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Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: straffo on July 18, 2003, 04:56:40 AM: What about adding a "batsman" like in this pict :
(http://www.microsoft.com/games/combatfs2/img/screens/roger_2.jpg)

There is only 12 bitmap needed :
http://frenchnavy.free.fr/history/techniques/batsman/batsman.htm
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Duedel on July 18, 2003, 05:18:27 AM: Why the hell is the batsman hanging in the air bonded on a green linen with yellow signs at his hands? Shouldnt he stay on the deck?
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: maik on July 18, 2003, 05:22:03 AM: nice Idea Straffo

: nix zu tun Duedel ;)
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Duedel on July 18, 2003, 05:28:32 AM: Nee heute ist total langweilig. Mach doch mal nen Irak-Thread auf Maik :D
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Post by: BenDover on July 18, 2003, 07:57:29 AM: Nr, Nr, Nr, Nr, BATMAN!!!:D
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Nilsen on July 18, 2003, 08:10:01 AM: No real need for it, but it would look cool :)
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Puke on July 18, 2003, 12:11:43 PM: Quote
Why the hell is the batsman hanging in the air bonded on a green linen with yellow signs at his hands? Shouldnt he stay on the deck?

That's a common misconception. Those little paddles actually helped the batsman to gain lift and levitate.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: jjdude on July 19, 2003, 12:38:33 AM: wooohoo levitation, where can i get me some of thos paddles?:D
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: bigjava on July 19, 2003, 03:31:14 AM: WOW that's it will be a cool idea!!!!;)
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: acepilot2 on July 19, 2003, 08:46:49 AM: Hey, is that my screenshot!?!?!?!?;)

Yeah, there is no real need for it, but it would be cool whether the LSO (Landing Signal Officer) is in 2D in a box or a 3D model on the carrier deck.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Kweassa on July 19, 2003, 06:26:58 PM: I liked that idea when it showed up in "Aces of the Pacific" :)

Maybe a ON/OFF option to use in CV landings? Some people might prefer the instructions coming from deck officers, others might just hate something clogging up the view, and would decide to trust their own instincts.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: MrCoffee on July 19, 2003, 08:15:01 PM: That is a good idea for CV landings. Though the flight part of landing isnt whats hard, its the darn CV captains driving the boat around like a 16 year old taking his/her first drivers test. Hate it when wheels just touch the CV then the boat turns and you go into the tower or your on approach and the CV makes a hard right turn.

If they make the guy with the paddles waiv you off if the captain is about to turn the boat, or is ploting movement waypoints. That would be cool.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: jamusta on July 19, 2003, 11:38:00 PM: It would help keep me from catching first wire and being tossed backwards off the ship.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: WestyAH on July 20, 2003, 09:01:54 AM: Very good idea (as a user selectable option lile combat trim and auto-takeoff).

A lot of people don't fly to or from CV's much and this would help quite a bit imo.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: straffo on July 20, 2003, 02:29:22 PM: Quote
Originally posted by acepilot2
Hey, is that my screenshot!?!?!?!?;)

Yeah, there is no real need for it, but it would be cool whether the LSO (Landing Signal Officer) is in 2D in a box or a 3D model on the carrier deck.

Certainly :)
but you didn't put it here :p
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: hazed- on July 21, 2003, 09:31:50 AM: like it. needed for some planes too.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: straffo on November 07, 2003, 02:34:31 AM: bump
Title: how to turn a cv
Post by: Turbo76 on November 07, 2003, 03:35:23 AM: always turn it in 15* turns to the right to avoid running into the bridge
:aok
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: zmeg on November 07, 2003, 08:10:29 AM: What we need more than an LSO is a more realistic carrier landing where if you miss a wire you gotta go around again not just hit the wheel brakes. I dont think a b17 should be able to land on a carrier, but it can.:D
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Batz on November 07, 2003, 11:02:45 AM: Why would it be needed? Maybe in the TA? It's so easy to land on a cv what you need the little man for?

