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Title: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 18, 2010, 01:41:40 PM
Just a little idea, I dont know why but I think it would be neat to be able to open the cannopy of planes in AH, like before you bail you have to open the cannopy, just throwing it out there, I think it could be a neat little thing to add to the game
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: LLogann on November 18, 2010, 03:30:06 PM
Only if we can have a 400% increase in wind noise!!!   :x

+1000   :cheers:
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: ACE on November 18, 2010, 03:45:54 PM
+1
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Lusche on November 18, 2010, 03:59:13 PM
The quickest way to improve imersion would be to add a second "m"

 :D :bolt:
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: IrishOne on November 18, 2010, 04:00:50 PM
+1, take away the insta-bails
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Pigslilspaz on November 18, 2010, 08:28:28 PM
Also just like how the canopies on some planes slide, so you get the sliding noise then *click* awesome in my opinion. Always loved those types of noises some reason.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Liberator on November 18, 2010, 08:30:48 PM
+1, and add animation as if you were actually bailing, instead of just appearing behind the plane. :aok
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: JOACH1M on November 18, 2010, 08:33:22 PM
and if u wanna bail out a bomber, JUMP THROUGH THE BOMB BAY!!!! :rock   +1
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cooldued on November 19, 2010, 12:24:52 AM
and if u wanna bail out a bomber, JUMP THROUGH THE BOMB BAY!!!! :rock   +1
hahaha no oh can we get a bombload for the b 17 for dropping buckets of frozen poo lol jk its a storey a friend was telling me in a bombing mission :D

+1 for the canopy. oh and what if we could run to a fighter hanger after bail and get a new plane :x more perkys!!!
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Pigslilspaz on November 19, 2010, 01:32:02 AM
hahaha no oh can we get a bombload for the b 17 for dropping buckets of frozen poo lol jk its a storey a friend was telling me in a bombing mission :D

+1 for the canopy. oh and what if we could run to a fighter hanger after bail and get a new plane :x more perkys!!!

Please don't ruin a brilliant idea with add-ons. Keep it simple. Post your own ideas in a different thread.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cooldued on November 19, 2010, 02:23:27 AM
Please don't ruin a brilliant idea with add-ons. Keep it simple. Post your own ideas in a different thread.

ooohhh ok :(
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 02:27:10 AM
Glad to see people like the idea,  I dont know why but for some reason I think it would be cool to be able to open and close the cannopy for no reason
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: EskimoJoe on November 19, 2010, 02:53:14 AM
How would it work with the P-39?  :headscratch:
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 02:56:12 AM
lol on planes that were capable of flying with cannopy open  :D
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: guncrasher on November 19, 2010, 05:10:07 AM
so you would have to press a key to open canopy, then enter 3 times to bail. which can all be programmed to my keyboard and well wont be a problem for me.

semp
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: MachFly on November 19, 2010, 05:18:10 AM
Just a little idea, I dont know why but I think it would be neat to be able to open the cannopy of planes in AH, like before you bail you have to open the cannopy, just throwing it out there, I think it could be a neat little thing to add to the game

Do you mean only before you bail out of any time you want, so you would be able to stick your head out for better visibility while taxing or low speed flying?

Either way +1
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: JOACH1M on November 19, 2010, 05:51:03 AM
How would it work with the P-39?  :headscratch:
At high speeds probally not,  :lol
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Martyn on November 19, 2010, 07:14:09 AM
so you would have to press a key to open canopy, then enter 3 times to bail. which can all be programmed to my keyboard and well wont be a problem for me.

semp
Press 'Open Canopy key', then press Enter 3 times, and an animation starts showing the pilot struggling to release himself before getting out. No instant bail-outs then as you'll have to wait for the animation to complete. Of course, if the pilot's wounded, bailing would be a problem.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 09:22:31 AM
Do you mean only before you bail out of any time you want, so you would be able to stick your head out for better visibility while taxing or low speed flying?

Either way +1
any time you want, but also make it so you have to if you bail
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cobia38 on November 19, 2010, 11:39:35 AM

  pilot should allso have to land on ground befor towering, none of this tower while free fall/in chute  crap.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: curry1 on November 19, 2010, 11:41:48 AM
How would it work with the P-39?  :headscratch:

does its canopy open forward?
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 11:42:33 AM
P39 had doors or each side of the cockpit
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: warphoenix on November 19, 2010, 03:00:18 PM
P39 had doors or each side of the cockpit
you could see this in FA

+1 for the idea of the opening/closing of the canopy, would be great for those movie makers out there(especially noobs to the "buisness", like me :lol)
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Motherland on November 19, 2010, 03:42:47 PM
does its canopy open forward?
(http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Bell/P-39/Academy/Grinberg/P-39N_4.jpg)
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Dichotomy on November 19, 2010, 03:44:26 PM
bet it was a biotch opening that into the wind
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: minke on November 19, 2010, 03:49:25 PM
best make sure you are flying backwards then  :)
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cooldued on November 19, 2010, 03:50:54 PM
best make sure you are flying backwards then  :)

hahaha just go up and as the plane stalls jump :D
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: danny76 on November 19, 2010, 04:01:51 PM
How would it work with the P-39?  :headscratch:

