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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: daddog on March 11, 2005, 12:42:23 PM
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What would it be?
For example:
- air spawn for buffs
- a permanent squelch list
- the ability to pick up downed pilots to return them to base
- the ability to have squadies give away perk points to other squadies
You get the idea. :)
What would you want?
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Originally posted by daddog
- the ability to have squadies give away perk points to other squadies
thats one right there....
though i'd really like fires that are light sources, not just a graphic... we could have nioght again, and drop incindary bombs to burn a town down. that would be really cool.
actually the multiple light source thing would be nice,.... landing lights on the planes, AND the runways, a better sun, all that.
i'd have to say my final choice is that, better and more light sources in game.
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THERE MINE ALL MINE YA CANT HAVE EM YA THIEVING TARD GO GET YER OWN PERKIES !!!!
SHEESH SOME PEOPLE !
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DT's being able to ignite on impact if filled with fuel.
And a God mode for film viewer.
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lol 214
though i'd really like fires that are light sources, not just a graphic...
That is a good one. We could do a LOT with that.
DT's being able to ignite on impact if filled with fuel.
I read a short story not long ago about some F4U pilots who dropped their drop tanks on some IJN cargo ships. They then straffed them and till they lit up. :eek: It worked real well.
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360 degree plane viewer in the hangar.
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I'd like to be able to trade 100 perks for the ability to make a kill-stealin countryman explode like a ripe melon.
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The ability to type .pizza and have fresh, delicious Pizza Hut pizza delivered to my home without having to leave the comfort of the game. I bet nobody's thought of that before!
-- Todd/Leviathn
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I'd like the ability to take screen shots from a recorded film from the viewer.
I know there are many other ways to do this but a nice 'Screen Shot' button in the viewer would be nice.
I also like the ability of squadies to exchange some perk points. I don't ride perkies much but I know my squaddies would love to use some of mine. I wouldn't mind to much either :)
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True night would be great.
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Originally posted by Heretik
I'd like to be able to trade 100 perks for the ability to make a kill-stealin countryman explode like a ripe melon.
Heretic you would be out of perkies the 1st day and SHawk would not have any kills.......:cool:
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I'd like to have manned ack for the strat locations and cities.
Also manned "puffy" ack would be cool......maybe perk it somehow.
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
The ability to type .pizza and have fresh, delicious Pizza Hut pizza delivered to my home without having to leave the comfort of the game. I bet nobody's thought of that before!
-- Todd/Leviathn
It would be technically possible. And quite easy. :D
...charged to your account.
Or how about using perks for pizza? 1 pizza about 4000 perks.
:D
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A mouse enabled control where upon I can use a click on the icon of a heavy laden porkdork who just made a beeline thru base defenses in obvious pork'nauger mode. Then when they relaunch anywhere on the map they appear globally on the radar as a pulsating pink dot.
That as well as the perma-squelch (text and vox) and the .pizza. Add to that one a DOS-like command extention so you can order toppings like -p for pepperoni, -op for onion pepper or -s -cc for sausage and a 2liter of Coke Cola!
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Originally posted by daddog
What would it be?
For example:
- air spawn for buffs
- a permanent squelch list
- the ability to pick up downed pilots to return them to base
- the ability to have squadies give away perk points to other squadies
You get the idea. :)
What would you want?
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CO, Head CM daddog
Squad Operations (http://events.hitechcreations.com/squadops/index.php)
332nd Flying Mongrels (http://www.332nd.org/)
332nd Roster (http://www.332nd.org/squadroster.htm)
Special Events (http://events.hitechcreations.com/)
Noses in the wind since 1997.
daddog@hitechcreations.com
(http://www.332nd.org/cdaddog.jpg)
Class needs no venue. Needs no income bracket, nor a profession or a specific geographical residence.
It just is.
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better explosions, i wanna also see the 262's turbines spin up and kick out smoke then heat in flight...
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The ability to do a dot-highlight on another squad like you can with the wingman command. Doing that with an enemy squad would be cool but too gamey (maybe it could show you what sector they are in though), but being able to highlight a friendly squad for joint-ops would be good.
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Would love to be able to use the scroll wheel on my mouse for map zoom or plane selection.
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A specialized breifing room...one with art that looks like you are in a breifing room...one that folks ask permission to enter if not a squadmate, that has a map feature that you can post the mission on and everyone can see the waypoints and target. Maps could be brought up, zoomed in, show individual target bldgs.
