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Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Zanth on October 08, 2004, 09:23:19 AM: Did WWII tanks such as the tiger REALLY have such a high center of gravity? I rolled one today on side of hill the control tower sits on - that isn't a very steep hill. Didn't die or anything ( got "safe landing" message) but it is annoying.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: SCDR on October 08, 2004, 09:50:39 AM: Wait until your tiger clips a tree and it flips. Hate to say this, yet it
appears that there is no intrest to fix any gv code. I guess cuz the
"Horde" says this is a flt sim, and they will let you know that you
should be flying, not driving.

SCDR
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Heiliger on October 08, 2004, 09:53:00 AM: Yeah I get more rollovers from bumping into trees then I do from hills. :mad:
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: TMAW on October 08, 2004, 10:58:29 AM: I rolled a Tiger last night and Sabata was driving a M3 with vehicle supplies, he dropped supplies for me and it turned me rightside up.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: koda76 on October 08, 2004, 11:10:49 AM: Rolled 3 panzers...one hit a tree, other hit a wall and then barley caught the side of a hill (not steep) and whoops over on the ole top.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Urchin on October 08, 2004, 11:24:42 AM: Dunno, but the flippy trees are damn irritating. I hope they fix them.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Wurger on October 08, 2004, 01:04:14 PM: A few well placed rockets from a Tiffie should roll over a Tiger nicely ;-)

Bazi
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Paul33 on October 08, 2004, 01:13:44 PM: This is all true. HiTech, can you please fix this?

I'm sure he will come through in the end
:aok

THanks!
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Gixer on October 08, 2004, 04:11:38 PM: Amazes me that anyone still spends time with GV's.

~~...-Gixer~~
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: MOIL on October 09, 2004, 03:45:23 AM: GV's

:lol :rofl :lol :rofl :lol :lol :eek: :eek: :lol :confused:
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: DREDIOCK on October 09, 2004, 06:04:38 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Gixer
Amazes me that anyone still spends time with GV's.

~~...-Gixer~~

I find GVs to be a nice change of pace.
I have alot of fun in em.

I take particular delight in shooting down planes using the main gun on my tank.

I actually find it easier sometiems then using an OSTI
And I KNOW its gotta piss the pilot off

And anything that pisses an enemy off makes me a very happy guy :D

I try not to hit trees at high speed. I find at lower speeds I just tend to bounce back a little where the higher speeds make me flip. So I drive safely near the big trees.

One thing I woud like ot see.. or hear as the case may be.
Is when a tank is moving through forest or over the smaller trees and shrubs the cracking and crunching sounds of limbs snapping under the weight of the tank.
Would be a nice effect I think.

Hmm doesnt this thread belong somewhere else?
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: simshell on October 09, 2004, 09:16:46 AM: last night a low P47D-40 was coming for my M8 and i pointed the main gun and press trigger and he went boom:rofl
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Elfie on October 10, 2004, 03:11:48 PM: I had my panzer flipped by a tree last night, was only doing 10 mph :rofl
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: thebest1 on October 10, 2004, 06:22:17 PM: what i dont understand is how a 500lb bomb could make such a massive crater yet panzers can somehow survive it! HTC does have a point at the flying part but the make the flak actually take damage from a plane!
:aok
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: GreenCloud on October 11, 2004, 02:48:08 AM: I s this the 5 oklok Free Crak Giveaway'?
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: XrightyX on October 11, 2004, 04:45:42 AM: Perk the trees!

That was one of the problems I didn't like when version 1.999995b or whatever was out. Seems to me that in a confrontation between a tank and a tree...the tree would come out the loser.

righty

(soon to be airborn again)
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: AWMac on October 11, 2004, 09:53:42 AM: Besides where did all the sheep disappear to? :confused:
Title: Re: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Overlag on October 11, 2004, 10:04:34 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Zanth
Did WWII tanks such as the tiger REALLY have such a high center of gravity? I rolled one today on side of hill the control tower sits on - that isn't a very steep hill. Didn't die or anything ( got "safe landing" message) but it is annoying.

fighters are more important in Suicide high lately, so i doubt the GVs will get fixed
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Urchin on October 11, 2004, 10:32:03 AM: That isn't exactly fair I think.

I do agree that the fighters and bombers are of a higher priority than the GVs seem to be, but to say that the GV issues will never be fixed seems a bit extreme.

Besides.. they can't fix what they don't know is wrong.. so threads like these are useful I think.

Plus they let the players know to avoid trees.. I don't really know what speed to avoid em at, because something I hit em and I'm flying along at 50 mph in an M8 and just stop... and sometimes I'm going 2 mph in a Panzer IV in first gear and nudge a tree and go flying...

Maybe if someone could figure out the parameters (speed of collision, angle of collision, etc) for the fluber tree collisions it would be quicker & easier for HT to fix it.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: gofaster on October 11, 2004, 11:57:26 AM: Watch where you're going and you won't have this problem.

Don't you people have driver's licenses?
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Overlag on October 11, 2004, 12:29:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by gofaster
Watch where you're going and you won't have this problem.

Don't you people have driver's licenses?

so you think a tank would roll over on a 20 degree hill? :rolleyes:
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Oleg on October 12, 2004, 01:58:57 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Urchin
I don't really know what speed to avoid em at, because something I hit em and I'm flying along at 50 mph in an M8 and just stop... and sometimes I'm going 2 mph in a Panzer IV in first gear and nudge a tree and go flying...

If you keep pushing your stick during collision with obstacle (e.g. tree) - you in trouble. If not your tank just stop. Never drive in first gear through forest.
Title: Roll Over Advisory - Tanks
Post by: Zanth on October 12, 2004, 08:54:09 AM: It is just my impression that it would/did take a HELL of a lot to actually flip any US/German/Soviet tank under most any circumstances. Super low center of gravity and very wide wheel base.