AC-130

!ViEtCoNgToM · Post by **!ViEtCoNgToM** » 2007-01-20 03:02

I think a AC-130 would be really neat. Some how make it where you can parachute only from a AC-130. A AC-130 would be really good at taking out ground units.

Just a thought

Tom

V3N0N_br · Post by **V3N0N_br** » 2007-01-20 03:04

Not sure if this hasn't been discussed before, but anyways, hell yeah it would be great hehehe. Just not sure if it would be easy to model, code, etc, it's the kind of thing will take long to happen... Also, it'll only fit maps like for example jabal (but the plane would have to spawn airborne already, like those mobile spawnpoints in Bf1942)

tele-loe- · Post by **tele-loe-** » 2007-01-20 03:04

Can you parachute out of an AC-130 IRL? Cause i've never heard of that before.

danthemanbuddy · Post by **danthemanbuddy** » 2007-01-20 03:05

if bf2 view distance from air was higher than it would be great for a c130.

!ViEtCoNgToM · Post by **!ViEtCoNgToM** » 2007-01-20 03:05

Oh has it been discussed? I tried searching it in the fourms before i posted. Sorry if it has been discussed.

!ViEtCoNgToM · Post by **!ViEtCoNgToM** » 2007-01-20 03:06

tele-loe- wrote:Can you parachute out of an AC-130 IRL? Cause i've never heard of that before.

Actually I'm not sure if they do haha.

tele-loe- · Post by **tele-loe-** » 2007-01-20 03:07

Haha, I dont think they can because of all the ammunition storage space. A C-130 would be pretty sick, but it would be a missile magnet.

V3N0N_br · Post by **V3N0N_br** » 2007-01-20 03:08

!ViEtCoNgToM wrote:Oh has it been discussed? I tried searching it in the fourms before i posted. Sorry if it has been discussed.

Don't worry, we won't cut your fingers off

Yeah, I guess you can parachute out of it (or only of the C-130?)
If they can carry tanks and hummwvs... why not people?

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » 2007-01-20 03:24

Personally, I think we should get rid of parachutes altogether. Aren't you already on the ground when the battle starts?

AC-130 would be nice to coincide with artillery... call in an Specter and watch as the 25mm GAU-12 and 40mm L60 rip apart everything on the ground... for like twenty seconds dozens of rounds would blast apart targets on the ground in a 30m radius. Oh, and don't forget the 105mm howitzer! Really adds to the immersion!

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-01-20 03:29

only on maps with aerial supreriority , maybe usa vs insurgency .

tele-loe- · Post by **tele-loe-** » 2007-01-20 03:41

Al Basrah.. It should TOTALLY be added there. Its got a huge runway and a nice city for the artillery to demolish.

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » 2007-01-20 03:49

I'd love to be a gunner on an AC-130 in this game... that's probably all I'd to!

!ViEtCoNgToM · Post by **!ViEtCoNgToM** » 2007-01-20 04:05

for some reason in my head i just pictured a noob on the AC-130 gun's.

*fires at a building*

*teamkill*
*teamkill*
*teamkill*
*teamkill*
*teamkill*

hahah i think there will be a lot of tking haha.

Tom

Post by **RikiRude** » 2007-01-20 04:08

Vietcong tom either you made a mistake when typing the question or you didn't do your research

The C-130 hercules is a cargo plane which carries things from paratroopers to humvees and more.

The AC-130 (the most common one know is the AC-130U Spectre) is a converted cargo plane into a moving weapons platform, with a 25mm mini-gun, 40mm autocannon, and a 105 howitzer on board.

Two very different aircraft as you can see

We did discuss this in the past, and yes we have discussed a C-130 as a spawn point for certain maps. But the thing is the ceiling is so low in BF2, it would be a ***** to model, and we rather put our resources else-where at the moment. But who knows in the future? But believe you me, I'd more then love to be gunning in the Spooky myself.

Also @cerb
.5 the only class to have chutes will be the pilot.

Cerberus · Post by **Cerberus** » 2007-01-20 04:29

Oh, you!

Well, that actually makes sense. It'd be a ****ing hassle to run around on a battlefield with a freakin' parachute on your back

WNxKenwayy · Post by **WNxKenwayy** » 2007-01-20 05:02

No, do not put in a ac-130. If its even model'd 10% realisticly it would destroy the balance of the game.

!ViEtCoNgToM · Post by **!ViEtCoNgToM** » 2007-01-20 05:20

'[R-DEV wrote:Riki_Rude_BTYC']Vietcong tom either you made a mistake when typing the question or you didn't do your research

The C-130 hercules is a cargo plane which carries things from paratroopers to humvees and more.

The AC-130 (the most common one know is the AC-130U Spectre) is a converted cargo plane into a moving weapons platform, with a 25mm mini-gun, 40mm autocannon, and a 105 howitzer on board.

Two very different aircraft as you can see

We did discuss this in the past, and yes we have discussed a C-130 as a spawn point for certain maps. But the thing is the ceiling is so low in BF2, it would be a ***** to model, and we rather put our resources else-where at the moment. But who knows in the future? But believe you me, I'd more then love to be gunning in the Spooky myself.

Also @cerb
.5 the only class to have chutes will be the pilot.

Ah I diddnt do my research! Riki assist me seppuku, so i can keep my honor intact!

Tom

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » 2007-01-20 11:44

WNxKenwayy wrote:No, do not put in a ac-130. If its even model'd 10% realisticly it would destroy the balance of the game.

how?

i be a big fan of it if it was a commander ability

Post by **Dunehunter** » 2007-01-20 11:58

The ceiling is too low? Isn't it at like 1000 and a bit metres or something? I do know that it's easy to get to an altitude where you can't see the ground, and people on the ground can't see you, which is the most important thing I guess.

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-01-20 12:33

ACtually, it wouldnt be realistic. Beccause of the threat of basic AA Missiles such as the SA-7 Grail and US Supplied Stingers in Iraq and Afghanistan, AC-130s are only deployed at night now because of a loss during daytime activity. PR currently has no night maps with an airbase.