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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on July 23, 2004, 11:59:49 PM
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Is thjere anyone else that thinks the oil on the windscreen happpens entirely TOO much?
It seems like every other time I get shot Im getting oil on my windscreen..
I dont know but I find it hard to beleive that oil all over your canopy happened that frequently. or that it happened EVERY time the oil was hit
Its a nice touch but I think it should be more random. Even if only by a little bit
Curious as to how its modeled to happen.
does it happen EVERY time your oil gets hit or by how many times your oil it hit?
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everytime.
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Not sure what you're flying. I fly SpitV mostly and I can hardly takeoff without oil on the screen, damn mechanics. ;)
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Oil damage seems more frequent than it was in AH1.
Also where is the frikin radiator located in the 109G10? In the Stinkin Tail!
I have experienced my radiator being shot out more than ever.
Dead Six long range while running like a chicken. (4 or 5 bandits chasing me home.) usally a D400/500 or greater.
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Mugz, you OBviously dont fly D9 much...I firmly belives ITS radiator runs the length of the plane, yet STILL manages to empty out in 60 seconds
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;)...yeah...i stoped flyin the D9 cause of that. Sure you can manage not to git hit in the radiator. IF you A. Dont engage in a real fight...or B limit you "Fighting" to HitnRun only.
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Damn those HO's:lol
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When did Yugo start manufacturing our planes?
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Mugzeee 190d-9s cant get in real fights they get killed in secs by real fighters
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Originally posted by simshell
Mugzeee 190d-9s cant get in real fights they get killed in secs by real fighters
I mean to say against other D9s...But your not far off. :D
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I wish there was a randomness to the oil spray on the canopy...If you look carefully it is a perfectly symetrical spray pattern on each side of the centre line.
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Also where is the frikin radiator located in the 109G10?
You'll find them just outboard the wing root on either side. The inboard flaps are actually clamshell affairs which open for increased cooling (although this is not modeled in AH). They are not in front of the engine, so a shot from the rear could indeed take out your radiator.
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Originally posted by SirLoin
I wish there was a randomness to the oil spray on the canopy...If you look carefully it is a perfectly symetrical spray pattern on each side of the centre line.
Would be kind of tuff at this point since the oil is a 'skin' that is applied when your oil gets hit. Loads of fun when the skin is slow in loading and the white mask covers your screen for a few seconds :).
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Originally posted by AKWeav
You'll find them just outboard the wing root on either side. The inboard flaps are actually clamshell affairs which open for increased cooling (although this is not modeled in AH). They are not in front of the engine, so a shot from the rear could indeed take out your radiator.
Thank you for a direct answer. ! :)
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You'll find them just outboard the wing root on either side. The inboard flaps are actually clamshell affairs which open for increased cooling (although this is not modeled in AH). They are not in front of the engine, so a shot from the rear could indeed take out your radiator.
Try looking at your wings MugZ. More often then not, when you have radiator damage you'll notice that there's a bullet hole at the wing root area. The DM, so far for me, seems very precise - the holes appear where they are hit, and the area it is hit is damaged.
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Originally posted by Kweassa
Try looking at your wings MugZ. More often then not, when you have radiator damage you'll notice that there's a bullet hole at the wing root area. The DM, so far for me, seems very precise - the holes appear where they are hit, and the area it is hit is damaged.
Perhaps but I still find it VERY hard to beleive that EVERY time your oil gets hit you should get oil on the windscreen.
It seems as though levels of damage are modeled that is sometimes oil is leaking faster after being hit on some occasions then on others as there are times when it takes much longer for the engine to conk out then other times. Im thinking perhaps it would be better, and more realistic if the oil on windscreen effect should be directly tied to how damaged the plane is.
The way it is now it just simply happens entirely too often.
Love the effect just hate the frequency
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Perhaps but I still find it VERY hard to beleive that EVERY time your oil gets hit you should get oil on the windscreen.
Depends. If you were shot from dead-6 angle the punctures to the oil pans in most engines would most probably be internal - thus, oil would leak internally, and start seeping out when the flow becomes heavier.
However, strikes from any other angle would very probably will have a puncture running from the outer surface of the plane to the oil pan, which the oil will follow through and gush outside.
So more often than not, if your engine oil containment is damaged, then it will splash something on your windshield. And once it splashes against your windshield, it will ride the surface and leave streaks.
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ps) Maybe they could use 3~4 different oil leak textures varying on depth of damage to the oil containment...?
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I don't like the oil on the windscreen. Too often, and covers WAY too much.
I wouldn't mind a random direction where it spills out on your right side, left side, or sprays in your cockpit, but more often than anything, if I'm hit, I get oil all over and its not that its a bad idea, I can't see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Coats.