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Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: Blunt o on June 21, 2001, 08:25:00 AM
Why can't you use the f3 and f4 views when driving a vehicle or a boat?
Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: AKDejaVu on June 21, 2001, 08:56:00 AM
hmmm.. this thread seems to have blanked the board.

AKDejaVu

[ 06-21-2001: Message edited by: AKDejaVu ]
Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: buhdman on June 21, 2001, 10:23:00 AM
It used to be possible in earlier versions and can be done offline, but online, they have disabled external views.

Buhdman, out
Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: SpitLead on June 21, 2001, 06:35:00 PM
I'm having a hard time understanding that too.  The excuse goes that if you're in a bomber with 10 men you can virtually see anywhere and if you're in a GV you can't see out.  That may be relatively true.  BUT, if your manning the external gun of a GV you should also have a 360 degree view.  Same is true for the PT boat where in fact ALL positions are external.  The logic is just plain inconsistent.
Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: grizz on June 21, 2001, 07:56:00 PM
I don't see the problem with the GV views. Sorry.   :)  When manning a gun on the vehicles I still have the same views I would have in a fighter. Left/right/back...up 45 degrees etc. If you mean the "observer" view from 400 yards away and above, then no...it is no longer in the game.   :)


(edit: stupid spelling mistakes. lol)

[ 06-21-2001: Message edited by: grizz ]
Title: With Boats and Vehicles.....
Post by: Fariz on June 21, 2001, 08:09:00 PM
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Originally posted by SpitLead:
The excuse goes that if you're in a bomber with 10 men you can virtually see anywhere and if you're in a GV you can't see out.

It was done for gameplay reasons. At least there is not any such excuse as you state from HTC ever (or at least I never heard/read such statments from them). Now gv's are harder and actually more fun to ride. It also possible to sneak at the base which has a panzers defence.

BTW at beta AH had in MA an external views for planes too! Hard to believe, but it was that way. Anyone want it back?  :) (I am sure some does, but not majority).

Fariz