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Title: Perhaps in Addition to Hangers...
Post by: SectorNine50 on March 03, 2009, 08:27:38 PM
I had no idea what to search for when this idea popped up, so please excuse me if this has been posted before.

I saw the video in the "skip bombing" thread (see: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,259841.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,259841.0.html)) that the airfields had various unusable aircraft parked on them.  I realize that it was probably a single-player mission from whatever game that was, but I thought "hey, it'd look neat to have those on our airfields!"

Then I thought about it, and it could really add a strategic change to the game when it comes to taking down fighter and bomber hangers at fields.  Once you have flattened the hangers, you would have to strafe (or bomb) down the planes sitting parked around the runway to completely take down fighter/bomber capabilities.  This could potentially get rid of the issue of one bomber completely porking aircraft at a given base, and would require a bit more teamwork (could also give even more reason to add skip bombs! :)).

I've heard complaints that the game is getting tiresome, perhaps this would freshen things up a bit?  Sure would be cool to see attack aircraft used for their role more.
Title: Re: Perhaps in Addition to Hangers...
Post by: phatzo on March 03, 2009, 11:45:19 PM
you could have a real chalenging group of aircraft on the ground and  once the hangers are down they are the only thing you can up untill they are destroyed or used up.
Title: Re: Perhaps in Addition to Hangers...
Post by: SectorNine50 on March 04, 2009, 02:11:48 AM
you could have a real chalenging group of aircraft on the ground and  once the hangers are down they are the only thing you can up untill they are destroyed or used up.
Oooh, I like this!  Keep the old birds outside, the new ones in the hangers! :P
Title: Re: Perhaps in Addition to Hangers...
Post by: Ghosth on March 04, 2009, 07:14:43 AM
Every object that you add to an airfield has an impact on frame rates.

So while it would look cool to have 3 - 5 planes parked around a small field, no more than that please.
Title: Re: Perhaps in Addition to Hangers...
Post by: Old Sport on March 04, 2009, 09:50:23 AM
Every object that you add to an airfield has an impact on frame rates.

So while it would look cool to have 3 - 5 planes parked around a small field, no more than that please.

Might be able to make low-poly versions for use as parked planes.