Even have 40s era music until the briefing officer mutes it for the meeting. This would be the place to meet at the start of squad nights, instead of everyone spread all over the place. There just doesnt seem like there is a cozy nook to settle in as it is now.
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Pilot's Log (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46919&highlight=text+log)
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Originally posted by Darkish
Would love to be able to use the scroll wheel on my mouse for map zoom or plane selection.
OH!!!!!
thats the best ever
scroll wheel moves menu's, when not in a menu map zoom in/ zoom out
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I would like to see enemy reports that enhanced dar.
I.e. if you have friendlies in an area you don't have dar, because you are beyond your radar range or it has been knocked out, you still get a read out of total numbers seen by the friendlies. Maybe we have a button called send radio message that updates dar and the report is only good for so long.
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
The ability to type .pizza and have fresh, delicious Pizza Hut pizza delivered to my home without having to leave the comfort of the game. I bet nobody's thought of that before!
-- Todd/Leviathn
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/02/28/sony.pizza.order.ap/index.html
Patch for AH3?
:cool:
Oh.. and just to stick to my boss's topic..
Briefing Rooms
Ability to have multiple Active Missions
Mission builder can set up flights with perk planes with cost coming from builder's perk bank. ( joining such a flight would be by approval )
Search and Rescue
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how about the abilty to see the map as it is currently on a web page that way we could plan some detailed missions before hand and not on the fly. well not so much on the fly no pun intended.
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- Multi-Country Range vox, off by default.
- Ability to allow players from other countries to see your game ID in flight, off by default.
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listen to music of my choice in the background of game sounds and vox.
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"favorites" list for roster
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expanded squelch function
.squelch all -4 all except squad or
.squelch all -2 all except country or just
.squelch all to squelch everything.....(vox,channels,squad,private tuneing)
Squelch range vox or channel vox seperately
also
Freindly icons show plane type only - setting for CM's (no playerid icon, like enemy icons but for freindlies)
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More stuff to spend perks on, like perked camouflage covers for tanks, perked ord for bombers, perked smoke markers for fighters, perked server controled vehicle supplies (like the goons that AW had but for vehicles), perked this and perked that...... just stuff! to spend perks on!.....
Have i metioned stuff to buy with perks? :p A perked time machine so you could go into the future and grab a f-16 etc.. and save your country from the hordes! lmao!! ya that will happen!
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Originally posted by APDrone
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/02/28/sony.pizza.order.ap/index.html
WHAT?!? I had no idea! Call the lawyers!
-- Todd/Leviathn
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power ups for planes when ever they rearm with more then 2 kills since last rearm. taxi it to a hanger and they stay on the plane for your next time you log in. But you have to use that exact plane. You can never leave a tricked out plane in the hanger. If you get it to a hanger you can swap an upgrade for repairs.
upgrades are mostly tuned up engines but many of the weapon load outs and more that dont exist in the game could be included.
The plane could change in markings as it got tricked out so that a totally loaded plane might have a big red tail or something.
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Few good ones have been suggested...
1) Heat waves behind jets
2) A few perks at the begining of the month to start with. Not everyone flies 40 hours a week and trying to earn a 262, Ar234 or Tiger ride can take a very long time
3) Crater damage affecting GVs/Aircraft trying to go thru them
4) Engine Contrails from high alt aircraft
5) Wind/weather at fields. Be interesting to bring in a damaged buff to a field that has a stiff crosswind or turbulence.
6) Longer smoke effects that do not disapate so quickly. I.E. engine oil smoke, RATO smoke, etc
7) Require an OK/Confirmation if someone attempts to .wingman you.
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I would like to have my bomber guns stay where I leave them. I was just in some lancs in top turret, con is at 11 oclock high I switch to pilot for a second then back to top and the guns are facing rear. This coincides with the 38 diving in and I gotta swing the guns all the way to the front again.
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regarding the pizza thing,they have somthing like that on everquest now,saw it on the news:D ,What I would like in this game is a =beer safety icon= or such so that I could type a command and a icon lights up on my plane in game for say 1 min so that I can get and open a beer while in flight and others would be gentleman and and not shoot me down:rofl .......you get the idea
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I hate being captured after I bail. I'd spend perkpoints to 'safely evade capture and return to base'.
