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Help and Support Forums => Aces High Bug Reports => Topic started by: halcyon on November 14, 2006, 01:00:15 AM
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Typhoons and Tempests will change tags during midflight.
I've observed enemy Typhoons magically become a Tempest after getting close enough.
It's screwed me over a few times too because at times I knew my aircraft would outrun a Typhoon, only to discover the Typhoon gaining on me (and I'm saying outloud, WTF?!) and at about 2km the tag changes to Tempest (at which point I say #%$@!!!) and then I die.
Great.
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This is not a bug, thats just how the icon system works. Surely you must have noticed it's this way with all aircraft. Any distance greater than 800 and it just gives you the basic make (spit, p47, f4u etc...) once they get in close the icon changes to be more specific.
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If I had noticed this I wouldn't have posted this in the first place.
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You must be confused.
A) Don't try and run from temp/tiff, you'll lose
B) It changes around 600-800 or closer
C) You will notice this, especially with spits. (# ID will appear)
D) 2km? rofl hacker :P K is measured in meters so I presume meters, you must mean 200meters which is odd, should be 600-800
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Originally posted by halcyon
If I had noticed this I wouldn't have posted this in the first place.
Outside 800 yards, its the general type of aircraft, inside 800 you get the exact plane type. This is only true for enemy (red) icons though.... friendlies always show the exact plane type.
So, for example both Typhoon and Tempest show as TYPH, La7 and La5 both show as LA, P40B and P40E both show as P40, etc....
Some other, not immediatly obvious combos are:
TA 152 - shows as 190
FM2 - shows as F4F
BostonIII - shows as A20
(im sure i forgot some, but cant think of any more right now)
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Best thing HT ever did was the generic tags outside of 800m.
Nothing like chasing an La7 in a "Tiffy" only for him to realise at <800 its a Tempest.
Would probably take it one step further -
All generic tags, all the time, no specific ones, i.e. Spit always shows Spit not Spit IX/VIII etc.
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Originally posted by Krypto
You must be confused.
A) Don't try and run from temp/tiff, you'll lose
I was in a Tiff.
I'm not confused, just misinformed and in some cases not informed at all.
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Originally posted by Kev367th
Would probably take it one step further -
All generic tags, all the time, no specific ones, i.e. Spit always shows Spit not Spit IX/VIII etc.
That would be really cool.
shamus
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Originally posted by halcyon
If I had noticed this I wouldn't have posted this in the first place.
Geary got Pwn'd by a noob!
:D
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Originally posted by Kermit de frog
Geary got Pwn'd by a noob!
:D
Ain't no thing fwoggy, if I wasn't bright enough to even notice how the icons worked I'd probably have that chip on my shoulder too.
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Originally posted by Geary420
Ain't no thing fwoggy, if I wasn't bright enough to even notice how the icons worked I'd probably have that chip on my shoulder too.
Wow that was just below the belt.
Do you normally take pleasure in putting other fellow players down like that?
Get over yourself.
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LOL round 2
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LOL, You posted about a bug, I let you know it wasn't and then went on to elaborate for your possible benefit, and you come back with an attitude. Don't go crying foul on me Francis.
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halcyon pwns AGAIN!
Winner by K.O. halcyon!
:D
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Shouldn't you be flying buffs like 18 sectors on a failed HQ raid, or screwing a pig, or making a kids show with some guys hand up your butt? Get off my ankle fanboi..:D
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Originally posted by Geary420
Shouldn't you be flying buffs like 18 sectors on a failed HQ raid, or screwing a pig, or making a kids show with some guys hand up your butt? Get off my ankle fanboi..:D
Shouldn't you be growing up instead of double posting trying to slam me in a public forum?
Oh no...I am so emotionally distraught over your hateful words.
Truth is, I posted about an issue that I obviously didn't have enough information on, and you replied with an attitude of, "you must be stupid if you didn't realize that by now."
I don't appreciate smart asses, such as yourself, hence my somewhat harsh reply (which didn't include me calling you any names such as 'fanboi').
So, someday, when you grow up and grow a pair, maybe you'll learn to treat other players with respect and offer them some courtesy even if they don't know every friggin' aspect of the game.
Good day.
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LOL, Confusion abounds here. Let me break it down for you real quick. Spermit, err I mean Kermit, is a squaddie of mine, and we constantly talk mad smack to eachother (hence my jabs at his buff dweebery, and the fact that he's a green fuzzy pupet who loves miss piggy) not a word of that last post was directed at you. In fact this exchange is tame compared to the drivel we constantly spam our squad text with.
I just found it odd that someone knowledgeable enough to know the difference between a temp and typh hadn't noticed how the icon system worked. I never meant to imply that you were stupid, and meant no I'll will with my original post. In fact I thought I was being helpful by explaining. Hence my distaste for your reply to me, which goes right to what you were saying about respecting other players, since I was trying to be helpful and you came back with an attitude. That I have no patience for. I'm just gonna chalk this one up to the fog of the intardnet where it is often tough to tell the tone someone is taking with you when you have to read their words and interpret rather than have an actual conversation with them. Sorry that you misunderstood me.
(waits for bait, I mean kermit, to chime in from the peanut gallery)
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:D