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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Furball on September 28, 2003, 06:36:41 AM

Title: Smoke!
Post by: Furball on September 28, 2003, 06:36:41 AM

I had an idea, and i dont think it has even been brought up before.  (I do not know a lot about it, so if you do could you please tell me about it!)

In WWII ships often laid smokescreens to avoid being attacked, whether by air, or by other naval vessels.  This would be good in AH if the destroyers could lay a smokescreen to obscure the CV from enemy cruisers or inbound bombers/suicide weenies.


Here are some pictures of the Tirpitz using smoke to try and obscure itself from Lancasters.

In these pictures they released the smoke too late, and the ship took a beating.
(http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/gallery/pictures/galltiropertungsten/galltiropertungsten02.jpg)


(http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/gallery/pictures/galltiropertungsten/galltiropertungsten03.jpg)

(http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/gallery/pictures/galltiropertungsten/galltiropertungsten04.jpg)

(http://www.bismarck-class.dk/tirpitz/history/pictures/tiroperparavane/tiroperparavane1.jpg)

Title: Smoke!
Post by: 6GunUSMC on September 28, 2003, 09:49:01 AM

Excellent idea!

Title: Smoke!
Post by: 6389 on September 28, 2003, 10:52:54 AM

yes thats a very good idea much better then having the very low cloud cover of ah classic

Title: Smoke!
Post by: JB73 on September 28, 2003, 01:39:10 PM

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56791

came up with that one quite a while ago... no word if HTC likes any of the ideas.

looking back some were good some so-so.

Title: Smoke!
Post by: Batz on September 28, 2003, 02:47:48 PM

the pts boats have a smoke genarator on them but no ability to use them.

Both pt smoke and ship smoke has been brought up before.

Title: Smoke!
Post by: moot on September 28, 2003, 08:06:27 PM

one of the SFMA airfields (A18?) is above the wind floor, and once it's been porked looks nearly like that, in black.

Title: Smoke!
Post by: pugsly on September 28, 2003, 11:42:50 PM

the only smoke you will get here is the smoke being blown up our arses about AH2:o :mad:

Title: Smoke!
Post by: Kaz on September 29, 2003, 09:51:41 AM

It's a good idea, hopefully it can be implemented but as always, there's the concern about how much all this smoke would affect the ever important frame rate. Maybe there's a way to do the smoke effect without too much of a hit on frame rate, especially with all the other stuff usually going on around a cv.

Title: Smoke!
Post by: pugsly on September 29, 2003, 01:55:12 PM

I hear all talk but see nothing:confused:
I will be playng the Loc on demo for now it looks really good.
But a system hog;)

Title: Smoke!
Post by: F4i on September 29, 2003, 05:25:22 PM

isn't it hard enough to sink a CV, already?  The ack always rips me a new one...  :mad:

F4i

Title: Smoke!
Post by: zmeg on October 01, 2003, 06:39:24 PM

Having smoke from destroyers is a great idea as it would make it necessary to sink the destroyers whitch are usually ignored