I'd like to spend my bomber perkies on V-1 rockets. After all they are just dumb suicide bombers.
I'd like to be able to control (posess?) a troop after dropping them from my C-47 or M-3. This would even the odds for the pilot with his .45 defending the map room.
I'd like the gv's to not have such uniform performance. Maybe have a +-10% modifier on top speed and reload time. Some gv's had better crews and were better maintained. Let's have the game reflect this. Or we could just have "Elete" units that are better trained (i.e. quicker reload times) that cost a few perkies.
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Night. More fires, more things that cause fires, fire, fire, fire, and mouse wheel function for damned near anything with a pulldown menu.
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PERMA
SQUELCH
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Range squelch.
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MOMMA TOLD ME NOT TO COME!!!!!
THAT AIN'T THE WAY TO HAVE FUN NO! THAT AIN'T THE WAY TO HAVE FUN SON!!!
:cool:
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Originally posted by killnu
listen to music of my choice in the background of game sounds and vox.
:aok
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invisible, solid, horizontal wall at 10k
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permanent squelch so i dont have to squelch guns06 everytime i log in.
.pizza -o4 option to optimize the pizza being deliverd in 4 stack hight so it doesnt take that much space on the desk needed for joystick and keyboard.
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The ability to have weather, ANY type of weather.
Just anything but bright sunlight 24/7, gets a bit old. I know they took out night time due to whines, but come on.
How bout some cloudy overcast days now & then. Some fog at certain time of morn or night. Rain, anything!!!!!!!!!!!
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Im listening to the music all the time while flying, and it doesn't interrupt any of the game sounds or vox. Using Winamp 2.78 in background.
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Originally posted by FiLtH
A specialized breifing room...one with art that looks like you are in a breifing room...one that folks ask permission to enter if not a squadmate, that has a map feature that you can post the mission on and everyone can see the waypoints and target. Maps could be brought up, zoomed in, show individual target bldgs.
Even have 40s era music until the briefing officer mutes it for the meeting. This would be the place to meet at the start of squad nights, instead of everyone spread all over the place. There just doesnt seem like there is a cozy nook to settle in as it is now.
AirWarrior had a briefing room similiar to what you describe. Didnt have the 40's era music, but that would be a nice touch.
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Thought this game had enough "tools" already....lol
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Originally posted by killnu
listen to music of my choice in the background of game sounds and vox.
Easy to do -- can use media player and play CD in background. If your processor and connection up to it -- can even use streaming audio over web.
(No, I dont do this in game, adn no I dont warp because of it)
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Originally posted by Darkish
Would love to be able to use the scroll wheel on my mouse for map zoom or plane selection.
IN!!!!
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Originally posted by Raider179
I would like to have my bomber guns stay where I leave them. I was just in some lancs in top turret, con is at 11 oclock high I switch to pilot for a second then back to top and the guns are facing rear. This coincides with the 38 diving in and I gotta swing the guns all the way to the front again.
This one too. It's a major pain as is, and ends up being a disadvantage esp against multiple cons -- switching guns can be counterproductive.
And, DadDog -- great thread!! :aok
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AWind mentioned something, not necessarily a game tool though.
After your flight, have the oppertunity to do a walk around and check out the damage. If you rtb 100% healthy no point to it but it'd be nice to see what the crate looks like after a nasty one.
How about the option of having a guy in a squad be able to temporarily transfer to check out another squad. He could return to his after a short limited time and not loose any perks/points.
Like a Squad Exchange program.
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-Mission Briefing Room a-la Air Warrior 3
(people who joined mission went to a room with a map, mission creator had a mute all option so he could brief others in the mission, players could zoom in on map to see their assignments).
- Ability to select how many tracers per ammo round and in which guns the tracers are loaded. Id load tracers only in 2 guns on my 38... at 10 and at 20 rnds so that when i shoot the tracers still show where my shots go but it doesnt block my view)
- Longer range for bullet ammo. Currently they seem to dissapear at d1.5 .. imo the game should 'poof' the bullets a d3.0 . Many times in history channel you see planes strafing ground targets from 2 or 3000 ft ... in AH you have to get so close that you really can only get 1 pass at 1 object before you have to pull up or hit the ground.
- For Fun: Fantasy loadout generator for special events arena.
For example, allow event creators to arm planes with different weapon loadouts. Say, put 10 .303's on the nose of a P-38 with 5000rnds of ammo. Or load a B26 with 1 panzer/tiger main gun.
