Supply Crate drop speed and chopper deployment

DrMcCleod · Post by **DrMcCleod** » 2007-02-27 15:48

Really needs fixing, at the moment they are useless.

*Thinks* Would be kind of cool if Transport Choppers could drop supply crates, rather than having them appear 'as if by magic'.

RGG:Dale · Post by **RGG:Dale** » 2007-02-27 15:57

yeah i agree with this in bfnam we could pick up vehicles with the choppers, this would be cool to add as an extra with supply crates, but the little birds should only pick up supply crates, and the heavy duty choppers should pick up vehicles, do a bit of hacking and find out what happened in bfnam and youve got your answer.

well i recon anyway lol.

lonelyjew · Post by **lonelyjew** » 2007-02-27 17:44

I don't think what you're asking for is possible and what do you mean useless? It shouldn't be instant as it wouldn't be instant in real life, it would take a while to drop the 1km or more.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-02-27 17:55

Maybe it should be dropped from a lower altitude, say 450mtrs? Smaller parachute?

as if by magic'.

Not sure about that one, are you not able to hear the plane as it comes by?

{XG} non_compliance · Post by **{XG} non_compliance** » 2007-02-27 18:19

El_Vikingo wrote:Maybe it should be dropped from a lower altitude, say 450mtrs? Smaller parachute?

Not sure about that one, are you not able to hear the plane as it comes by?

that's what I was going to say... I always hear the plane flying by... 1/2 of the time I think ti's an NME... and I'm looking up to get out of the way or shoot at it.. then it dawns on me that it's just the supply plane

mavit · Post by **mavit** » 2007-02-27 18:25

DrMcCleod wrote:Really needs fixing, at the moment they are useless.

Note.

Try not to just say things are useless.......give suggestions as well as criticism.

Clypp · Post by **Clypp** » 2007-02-27 18:32

They do fall a little slow. Watching them come down it seems they drift up a little, fall a little, repeat. IRL it would not take that long to fall.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-02-27 18:41

IRL it would take longer for the plane to get to the drop point.

I think it's fine. It isn't useless by any stretch. You just have to plan ahead.

Post by **fuzzhead** » 2007-02-27 18:49

Its not useless by any means!!! maybe if you would quite CONSTANTLY ATTACKING, and hold a CP for more than 10 seconds, than you would think the same!

Im sick of these squads who do nothing but attack, and then wonder why theyre team is doing so crappy...

but anyways, with the changes to Heavy AT / AA, the supply drops will have a new usefulness, as youll be able to get these heavy weapons from them.

Lucid Nightmare · Post by **Lucid Nightmare** » 2007-02-27 19:23

takes a 1min 30 secs to come down. You're not able to wait that long.....?
:S

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-02-27 19:34

its possible to make that when you request the Supply crate , a c-130/anatov spawn in the begin of the map , cross ALL the map and then launch the supply ? s you can destroy the plane with sa7/stingers and avoid to the enemy get his supplys

KingLorre · Post by **KingLorre** » 2007-02-27 19:50

Have a C130 fly over and drop supply's its an NCP plane ofcourse

and can be shot down butt... then you would have this massif thing in a citty? then not make it destructeble

Post by **fuzzhead** » 2007-02-27 20:33

problem with C130 is it would be a C130 for MEC and China as well.... not too realism, but yea it would be neat.

right now it plays a sound of a plane, which is prety cool

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-02-27 20:39

isnt possible to make one type of plane for a certain facction? now they have diferent models of artillery .

Viper5 · Post by **Viper5** » 2007-02-27 23:17

Supply Drops in game are dropped via C130. You just cant see it cause its at 10,000 feet. You can hear it though