Ok.
1. So, instead of the explosion you get when the pilot is killed, why not just have te icon dissapear on the plane?
2. Instead of the generic no-matter-what-your-doing-spiral when the pilot is killed, have the plane neutralize the controls so you could watch it slowly lose control and plummet. (Ok, so not realistic, but neither is generic spiral!) It would be really neat, and probably not that hard to implement (But I dont know diddly squat about coad)
Discuss.
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