Unmanned airstrikes and laser painting

KP · Post by KP » 2007-04-20 22:25

I know we have all been asking for it, and just now, I stumbled across a tutorial about those things on the bfeditor.org forums. Anything useful?

http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9785

http://bfeditor.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9933

Raic · Post by **Raic** » 2007-04-21 19:45

Wow, i watched the video of the airstrike, looked pretty cool! But the missile strike looked even better!

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-04-21 19:53

OMG that is so cool! That misile strike looks wicked

[uBp]Irish · Post by **[uBp]Irish** » 2007-04-21 20:37

I like the bomber idea better than a missle strike.

Would be realllly immersive to this game if we could implement this in the way artillery is. Make it a little longer on the request timer, but do about the same damage.

[SAF]stal20048 · Post by **[SAF]stal20048** » 2007-04-21 21:24

would take the fun out of flying.

i think it would be more realistic if a painted target would put up a target on the pilots HUD, and then the pilot could engage it.

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-04-22 08:17

For maps without planes it would be cool.

Ringo876 · Post by **Ringo876** » 2007-04-22 09:00

thats really cool.

dementt · Post by **dementt** » 2007-04-22 09:04

Hmm, lets look at the future

Post by **Mongolian_dude** » 2007-04-22 13:33

Missile strike needs tweaking big time. Those were just side winders they fired! They aced the airpower but the inf was letf intact.

...mongol...

dementt · Post by **dementt** » 2007-04-22 14:16

Clusters.. krhm.. KABOOM..

system · Post by **system** » 2007-04-22 14:20

It's cool--but way too unrealistic.

danthemanbuddy · Post by **danthemanbuddy** » 2007-04-22 16:35

How is that unrealistic?

Targets are painted all the time.

Just a box comes up in the hud.

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-04-22 16:55

Yes how's it unrealistic?

system · Post by **system** » 2007-04-23 12:42

danthemanbuddy wrote:How is that unrealistic?

Targets are painted all the time.

Just a box comes up in the hud.

The bombs look unrealistic, they fall unrealistically, not only that, but too slow. And on top of that the plane flies way to low.

The bombs just kind of fall out of the plane, 4 of them, and... They just fly down at a 90 degree angle. That makes no sense considering the speed the aircraft is carrying.

I must agree, it looks like a bunch of fun. But, in my opinion, not suited for PR.

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-04-23 13:17

Maybe with some editing once they run out of time for anything else to do it would work sweet

Post by **Wraith** » 2007-04-23 13:33

interesting Idea. I would love to see an A-10 coming in and dropping cluster bombs or designating a tank and seeing a maverick strike from an A-10...

jerkzilla · Post by **jerkzilla** » 2007-04-23 13:50

I'm no coder but I think that someone who is could tweak it enough so that the aircraft makes a dive like an A10 and fire from a higher altitude and stuff that now seems a bit crude.

Jedimushroom · Post by **Jedimushroom** » 2007-04-23 15:08

I think what will eventually be happening is that the painters will put a spot on a target and 'paint' a heat source on it; a plane will lock on to this heat source and drop AT missiles and that.

Just like you can do if you drop an insurgent molotov by a tank.

KP · Post by KP » 2007-04-23 18:10

'[R-DEV wrote:Wraith']interesting Idea. I would love to see an A-10 coming in and dropping cluster bombs or designating a tank and seeing a maverick strike from an A-10...

That's exactly what I was thinking. The Devs are great - godlike, even - and should be able to tweak it to suit PR...

[uBp]Irish · Post by **[uBp]Irish** » 2007-04-23 18:42

it's only "unrealistic" in the movie because the guy decided to actually show you what we could do. Of course the bomb drops are up to realism par, but that's so you can see it. If you couldnt, it would just look like a single Arty explosion, and what fun would that be?

Seeing a giant a-10 roll in and drop some bombs on some targets is muuuuch more satisfying.