, 05:22:59 PM
i think moots avatar just flipped me off :)
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: Kweassa on May 12, 2004, 05:46:28 PM
Applied only to the 51D and the G-10.. and only on horizontal surfaces.
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: moot on May 12, 2004, 07:06:14 PM
qui??  moi????
Title: Bullet holes
Post by: jetb123 on May 13, 2004, 02:37:02 AM
geez bulet holes looks like htc aint playing this time;)