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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: TC31st on December 20, 2007, 08:17:05 AM

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: TC31st on December 20, 2007, 08:17:05 AM

I'm sure this has been addressed before, but its buggin me so much I have to bring it up...

Is there any good reason why the terrain in this game is so freakin rigid?  

Aside from ground craters, it takes NO damage.  Isn't it a bit silly that a a two ton Tank is stopped by a tree branch! An armored vehicle is flipped over by touching the side of a hill..2000lbs of ordinance is dropped on a GV in some trees and nothing is damaged!!??  It goes on, but you all know/have experienced what I am saying.  

I'm not asking for total realism here, but c'mon - TANKS KNOCK TREES DOWN!  gettin stopped by a twig just makes me nuts.  

I am not a programmer and have no real idea how much work/time would be neccessary to remove some or all of these absurd unntural game restrictions, but it has been done in other sims that will go unmentioned, so it IS possible.  Anyway, this is the "wish" forum so:

I WISH we could drive a TANK through buildings, especially ones that are already blown to bits.
I WISH we could knock down trees with, HELLO: a FREAKING TANK, or at least go through the branches for crissake!
I WISH when I drop BOMBS on a GV shading himself, there was nothing left but toothpicks splinters and a burning hulk.
I WISH when I hit a tree like a freakin noob, at least the tree goes down too!
I WISH...you guys fill in the rest.

oh yeah, I WISH there wasn't some perfectly good and sound reason why all of this can not be done and I just have to shut up and put up with it like we have been doing all along  

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: croduh on December 20, 2007, 08:38:51 AM

It's simple.Because the terrain is simple.And because it's simple you can play it on a 800mhz machine,256 ram and 5 years old video card.

Simple ain't it?

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Denholm on December 20, 2007, 09:24:07 AM

Agreed with Croduh, implementing all this will kill your frame rate, not to mention making it will take more time than it did making the new tiles.

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: zmeg on December 20, 2007, 11:50:10 AM

I wish I had a Computer that could track the status of all 6,000,000,000
trees and still be able fly.

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Latrobe on December 20, 2007, 12:46:56 PM

Tree is by FAR the best player in the game. Over 1,000,000 kills and growing with no deaths! :O  That's Skill!!



Better watch out Tree, Sheep is trying to over take you! :lol

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Meatwad on December 20, 2007, 05:36:46 PM

I wish I could spawn on top of the trees like I used to be able to do some time ago

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: AirFlyer on December 20, 2007, 05:53:30 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Latrobe
Tree is by FAR the best player in the game. Over 1,000,000 kills and growing with no deaths! :O  That's Skill!!



Better watch out Tree, Sheep is trying to over take you! :lol

Mountain > Tree
Theres no contest. :D

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Spikes on December 20, 2007, 06:17:31 PM

I WISH
I WISH
I WISH

I WISH TC31st would buy me a nice computer so I could play with this kind of terrain.

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Meatwad on December 20, 2007, 06:30:00 PM

Speaking of mountains, every once in a while I will take a jeep and spawn at TT. All I will do is climp to the very top of the mountains and then proceed to drive to the enemy V-base.


Throw it in neutral and go ZOOOOOOM across their field about 200+ mph :D

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: gpwurzel on December 20, 2007, 11:49:20 PM

Aaaagh, now you know I'm going to have to try that one out....lol......


:D


Wurzel

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Gowan on December 21, 2007, 12:41:29 AM

wait, you have to throw it into switzerland gear to make go zoom? thats why it wouldnt work for me....  i wanted to ram a plane in a M8 using a map i made involving a magical skijump

Title: Trees,twigs n dirt
Post by: Denholm on December 21, 2007, 10:30:30 AM

I can hear the "HACKER!" whines now.