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Offline KayBayRay

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How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« on: September 08, 2019, 08:25:12 PM »
<S> All, SEKayBay here,

I have been out a few years and getting back to the game. Many changes with Aces High III. One thing I am missing is how much bomb damage does it take to destroy various ground targets? It appears that many if not all targets have been hardened to some extent.
I have searched the forums a bit and really didn't find any good explanations. I looked through some of the other available information but if such a new updated list exists I was unable to find it. I know there are some very detail oriented players in this community and I figure somebody out there has created such a list or somebody knows where on High Techs page I can find such a list should it exist. I would very much appreciate any kind soul's assistance.

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2019, 08:35:06 PM »
https://www.hitechcreations.com/arena-configuration/object-settings

Hardness is how many 1000's it takes to destroy. Just move the decimal point over 3 spots for the totals

Also, here is a pdf with the totals to destroy each object.

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/images/trainers/bombers/levelbombing/levelbombing.pdf
« Last Edit: September 08, 2019, 08:51:40 PM by The Fugitive »

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2019, 08:41:38 PM »
You need to call up your clipboard.  Click Options > Arena Setup > Objects > Object Settings.  Look at the right column under Hard for Hardness.  All numbers are based on 1000 lbs. of ordnance.  Hardness of 2.0 requires 2000 lbs. of bombs.  Hardness of .25 requires 250 lbs. of bombs.
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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2019, 09:14:33 PM »
I have been out a few years and getting back to the game.


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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2019, 04:38:56 PM »
<S> All, SEKayBay here,

I have been out a few years and getting back to the game. Many changes with Aces High III. One thing I am missing is how much bomb damage does it take to destroy various ground targets? It appears that many if not all targets have been hardened to some extent.
I have searched the forums a bit and really didn't find any good explanations. I looked through some of the other available information but if such a new updated list exists I was unable to find it. I know there are some very detail oriented players in this community and I figure somebody out there has created such a list or somebody knows where on High Techs page I can find such a list should it exist. I would very much appreciate any kind soul's assistance.

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2019, 02:29:41 AM »
Welcome back!!

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2019, 12:31:48 PM »
I would say until it blows up. There is some good info in the previous posts! Welcome back!
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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2019, 01:28:46 PM »
You need to call up your clipboard.  Click Options > Arena Setup > Objects > Object Settings.  Look at the right column under Hard for Hardness.  All numbers are based on 1000 lbs. of ordnance.  Hardness of 2.0 requires 2000 lbs. of bombs.  Hardness of .25 requires 250 lbs. of bombs.

Also not all bombs are created equal, 4 250lb bombs do more damage than 1 1000lb bomb and so on

then there are the AP and HC bombs
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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2019, 04:41:42 PM »
Also not all bombs are created equal, 4 250lb bombs do more damage than 1 1000lb bomb and so on

then there are the AP and HC bombs

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2019, 06:42:18 PM »
....

Also, here is a pdf with the totals to destroy each object.

http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/images/trainers/bombers/levelbombing/levelbombing.pdf

I think  that this is dated stuff.  I.e.

"Radar 1 250 lb    2 hours Kills field radar in a 12.5 mile radius "

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2019, 04:18:38 PM »
How many 1000lbs bombs does it generally take YOU to drop a vehicle hanger?

In the arena settings it says it should only take three but it generally takes me nine with a very high accuracy hit!  At the same time it generally takes me 12-15 85mm HE rounds to drop the hanger.  Something just doesn’t seem right!

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2019, 04:22:08 PM »
How many 1000lbs bombs does it generally take YOU to drop a vehicle hanger?

In the arena settings it says it should only take three but it generally takes me nine with a very high accuracy hit!  At the same time it generally takes me 12-15 85mm HE rounds to drop the hanger.  Something just doesn’t seem right!

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When in formation I drop 2 from each buff (6 total), the splash damage from the outside buffs of the formation drop the rest of the hanger.

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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2019, 04:50:41 PM »
In the arena settings it says it should only take three but it generally takes me nine with a very high accuracy hit!  At the same time it generally takes me 12-15 85mm HE rounds to drop the hanger.  Something just doesn’t seem right!

Tank HE rounds do much more damage relative to their size (this is also true for bombs <1000lbs, the smaller it is, the higher the explosive damage/lbs of bomb weight).
I don't have the actual value for the 85mm HE at hand, but the 88mm HE round does 234lb of damage, that's 12 rounds for any hangar.
And unlike tank rounds, most of your bombs don't actually hit the hangar directly, so there's less damage applied than the 1000lb a 1k bomb is rated for.
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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2019, 05:56:43 PM »
As I remember...dont do tanks very much these days, I got better results on hangers dropping 2 500lb per bomber on a hanger. seemed it was more efficient than 1 1000lb bomb per hanger. I hated the waste of 2 1000 per bomber, yes it works...but its a bit over kill when 2 500s would do it. BIG TIP..for hangers, MAKE SURE you are properly calibrated. For Towns it isnt as much an issue...Throttles to the wall and simple 5 second calibration= success, do that on any hanger= second drop usually
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Re: How much bomb damage to destroy ground targets?
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2019, 06:02:15 PM »
As I remember...dont do tanks very much these days, I got better results on hangers dropping 2 500lb per bomber on a hanger. seemed it was more efficient than 1 1000lb bomb per hanger.

1 1000lb bomb does 1000lb of damage, 2 500lb bombs = 1124lb of damage  :old:
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