You would have to waggle the stick back and forth like you used to do on "Daley Thompson's Decathlon" to simulate the effort required to open the car door they decided to weld to it :joystick:
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Martyn on November 19, 2010, 04:05:56 PM
  pilot should allso have to land on ground befor towering, none of this tower while free fall/in chute  crap.
+1
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Motherland on November 19, 2010, 06:51:36 PM
  pilot should allso have to land on ground befor towering, none of this tower while free fall/in chute  crap.
Why?
That'll just make it take longer to get back to the fight..
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Yossarian on November 19, 2010, 08:21:55 PM
I'd like a convertible B-25, and a life raft for my crew and me when I ditch, please.  Also some oars would be nice for when I row to Sweden.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 08:22:57 PM
rather then canopys on bombers, allow the same button that opens it on fighters open the little cat flap or window
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Yossarian on November 19, 2010, 08:30:49 PM
rather then canopys on bombers, allow the same button that opens it on fighters open the little cat flap or window

But...how can I have my convertible B-25 without a moving canopy and roof panels  :cry :cry
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 08:32:45 PM
lol jettison the escape panels on the left right and center and you can have a targa top B-25
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Yossarian on November 19, 2010, 08:41:30 PM
lol jettison the escape panels on the left right and center and you can have a targa top B-25

And the top too?  Nobody really ever uses that turret anyway, to be honest.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Ack-Ack on November 19, 2010, 08:43:14 PM
Only if they model the buffet that would happen if you opened up the canopy in mid-flight.  In some planes, it can have some serious negative effects like the Lightning.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 08:44:48 PM
was it possible to open the flip up canopy of the 38 while in flight?
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: guncrasher on November 19, 2010, 08:51:07 PM
guys I think we can come up with better things to waste ah coading time, than this one.  and if you want cinema in a game get call of duty, or medal of honor, they have those 10 min of cinema prior to starting every mission.

semp
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Imowface on November 19, 2010, 08:56:46 PM
who asked for cinema, this wish is just to open the cannopy on planes, I assume it would be an easy graphic/animation to make
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Ack-Ack on November 19, 2010, 10:34:22 PM
was it possible to open the flip up canopy of the 38 while in flight?

Not without making the plane enter into a severe buffet.  I'm sure on some planes it really didn't matter or had an adverse effect but on others, like the Lightning, it had adverse effects.  Unless you were going to bail out, you didn't open the canopy at all in the P-38 while in flight.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: warphoenix on November 19, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
Not without making the plane enter into a severe buffet.  I'm sure on some planes it really didn't matter or had an adverse effect but on others, like the Lightning, it had adverse effects.  Unless you were going to bail out, you didn't open the canopy at all in the P-38 while in flight.

ack-ack
so in other words: unless you were gonna bail, an open canopy in-flight would end up an epic fail for some of the speedy planes? Did I understand that correctly?
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cobia38 on November 19, 2010, 11:56:37 PM
Why?
That'll just make it take longer to get back to the fight..

  then why bail, and why have a chute ?? 
  awnser is simple, K/D
 if a pilot is so worried about his precious K/D then make him float to the ground like it should be.not click end flight and be safe and sound.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Ack-Ack on November 20, 2010, 01:46:05 AM
so in other words: unless you were gonna bail, an open canopy in-flight would end up an epic fail for some of the speedy planes? Did I understand that correctly?

In some planes yes, though I can't say which ones other than the P-38 and I don't think the P-38 is alone in this.  When exiting out of the P-38, there were two parts to the canopy.  The top of the canopy would swing up and there was a side window that the pilot would roll down, that's how the P-38's canopy would open.  It was the side window if open in flight that would cause the P-38 to severly buffet.

ack-ack
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Lusche on November 20, 2010, 01:47:32 AM
  then why bail, and why have a chute ?? 
  awnser is simple, K/D
 if a pilot is so worried about his precious K/D then make him float to the ground like it should be.not click end flight and be safe and sound.

Bailing doesn't help K/D in any way. It's still a "death" for K/D purposes.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: cobia38 on November 20, 2010, 02:00:35 AM
Bailing doesn't help K/D in any way. It's still a "death" for K/D purposes.

 if you bail and tower,it doesent count as death.
Title: Re: Something for imersion
Post by: Lusche on November 20, 2010, 02:34:45 AM
if you bail and tower,it doesent count as death.

It does.

From the Help Page:

"Kills per Death = TotalKills / ((Discos * 0.5) + Bails + Captures + Deaths + 1)"

For example: My fighter score tour 129:
K/D 7.59

167 Kills

5 bails
4 ditched
3 captured
13 deaths
0 disco

5+3+13+1 = 22

167/22= 7.59. Et voila!