Seems like it would be useless and a waste of time.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Arlo on November 07, 2003, 12:36:36 PM: Anything anyone suggests other than you is useless and a waste of time. You haven't made a CV landing in AH in quite awhile. Yeah, it's the same .... but you're just text now. ;)
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Furball on November 07, 2003, 12:37:36 PM: would our little paddle guy have to be called roger too?
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Arlo on November 07, 2003, 12:40:24 PM: Yes .. all paddle guys were called "Roger." Except on Aussie ships where they're called "Bruce" ... and French ships where they're called "Pierre." All done to avoid confusion.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Ecliptik on November 07, 2003, 01:50:19 PM: I just hope they fix CV physics so that when your wheels are on the deck, you stay on the bloody deck, and your motion is relative to the deck. CV flight decks in AH1 are virtually frictionless.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Batz on November 07, 2003, 04:13:48 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Arlo
Anything anyone suggests other than you is useless and a waste of time. You haven't made a CV landing in AH in quite awhile. Yeah, it's the same .... but you're just text now. ;)

There are plenty of good suggestions. This just isn’t one of them. The only thing good would be if it were to help the FNGs. Just like the gunnery and bomber help all ready in game. Even then its "help" would be minimal.

The little man flapping his arms won't make any difference once you have done it more then twice.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Sarge1 on November 07, 2003, 05:13:25 PM: now you know if you got a kill while in the paddle flapping mode as you were levitating . people would want them perked too cause it killed them

and i thought we all liked hitting end of deck and blowing up on landing...lol

But its Ok we all crash once in a while. any one here says they dont "experienced or newbie " is full of it. when manning guns i see many old guys crashing on landing wheni watch them come in. I watch how they do it from gun position then go to TA and practice I have to go full flaps, slow and raise up from seat all the way to see over nose of plane and land. the only way i know how. dont know if there is a easier way.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Frogm4n on November 07, 2003, 05:30:55 PM: I'm sorry if you cannot land on a cv without some idiotic pic telling you what to do, dont take off of a cv. Or go spend some time in the training room.
It's possible to land any plane in ah on a cv fairly easy.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Pongo on November 07, 2003, 05:50:12 PM: we get some real swells going under the CV and that might be necessary
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: straffo on November 08, 2003, 07:34:20 AM: The reason the real navy used batsman is because they recruited incompetent moron and not some L33T flightsim nerds pilots ...

Can you forget your 5year+ online experience and think of the newbies ?

There is so much arrogance and self-suffisance in your head Batz that there perhaps not enought place for your neurons.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Batz on November 08, 2003, 11:25:56 AM: Go suck on a snail.

Just because you made a pointless and useless suggestion isn't a reason to get uppity with me. There's no pitching and rolling of the cvs in ah. Landing on a CV is as easy as landing on a land based runway. People even land bombers on CVs without your little batman.

There are numerous other things that have been suggested that make far more sense then a little man flapping his arms. If you plan on making public suggestions then you need to butch up a little and learn to deal with criticism.

Besides I thought frogm4n's reply

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I'm sorry if you cannot land on a cv without some idiotic pic telling you what to do, dont take off of a cv. Or go spend some time in the training room.
It's possible to land any plane in ah on a cv fairly easy.

was far more

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arrogance and self-suffisance

whatever that is.

This isn't even an original idea. It goes way back to when we first got CVs. HT has not added it yet.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: vorticon on November 08, 2003, 11:42:05 AM: i fail to see how a little figure flapping his arms is going to help anyone...and so far i havent met anyone who couldent land on a cv after trying once or twice...
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: moot on November 08, 2003, 11:45:40 AM: Done deal:

add CV pitching and rolling.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Arlo on November 08, 2003, 06:44:45 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Batz

Just because you made a pointless and useless suggestion isn't a reason to get uppity with me. {subtext}(Because, dammit ... I deserve more respect than you do!)

This isn't even an original idea. {subtext}(So how dare you mention it again without doing the prerequisite thread search back to day one, then put in an official request through my office to punt the old thread up!)

I say if it's something that twists Batz' (aka WOTan) panties ... then it's really starting to look worthwhile. :aok
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Regular on November 08, 2003, 09:31:08 PM: I would like to see a batsman. Optional of course when your landing on a deck carrier.
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: straffo on November 10, 2003, 06:58:03 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Arlo
I say if it's something that twists Batz' (aka WOTan) panties ... then it's really starting to look worthwhile. :aok

Yep his reaction was such a stereotype that I won my bet.

Thank for the free month Batz :D
Title: CV landing in AH2
Post by: Batz on November 10, 2003, 11:38:29 AM: Quote
Thank for the free month Batz

Free month of what? Soap?

I am glad I could help.