The plane would fly just like it would with normal loadout, but the ammo type the planes fire and the ammo loadout is changed. And since its a special events arena theres little chance of abuse (aka a n1k with 1000 rnds of 30mm APHE :P )
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A "watch for" on roster -- like wingman command, but instead sends a message when a particular buddy logs on
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.follow command for formation flying
.follow 200 for flying and 200 yards formation
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Adding "dweeb" and "Ho" to the text filter.......
Insta-boot for anyone who types "clan" instead of squad...
also Insta-boot for any typing "l33t" crap.
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.salvo all -- for mixed bomb loads (not including rockets, if present)
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I'd like the 'Notify me when a new Cadet enters the arena' thing fixed.
How about perks for resupplying friendly GVs and negative perks if they fall into enemy hands.
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My vote is for Range Vox Squelch.
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I gave this considerable though and I've finally come up with something.
A releif tube.
For when you've hit that tiger or other GV dead on with everything from 1,000 pounders to rockets to cannon round and it just keeps plinking away.
Then you could just pee on em out of disgust before RTBing
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
A relief tube. Then you could just pee on em out of disgust before RTBing
Dred - Thank you - It has been a rough day at work and I needed a chuckle - Good one.
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Slimpikin came up with this one.
For every fighter hanger you kill, a runway spawn dies. Kill all the hangers, all the spawns are off.
Perk the buff boxes, make um pay for extra planes.
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Squelchable range vox.
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Originally posted by daddog
What would it be?
For example:
- air spawn for buffs
- a permanent squelch list
- the ability to pick up downed pilots to return them to base
- the ability to have squadies give away perk points to other squadies
You get the idea. :)
What would you want?
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CO, Head CM daddog
Squad Operations (http://events.hitechcreations.com/squadops/index.php)
332nd Flying Mongrels (http://www.332nd.org/)
332nd Roster (http://www.332nd.org/squadroster.htm)
Special Events (http://events.hitechcreations.com/)
Noses in the wind since 1997.
daddog@hitechcreations.com
(http://www.332nd.org/cdaddog.jpg)
Class needs no venue. Needs no income bracket, nor a profession or a specific geographical residence.
It just is.
You know it when you see it. And more importantly you know it when you don't. - Nopoop
My wish list would be something like this:
A better mission editor. Be able to name waypoints or accept default names. Be able to assign targets to flights, both Primary and Secondary targets. Players that fly in missions be awarded extra points for joining mission.
Aircraft could only spawn either in a hanger or in a revetment. Aircraft have to taxi to a runway or an open area for takeoff.
Aircraft can not pass through each other. If aircraft hit each other they get damaged or destroyed.
Aircraft are subject to friendly fire.
Players retain aircraft, Wear & Tear, engine over heating, damage to engine as a result of miss use (over heating or supper cooling), for as long as you fly a type of aircraft you own it, just as they did during WWII. If you get shot down, you get issued a new aircraft.
Model in Oxygen. Young fighter pilots in good shape could go to 14 and 15K with ease, but going much above that was a problem without O2. Most High Alt Fighters carried onboard O2. Many fighters didn’t have supplies of O2 and had to remain at low alts.
O2 could become a strat target at an airbase. Or an O2 factory. Destroy the O2 ability at an airfield to refill the O2Bottles and fighters launching would be limited to lower alts or pilots would gray and then black out as they go much above 14K.
Rearming Pad, when using a rearming pad pilots can change load out, when rearming. small repairs would be made to aircraft on the rearming pad, fuel leaks, bullet holes patched, oil cooler filters changed and oil reserve filled. The aircraft rearmed according to the pilots wishes. But besides the re-arming pads, I’d like to see rearming revetments that allowed pilots to taxi in one end and out the other one at a time, each aircraft being serviced by the crew. No more of this 50 aircraft sitting on one re-arming pad for 30 seconds and up they all go.
As the game now stands, you put a total of ten troops in the city , you own the airfield. I’d like to see a requirement that you need to put troops and supplies into the airfield to bring it back to life. In other words, the crews that service the aircraft, man the acks and operate the airfield need to be replaced as well. That like in WWII there not be an unlimited number of troops. Have the ability to move troops from one base to another. That a Re-arm of a C47 for troops only be accomplished if there happen to be 10 troops available on that airfield., 10 excess troops above the number required to make the airfield active. If troops get killed at an airfield, that you lose something, the ability to service aircraft as quickly. Something related to man power. The ability to launch Bombers, something.
