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Title: Shot by auto ack
Post by: captkaos on December 17, 2008, 04:01:30 PM
I was shot by my own auto ack during take off.  The ack was shooting at an enemy plane, and I got hit.  I have the film if you wish to see it.  Or it might not be a big, that is if you can get shot by your own auto ack.
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Bosco123 on December 17, 2008, 04:03:02 PM
What happend in RL when they were shooting at cons?
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Steel on December 17, 2008, 04:16:17 PM
I have had it happen many times and while it sucks theres not much you can do about it.

Other than simply not being there......

Steel
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: BaldEagl on December 17, 2008, 05:00:38 PM
I got killed by friendly ack while chasing a con in a dive to one of our CVs one night.
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Lusche on December 17, 2008, 05:15:44 PM
Two words:


No bug.
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Banshee7 on December 17, 2008, 06:20:33 PM
Quote from: Lusche on December 17, 2008, 05:15:44 PM
Two words:


No bug.


two words AND a period  :)
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Steel on December 17, 2008, 06:27:37 PM
However you add it up its the truth...
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: oakranger on December 20, 2008, 07:34:26 PM
It will happen.  I got shot down by friendly CV ack.
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: uptown on December 21, 2008, 06:09:51 PM
I lost a 262 like that once  :cry
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Anaxogoras on December 24, 2008, 03:32:03 PM
If friendly aircraft can't shoot each other, why can friendly AAA shoot aircraft?  It's not consistent.

Getting shot down by a computer algorithm sucks and detracts from the value of $15/month.
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: Lusche on December 24, 2008, 04:18:56 PM
Quote from: Anaxogoras on December 24, 2008, 03:32:03 PM
If friendly aircraft can't shoot each other, why can friendly AAA shoot aircraft?  It's not consistent.

It is consistent. You can't get shot down by player controlled friendly ack, same as you can't get shot down by friendly planes or GVs. And that had only been implemented in the first place to prevent griefing on a major scale in the MA.

Friendly ack doesn't aim for you but if you get in the way... just like the real thing.

There's an old wartime saying: "There is no such thing as friendly ack!"
Title: Re: Shot by auto ack
Post by: doc1kelley on December 26, 2008, 10:26:19 AM
Quote from: Lusche on December 24, 2008, 04:18:56 PM
It is consistent. You can't get shot down by player controlled friendly ack, same as you can't get shot down by friendly planes or GVs. And that had only been implemented in the first place to prevent griefing on a major scale in the MA.

Friendly ack doesn't aim for you but if you get in the way... just like the real thing.

There's an old wartime saying: "There is no such thing as friendly ack!"


What Lusche said is true.  The auto ack just shoots at a point and anything in that proximity is likely to get nailed.  It doesn't happen too often as it's pretty random but if you are in the wrong place at the right time... well you know what happens to friend or foe.  Now manned CV 5" anti-aircraft shells are proximity rounds and discharge within a certain proximity range and will discharge at a friendly aircraft but will NOT cause damage to a friendly aircraft or PT or LVT.

All the Best...

    Jay
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