Mine alarm.

trogdor1289 · Post by **trogdor1289** » 2007-03-25 23:48

What do you mean by mine alarm?

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-03-25 23:49

The red square that appears when you're near a mine.

trogdor1289 · Post by **trogdor1289** » 2007-03-25 23:58

Either it is hardcoded or else the devs have a good reason for it.

youm0nt · Post by **youm0nt** » 2007-03-26 00:45

If the mine alarm gets removed, then maybe you guys can add the "enemy mine spotted" to the commo rose some how

Raniak · Post by **Raniak** » 2007-03-26 00:48

You only see the "mine alarm" when near friendly mines, it's to prevent teamkill...

well... I think...

DarkTalon · Post by **DarkTalon** » 2007-03-26 00:48

I say id it isn't hardcoded get rid of it as fast as you can.
first off, friendly mine accidents are a real threat, secondly there will be more communication between the commanders and engineers.

Post by **RikiRude** » 2007-03-26 01:15

We definatly won't remove it, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-03-26 01:16

yeah but sometimes i see the red square when im near a enemy mine , that isnt very realistic

causticbeat · Post by **causticbeat** » 2007-03-26 01:33

how do you know its an enemy mine?

Post by **RikiRude** » 2007-03-26 01:47

lets just assume the engs have mine detectors of some sort haah. I don't know how to fix THAT.

Expendable Grunt · Post by **Expendable Grunt** » 2007-03-26 07:34

Fishw0rk wrote:Engineers (and I think Crewman also) see the red X box near enemy mines. Its like that in vBF2 as well.

I've never seen that...

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-03-26 10:40

I have the 3D map off most of the time, only turn it on when I need to check things( position and such).

It looks like shit when you have flag markers everywhere.
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Mines are only a problem when people mine their own bases, which I call stupidity, which happens too often.

Mines are to prevent the enemy armour to move to places we don't want them to move.

Mines in BF2 are a joke.

Even if you warn in team chat in CAPITALS, which I've never seen, people won't notice it.

mammikoura · Post by **mammikoura** » 2007-03-26 15:42

'[R-DEV wrote:Riki_Rude_BTYC']IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.

let me correct you, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are if someone tells you. AFAIK people can't magically detect if there is a friendly mine next to them.

I think that's how it should be in the game too, maybe if possible add a marker to the map on every friendly mine, but the red skull should go.

Wasteland · Post by **Wasteland** » 2007-03-26 15:43

IRL you have a vast logistical network to make sure you know.

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 2007-03-26 16:54

'[R-DEV wrote:Riki_Rude_BTYC']We definatly won't remove it, IRL you know where your friendly minefields are.

Absolutely.

THere is no way in hell any PR team could be co-ordinated enough to place mines, tell their squad leader to tells the commander who tells the other SLs who tell all their troops who all remember.

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-03-26 16:58

Hides-His-Eyes wrote:THere is no way in hell any PR team could be co-ordinated enough to place mines

I'm sure they could, but would the players remember?