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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: dizman on March 12, 2006, 04:50:05 PM

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: dizman on March 12, 2006, 04:50:05 PM

Well, seein as we are finally getting some of our planes redone with cool interactive realistic cockpits(I heard the B-17 was next), maybe we should find a way to destroy em. We should have destructable gadgets and doo-dads in the cockpit. Heres an example, you are flying a B-17 when a Nik2 comes in for the kill, he strafes your wingman and he explodes. You man the guns while he attacks your lead plane, you get him but he pumps you full-o lead. You return to your cokpit to find the fuel gauge, speed gauge, flight stick, and throttle blown to chit. You are screwed, realistically! Sounds cool, eh?

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: Schatzi on March 13, 2006, 04:38:16 AM

Sounds cool.

Not knowing anything about programming it seems hard to model though. Im not sure the hit bubble for "pilot wound" actually takes into account if your sitting in the cockpit or your guns. Without having tested or knowing, id guess you still get a PW even when youre in a gunner.

Destroyed gauges (from the near miss PWs - like the holes in the canopy glass) would be a nice touch.


As far as the flight controls are concerned - not sure a bullet wouldnt just ricochet off a metal pole (flight stick). Besides.... imagine the whines.....

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: Martyn on March 13, 2006, 07:48:58 AM

We've got 'Pilot Wound' - how much would it take to add 'Instruments Hit'? This damage changes the image of the instruments to a picture of a wrecked flight deck, maybe with a little smoke/flame in the cockpit (for a short while) for effect. Some instruments still work, others completely trashed.

It would look pretty cool, maybe present a challenge to RTB with fewer controls.

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: ThunderEGG on March 13, 2006, 07:53:41 AM

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Originally posted by Martyn
... maybe with a little smoke/flame in the cockpit (for a short while) for effect. Some instruments still work, others completely trashed.

Framerate, framerate!!

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: Martyn on March 13, 2006, 11:28:24 AM

How much frame rate loss for substituion of the cockpit image? You only need a flash of flame/smoke while the image changes.

Design time/design effort would be the biggest problem.

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: frank3 on March 13, 2006, 01:42:51 PM

Imagine your clipboard being burned down completely :D (argh Im lost!)

I like the idea of cockpit hits, I believe something similar has been suggested before in the form of electrical/hydraulical damage, but this sounds good

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: dizman on March 13, 2006, 02:24:58 PM

The main setback of this is that cheaters could bring up the E6B and just use that to get home.

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: frank3 on March 13, 2006, 02:48:59 PM

But E6B doesn't give your heading does it?

Title: The cockpit o-doom
Post by: dizman on March 13, 2006, 03:08:43 PM

I never use E6B unless bombing so dunno.