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Title: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 07, 2012, 05:58:44 PM
I had a little incident in the MA last night and per HTC you will not land a tank on the road like this. Even though I'm all the way on the concrete expect for a little sliver of my right track my turret was not over the direct center of the concrete and I ditched 10 kills on my own concrete. So be careful when landing on those roads. I'd be awfully pissed if I lost a Tiger2 this way.


(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Cantlandlikethis.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Cantlandlikethistrackview.jpg)
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: ebfd11 on November 07, 2012, 06:04:07 PM
ive landed kills on the roads like that??
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: minke on November 07, 2012, 06:11:19 PM
I'd say it was a bug
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Lusche on November 07, 2012, 06:20:34 PM
I'm frequently landing even planes there without any problem
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 07, 2012, 06:23:54 PM
I've done it over and over and over myself. HTC's email says no, that's a ditch.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Sunka on November 07, 2012, 06:25:17 PM
I'm frequently landing even planes there without any problem
Yep.
But I'll add i think pavement should have an area around it that i could land safely,6 inches off a runway should still be a successful landing.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Babalonian on November 07, 2012, 06:46:44 PM
I've never had that problem.  Although, I have frequently ditched out of my vehicle assuming it had come to a complete stop ontop of concrete when it was still slightly moving.  Film would show this where a screen shot won't.  I've avoided this recently by counting 1-Mississippi before ending the sortie and after comming to a complete stop or what I think was.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 07, 2012, 06:56:54 PM
I've never had that problem.  Although, I have frequently ditched out of my vehicle assuming it had come to a complete stop ontop of concrete when it was still slightly moving.  Film would show this where a screen shot won't.  I've avoided this recently by counting 1-Mississippi before ending the sortie and after comming to a complete stop or what I think was.

I can assure youu I had come to a complete shot. I have the film if need be.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Melvin on November 07, 2012, 06:59:58 PM
Find out what base it was and try to reproduce the result.

Then try it at another V-base. You may have uncovered a base-specific bug.

 :salute
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: JunkyII on November 07, 2012, 10:56:27 PM
Find out what base it was and try to reproduce the result.

Then try it at another V-base. You may have uncovered a base-specific bug.

 :salute
Your sig.....
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: SlipKnt on November 08, 2012, 12:03:21 AM
Yep!!!  Lost a T2 the other night doing that!!!  ROFL!!!!  All I could do was laugh about it. 

 :rock
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: BaldEagl on November 08, 2012, 12:06:34 AM
I've never lost a plane or a vehicle on a landing on that type of road.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: danny76 on November 08, 2012, 03:17:28 AM
I enjoy landing a thoroughly shot up plane with missing u/c and a pilot wound, half a wing and elevator and stab missing , only to slide 1/2 inch off the edge of the field for a "you have ditched" :banana:
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Tilt on November 08, 2012, 05:37:41 AM
Had this in both planes and vehicles. Usually where some concrete by a hanger or object crosses the road, and sometimes when the local object is destroyed and has scattered debris.

I am just ultra carefull now not to do it near debris, not to have have the ac/gv half on a road and half on some other concrete and make sure all my wheels are on the surface of choice.

Had the same issue in towns where the road is near the edge of town.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Sg11 on November 08, 2012, 12:56:08 PM
I had a little incident in the MA last night and per HTC you will not land a tank on the road like this. Even though I'm all the way on the concrete expect for a little sliver of my right track my turret was not over the direct center of the concrete and I ditched 10 kills on my own concrete. So be careful when landing on those roads. I'd be awfully pissed if I lost a Tiger2 this way.


(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Cantlandlikethis.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Cantlandlikethistrackview.jpg)
That sucks  :mad:
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: surfinn on November 08, 2012, 03:32:48 PM
either hanger two or three has a ditch spot on the hanger concrete in front of it. Ive ditched on it more than once.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 10, 2012, 01:38:17 PM
I did some testing offline at that same base and came up with some interesting results. Turns out you can land like this:

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Landinghalfwayon.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Landingmessage.jpg)


Turns out you can land like this to:

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Landinghalfwayonagain.jpg)

(http://i586.photobucket.com/albums/ss304/longhornsfan2010/Landingmessageagain.jpg)

All tests were done at the same base I ditched on with all of the offline drones set to tanks except for one. First thing I tested was to make sure I could ditch while sitting off the pavement in offline and I could. So HTC, why did I ditch while completely on the concrete? Your explanation does not hold up now.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 10, 2012, 08:18:19 PM
I also have film of both of those landings in the last post, for those that don't believe me.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: WEZEL on November 10, 2012, 08:57:02 PM
Landing is over rated......  :banana:
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 10, 2012, 11:20:58 PM
Landing is over rated......  :banana:

I'm not really mad about not landing.. It sucks yea, but I want things to be right and HTC denies there is anything wrong. Yet now that I've had time to test it, there is clearly something not right about that ditch.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: SmokinLoon on November 11, 2012, 11:48:03 AM
I've not ever has an issue with landing any gv or aircraft on the road of a gv base.  When in an aircraft I just try and get 2 front wheels on the pavement and call it good.

I think it was a bug, a very obscure bug.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 17, 2012, 09:56:32 AM
Still waiting for an answer...
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: chaser on November 26, 2012, 12:40:16 AM
Tap tap... Is this thing working?
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: icepac on November 26, 2012, 08:01:18 AM
Anyone landed a 163 successfully in town?
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: captain1ma on November 26, 2012, 08:08:45 PM
people land kills?   :huh
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Oddball-CAF on November 29, 2012, 11:50:07 AM
Tap tap... Is this thing working?

  I think most of us are just struck dumb at the fact that you were so unjustly
subjected to such an ignominious ending of your sortie. We're still trying to
sort it out while going through countless Kleenex amidst a torrent of
tears. (Shed in commiseration and not laughter.)
  Kudos for the massive amount of offline testing you've done in order
to rectify this egregious error on HTC's part.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: Sunka on November 29, 2012, 12:40:30 PM
Tap tap... Is this thing working?

I myself am busy sending HTC emails demanding we all get a full refund for the past year,or we go on strike!
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: titanic3 on November 29, 2012, 01:30:29 PM
Anyone landed a 163 successfully in town?

You can do it with any other plane so I don't see why not. Good luck stopping before you slam into a building though.
Title: Re: Heads up when landing on the roads around GV bases
Post by: The Fugitive on November 29, 2012, 06:19:36 PM
first we have the post....

I'm not really mad about not landing.. It sucks yea, but I want things to be right and HTC denies there is anything wrong. Yet now that I've had time to test it, there is clearly something not right about that ditch.

then, 6 days later, we get this post.....

Still waiting for an answer...


It seem you were answered before and just don't like the answer.