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Title: Offline Drones
Post by: nrshida on April 14, 2014, 03:42:53 AM
Could you please make the offline drones fly in a long-sided oval instead of a gentle circle please. It would be considerably more useful for gunnery practice.

Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: -ammo- on April 14, 2014, 05:21:45 AM
Concur
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: Randy1 on April 14, 2014, 05:50:00 AM
+1

But, have you tried the stage missions?  If you setup an online custom arena the drones can even more aggressive.
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: Bastid on April 14, 2014, 06:45:32 AM
+1

Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: ONTOS on April 14, 2014, 11:33:41 AM
Completely agree with making offline drones fly an oval pattern.




Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: -ammo- on April 14, 2014, 12:08:17 PM
Wonder how hard it would be to give the drones some AI like in WBs offline mode?  I would settle for an oval, figure 8, or some other erratic pattern.  I use offline a LOT to practice gunnery.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want Dale and crew to stop what they are doing if they agreed to change the drone's pattern :aok
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: nrshida on April 14, 2014, 01:32:18 PM
Wonder how hard it would be to give the drones some AI like in WBs offline mode?  I would settle for an oval, figure 8, or some other erratic pattern.  I use offline a LOT to practice gunnery.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want Dale and crew to stop what they are doing if they agreed to change the drone's pattern :aok


Yeah I just thought this would be the simplest approach which included little straight bits. Then you can practice everything. A target turning in a gentle circle is less useless for practical exercise.

Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: Tinkles on April 14, 2014, 04:23:55 PM
Wonder how hard it would be to give the drones some AI like in WBs offline mode?  I would settle for an oval, figure 8, or some other erratic pattern.  I use offline a LOT to practice gunnery.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want Dale and crew to stop what they are doing if they agreed to change the drone's pattern :aok

Just like we can change what planes the drones fly offline. I think we should be able to choose what pattern the drones fly in.  Figure 8, oval, circle etc.
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: bustr on April 14, 2014, 04:39:18 PM
A menu of patterns including an option for climbs and dives. Even evasive break turns, then the drone returning to the circuit pattern if your guns pass misses. This would give you infinity repetition to fly against rather than the offline missions which start at A, finish at B. You are not using the drones to learn ACM. Gunnery and your sight picture is learned through repetition. 
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: MrKrabs on April 15, 2014, 01:57:20 AM
+1

But, have you tried the stage missions?  If you setup an online custom arena the drones can even more aggressive.

FOAMS AT THE MOUTH... "Foams until staged mission are de-bugged and custom arenas are usable again"

(http://scriptedlibations.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/foaming-at-the-mouth.jpg)
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: danny76 on April 15, 2014, 03:58:13 AM
Good idea. Make them shoot back as well  :old:
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: MrKrabs on April 15, 2014, 04:33:15 AM
Good idea. Make them shoot back as well  :old:

THEY DO!!!!!!!!

(*FOAMS AT THE MOUTH SOME MORE)








I miss my staged missions.... I miss CrabbyLand, y u do dis 2 meh!
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: Latrobe on April 15, 2014, 04:39:54 AM
THEY DO!!!!!!!!

(*FOAMS AT THE MOUTH SOME MORE)








I miss my staged missions.... I miss CrabbyLand, y u do dis 2 meh!

I miss Crabbyland too. Those AI pilots fight better than a lot of the "Aces" in the MA.  :)
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: ML52 on April 15, 2014, 06:17:22 PM



+1

















Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: artik on April 16, 2014, 04:07:38 AM
+1 it would make gunnery practice much easier allowing to attack on different angles.
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: JimmyD3 on April 16, 2014, 07:31:41 PM
Already been requested. :D
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: macdp51 on April 17, 2014, 08:40:15 AM
Okay - I'll bite on this one - WHERE is Crabbyland ?????????? - sounds like offline fun mission/practice.
 :cheers:
HP51
Title: Re: Offline Drones
Post by: MrKrabs on April 18, 2014, 04:54:47 PM
Okay - I'll bite on this one - WHERE is Crabbyland ?????????? - sounds like offline fun mission/practice.
 :cheers:
HP51

CrabbyLand was just a Custom Arena lovingly named "CrabbyLand"

I had oodles of staged missions ranging from objective based to just flat-out brawls... The most valuable part was the ability to bring friends to train against the AI... Since there's no hard feelings against AI's and was always a good laugh....

Now-a-days we have to play "Operation Kill The Crab" in order to fulfill the fun until they give us Custom Arenas again

It was fairly heart-warming to be able to fill the arena to maximum number of users just to waste some time!