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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: JHerne on March 08, 2010, 05:10:22 PM

Title: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: JHerne on March 08, 2010, 05:10:22 PM

How about setting up a gunnery range in the Training Arena for GVs?

A line in the dirt to position your tank, with range markers and various resetable moving targets, like a carnival shooting gallery?

Perhaps a hilltop range, shooting down in a valley (which we do quite often) at stationary targets, or even moving targets....

I've spent some time in the TA teaching gunnery to some players, and its amazing how many ppl just point and shoot.

I know I could use more practice.

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Denholm on March 08, 2010, 05:32:36 PM

Does the .DOT command, ".target" not work?

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Motherland on March 08, 2010, 05:33:59 PM

Quote from: Denholm on March 08, 2010, 05:32:36 PM

Does the .DOT command, ".target" not work?

For tanks?
 :headscratch:

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Spikes on March 08, 2010, 05:43:54 PM

Could work. Could we have static tanks downrange, that re-up when exploded like in OFfline?

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Denholm on March 08, 2010, 05:51:52 PM

Quote from: Motherland on March 08, 2010, 05:33:59 PM

For tanks?
 :headscratch:

Never tried it in tanks. Figured it works for all items listed in the hangar.

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: dkff49 on March 08, 2010, 07:49:32 PM

I believe Ranger made a terrain that featured destructable objects that looked like gv's and lots of them. You may find it useful. I will see if I can locate it or you can PM usranger and see if he still has it.


edit: the terrain is in this thread    http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,260657.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,260657.0.html)

enjoy

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Mar on March 08, 2010, 08:11:35 PM

The Training Arena does have stationary destructible respawning targets at the Vehicle Training area past the cities. They're hard to spot from the air, and they do tend to take a few rounds to put down, IIRC.

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Ghosth on March 09, 2010, 06:26:55 AM

Actually its hard to do it in the TA as the damage is turned WAY down in there for training purposes.

That being said I have a mapmaker on the CM team working on it.
However it might end up being an offline map in order to get the damage to work out correctly.

We've done some testing, he can put the "hull" of a tank over a ammo bunker.
But then it dies very easy to HE, and very hard to AP.

Lots of testing and work still to be done on it, but the need was seen.
And we are trying to work on it.

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: dkff49 on March 09, 2010, 06:34:02 AM

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Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: JHerne on March 09, 2010, 08:54:18 AM

Well cool!! Thanks guys... I'll try .target and I'll talk to ranger, he's a former squaddie.  :salute

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Yeager on March 09, 2010, 02:13:34 PM

the firing range in steel beasts was exemplary!

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: dkff49 on March 09, 2010, 02:24:46 PM

Quote from: JHerne on March 09, 2010, 08:54:18 AM

Well cool!! Thanks guys... I'll try .target and I'll talk to ranger, he's a former squaddie.  :salute

As a matter of fact here is the link to the terrain download for the tank range

http://www.esnips.com/doc/b695a664-5b8e-4d2f-8925-3bcdb82ce216/Tank-Range (http://www.esnips.com/doc/b695a664-5b8e-4d2f-8925-3bcdb82ce216/Tank-Range)

the installation instructions are in the thread
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,260657.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,260657.0.html)

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: Saxman on March 09, 2010, 02:26:28 PM

Reading the OP, I don't think he's too concerned over AP vs. HE, just something for help learning how to shoot and range targets in a GV.

Title: Re: A simple, helpful request, minimal work, max return!!
Post by: JHerne on March 09, 2010, 02:36:55 PM

Personally, I don't have any trouble hitting moving targets at 4000-5000 meters, but I've been helping out some newer players and squaddies who don't GV and it would be nice.

Typically, we just up in the TA, drive 3-4K away from each other and start shooting....it'd be nice to have a set of targets we could both shoot at to help explain ranging, deflections, and long range shooting especially.

Thanks for the input guys, and I'll be sure to DL that terrain and give it a try.