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Title: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: WarTooth on October 30, 2008, 01:13:12 PM
Guys,

Silly comments aside, why do GV's produce a radar (aka dar) bar?  It seems a blinking town with no dar bar should suffice to indicate a presence of a GV.  Easy to distinguish.  You would think radar would be dedicated to those objects above 200 ft in altitude only.  I am curious what the logic is for this.

Thanks for explaining,

WT
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: waystin2 on October 30, 2008, 01:18:58 PM
I do not believe that GV's produce radar of any type.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Twizzty on October 30, 2008, 01:20:30 PM
GV's do not show a DarBar...Wish granted!!!
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: sunfan1121 on October 30, 2008, 01:21:43 PM
Guys,

You would think radar would be dedicated to those objects above 200 ft in altitude only. 
500ft
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: BaldEagl on October 30, 2008, 01:21:58 PM
Nothing below 500' shows up either as darbar or dot dar.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: stickpig on October 30, 2008, 01:37:56 PM
If a GV falls off a 1000ft cliff and no ones around to see it, will it create a dar bar?
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: WarTooth on October 30, 2008, 01:53:48 PM
Guys,

I guess I received incorrect information.  Been wondering about this for weeks.  I heard it from multiple sources (channel 200 and range communications if I remember right).  Yep, 200 net the best source of facts.

Thanks for clarifying.  :aok

WT
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: BiPoLaR on October 30, 2008, 01:58:08 PM
GVs make a base flash when they get within so many feet of the town/base.

and darbar only shows for planes above 500ft  of ground level.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: BaldEagl on October 30, 2008, 02:46:33 PM
If a GV falls off a 1000ft cliff and no ones around to see it, will it create a dar bar?

Only until it reaches 500'.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Getback on October 30, 2008, 04:04:34 PM
Skuzzy said 500ft at one time.

On one map I was high on a mountain in an Osty and the factory Puffy ack was shooting at me.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: LYNX on October 30, 2008, 04:11:44 PM
Skuzzy said 500ft at one time.

On one map I was high on a mountain in an Osty and the factory Puffy ack was shooting at me.

Since when has radar or radar bars had anything to do with puffy ack?
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Anaxogoras on October 30, 2008, 05:07:33 PM
Skuzzy said 500ft at one time.

On one map I was high on a mountain in an Osty and the factory Puffy ack was shooting at me.

I bet it killed you less than a minute! :D
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: whels on October 30, 2008, 08:03:17 PM
puffy ack shoots @ anything above 3k and in range. i have had puffy ack shoot @
my GV on hills.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Lusche on October 30, 2008, 08:37:14 PM
puffy ack shoots @ anything above 3k and in range. i have had puffy ack shoot @
my GV on hills.

Mindanao had such an airbase. Was located at >3k next to a cliff, and down there (at the shoreline of a lake) was a strat target. When the enemy now was in possesion of the zone base, you were under puffy ack fire the moment you spawned on the runway or rolled from hangar :D
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Anaxogoras on October 30, 2008, 08:45:13 PM
Mindanao had such an airbase. Was located at >3k next to a cliff, and down there (at the shoreline of a lake) was a strat target. When the enemy now was in possesion of the zone base, you were under puffy ack fire the moment you spawned on the runway or rolled from hangar :D

And this makes you smile because.... :confused:
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Tr0jan on October 30, 2008, 10:07:44 PM
If a GV falls off a 1000ft cliff and no ones around to see it, will it create a dar bar?

Yes  :noid
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: FiLtH on October 31, 2008, 03:21:03 PM
 The next time the canyon map is up, lets all grab jeeps and drive off the cliff and see if we create a darbar :)
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: NHawk on October 31, 2008, 04:21:37 PM
The next time the canyon map is up, lets all grab jeeps and drive off the cliff and see if we create a darbar :)
Lemmings! :)
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Hamltnblue on October 31, 2008, 04:27:11 PM
Radar isn't the only detection available.  Visual detection from the ground should show a dar. In WWII many of the contact reports were from ground observers.  :noid
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Lusche on October 31, 2008, 04:31:49 PM
Radar isn't the only detection available.  Visual detection from the ground should show a dar. In WWII many of the contact reports were from ground observers.  :noid

Which is represented in game...by making bases flash once you get inside alarm range, regardless of altitude or radar status.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: Bronk on October 31, 2008, 04:32:58 PM
Which is represented in game...by making bases flash once you get inside alarm range, regardless of altitude or radar status.
And GVs set it off also.
Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: A8TOOL on October 31, 2008, 08:44:01 PM
There are places you can be at 10k and still be NOE

Title: Re: Dar bar and GV's
Post by: oTRALFZo on November 01, 2008, 07:56:06 AM
There are places you can be at 10k and still be NOE



Yep, remember, its 500ft off the ground..not above sea level that creates dar. so I cant see a GV flying off a cliff getting 500 ft away from it to create a dar