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Title: Tracers
Post by: lien on March 07, 2005, 11:09:36 AM
As of right now we only have to choices, either tracers on or off. And with them on every round is a tracer. I think we should have a setting that allows like every 5th round or so to be a tracer.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Golfer on March 21, 2005, 03:57:46 PM
Every round is not a tracer.  Last I checked, every 5th round was a tracer.
Title: Tracers
Post by: frank3 on March 21, 2005, 04:09:06 PM
Yep, not every round is a tracer.
Title: Tracers
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on March 21, 2005, 05:22:33 PM
See how easy that was?
Title: Tracers
Post by: frank3 on March 22, 2005, 07:09:57 AM
not every question needs 20 replies :)
Title: Tracers
Post by: SuperDud on March 22, 2005, 11:59:07 AM
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Originally posted by frank3
not every question needs 20 replies :)


Yes they do..KEEP IT COMING!!!:p :D
Title: Tracers
Post by: bustr on March 22, 2005, 03:17:00 PM
I know we see the trails on the tracers. It would be nice to see the color as bright as we see it from the AI feild ack.....:)
Title: Tracers
Post by: lien on March 23, 2005, 11:13:32 AM
Okay so I went and checked it out after I posted and it seems every round is not a tracer, maybe it should be like every 10th or 15th rounds then.  Anything would prolly be better the the way it is now because when I fire all guns especially in the Jug with the 8 .50s the target gets totally obscured.  I know I can turn em off completly but then that wouldn't be anything like any of the old guncam footage that I've seen from WW2 a/c.
Title: Tracers
Post by: frank3 on March 23, 2005, 02:05:07 PM
Yep, although they don't look realistic, they are :)
Title: Tracers
Post by: Kweassa on March 23, 2005, 05:26:01 PM
Yep..

 Sometimes, the real thing just doesn't look so 'realistic'.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Ack-Ack on March 23, 2005, 06:00:21 PM
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Originally posted by Golfer
Every round is not a tracer.  Last I checked, every 5th round was a tracer.



Well, I don't know about other planes but you can squeeze off individual shots in the P-38 and all of them will be tracers.



ack-ack
Title: Tracers
Post by: Golfer on March 23, 2005, 07:28:19 PM
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Well, I don't know about other planes but you can squeeze off individual shots in the P-38 and all of them will be tracers.



I just tried that out...not so.  I was in a J model in the MA and I looked up and over the instrument panel.  Tapping the trigger to fire off individual rounds they were definately not all tracers.  Even the 20mm cannon was spaced tracers.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Ack-Ack on March 28, 2005, 10:22:50 PM
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Originally posted by Golfer
I just tried that out...not so.  I was in a J model in the MA and I looked up and over the instrument panel.  Tapping the trigger to fire off individual rounds they were definately not all tracers.  Even the 20mm cannon was spaced tracers.



Try it again.  You can squeeze off individual shots in the P-38 and all of them will be tracers.  Just have to be easy on the trigger.  It was something I first discovered in AH1 and I thought would have been changed when AH2 came out with the new tracer effects but you can still do it.


ack-ack
Title: Tracers
Post by: OIO on April 02, 2005, 06:57:53 PM
...and thus ack-ack discovers why its unwise to fool around with his ground crew's girlfriend...
Title: Tracers
Post by: Dinky2003 on April 02, 2005, 07:20:37 PM
IMO, they should give us the option to have different colored tracers, or allow us to have a different colored set of tracers when we're low on ammo.  Hard for me to tell when to back off as it stands now when I'm in gunsight view and can't see the ammo counters.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Ack-Ack on April 05, 2005, 11:35:46 PM
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Originally posted by OIO
...and thus ack-ack discovers why its unwise to fool around with his ground crew's girlfriend...



I discovered that when my props flew off my plane while in flight.



ack-ack
Title: Tracers
Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on April 06, 2005, 12:42:05 AM
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
I discovered that when my props flew off my plane while in flight.



ack-ack


Sounds more like you've let Silat get a hold of yer ride.  At least on the P-38 they fly out and not in.
Title: Tracers
Post by: Drano on April 06, 2005, 11:08:45 AM
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Originally posted by Golfer
Every round is not a tracer.  Last I checked, every 5th round was a tracer.


Right, so even when they're turned on they're still like 80% turned off anyway.

    Drano
Title: Tracers
Post by: frank3 on April 06, 2005, 12:54:36 PM
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Drano


How did you come up with this name?
Title: Tracers
Post by: Drano on April 06, 2005, 03:24:55 PM
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Originally posted by frank3
How did you come up with this name?


Well if they're turned on 20% that would be 1/5.

     Drano
Title: Tracers
Post by: frank3 on April 06, 2005, 04:47:05 PM
Ah that would make sence




...I think







But anyways! To get back to the 20mm all-tracer rounds, maybe it's because the 20mm fires less rounds and and a slower rate than a .50 or .303.
Making it visible where you shoot, it would make sence to all-tracer the rounds