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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Citabria on June 06, 2002, 10:13:01 PM

Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Citabria on June 06, 2002, 10:13:01 PM: I would first like to request that bombers and vehicles have 3d crew members visible in the bombers that can be hit and killed (head and torso) or wounded (legs and arms)

I would like to request that htc add crew members to vehicles with two positions: buttoned and unbuttoned, after all the occupants were the real target when trying to kill vehicles

and because having a crew is the reason tanks have hatches to button up and situational awareness is the reason they can be opened it would be a nice gameplay addition to choose between safety and awareness when attacking, being attacked

ie:
panzer...
driver- if killed tank is not steerable and slowly stops and becomes unmovable
gunner- if killed tank can not aim main gun
loader- if killed reload time is multiplied
commander- if killed top gun unusable and commander view positions disabled

also when vehicle supplies are used only the tank itself can be repaired but the crew can only be healed but not brought back from the dead by the supplies :)
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Citabria on June 06, 2002, 10:15:16 PM: I think it would be nice and add simplicity if ah could display a simple red screen when the player switches to a dead crewmember position in bombers or vehicles
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Citabria on June 06, 2002, 10:19:19 PM: also this would make open topped vehicles more realistically vulnerable when the crew instead of the seats are hit by enemy fire.
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Citabria on June 06, 2002, 10:24:53 PM: lastly I think that if all crew in fighters bombers and vehicles are killed all player screens should be red (with a prompt that says: your crew has been killed: exit or stay) and controls should be disabled and autopilot disabled and the plane allowed to crash or fly on unmanned till it crashes :eek:

ok done asking for stuff for 10 minutes :p
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Citabria on June 07, 2002, 03:40:42 AM: the crew 3d models could be as simple as paratrooper 3d models.
dont need to be fancy
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: MrLars on June 07, 2002, 02:25:18 PM: IMO, having uber GV crew members is a gameplay issue, one that I feel is needed to make operating a GV fun. I don't think I've ever had the AAmg destroyed w/o the main gun being disabled at the same time.
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: lazs2 on June 07, 2002, 02:33:27 PM: I have never agreed with citabria more on a subject.
lazs
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: Packy on June 07, 2002, 08:05:58 PM: Sounds good! However, i'm afraid we will have to start modeling crew behaviour next! Will the panzer crew panic and bail out if the commander is killed...will they continue to fight? will they ignore the player's due to self-preservation?
Title: vehicle request: crew, button unbutton position, bomer: crew modelling
Post by: cajun on June 08, 2002, 12:18:44 PM: Very good idea, I suggested this in another thread but didnt get many replies. Also it would be cool if you could shoot your gun after u bail, though it would only be like a 30 cal gun with 20-30 bullets.