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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: vipers on April 07, 2009, 08:43:22 PM
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we need somthing that we can drop to mark targets for GVs and bombers... :furious :furious
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:huh <SHIFT> + f4 and you can see them from miles away
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:huh <SHIFT> + f4 and you can see them from miles away
no u can't i know that one bud
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no u can't i know that one bud
lol, You're thinking of the infamous alt+f4 (windows shortcut to terminate the program) shift+f4 is "ground vis mode". Not sure what it does... I think it puts the icon above the vehicle so you can see it more easily... I'm sure someone else will chime in.
Tim
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no u can't i know that one bud
Shift + F4 is View Range. Short/Medium/Full range are the ranges I believe.
View Range can, for some people, help spot targets on the ground. I have always used Full Range and can see things fine.
Alt + F4 is Quit Windows Applications. In case you though Shift F4 was the Quit.
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If you have planes in the area to drop smoke, they might as well just do recon for you. Easier to surprise an enemy GV after a plane strafes him to mark him than when a plane drops smoke on him. Once smoke lands all around him he will know an enemy GV is hunting him. ''The element of surprise will be taken away" IMOH.
:salute
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Shift + F4 is View Range. Short/Medium/Full range are the ranges I believe.
View Range can, for some people, help spot targets on the ground. I have always used Full Range and can see things fine.
Alt + F4 is Quit Windows Applications. In case you though Shift F4 was the Quit.
Shift+F1: Full vis
Shift+F2: Medium vis
Shift+F3: Short vis
Shift+F4: Ground vis
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Shift+F1: Full vis
Shift+F2: Medium vis
Shift+F3: Short vis
Shift+F4: Ground vis
Ah thanks, I never use em, so I can never remember. :D
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we need somthing that we can drop to mark targets for GVs and bombers... :furious :furious
Bombs
If you miss, look for the crater.
wrongway
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Bombs
If you miss, look for the crater.
wrongway
:rofl that does work, if you actually hit him it will be unnecessary to mark him thought :rofl :rofl
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Strafe them.
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Imagine loading 30+ small smoke bombs into a lancaster and then carpet bombing a GV base
:rofl
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we need somthing that we can drop to mark targets for GVs and bombers... :furious :furious
+1 :aok
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we need somthing that we can drop to mark targets for GVs and bombers... :furious :furious
As Wrongway hansomely put it, bombs
If you drop smoke near your target (I assume GV?), it requires a friendly player to attack your target. Since friendlies are always miles away, I'd rather take bombs instead of smoke!
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Darn you Frank! I'm still mad at you for knocking out my M3 on the game-winning run with your retarded P-40. :mad:
I'll never forget the sight of that 250 pounder breaking my new windshield.
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You sure hold a grudge (crudge? hehe..) for a long time, I haven't flown since 2004!
Come to think of it, I doubt it was me. I couldn't hit your M3 with a bomb even if you were the bombtruck :huh
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As Wrongway hansomely put it, bombs
If you drop smoke near your target (I assume GV?), it requires a friendly player to attack your target. Since friendlies are always miles away, I'd rather take bombs instead of smoke!
sure, but it would be nice to have the option. plus you still have to be almost within flak range to see the craters.
btw which fighters/attack aircraft carried flares? I know the mossie did in pathfinder role.
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You sure hold a grudge (crudge? hehe..) for a long time, I haven't flown since 2004!
Come to think of it, I doubt it was me. I couldn't hit your M3 with a bomb even if you were the bombtruck :huh
No, it was you. Just after you finished flying a spitfire for a few minutes (You advertised it on the old Free Multiplayer forums).
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no u can't i know that one bud
I wouldn't spread bad info like that in the forum -
<SHIFT> + f4 = ground vis range. Basically a lot of the detail is eliminated from your view of the ground and GV's show up as a rather obvious black dot about the size of a pinhead. No icons though until you are around 600-900 out....someone may be along to correct me on the icon distance.
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I can see through smoke, im a haxxor. :O
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I wouldn't spread bad info like that in the forum -
<SHIFT> + f4 = ground vis range. Basically a lot of the detail is eliminated from your view of the ground and GV's show up as a rather obvious black dot about the size of a pinhead. No icons though until you are around 600-900 out....someone may be along to correct me on the icon distance.
Actually, since they "fixed" Shift + F4, ALL the ground detail shows up. Trees, building, blades of grass ;)
It does away with anything beyond a certain distance. It's like Shift + F3 but with all the trees.
It sure isn't a benefit to frame rates any more like it was when it was exploitable.
wrongway
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No, it was you. Just after you finished flying a spitfire for a few minutes (You advertised it on the old Free Multiplayer forums).
Haha oh yes now I remember, it was the one time I flew a spitfire :lol
I recall having all of them disabled in my room!
Good memory Den :aok
sure, but it would be nice to have the option. plus you still have to be almost within flak range to see the craters.
btw which fighters/attack aircraft carried flares? I know the mossie did in pathfinder role.
Yeah but, a bomb kills your target, a flare doesn't. As such, you only have to enter flak-range ONCE (provided you killed your target with the bomb) instead of having to send in another player.
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Haha oh yes now I remember, it was the one time I flew a spitfire :lol
I recall having all of them disabled in my room!
Maybe that's why I rarely flew in your arenas.... ;)
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It would be a cool option, but the dweebery applications of this would be off the scale. It truly is easier to mark GV's with guns or the ultimate Sharpie: a 1000 lb bomb.
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I usually like to mark Wirbles with my flaming wreckage, but that's just me.
Tim
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Actually, since they "fixed" Shift + F4, ALL the ground detail shows up. Trees, building, blades of grass ;)
It does away with anything beyond a certain distance. It's like Shift + F3 but with all the trees.
It sure isn't a benefit to frame rates any more like it was when it was exploitable.
wrongway
wered u get that vid clip from it looks funny :rock
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If you really wanted to mark something with smoke, get in a Sherman Vc Firefly an choose the smoke load out an head to the base.
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If you really wanted to mark something with smoke, get in a Sherman Vc Firefly an choose the smoke load out an head to the base.
Panzer. Sherman's smoke rounds are more like smoke grenades. They don't go very far.
wrongway
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Panzer. Sherman's smoke rounds are more like smoke grenades. They don't go very far.
wrongway
thats true in a panzer i ranged a i think it was a t 34/76 {before the 85 came out } and hit it and the smoke stuck :O and then a newb came along in a stuka killed it and i got the kill :D
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Maybe that's why I rarely flew in your arenas.... ;)
No that's why you rarely got kills in my arena :D
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I KNEW YOU WERE WATCHING! :D