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Originally posted by fuze
AWind mentioned something, not necessarily a game tool though.
After your flight, have the oppertunity to do a walk around and check out the damage. If you rtb 100% healthy no point to it but it'd be nice to see what the crate looks like after a nasty one.
How about the option of having a guy in a squad be able to temporarily transfer to check out another squad. He could return to his after a short limited time and not loose any perks/points.
Like a Squad Exchange program.
you dont lose perks leaving a squad, only if you change you in game name by calling or emailing HTC
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Perma-Squelch
Range-Squelch
For the guys that want a "Briefing Room", why not go to the O'Club and pick a channel to tune to?
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Drop Tanks for the LA 7 and Spit 5 ........
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DipStick its more than that really. Its kinda like this. You have a softball game scheduled at 7pm. The way it is now when you arrive everyone is already out on the field and its hard to get organized(or if not hard..it has a who cares feel)
A real briefing room is like a clubhouse. You can shoot the crap before hand. Plan..upload missions, see waypoints, assign targets. Just adds alot to the mission feel, and fun of it.
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DipStick its more than that really. Its kinda like this. You have a softball game scheduled at 7pm. The way it is now when you arrive everyone is already out on the field and its hard to get organized(or if not hard..it has a who cares feel)
A real briefing room is like a clubhouse. You can shoot the crap before hand. Plan..upload missions, see waypoints, assign targets. Just adds alot to the mission feel, and fun of it.
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Originally posted by fuze
How about the option of having a guy in a squad be able to temporarily transfer to check out another squad. He could return to his after a short limited time and not loose any perks/points.
Like a Squad Exchange program.
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Yep 73, I'll have to put on my extra large marOON hat and sit in the corner for that one. Thanks for correcting me.
OK how about this.
The .thumb command. It brings up the pilots left thumb to block out the sun. The PC commands could be .thumbl or .thumbr for left or right handed people.
{ I don't want to offend any of those leftys, we know your all nuts. }
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External viewing for everything! :D
Oh, and NO perks! :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Halo
External viewing for everything! :D
Oh, and NO perks! :rolleyes:
We had both of those in beta...believe me, its better this way.
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A rearm pad menu. You can choose what to reload when you go to the rearm pad. If you want we could make it take a minute to change the default loadout.
Not being able to bail out when your plane is doing 500 + spinning like a top because one wing is missing.
I think Shane asked for this - a come kill me button. Your dot would show on the map to the enemy no matter where you were and no matter the status of thier radar. Some of the bigger maps it's very hard to find a fight some days.
Magoo
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Originally posted by DipStick
For the guys that want a "Briefing Room", why not go to the O'Club and pick a channel to tune to?
Because, for one thing, there would still be the distractions of all the other radio traffic. A Briefing Room would have no radio so that any discussions are not broken up by hundreds of lines of extra text. A much 'cosier' atmosphere than can be achieved at the moment. :)
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Night time
external view enabled when you .join someone.
Night time.
range squelch.
.boot Manetmp
night time
oh, deffinitely a '.skillzofLeviathn' command.
did i mention night time?
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Originally posted by LePaul
Few good ones have been suggested...
1) Heat waves behind jets
2) A few perks at the begining of the month to start with. Not everyone flies 40 hours a week and trying to earn a 262, Ar234 or Tiger ride can take a very long time
3) Crater damage affecting GVs/Aircraft trying to go thru them
4) Engine Contrails from high alt aircraft
5) Wind/weather at fields. Be interesting to bring in a damaged buff to a field that has a stiff crosswind or turbulence.
6) Longer smoke effects that do not disapate so quickly. I.E. engine oil smoke, RATO smoke, etc
7) Require an OK/Confirmation if someone attempts to .wingman you.
AND SNOW! I WANT SNOW! SNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOWW!!!!
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The 500 knot submersible P40 from sky captain and the world of tomorrow.
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Some great ideas in here. I have started a list for them all. :)
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Originally posted by 214thCavalier
THERE MINE ALL MINE YA CANT HAVE EM YA THIEVING TARD GO GET YER OWN PERKIES !!!!
SHEESH SOME PEOPLE !
Yup, recognise you Cav :D